Chocolate Experience on Cacao Island
Heriberto’s family is a family project called Río Bosque Mágico.
It is a project dedicated to promoting various forms of agroforestry, contrary to the traditional method of slash and burn land. Agroforestry uses technologies to create more diverse, productive, profitable, healthy and ecological sustainable systems, which are very successful especially in the cultivation of cocoa. It is a system in which trees or shrubs are grown around or between crops.
With various benefits, such as increased biodiversity and reduced erosion.
Itinerary:
- Destiny: Chazuta
- Departure: Tarapoto
- Departure time: Approximately 8:00 a.m.
- Return time: Approximately 06 p.m.
- Dress code: Casual
Route Plan:
Full Day – Cacao Experience Heriberto’s Family
- Cacao fields of ‘Rio Bosque Magico’ Heribertos family farm.
- Learn about agroforestry and harvest the cacao using machetes (optional).
- Lunch amazing food grown in the gardens of RBM.
- Learn about the different stages in cacao production and participate in the labour process, how to ferment and dry the cacao beans ready to make chocolate.
- Dinner using organic products from their own farm.
- Visiting Wasichay Cultural Center.
- Journey back to Tarapoto.
Price per person:
Including: Transportation Tarapoto -Chazuta-Tarapoto , tour leader english speaker , cocoa specialist , regional lunch , artisan chocolate course.
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