Follow Cacao From the Living Farm to Your Hands
Awaken your senses and join Two Little Monkeys for an incomparable chocolate experience.
- Family-owned since 2015
- Near La Fortuna / Arenal
- 100% Hands-on Chocolate Making
- Organic Farm & Artisan Workshop
What Makes It Special
A Hands-On Journey Through Costa Rican Cacao
Throughout the tour, you will discover the intricate art of chocolate making and learn about the cultural and social impact of cacao in history.
Hands-On Discovery
Take part in the cacao journey through sensory, practical, and creative moments — opening the pod, grinding the beans, and molding your own bar.
Shared by the Family
Experience cacao through the stories, knowledge, and hospitality of the Two Little Monkeys family — Ismael or Lindy leads every group in person.
Rooted in the Farm
Discover chocolate in the place where cacao grows — the same trees that supply every bar the farm makes become part of your visit.
What Guests Do
Everyone Gets Their Hands In It
Small groups gather under the open-air rancho for a short orientation, then walk the farm together before splitting cacao pods open by hand. From there, everyone grinds, molds, and decorates a bar of their own — kids included.
The complete process
What you actually do, stage by stage
Five real stages, walked in order — every one of them something you do yourself, hands-on from start to finish.
Chapter One • Cacao Begins Here
Walk the Organic Cacao Orchard
The morning starts with a walk through the organic farm itself — cacao trees growing alongside exotic fruit and spices, exactly as they do the rest of the year. Ismael or Lindy leads the walk in person, showing you the living ecosystem and the same trees that supply every single bar the farm makes.
Chapter Two • Inside the Pod
Open & Taste Fresh Cacao Fruit
You open a fresh cacao pod straight from the tree with your own hands, then taste the fresh white pulp surrounding the beans before it ever becomes chocolate. Most guests are surprised by its bright, tropical flavor — this is the real pod-to-bean transition experienced up close.
Chapter Three • Ancient Craft
Traditional Volcanic Stone Metate
Roasted cacao beans are ground by hand on an authentic volcanic-stone metate, using ancestral techniques and recipes to prepare two traditional Costa Rican chocolate drinks. This stage is 100% hands-on — you do the stone grinding yourself.
Chapter Four • Make by Hand
Mold & Custom Decorate Your Bar
You mold, temper, and decorate a chocolate bar with your own hands, selecting your toppings and design before it sets. This is the custom artisan bar you personally shaped, and the one you take home with you at the end of the visit.
Chapter Five • Farm Finale
Traditional Trapiche & Cane Juice
While your chocolate bar sets, the morning closes at the farm's traditional trapiche — pressing fresh sugarcane and tasting the sweet juice straight from the press.
Rooted in Family, Craft, and Costa Rica
From Our Family to Yours
Two Little Monkeys shares cacao through a personal experience shaped by the farm, the craft, and the people behind every visit.
Read Our StoryThe chocolate-making experience
One morning on the farm
A guided morning on the farm, ending with a chocolate bar you made with your own hands.
$40 adults · $30 children (4–12)
Start times: 10:00 AM & 2:00 PM · 2 hours
Included
- Chocolate-making lesson
- Organic farm walk
- Two traditional cacao drinks
- Chocolate bonbons (made by you!)
- Sugarcane juice (pressed by you!)
- Coffee & tea
What to bring
Closed walking shoes, insect repellent, a camera, and extra $ for chocolate souvenirs.
What our customers say
Rated 5 out of 5 · 70% Dark Chocolate
My absolute FAVORITE chocolate – all time, ever!
Best chocolate I ever ate in my entire life, also the tour is amazing
This chocolate is so indulgent that one square melting slowly in my mouth is all I need to satisfy my cravings!