Learn to Cook Mayan Style & Make Your Own Chocolate Bar

5.0(1)7 hFree cancellationBy Splash Dive Center Limited (but shown as Splash Dive Shop on Trip Advisor)

About this activity

Leave Placencia at 08:30 am for a scenic drive to experience Maya culture first hand, participate in Mayan cooking and visit a Mayan cacao farm and processing factory.

The experience begins with learning to cook a meal the Mayan way on a fire hearth. You will learn how to make tortillas and tamales from scratch in a real Mayan kitchen. Take advantage of the experience to ask lots of questions about how the Mayans live, work, raise their families while you are preparing your lunch. The Maya are a proud of their culture and happy to share their stories. Bring your cell phone or camera and take video so you can share your new culinary skills with friends and family when you get home. Make sure you get the recipes!

After enjoying the lunch that you have just cooked, visit the cacao farm to see how the cacao is grown, harvested and dried. Then head over to the little chocolate factory to make chocolate from cacao beans the old fashioned way. Make and eat your very own chocolate bar.

What's included

✓Transportation.
✓Lunch
✓Lunch.
✓Park Fees.
✓Pick Up and Drop Off in Placencia Village.
✓Tour Guide.

Not included

✕Alcoholic drinks.
✕Gratuities.
✕Hotel pickup and drop-off outside of Placencia Village (but can arrange)

Meeting and pickup

Departure Point: Splash Dive Center Address: Peninsula Club, (Across from Chabil Mar Luxury Resort) Placencia Village, Stann Creek, Belize. Return point: Splash Dive Center

Good to know

Service animals allowed
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Infant meals not included.

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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