Kao Kao Chocolate Tour Cozumel Review

[DeepC]

Prior to heading to Cozumel, I saw a hot button for my GF that would make her day. A Chocolate tour? I decided to educate myself on chocolate and its relation to the Mayan culture. While searching around I stumbled on a tour up in town. I compared it to the one the cruise line offered  and due to its hands on nature and very small class size the tour  at Kao Kao won the coin toss. 

I can see a couple reasons it isn't sanctioned by the cruise lines. Small class size would be short on profit and its located pretty far into the residential part of town off the beaten path. We had time to shop in their little store before the class began. Not just candy. Soaps, hair conditioner, perfume, hair rinse , body wash. My GF aired my wallet pretty good on this stop. 

Class. Extremely informative. I will forever look at chocolate differently after it. It's history is interesting . More or less a symbol of wealth even used as a sort of currency. We learned that chocolates that we normally see in the stores are sorry knock offs of the real deal. We tasted 27 different kinds of real chocolate and each unique. From there we made our own coarse dark chocolate bars while our guide prepared a native chocolate drink with a chili added for a really fascinating kicker. 

I took the tour as my GF is a chocolate aficionado. Thought I would be bored but really enjoyed every second of it. Never too old to learn something!

[momof3cruisers]

Thank you so much for this review. Our cruise has really dull shore excursion offerings and as I am traveling with two friends who have never cruised before, I wanted to give them a better experience.

 

Did you just take a taxi to get there?

[DeepC]

Yes, taxi. Ride was about $10 each way. Tour was 25 each... The class was about 2 hours.  Google KaoKao factory tour for more details...  No i'm not a rep. just recounting a different experience.

Off the beaten path but very informative and enjoyable.

 

[momof3cruisers]

Thanks!

 

[DeepC]

Pleasure is all mine... 

 

[crewsweeper]

Glad you and your GF enjoyed your tour and the chocolates.  Hope the rest of the cruise was as great.

[DeepC]

Other than a bad run around from the spa the trip couldn't have been better...

[mrb1963]

Did this tour last November as something that I thought my 78 year old mother and 76 year old Mother-in- law could do since a beach day was not on their agenda. Turned out I enjoyed it just as much as they did!

[kobe]

Does anyone know if this is the Chocolate tour that would be a stop with Tours Plaza? 

[c-leg5]

2 hours ago, kobe said:

Does anyone know if this is the Chocolate tour that would be a stop with Tours Plaza? 

 

It certainly could be. They will take you anywhere you want.

[ghough]

On 5/5/2019 at 10:16 PM, DeepC said:

Prior to heading to Cozumel, I saw a hot button for my GF that would make her day. A Chocolate tour? I decided to educate myself on chocolate and its relation to the Mayan culture. While searching around I stumbled on a tour up in town. I compared it to the one the cruise line offered  and due to its hands on nature and very small class size the tour  at Kao Kao won the coin toss. 

I can see a couple reasons it isn't sanctioned by the cruise lines. Small class size would be short on profit and its located pretty far into the residential part of town off the beaten path. We had time to shop in their little store before the class began. Not just candy. Soaps, hair conditioner, perfume, hair rinse , body wash. My GF aired my wallet pretty good on this stop. 

Class. Extremely informative. I will forever look at chocolate differently after it. It's history is interesting . More or less a symbol of wealth even used as a sort of currency. We learned that chocolates that we normally see in the stores are sorry knock offs of the real deal. We tasted 27 different kinds of real chocolate and each unique. From there we made our own coarse dark chocolate bars while our guide prepared a native chocolate drink with a chili added for a really fascinating kicker. 

I took the tour as my GF is a chocolate aficionado. Thought I would be bored but really enjoyed every second of it. Never too old to learn something!

Thanks for your detailed, informative review of the above tour.  You've sold us to take this off-ship excursion in July.

[cruiserking]

Thanks for posting this Kao Kao chocolate tour DeepC. This looks like the perfect thing to escape the summer heat. Defintely booking this.

 

Jonathan

 

 

 

Edited June 6, 2019 by cruiserking

[wongcruise]

Thank you for posting this tour.  My ship (Celebrity Equinox) will be in port from 7AM to 4PM.  Does this mean 6AM to 3PM Cozumel time?  I want to take the 9AM chocolate tour.  Will there be shops near the pier I could visit before taking a taxi to the chocolate factory?