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Maui Chocolate Tour
Maui Chocolate Tour
5
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
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Your journey begins at the Ku’ia Estates Chocolate Factory in Lahaina, the largest chocolate factory in the state of Hawaii. Our tour guide then drives you to our private cacao estate, nestled in the foothills of the West Maui mountains. Featuring over 20 acres of cacao trees, our professional and friendly tour guides lead you from “farm to bar.” This interactive and educational tour introduces you to our cacao trees, the hands-on fruit harvesting techniques, and finishes with an exclusive 9-piece tasting of our award-winning chocolate.
Lahaina, Hawaii
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55Karitt55
Iowa119 contributions
We were fortunate to take both the farm & factory tours. The owner of the company runs the factory tour, obviously very knowledgeable! Learned so much about high end chocolate. Riley was our guide for the farm tour. Very personable! There was a lot of overlap in the two tours so I would suggest the factory tour if doing just one.
Written July 22, 2024
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Mahalo for joining us for both of our tours! We are so glad you had a great time.
Written July 23, 2024
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Angela M
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Jul 2024 • Family
This was my favorite excursion! I loved being in the real life of Maui, part of what sustains their livelihood. The tour guide, Shawn, was absolutely amazing. He was extremely knowledgeable, laid back, funny, everything you could hope for. Chocolate was amazing too. Don't miss this or you will miss Maui.
Written July 19, 2024
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Mahalo for joining us on a farm tour with Sean, and for your recommendation! We hope we can see you again soon!
Written July 23, 2024
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PanB100
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Jul 2024 • Couples
My husband wasn't so keen on going on a "farm" tour during our vacation, but ended up enjoying and appreciating it, as did I. It may seem kind if pricey for a 1.5 hour tour (to me), but prices have risen everywhere these days. They take you up into the Lahaina hills in an air conditioned van, and you walk around just a bit while the tour guide explains the process (actually the history of the owner and farm starts in the van). There is a 9 chocolates tasting in their "treehouse" with explanations and great views (you have to be able to go up ~20 stairs). Riley, our guide, was so good on this tour, spoke well and clearly explained and answered all questions knowledgably. I thought those 9 were the only "flavors", but when you get back to their store/factory at the starting point, you realize there are many more. Be prepared for pricing is not a Hershey bar, but high end wonderful chocolate (I'm a bit thrifty but still bought a couple boxes 😋). I asked about the other chocolate tour in upcountry (not affiliated) and was told it's a smaller farm and they don't produce their own chocolates to buy).
Their factory tour, separate tour, must be interesting as well, but we did not do that one (found out the "retired" owner does that tour 4x a day!).
Highly recommend the farm w/ tasting tour!
(not for young children though, and no one under 3 is allowed anyway. I would say prob best for kids over 7, IMO. For those wondering, there's a restroom where the van stops)
Their factory tour, separate tour, must be interesting as well, but we did not do that one (found out the "retired" owner does that tour 4x a day!).
Highly recommend the farm w/ tasting tour!
(not for young children though, and no one under 3 is allowed anyway. I would say prob best for kids over 7, IMO. For those wondering, there's a restroom where the van stops)
Written July 18, 2024
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Mahalo for joining us and for your wonderful review! We are so happy you and your husband had a great time with Riley. We hope you enjoy those chocolates!
Written July 23, 2024
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Soybert
Portland, OR134 contributions
May 2024 • Couples
My husband and I took a tour of the Cacao farm and it was an enlightening experience. What an amazing company! We lucked into a day on the farm just before they were to harvest the cacao pods, so the trees were full of colorful fruit. The guide, Sean, was very good and knew every part of the process of making chocolate. The tasting is in a beautiful pavilion in the middle of the plantation, so the views are spectacular. The chocolate itself is perfection - it melts in your mouth and the 9 piece tasting is definitely worth the price. It's a great business to support because 100% of the profits go to local charities on Maui! Right now West Maui needs support and this is a way to not only eat locally grown chocolate but also contribute to the well being of the community.
Written July 16, 2024
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Mahalo for joining us for a tour of our farm! We are so glad you had a great time with Sean and got to see all of the beautiful cacao pods before harvest. We appreciate your support and hope to see you again!
Written July 23, 2024
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melgcalifornia
Modesto, CA4 contributions
This tour was excellent! Our guide Riley was friendly and very knowledgeable. There’s so much that goes into fine chocolate making that I had no idea about, especially making it on Maui. I learned so much and out two teens also really enjoyed it all. I highly recommend this tour!
Written July 14, 2024
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Mahalo for your review of our cacao farm here on Maui. We are happy you enjoyed your tour and tasting and hope to see you again soon! Aloha!
Written July 14, 2024
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Aaron
Orlando, FL372 contributions
Riley was our tour guide. He did a great job explaining the process and showing us around the farm. The tree house overlooking the farm was great. All of the chocolate was different and good. Great to see a company giving back to the community. We were with Norwegian cruise line and did not know they offered another tour onsite. My fiance really wanted to meet the Owner, Gunner to pick his brain as she is an executive Pastry chef with Disney Cruise line. We will have to come back.
Written July 7, 2024
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Mahalo for coming to visit us and sharing your experience with Riley! We cant wait to see you again for a tour with Gunars!
Written July 10, 2024
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linnabean
Palatine, IL84 contributions
Amazing experience with Sean. I am a chocolatier and never had the opportunity to visit a real cocoa farm. Made my whole week
I wish we could have opened and tasted a pod right off the tree but they were not ready.
I wish we could have opened and tasted a pod right off the tree but they were not ready.
Written June 29, 2024
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Mahalo for joining us! We are so thrilled you had the opportunity to visit and a great time at our farm! We hope to see you again soon.
Written July 1, 2024
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Joseph K
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Very interesting and informative. Our guide was great. Learning the intricacies of getting to prep for production was enlightening.
Written June 29, 2024
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Mahalo for joining us and sharing your experience, Joseph!
Written July 1, 2024
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Hello_Travelers
San Francisco, Bay Area60 contributions
Jun 2024 • Family
We went on the farm tour and tasting during our visit to Maui. Sean was our guide and he was training a new guide named Riley. Sean did most of the tour and Riley did some of it. Both did an excellent job. Sean was a good trainer too as he helped Riley when needed, but stepped back to give Riley a chance to show his skills. We learned about the cacao harvesting process from Riley and Sean did the tasting part of the tour. Sean also educated us on where the cacao in the Kuia estate chocolates are sourced from and he gave us a glimpse into the different issues of the cacao industry. We appreciated that he took the time to answer all our questions. We were pleasantly surprised at all the different kinds of chocolates we got to taste in the cute treehouse on the farm. The fruit infused chocolates were our favorites, especially the calamasi lime one! Highly recommend this tour. Great learning and tasting experience!
Written June 25, 2024
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Mahalo for joining us on a tour with Sean and Riley! We are so thrilled that you had a great time with them. We appreciate you sharing your feedback with us, and we hope we can see you again soon!
Written June 27, 2024
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treed45
Washburn, ME19 contributions
Jun 2024 • Family
My husband and I enjoyed our tour of Maui Ku'ia Estates with our guide Shawn (who was fun, informative and an overall great guide). We found the tour to be informative regarding the growing and harvesting cacao in a dry island location. Shawn explained how they use local products to make the very best products and also source cacao beans from other countries through fair trade. All products made and sold by Ku'ia Estates are labeled to identify where the ingredients were sourced. Ku'ia is considered a non-profit (net) organization. The chocolate is some of the best we have ever eaten!! The Calamansi lime flavor is our favorite!!
Written June 23, 2024
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Mahalo for joining us and sharing your experience at our farm! We are so happy that you had a great time learning with Sean. We hope that we can see you again!
Written June 23, 2024
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DeeDee P
New York City, NY38 contributions
Is there soy lecithin in the chocolate? I have a severe allergy.
Reenie3024
2 contributions
That didn’t come up during the tour, so if your allergy is as severe as you say, my best recommendation would be for you to contact the company directly so that you get an accurate answer. I think that would be best for your own safety as opposed to relying on the memory of tour goers.
Are there any nuts or peanuts in your chocolate tour etc? We have an allergy! Not airborn but we can't eat nuts
Please let me know. Thank you.
Maui Pineapple Tour
Lahaina, HI1 contribution
Aloha! Our chocolate and factory are 100% nut free! We look forward to seeing you!
Victoria K
Cranston, RI972 contributions
We are considering doing the tour and tasting at the 1:30 or 2:30 time slot (need to figure out when we could make it back after our morning snorkel tour) and wondering how filling the chocolate tasting is. We were planning dinner at maybe 5:30 give or take depending on when we can get the reservation and I would hate to ruin my appetite for a dinner I am looking forward to, but also love chocolate and want to enjoy the tasting. I know this is an odd question, but please humor me :)
wsrbsch
21 contributions
They are right. 9 small samples of chocolate. They will not fill you up.