Cacao And Taino Culture Adventure

Cacao And Taino Culture Adventure

Eden is a certified organic farm – it is amazing to eat and drink fresh produce grown without pesticide. We are a permaculture farm learning to plant and use land in harmony with nature. We conserve water. Eden is off-grid and uses solar energy. We are sensitive about water use. Eden grows organic cacao, coffee, banana, limes, plantains, mangos, guanavana. Visitors also can learn about Taíno culture. The Arawakan achievements included construction of ceremonial ball parks whose boundaries were marked by upright stone dolmens, development of a universal language, and creation of a complicated hierarchy of deities-semies. We also have a butterfly conservatory where you can enjoy a close encounter with indigenous species of butterflies. Take a walk through an exotic and inviting environment filled with the most beautiful winged creatures in nature.

This tour is for nature and outdoors activities lovers. Its uniqueness is in unity with nature and interactive activities.

Itinerary

Cacao and Taino Culture Adventure is a full-day tour of Plantacion del Eden with full emersion into nature and tropical farm surroundings; learning about permaculture as a system meeting human needs through ecological and regenerative design. Sustainable agriculture in the setting of a tropical cacao and fruit farm; history of cacao and chocolate, cultivation of cacao trees, making chocolate and its tasting.

Visitors will walk a looped trail of about 1 km length, medium difficulty with various stops. There are

eight stations on the Eden trail for various activities, such as, Tree of Forgetfulness,Taino Gazebo, Butterfly Conservatory, Eden Gazebo, Planting a Cacao Tree, Cacao Fermentation Center, etc....Rules include closed-toe shoes, hat and sunscreen. Mosquito repellent as needed individually.

Food is local and partially grown on the farm. Water and lunch are included in the price. It is a typical Dominican lunch prepared on the farm or vegetarian (salads)-specified in advance.

In season fruit is served as part of lunch and juice drinks from farm fruit.

Chocolate bars, cacao raw beans, cacao raw nibs, cocoa raw powder, honey, Taino sculptures, Eden logo caps are for sale.


Stop At:

• Guananico - Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata 57000, Dominican Republic