The Chocolate Route and Comalcalco Archaelogical Site

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Visit Tabasco's cacao farms and delight your senses. Enjoy an amazing journey with the delightful aroma of chocolate. Old ranches dating from colonial times are now home to cacao farms whose owners like nothing more than receiving visitors. You'll be able to see, smell and taste cacao in its various stages of production.

At the farm Hacienda de La Luz in La Chontalpa, the cacao grain is home grown and made into handmade chocolates. Boasting some 50 hectares, the farm has at its entrance a beautiful garden where a large variety of tropical plants and fruit trees grow freely.

You'll also see Comalcalco Archaelogical site which is the only Mayan city built with bricks of baked clay instead of stone.This amazing archaeological site is made up of three complexes: the North Square, the Great Acropolis and the Acropolis of the East. Its impressive Site Museum houses around 300 pieces portraying the development of this ancient city.After your visit, relax on the trip back to your hotel.

Meeting/pick-up point: Pick up at the hotel lobby in Villahermosa.
Duration: 8 hours.
Start/opening time: At 8:30am.
End/closing time: A 3pm.
Others: We suggest bringing comfortable shoes and clothes, a hat and sunglasses, sunscreen, extra cash if you want to buy a souvenir and additional meals.