Today, you will visit El Cajas National Park, located only 30 minutes from Cuenca. This national park is host to some of Ecuador’s most important water sources. In this area, there are beautiful farming areas where you will experience the great diversity of products that are grown in the lowlands. The guide will explain more about these products along the way and about the importance of these products for the local economy.
Afterwards you will continue going down towards the coast where the landscape change drastically into a tropical climate. Once you have arrived, you will admire hundreds of banana and cacao farms. Here you will stop for a typical Ecuadorian lunch cooked by a local community member. At the final part of the tour, you will go to a local organic cacao farm and learn the process of making chocolate from cacao beans. Eat the cacao raw, see the different stages of the tree sizes, each step of the process, and of course, try some 100% cacao, as well as processed chocolate. Finally you will continue to the biggest Ecuadorian city.
