ECO COCOA FARM TOURS ACTVITIES
· Duration of Tour (hours) 3-4hrs
· Welcome with water
· Welcome with fresh coconuts
· Welcome with fresh palm wine
· Welcome Talk and outline of the entire day's program
· Traditional Welcome Ceremony
· History of the farm and some background to Cocoa Farming in Ghana.
· Guided Walking Tour of the Farm
· Demonstration of cocoa bean planting, pollination, harvesting, fermentation and preparation process
· Opportunity to see intercropping of food crops with cocoa (plantain, orange, cassava, sugarcane etc.) and rare hard wood species - (Emre, Ofram, Odum etc).
· Visit to the banks of the Surum stream which borders the edges of the farm.
· Visit to the lush bamboo groove which grows along the banks of the stream.
· Visit to natural spring water source which comes from underground rock and opportunity to see traditional water source conservation methods.
· Visit to seed farm for cocoa seedlings
· Demonstration of breaking of cocoa pod and onset of cocoa bean fermentation process . You will have an opportunity to try your hand at this and sample fresh cocoa beans.
· Demonstration of cocoa beans drying process and tasting of raw, sun-dried cocoa beans.
· Sampling of freshly cut farm fruit to include a selection from sugar cane, oranges, guanabana, bananas, coconuts, pineapples.
· Chocolate Beverage & Chocolate Snack on outbound trip
· Snack Pack (Sandwich/ Wrap )
· Fresh coconuts provided for snack
· Take-away Lunch Pack ( Menu selection )
· Fresh fruit refreshments on the Farm (throughout the Tour)
· Refreshment pit-stops during tour - water provided
· Cocoa products on departure from farm
· Souvenirs & Goody Bag on departure from farm
· Opportunity to purchase cocoa products at the Farm Shop