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