Caribbean Escapes for Chocolate Lovers
Tropical trips that incorporate cacao plantations and chocolate factories with lodges and villas.
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Grenada
Stay at Laluna’s luxe beachfront villas. Visit Grenada Chocolate Company’s solar-electric-powered factory, which produces organic bars from locally grown beans (grenadachocolate.com).
Belize
At Cotton Tree Lodge, guests harvest cacao pods, make their own chocolate and learn about fair-trade issues from members of the Toledo Cacao Grower’s Association
St. Lucia
Book a rustic cottage at Fond Doux Estate’s cacao plantation in Sofrière. Tour Rabot Estate, where U.K.–based Hotel Chocolat grows beans for its Purist line (hotelchocolat.com).
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Best Small Eco-Lodges in Latin America
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