Women Owned Chocolate | Women Empowerment
A tour full of colors, smells and flavors! Located in Mashpi Ecuador.
We’re proud to be a certified Women Owned Business. Ourmain focus on food forest, water friendly, women owned chocolate & women empowerment.
We are part of initiatives that seek to generate a territory where forest conservation, human relations, water sources, biodiversity and sustainable productive activities that guarantee food, economic and energy sovereignty are harmonized.
WE RESTORE WITH PERMACULTURE PRACTICES
Currently, 82% of the property is dedicated to water, flora and fauna conservation (the Mashpi Shungo Reserve); the remaining 18% is being undoubtedly restored with regenerative agroforestry systems (the Mashpi Chocolate Artesanal farm).
Subsequently, at the Farm, the use of local resources and knowledge allows us to generate a productive model free of agrochemicals and, therefore, zero contamination for producers and consumers, biodiversity, water and soil.
COCOA AND CHOCOLATE TOUR
From plant to bar
How do you particularly make good chocolate?
Come to the farm and you will significantly learn from the management of the crops, the post harvest, to the elaboration of the chocolate.
Research and conservation
How does a food analog forest work? and what creative experiments do we do on the estate?
We especially invite you to learn about this initiative that is generating environmental and productive sustainability, which has been invited to participate in events nationally and internationally.
WORKSHOPS FOR PRODUCERS AND STUDENTS
The visit to the Mashpi chocolate farm is offered as a overall personalized service, participants will have tools that particularly allow them to create regenerative projects.
Students can be significantly inspired by learning from the visible results of an innovative project.
COMMUNITY-BASED TOURISM
Women Owned Chocolate
MASHPI RIVER PARADISE
Besides simultaneously visiting the cocoa plantations and learning about many fruits, you can also enjoy a swim in the river and a delicious typical lunch.
If your visit allows, furthermore you will get to know more of the area by spending the night in community lodges and/or in the community camping area.
For fairer economies, with clean production in food sovereignty hand in hand with producers
How to get here
Mashpi Shungo is located about 3 hours Northwest of Quito, in the Pacto Community.
Tour reservations
Tour reservations must be made 48 hours ahead.
Please email contact@chocomashpi.com for reservations and further questions.
PRICES
- 1-5 people: $24/per person
- 6-9 people: $12/person
- 10-20 people: $8/person
A deposit of 50% of the total must be paid to reserve your spot. Tours start at 11am and 3pm. Please be punctual.
VIRTUAL VISIT TO THE FARM
While we would love for you to visit us in Ecuador, we have created a new virtual (AR) tour of the farm so you can take a look around our home and operation.
Please follow the links to visit the following locations within the farm. If you need a description of what you’re looking at, please click on the three dots on the top right-hand corner of the virtual tour to learn more.