Top Puerto Vallarta Unique Experiences

This fun chocolate making class is something a little different from the usual Puerto Vallarta activities. Learn the process cacao beans are put through as they become the delicious chocolate sweets we know and love. You’ll get hands on experience making Mexican chocolate drinks and bon-bons you can take home.

Swap sunbathing for chocolate making on a visit to ChocoMuseo in Puerto Vallarta, ideal for choccy enthusiasts, families, or couples. Learn about Mesoamerica’s often-overlooked history of chocolate as you explore the museum with your guide, then get hands-on experience tempering, molding, and decorating your own cacao creations to take home.

Mole poblano is a spicy chocolate sauce that is served over meat. Learn about this Mexican dish during a hands-on cooking class in Puerto Vallarta. Visit a local market to purchase ingredients, including Mexcian cacao and chilies, and learn to make this dish from start to finish with a group of no more than five participants. Then, enjoy the fruits of your labor and take home a jar of your mole.

Get an insider's introduction to Mexico's most iconic street snack during this small-group taco tasting tour. Discover a handful of family-run taco stands and eateries where locals eat, tasting between up to ten different tacos each. Tours also include drinks, dessert, and a visit to a local corn tortilla factory.

Learn all about chocolate production, from pod to pastry, and get the chance to sample some artisanal chocolate yourself with this visit to Planeta Cacao, a cacao garden near Puerto Vallarta. You'll learn all about the importance of chocolate in pre-Colombian times, see how it's cultivated, and learn all about the process of preparing it for consumption.

Taste up to 10 tacos at four family-run eateries during this small-group dinner crawl in Puerto Vallarta. Skip the tourist traps and explore Old Town and downtown locations where locals eat. Eat a full dinner of meat and vegetarian tacos with salsas and toppings, plus fresh drinks and beer.

Spend the day with a private guide seeing parts of Mexico away from the usual tourist spots. Get picked up from your Puerto Vallarta accomodation in the morning and set out for your day. Visit the EntreAmigos community social agency in San Pancho, take a drive out to the surf town of Sayulita, then decide where to go after that: Punta de Mita or Cruz de Huanacaxtle.

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