Traditional Maya Experience
Experience fire hearth cooking and chocolate making the traditional Maya way.
Class Details
$29 USD/person
$15 for 6-7 years old
Free for 5 years and under
- 9:00AM | 11:00AM | 2:00PM
- Monday to Sunday
- Max 40
Traditional Chocolate Experience
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Our traditional Maya Chocolate Experience begins on the farm. Learn how the cacao beans are grow and harvested. Then we head back to the palapa to learn about how the beans are dried and grind. We taste the chocolate in different stages and then enjoy it as the Mayans did.
- How cacao is grown and harvested
- Drying and roasting the beans
- Making chocolate on the traditional stone grinder
- Difference between dark, milk and white chocolate
- Tasting of chocolate at different stages
- Enjoy how the Maya consumed chocolate
Class Details
$28 USD/person
- 10:30AM | 3:00PM
- Monday to Friday
- All supplies included
- Max 30
Prefer a Private Tour?
If you are looking for a personalized experience, we can make it happen! Contact us to arrange details:
- (+501) 637 6521
- info@CheilBelize.com
Maya Cooking Experience
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Make and enjoy Maya soup using local ingredients and fresh herbs from the garden. Try your hand at grinding cor for fresh tortillas – all cooked over the traditional fire hearth.
- Herbs used in traditional cooking
- Learn about local root vegetables
- Grinding corn for tortillas
- Forming corn tortillas by hand
- Cooking over the fire hearth
- Enjoy the flavors of the Mayas
About Heliodora Saqui
Raised in the jungle of Cockscomb Jaguar Preserve, where lush vegetation and abundance of the wild meets, nature is her market. She learned traditional Maya cooking methods and seasoning with herbs from her grandmother. Her passion for cooking can be tasted with every bite.
