Dark chocolate Tours on Big Island
10 spots for dark chocolate on Big Island, for a farm or factory tour.
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Hāmākua Chocolate Farm
Big Island
Tree-to-bar in Papaikou: they grow, ferment, and process their own Big Island cacao on-site. Monthly harvest parties put you in the orchard for the full picture, from fresh cacao juice to finished bar.
Mauna Kea Cacao
Big Island
Hāmākua Coast cacao farm growing single-estate beans since 2011, with a 'Best Cacao' win at the Big Island Chocolate Festival. Ninety-minute tours run Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday — you pick a pod, watch the fermentation and drying that build its flavor, and taste the finished chocolate.
Honolii Orchards
Big Island
The owner is an award-winning fermenter with a master's degree in cacao fermentation and published research — the step that most determines chocolate quality. Tours walk a 33-acre Hāmākua Coast farm with 2,000+ cacao trees and close with a tasting.
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Puna Gold Estate
Big Island
Bean-to-bar from their own 3-acre Puna estate, with guided tours that walk the cacao and coffee fields before the factory. Stephen runs it personally — the kind of place where sourcing starts at your feet.
Ocean Grace Farms
Big Island
Three acres of Kona estate cacao grown under Korean Natural Farming practices — the same orchard produces the single-origin chocolate and is open for walking tours. Cacao ceremony experiences are also available alongside the farm visits.
Lavaloha Chocolate - Farm Tours
Big Island
A 1,000-acre Mauna Kea farm where the growers and the chocolate makers are the same operation — cacao grown, processed, and finished into 100% Hawaiian bars on the same land. The Tree-to-Chocolate tour walks the orchards, into the production area, and finishes in the chocolate lounge with tastings.
Kulike Farm
Big Island
Honey-sweetened, 100% Hawaiian bean-to-bar made from their own Hakalau permaculture cacao — the sweetener swap alone signals a maker thinking from the ground up. Appointment-only farm tours walk you through fermentation, roast, and tasting on the same land where the trees grow.
O.K. Farms Hawai'i
Big Island
A 1,000-acre working farm in Hilo along the Wailuku River, growing cacao, coffee, macadamia, and tropical spices together on one property. Tours walk the fields and include a private Rainbow Falls overlook; the gift shop carries their farm-made chocolate, coffee, and spices.
Puna Chocolate Company Farm - Kona Cocoa & Coffee Orchard Tours (by reservation only)
Big Island
A working 1,000-tree cacao farm in Kona that makes single-origin chocolate from beans sourced across Big Island micro-regions, so you can compare how place actually shapes flavor. Farm tours run Wednesday through Saturday by reservation; the cafe and shop are open daily for walk-ins.
Kuaiwi Farm
Big Island
Certified organic since 1977, this 5-acre Kona farm grows cacao, coffee, and mac nuts on-site — tours walk the orchard from blossom to bean, then close with a single-origin tasting made from what you just saw growing.