The 3 Dessert Tours in South Africa That Earn Their Price

1.AFRIKOA Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 12 reviews · 30 min · from $13Our pick

At AFRIKOA’s G11 store in Makers Landing, you’ll follow Tanzanian cacao from fermentation and drying through roasting, grinding, refining, conching, and tempering. The 30-minute English session includes a live look at selected products and chocolate samples, with distinctive single-origin bars and gifts available to buy.

“Great tasting experience and some cool information about chocolate and how they source and make it”

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2.The Art of Chocolate Making Bean-To-Bar Experience in Cape Town

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 6 reviews · from $10Best value

At Makers Landing in Cape Town, you’ll taste AFRIKOA Luxury Craft Chocolate and follow Tanzanian cacao from bean to bar. The roughly 25-minute private experience covers fermentation, roasting, grinding, refining, conching, and tempering, with workshops and masterclasses also available at the store.

“This is an explanation and chocolate tasting. It is very rushed - I wouldn’t recommend it. The staff are nice though.”

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3.Cape Town Dessert Thrill: 4×4 Dune Venture

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 40 min · from $49Top rated

Meet guide Tendai at Atlantis Dunes for a 40-minute private 4x4 ride across towering sand dunes. You’ll get dune bashing, sandboards, and water, with an English-speaking guide. The R250 nature reserve entry permit is extra, so add that to the $49 activity price.

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