Nugali Chocolates Factory Tour & Tasting in South Brazil

Inside a Brazilian Chocolate Factory: From Bean to Bar in One Morning

You walk through a working cocoa greenhouse, follow chocolate from roasted beans through conching, tempering and packaging on the factory floor, and taste multiple award-winning flavors at the end. The tour takes a couple of hours, runs daily from 9am to 6pm, and is fully wheelchair accessible. Book the morning session if you want to see the production lines running at full speed.

Step-by-step itinerary

Nugali chocolate factory tour

• Visit greenhouse with cocoa and vanilla
• Observe cocoa roasting process
• Watch conching and refining stages
• See tempering, molding, and packaging
• Taste award-winning chocolate flavors
• Learn about sustainability actions

The experience

Cocoa pods hang heavy on the trees inside a greenhouse built the old half-timbered way, and the air smells like earth and vanilla. This is where the Nugali chocolates factory tour starts, not with a sales pitch, but with the actual plants that make the chocolate. You walk through rows of cocoa and vanilla, and your guide points out the pods you'll see roasted and processed just steps away on the factory floor. It's the kind of detail that makes the whole operation click into place: you're not reading about chocolate-making, you're standing where it happens.

The tour moves through the real manufacturing stages in sequence. You see cocoa beans arrive and get roasted: the smell hits you first, then the sound of the machines. Then comes the conching and refining, where the chocolate gets its texture and smoothness. The tempering and molding happens next, and by the time you reach the packaging line, you've watched something raw turn into the finished product you'd buy in a shop. It takes a couple of hours to move through all of it, and the pace is unhurried enough that you can actually absorb what's happening instead of just moving past it.

The tasting comes at the end, and it's not a tiny sample cup. You taste freely across the range of award-winning flavors Nugali makes. The chocolate is still warm from the factory, which changes how it tastes. You also learn about the sustainability practices built into the operation, which matters if you care about where your chocolate comes from. The whole experience is wheelchair accessible, and the greenhouse and factory floors are flat and easy to navigate, so it works for people with different mobility needs.

The factory is open every day from 9am to 6pm, with the last session starting at 5:50pm. If you're visiting around the end of the year, check the holiday hours. They close on Christmas and New Year's Day, and run shortened hours on December 24 and 31. It's the kind of tour that works best if you go in the morning, when the factory is in full production and the chocolate is still moving through the lines.

What’s included

• Your visit includes access to the cocoa and vanilla greenhouse, a guided walk through all manufacturing stages (roasting, conching, refining, tempering, molding and packaging), and free tasting of Nugali's award-winning chocolate flavors.
• You'll also learn about the factory's sustainability practices.
• The tour is wheelchair accessible throughout, and strollers are welcome.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery day

AgesAdult (19 to 59 years) · Senior (60 and older) · Youth (13 to 18 years) · Child (5 to 12 years) · Infant (1 to 4 years): free

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsNo refund if you cancel.

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Prices and times updated 8 days ago

Good to know

Low physical effortWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller-friendly

Operated by Tour Nugali Chocolates - Fábrica

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to understand how chocolate actually gets made and taste the product fresh from the factory floor, without arranging transport or paying separately for samples: the tour bundles the whole process into one morning visit.

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Top questions

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Youth (13 to 18 years); Child (5 to 12 years); Infant (1 to 4 years): free.

How long does the Nugali chocolates factory tour take?

The tour takes a couple of hours and moves through all manufacturing stages, from the greenhouse through roasting, conching, tempering, molding and packaging.

What times is the factory open?

Open daily 9am to 6pm. The last tour session starts at 5:50pm. Closed December 25 and January 1. Shortened hours (until 11:30am) on December 24 and 31.

Is the tour wheelchair accessible?

Yes. All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible, and transportation options are wheelchair accessible. Strollers and prams are also welcome.

What's included in the tour?

Greenhouse tour with cocoa and vanilla plants, full factory floor access showing roasting through packaging, and free tasting of multiple award-winning chocolate flavors.