Puerto Plata: Tropical fruit tasting tour with local guide

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ID: GYG1376889-2101420
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Country: Dominican Republic

Duration: 02:30 hours


Description

Taste your way through Puerto Plata’s Tropical fruits with a local guide. Learn the stories, recipes, and cultural secrets behind each exotic bite. A fun and flavorful tasting in Puerto Plata.
This is not a cooking class or a typical food tour, it’s a delicious, eye-opening journey through Dominican Republic’s extraordinary biodiversity, guided by a local fruit lover.

Your day begins at one of Puerto Plata bustling markets, where your host will select and open fruits you’ve probably never seen before.

From tangy to creamy, sweet to earthy, this tasting experience invites you to rediscover fruit the Dominican way.

Sample menu:
(Menu may vary depending on availability and season.)

Fruit · Local Coconut
Fruit · Pitahaya
A colorful dragon fruit with a mild, refreshing taste.
Fruit · Gulupa
A fragrant passion-fruit variety with a sweet-tart profile.
Fruit · Granadilla
A smooth, sweet tropical fruit commonly used fresh or in drinks.
Fruit · Curuba
A soft, aromatic fruit often enjoyed fresh or blended.
Fruit · Mangostino
A juicy tropical fruit with a sweet, delicate flavor.
Fruit · Chirimoya
A creamy fruit with a soft texture and tropical sweetness.
Fruit · Carambolo
Star fruit with a fresh, lightly tart finish.
Fruit · Mamoncillo
Fruit · Soursop (Guanábana)
A rich tropical fruit with a creamy, aromatic pulp.
Fruit · Nispero
Fruit · Passion Fruit
Fruit . Mamey
Fruit . Mango
A bright tropical fruit with a fragrant, tangy flavor.

Highlights

  • Nutritional properties and healing uses
  • Taste a curated selection of Dominican Republic's tropical fruits
  • Enjoy a small-group experience with a local host
  • Get expert insights on nutrition, history, flavor, and local traditions
  • Guided tasting in a local market

Guiding languages

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
We can accomodate to your food allergies or intolerances, let us know in advance.
This is not a cooking class, is a fruit tasting tour in a local market.
The exact meeting point will be provided by our booking manager after the purchase, and the guide will meet you there. Please contact us via Whatsapp so we can better coordinate your meeting time and location.
Our warm, knowledgeable guide will be there to greet you and make sure you’re all set for a day of new flavors and local culture. His contact number will be sent by our booking manager.
INCLUDED
  • Guided tasting of tropical and native tropical fruits
  • Local guide fluent in English (and passionate about fruit!)
  • Cultural insights, nutritional info & fun facts
  • Water
NOT INCLUDED
  • Transfers
  • Any other fruit, food or drink outside the tasting you would like to buy...

When should I book?

To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.


Cancellations

This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.