This no-frills cacao farm and ice-cream maker has a shop, cafe and orchard where you can sample ice cream made from the sweet pulp of the cacao fruit, or hot chocolate made with 100% local beans, and buy sweets to take home. It offers 40-minute guided tours of its well-equipped factory in English. Book one to two weeks prior to your arrival by phone or Facebook message. Cocosun is a five-minute cab ride from Chaozhou Train Station in Pingtung.
Cocosun
Pingtung County
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