A chocolate spa, the first of its kind in Mindanao and the whole country will soon be open to the public at a garden resort in Davao City.
Rhea Pañares, marketing coordinator of Malagos Garden Resort told reporters in a press conference at Habi at Kape in Abreeza Mall on Tuesday that the chocolate spa will become one of the regular features that will be offered to customers and visitors at the newly opened chocolate museum at the resort.
The 280 square meter museum was opened to the public last March 8.
Pañares said the chocolate spa will utilize waste materials from cacao products such as the cacao husks that can be turned into soaps and scrubs.
The spa is expected to open during the celebration of Kadayawan Festival in August this year, she added.
Pañares said that the chocolate museum is fully booked especially on week-ends since it was opened early this month.
The museum is an interactive cacao and chocolate-related installation where visitors will be familiarized how chocolates are made starting from harvesting.
Visitors to the museum, she said, are also allowed to tour a nearby cacao farm.
The museum is also a source of information to visitors on the wonders of cacao and chocolate-making through infographics, audio and video presentations and interactive displays.
The museum also offers its chocolate bar where visitors can enjoy all chocolate products of Malagos Garden Resort.
Pañares said the museum is also aimed to entice visitors to venture into cacao farming and production.
