{"id":9,"date":"2025-10-15T00:22:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T00:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pumadorado.com\/index.php\/blog\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T15:15:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:15:22","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pumadorado.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-colibri-id=\"9-c1\" class=\"style-311 style-local-9-c1 position-relative\">\n  <!---->\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"9-c2\" id=\"about\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-312 style-local-9-c2 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"9-c3\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-2 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 gutters-row-v-2 style-313 style-local-9-c3 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-2 gutters-col-md-2 gutters-col-2 gutters-col-v-lg-2 gutters-col-v-md-2 gutters-col-v-2\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-314-outer style-local-9-c4-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"9-c4\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-314 style-local-9-c4 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-center align-self-md-center align-self-center\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"9-c5\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-316 style-local-9-c5 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-316 style-local-9-c5\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h2 class=\"\">Palma Dorada <\/h2>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"9-c6\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-317 style-local-9-c6 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>\n                      <br>\n                    <\/p>\n                    <p>The Finca Palma Dorada encompasses an area of 35 hectares (86 acres) in the middle of the Ecuadorian Amazon region. Here, alongside the indigenous people of the rainforest, we work to combine growing cacao sustainably, to produce&nbsp;our\n                      distinctive prize-winning chocolate, the preservation of the jungle, commercial forestry,&nbsp;tourism&nbsp;and the cultivation of a variety of vegetables and tropical fruits.&nbsp;<\/p>\n                    <p>The Finca&nbsp;is located in&nbsp;the municipality of&nbsp;Tuyano,&nbsp;near Puerto&nbsp;Misahualli, Province of Napo, in eastern Ecuador. Palma Dorada is&nbsp;located&nbsp;on an ancient&nbsp;river bed, which&nbsp;contains&nbsp;quantities\n                      of gold. Golden electrolytes are widely spread through the soil, enriching the cacao.&nbsp;<\/p>\n                    <p>A primary reserve forest of 15 hectares is protected as part of the sustainable project with a biodiversity which includes a variety of monkeys,&nbsp;felids&nbsp;and birds such as the toucans.&nbsp;A large number of&nbsp;ancient trees\n                      of many species which have not been catalogued yet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n                    <p>The sustainablility management includes protection of insects such as the melipona bees, some of which are being rehoused, providing additional pollination for many plant varieties, including cacao.&nbsp;The farm is managed with minimal&nbsp;agro&nbsp;chemicals\n                      and enriching the soil with recycled organic material from the restaurants. And ensure the water supply for the local communities from the natural sources in the primary reserve forest.<\/p>\n                    <p><span style=\"color: windowtext; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n                    <p>\n                      <br>\n                    <\/p>\n                    <p><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n                    <p>\n                      <br>\n                    <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-320-outer style-local-9-c7-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"9-c7\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-320 style-local-9-c7 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-center align-self-md-center align-self-center\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"9-c8\" class=\"d-block style-321 style-local-9-c8 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-image__frame-container-outer\">\n                    <div class=\"h-image__frame-container\">\n                      <!---->\n                      <!---->\n                      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1986\" height=\"1549\" src=\"https:\/\/pumadorado.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cropped-IMG_20251222_095652-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-646 style-321-image style-local-9-c8-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pumadorado.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cropped-IMG_20251222_095652-scaled-1.jpg 1986w, https:\/\/pumadorado.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cropped-IMG_20251222_095652-scaled-1-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pumadorado.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cropped-IMG_20251222_095652-scaled-1-1024x799.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pumadorado.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cropped-IMG_20251222_095652-scaled-1-768x599.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pumadorado.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cropped-IMG_20251222_095652-scaled-1-1536x1198.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1986px) 100vw, 1986px\" \/>\n                      <div class=\"h-image__frame h-hide-sm style-321-frameImage style-local-9-c8-frameImage\"><\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"9-c9\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 gutters-row-v-2 style-408 style-local-9-c9 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-2 gutters-col-md-2 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-2 gutters-col-v-md-2 gutters-col-v-2\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-410-outer style-local-9-c10-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"9-c10\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-410 style-local-9-c10 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"9-c11\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-411 style-local-9-c11 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <h4>Puma Dorado chocolate is available for purchase in U.K. and Ecuador from our sales points. We are currently exploring other markets.\n                      <br>\n                      <br>Ecuador: g_rosero@pumadorado.com\n                      <br>UK: adrian@ pumadorado.com\n                      <br>Whatsapp: +593 999 8 999 59<\/h4>\n                    <p>\n                      <br>\n                    <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palma Dorada The Finca Palma Dorada encompasses an area of 35 hectares (86 acres) in the middle of the Ecuadorian Amazon region. 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