Discover Hershey

Hershey offers a variety of ways to explore chocolate, gardens and history. You can follow the process of turning cocoa beans into chocolate, create your own chocolate artwork or see hundreds of butterflies in a tropical setting. There is also a permanent exhibition about Milton Hershey and Hersheypark, with more than 70 attractions. A helpful starting point for planning your trip is deciding which of these experiences you want to shape your stay.

Experience and create chocolate

At HERSHEY'S CHOCOLATE WORLD, the free HERSHEY'S Chocolate Tour Ride shows how tropical cocoa beans become HERSHEY'S chocolate. The experience ends with a sweet sample. It combines an insight into the journey from bean to product with a tasting. If you are especially interested in how chocolate is made, this offers a specific theme to focus on during your stay.

The Chocolate Lab at the Hershey Story Museum offers another way to engage with chocolate. This 45-minute educational course includes several hands-on steps: participants pour and decorate chocolate, taste it, and create their own chocolate artwork to take home. This makes the Lab different from the Tour Ride, which shows the production process and ends with a product sample. If you are planning your trip with others, you can choose between these two experiences based on whether you would prefer an insight into the production process or a guided opportunity to create something yourself.

Butterflies and plants at Hershey Gardens

The Butterfly Atrium at Hershey Gardens is open year-round. In a tropical setting, you can stroll among hundreds of butterflies from around the world. Colorful plants and a soothing water feature are also part of the experience. This visit offers a different focus from the chocolate experiences: plants and butterflies take center stage, rather than production and tasting.

Hershey Gardens offers a year-round guided Horticultural Highlights Tour in the Butterfly Atrium for groups. Participants stroll among tropical plants and hundreds of butterflies. If you are traveling with a group, you can consider this tour as a separate option alongside a visit to the atrium. The gardens offer another focus to weigh alongside the chocolate-related experiences when putting together your travel interests.

Milton Hershey and Hersheypark

The Hershey Story Museum features a permanent exhibition about Milton Hershey, presenting five distinct phases of his life. Its clearly defined focus makes the museum an option for travelers who want to learn more about the person whose name also appears in the chocolate experiences and the park.

Hersheypark complements these themed experiences with a large number of attractions. One ticket includes access to more than 70 attractions. This gives you another point of reference if you are considering including Hersheypark in your plans. When planning your trip, you can choose between experiences with a clear theme and described itinerary and a park with a broad range of attractions.

Which experiences do you want to shape your trip?

More places to explore

If you would like to continue planning your trip beyond Hershey, here are some more places: Oberlin, Halifax, Dauphin, Harrisburg, Hummelstown, Middletown, Grantville.

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