Costa Rica Jungle Retreat

Listening to the ocean, monkeys, and birds while watching the sunset.

You wake up with the sunrise (the sun comes up at around 6am, and sets around 6pm, year round). You take a short walk down to the ocean for a morning walk on the beach, or a morning swim. You then walk up the hill for a meditation followed by a morning practice with a theme that you can contemplate during the day. During yoga you see monkeys swinging on trees nearby, and hear the sounds of birds you’ve never heard before.

After practice you sit with the rest of your friends on the retreat at a community table and share a delicious breakfast (each morning is a different meal), with conversation and talk about the day. After breakfast you are off to take a surf lesson, or a hike along one of the trails with a couple friends, or maybe you relax in one of the many hammocks.

At lunch time, you return to the dining hall and reconnect with everyone, and you even enjoy a nice conversation with a few other people from around the world visiting Finca.  After lunch you take a nap, read a bit of your book, and enjoy a wonderful swim in the ocean.

The second yoga class starts, building on the first, and ending right as the sun is setting. After class you walk to the dining hall with everyone. You are first served  a special appetizer while enjoying the stars coming out, ordering a margarita from the bar. Dinner is served (a different dinner each day), which is delicious, followed by special desert. After nice conversations at the community table after dinner, you head back to your cabin, enjoy an evening shower, relax, and get to bed to get up early to easily rise to sunrise the next day.

Another day in paradise. 

Enjoying a fun good practice, with good company.

Each morning breakfast is at 8:30am. You can help yourself to a buffet of assorted, in-season fruits, granola and yogurt as well as coffee, tea and juice to get your day started right! Followed up with a full, hot breakfast.

Lunch is served from 12-1pm. One day may be a curry, the next may be sushi, falafel, or something you have never even heard of. Finca chefs dedicate much time and planning to creating new tastes, textures and experiences each day!

Dinners, however, are definitely the meal you will remember most. Enjoy Hors d’oeuvres (homemade chips, fried plantains, ceviche, etc.) from 6-7, grab a drink at the bar and relax while watching the sunset. At 7 you will join everyone at the retreat around the community table and share a meal. This 3 course meal featuring an appetizer, an entrée and a dessert is a great chance to connect with everyone and feel that much more immersed in your environment.

Pineapple flambé, chocolate banana ice cream, or chia, coconut and raw sugarcane balls are just a few examples of the desserts we create to end your night on a high note.

With Fincas open kitchen, you will always be able to talk to the chefs and even watch them making the magic happen! They are also more than happy to share recipes for you to take home to recreate for friends and family.

View from one of the oceanview cabins.

Glamping Tiki-Tents.

Finca is run by a family, and you are invited guests. There is a real sense of being special guests in their home, and at this beautiful place they build themselves. The people who own Finca and work there are the reason that I keep coming back.

Finca is situated in a jungle, with an effort to have the least impact as possible on the environment. It is an incredible opportunity to immerse yourself in the Costa Rica jungle, and, this isn’t for everyone. It is hot and humid, there are wild, unfamiliar animals, there are no fans. It’s an incredible experience, and at the same time, this isn’t a “pampered” retreat, and you have to be open to interacting with an unfamiliar environment. 

Casa Grande restaurant and observation deck looking out over the jungle and the ocean.

Swimming success!