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Expert tip: This is one of the most popular yoga retreats offered in Costa Rica.
Deepen your enjoyment by awakening your spiritual nature! The unparalleled tranquility and natural beauty of Essence provide you with the space to journey inward, renew, and refresh your body, mind, and spirit. Enjoy yoga while relaxing in this nature retreat. This special retreat gives you the opportunity to truly escape and allow the healing green of nature to wash over your whole being. Take walks along their forest trails, lie in a hammock by the pool, enjoy the sunrise and sunset views of the Arenal volcano. Get back in shape with yoga and hiking and have a bit of adventure!
During this retreat you will be staying at in a private room in Essence Arenal Boutique Hostel. The eco-hostel has majestic views of the Arenal Volcano, the Arenal Lake, and the El Castillo Valley, which you can see from the hammocks spotted around the farm. There is a yoga deck, Jacuzzi, vegetarian restaurant, organic permaculture farm, and swimming pool. All beds have orthopedic mattresses and anti allergic pillows.
Are you ready to deepen your yoga practice, transform your eating habits, and perception on life? Join Essence Arenal Boutique Hostel to learn being more mindful, relaxed, and enjoying every second of your life.
In this holiday, you will have Yin yoga and Vinyasa flow yoga sessions twice a day outdoors, with breathing techniques and guided meditation. During and after the retreat, you will become much more relaxed and less distracted by fleeting thoughts and you will be able to apply the newly learned skills in your everyday life.
There are hiking trails on this 22-hectare property farm and rain forest. You can even sign up for a relaxing massage in the Bamboo Spa after a magical hike. You will also have time for meditation, swimming, or anything you wish doing. You will even have a workshop where you learn the basics of designing your own practice. This experience will improve many aspects of your life as you will deepen your yoga practice.
You will get to go on a cacao tour and workshop in this holiday.
in 2008 Essence Arenal project began through destiny and universal guidance. I ended up in this rainforest paradise, where I immediately knew this was my place on earth to live. It has opened my eyes and I needed that change. I was 80 pounds overweight and had a wide collection of emotional wrecks stored in my soul. In a short time of balancing nutrition, emotions, and bad life habits, through learned techniques, these problems disappeared!.I have found emotional, physical, and spiritual balance through the creation of this wonderful place. And I want to share it with you!
I am from Belgium, Antwerp. I studied clinical psychology and philosophy, University. I ve been living in Myanmar Yangon and lashio and recently Santiago, Chile. Currently I am in Arenal, costa rica. I ve been studying, doing and teaching yoga for the last ten years I am also interested in classical Indian dance, kung fu, breathing, Ayurveda and Sanskrit.
This retreat will be taking place in El Castillo, close to the Arenal Volcano and Lake Arenal area, Costa Rica. Costa Rica is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the east and south, the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, and the Caribbean Sea to the east. Costa Rica is home to a rich variety of plants and animals.
El Castillo is a small neighboring village to La Fortuna, directly on Lake Arenal atop the hills overlooking Arenal volcano with 22 hectares of prime hilltop forested pristine land. With breathtaking views, the hostel takes pride in giving their guests an experience of a lifetime. From forest trails down to a majestic waterfall hidden in the rainforest, enjoying mystical free hot springs, horseback riding, and canopy tours, there is a rich amount of nature activities to experience at Essence Arenal.
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During this retreat you will be served with three daily vegetarian meals with natural drinks and naturopathic teas depending on your detox needs. Essence Arenal Boutique Hostel's restaurant opens everyday at 7 a.m. for a delicious breakfast, coffee or tea, fruit plate and plate of the day. Essence Demo Cuisine is a vegetarian restaurant, with a basic central idea of cooking with love.
In this retreat, you will even have the chance to widen your culinary repertoire by trying delicious and healthy organic vegetarian and vegan dishes at this fairy tale like organic farm. The on-site restaurant will satisfy your hunger for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They even have dinner demo cuisines, that includes participating with the chef to learn about the unique international dishes with a vegetarian twist.
This canopy tour gives a stellar view of the volcano and lush rainforest of Lake Arenal. A silent gondola (the sky tram), slowly conveys visitors up above the canopy, and at the top, you can either take the tramt back down or fly down the zip lines.
Based at the Hotel Los Lagos, it is one of the best values in the area with 12 zip lines, hot springs, crocodile pits, butterfly, and frog exhibition areas and hiking trails.
Specialize in canoes and river floats trips lead by bilingual naturalist guides. Most tours are geared towards wildlife and bird watching, throughout the northern Costa Rican area.
The Eco Zoo offers guide tour and hands on reptile and amphibian demonstrations. The object of these shows is to educate and to increase knowledge and awareness of these animals, their positive roles in nature, and the need to preserve them.
It is one of the primary forms of transportation from Essence Arenal to Monteverde or Santa Elen, as it is incredibly scenic, reasonably priced, and saves you half day of travel.
It offers fun, professional white water rafting and kayaking on Rio Toro, Rio Sarapiqui Rio Peñas Blancas and Rio Balsa, rapid ranging from class I to class IV, for all skill levels.
Go on Lost Canyon adventure canyonering. A guide will take you on a hike to an isolated area of the rainforest where you will rappel down four waterfalls, the highest one is 70 meters.
Lilander Horse Tour is one of the best rides in the area. They will pick you up at Essence Arenal and take you up to the primary forest and you will be able to bathe in a hidden waterfall and witness spectacular view of Lake Arenal, the volcano and lush rain forest.
Essence Arenal's new jungle spa service is where you will be able to enjoy their personalized and professional services such as bamboo massage, sweat lodge (temazcal), mud wrap, and hydroptherapy at.
The spa is located in a privileged zone of the jungle, with a unique view to the Arenal volcano and lake, in the middle of a permaculture farm, where you will be able to find different plantations like cacao, coffee, sugar cane, corn, different vegetables, and a unique selection of medicinal herbs among others.
Additionally, you will also be able to enjoy a bath at the local hot thermal/spring river, with the transportation all paid by Essence Arenal Boutique Hostel.
Juan Santamaría International Airport
76 km
Transfer not provided
La Fortuna Airport
14 km
Transfer not provided
Please book your flight to arrive at Arenal Airport (FON). This airport is located 20 minutes from La Fortuna. You would first need to book a regional flight to reach this airport from the Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO). You can take Nature Air or some other smaller flights that offers regional flights several times a week.
Alternatively, from the Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), you can take the private transportation with driver to reach the hostel directly. This service is usually provided in an air-conditioned minivan that can pick you up in the airport or in any location in Costa Rica. Prices can vary according to the location and time of year that you plan to travel. If you are traveling from the San Jose area, including San Jose International Airport, this service will cost 165 USD for a minivan of up to 10 passengers.
The main buses leave from the Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) bus station at 6:30 a.m. or 8:30 a.m., and arrive in La Fortuna.
The local El Castillo shuttles can take you from La Fortuna to the hostel. These shuttles leave from La Fortuna every day at 9:00 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 6:30 p.m. upon reservation, and costs 8 USD per person. The shuttle will be the cheapest option and will drop you off at the hostel.
Alternatively, you can also opt for shared shuttle transportation. The rates for this method of transportation range from 40 to 50 USD per person. These are one-way prices.
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