10 Days Energizing Surf Camp and Yoga Holiday in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica
Relaxing Yoga Retreat Costa Rica
Enjoy surfing with Pura Vida Surfers while connecting with yourself. The fun, playful, and challenging surfing together with the mindful, relaxing, and balancing yoga is a combination that many love. Join your hosts in Costa Rica and enjoy daily yoga classes and surf lessons. By finding focus and clearing the mind, you will progress more in surfing. Breathing is also crucial in surfing and the main focus in yoga. Experience the best of two worlds and go crazy but keep it simple!
Meet the instructors
Highlights
- 9 yoga classes
- 8 surf lessons during the retreat
- Photos or videos from every surf lesson
- Transportation to and from the beach
- Daily meals, fruits, and water
- 9 nights' accommodation
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
Accommodation
Facilities
- Shopping
- Swimming pool (outdoor)
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Bar
- Dining area
- Kitchen
- Multilingual staff
- Poolside bar
- Restaurant
- Smoke-free property
- Special menu request
- Bicycle rental
- Board rental
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet access
- Meeting room
- Parking lot
- Tour assistance
- Outdoor shower
Selina is a new-built hostel just 50 meters away from Playa Santa Teresa. The hostel is beautifully decorated, has a nice swimming pool area, and a billiards table. It is located just by the main road with stores, bars, and restaurants walking distance away.
During this retreat, you can stay in a shared dorm, private room with shared bathroom, or private room with private bathroom. All rooms at Selina have air-conditioning and good Wi-Fi connection. The size of the dorm you will be placed in depends on availability.
Program
The schedule during this retreat is flexible. One can decide to do yoga in the morning and surfing in the afternoon, or vice versa. It is also possible to do yoga and surfing head to head in the morning, and have the afternoon off.
You will normally surf at 7 a.m., 9:30 a.m., or 3:45 p.m, surf lessons will be scheduled according to ocean conditions. The yoga schedules vary depending on the yoga studio. Throughout the retreat, you will enjoy eight surf lessons and nine yoga classes. The yoga classes are held at different yoga studios in Santa Teresa to provide you many different yoga styles and various hours to practice it. You will build strength, increase flexibility, and energy levels, bend, twist, breathe, and release tensions in yoga to become a better surfer.
Note: The retreat can be customized. For example, you can add an extra day of surfing or yoga, a rest day, etc. Please contact Pura Vida Surfers with your request.
A day can look like this:
- 07:00 Breakfast till 10:00
- 10:00 Surf lesson
- 13:00 Lunch
- 18:00 Yoga
- 19:30 Dinner and video analysis of your surfing
Instructors
Victor StClair Slatte
Victor is an instructor at Pura Vida Surfers.
Marcos
Marcos, one of the instructors at Pura Vida Surfers.
Cristian
Cristian is an instructor at Pura Vida Surfers.
Andrés
Andrés, one of the instructors at Pura Vida Surfers.
Retreat location
This retreat and surf camp will take place in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica. Santa Teresa is a beautiful beach town that many people return to. This is a perfect place to connect with nature and also with yourself. Despite being a small town, it is still for everyone. Whether you want to come here for surfing, yoga, with your partner, family, or friends, Santa Teresa is the destination. It is a friendly place with a mix of Ticos and internationals.
Santa Teresa is located in the southern part of the Nicoya Peninsula. With its many and long beaches, it is an ideal place for those who love surfing or want to learn to surf. Santa Teresa also has many different yoga studios, as well as activities, in its biodiverse and beautiful nature. Some of the activities that one can do include horseback riding, zip lining, ATV tours, visit national parks, and fishing, just to name a few.
Nearby places
- Playa Santa Teresa, 50 meters
Unique features
Activities
- Shopping
- Surfing
- Swimming pool (outdoor)
- Zip lining
General
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Bar
- Dining area
- Kitchen
- Multilingual staff
- Poolside bar
- Restaurant
- Smoke-free property
- Special menu request
Services
- Bicycle rental
- Board rental
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet access
- Meeting room
- Parking lot
- Tour assistance
Food
A daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be served during this retreat. Food will be served from the restaurant at Selinas. Enjoy their breakfast buffet in the morning and eat from their menu at lunch and dinner. Fruits and water will be provided with each surf lesson.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Snacks
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
- Other dietary requirements on request
Things to do (optional)
- ATV rental
- Canopy
- Fishing
- Horseback riding
- Kayaking
- Massage
- Stand up paddling
- Visit Cabo Blanco National Park
- Visit the Montezuma waterfalls
- Visit the Tortuga Island
What's included
- 8 surf lessons
- 9 yoga classes
- Photos and videos of your surfing
- 9 nights' accommodation
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
- Daily fruits and water
What's not included
- Additional activities
- Airfare
- Airport transfers
- Drinks
- Equipment rental
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Juan Santamaría International Airport
111 km
Transfer not provided
Tambor Airport
19 km
Transfer not provided
Arrival by airplane
When you book your flight to Santa Teresa you will first land at Tambor Airport (TMU) and then take a shuttle to Santa Teresa (the shuttle takes about 45 minutes). The land transportation fee is included in the airfare. Nature Air operates flights from San José to Tambor / Santa Teresa.
To book your flight, simply go to their website and choose San José in the "from"-dropdown list, and Santa Teresa/Mal País in the "to"-dropdown list.
Arrival by bus
There is a direct bus from San José to Santa Teresa leaving daily from "Terminal 7-10" at 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. The ferry ticket is included in the price and you do not have to change buses when you get on or get off the ferry. However, you might have to change buses in Cóbano, which is an hour drive after the ferry. Normally, the bus driver tells you to change bus, but if you are unsure, just ask the driver.
Arrival by shuttle
Shuttles leaves daily from San José to Santa Teresa. If you stay overnight in San José, the hotel is normally able to help you arrange the transportation. You can also contact your hosts ahead of time and they will help you.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 14% of the total price.
- The deposit is fully refundable if the booking is cancelled up to 21 days before the arrival date.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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