Join this wonderful detox and yoga retreat in Costa Rica to reduce the mental fog that comes with tiredness, become innovate, be full of fresh ideas, and be at the top of your performance. This is a program designed to help you to to kick start a new adventure and make a turn around in your life! This retreat is for yourself and for your quality of life, Intensive, holistic, and with great results for your health. Juice cleansing is the most effective way to reset yourself for an internal healing and to change your lifestyle. A regular detox will keep you feeling healthy and improve your immune system. Detox is also a way to loose weight because stagnant metabolism can keep the weight on no matter what you do and resetting the system helps shed pounds fast. In your retreat the fist night you will have a clean farm to table light vegan meal - the next morning your hosts will start serving you fresh organic juices every 2 hours, from the best organic growers that Costa Rica has to offer, in the most idyllic waterfall paradise setting. This detox cleanse program gives amazing results! You can also extend your retreat at the prorated pricing. Clean out years of unhealthy choices, and it doesn't just mean food, this is about finding the love for yourself again, getting back to who you are! Dr. Natalie Rose detox formulas and also the Medical Medium cleanse (if you would not want to be on all juice and try the effects of the famous formulas in his books) or even Master Cleanse is also offered as part of this program. They are using fresh ingredients from Costa Rica for the juice detox, and daily and morning yoga classes can change the world for you. There will also be a consultation session by phone before arrival, where you can personalize your own program and find the best way to reach your optimum lifestyle in this retreat. Feel the rejuvenation of negative ions by staying next to a private waterfall ! Just being next to a waterfall is hydrotherapy and is deeply healing. You will end the cleanse your last night with a wonderful vegetable soup. Chia seed coconut pudding with fruits for your first breakfast continues the detox process. Please note a 6 day cleanse / 5 nights is a jumpstart by cleaning the digestive track - to really make a transformation with weight loss a 8 day is recommended or 10 days for real weight loss, longer of course is better results! 3 days of juicing is recommended for seeing the first results which is improved skin.
Day 1
13:00 - 15:00 Check-in followed by a welcome fresh fruit drink and expectations interview for personalized treatments
18:30 - 19:30 Dinner
Day 2
08:00 - 09:00 Optional yoga class
09:00 - 10:00 Breakfast
10:00 - 11:00 Green detox drink
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
16:00 - 17:30 90-minute therapeutic treatment
18:30 - 19:30 Dinner
Day 3
08:00 - 09:00 Optional yoga class followed by a fresh noni drink
09:00 - 10:00 Breakfast
10:30 - 12:30 120-minute lava stone detox therapy followed by a green detox drink
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
18:30 - 19:30 Dinner
Day 4
08:00 - 09:00 Optional yoga class followed by fresh coconut water
09:00 - 10:00 Breakfast
16:00 - 17:30 90-minute therapeutic massage
18:30 - 19:30 Dinner
Day 5
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
11:00 - 11:30 Check out
Racing past the canopy you get the rush of a lifetime! The Baru Reserve Zipline has eight platforms for viewing nature, expert guides who speak great English, and is a true canopy rainforest rush! The tour is only 10 minutes away from the Waterfall Villas. You cannot leave Costa Rica without trying the zip! This tour does not have transportation included. You will need a rental car or taxi service. This tour costs 45 USD per person. The transfer is 20 USD each way.
This guided tour starts very early at 05:00 to catch sight of many rare tropical rainforest birds. This tour is a bird watcher’s dream. This tour costs 45 USD per person. Transfer to tour is 20 USD each way. Kindly bring closed shoes, insect repellent, a water bottle, a hat, and sunglasses.
This is one of the highlights of the Southern region of Costa Rica. This pristine national park has the most incredible diving and snorkeling in Costa Rica with 65 feet of visibility. White sand beaches and crystalline water are only 15 kilometers from the shores of the Ballena National Park about 75 minutes from the shoreline. Here you can swim with dolphins, and sea turtles, a glimpse at manta rays, and bask in vibrant colors amongst a plethora of tropical fish.
This boat tour is spectacular! The tour will provide all of the required equipment. There will also be time to enjoy the beach. If you hike to the other side of the island you will view a very jagged coast. This island is uninhabited, and only the ranger is allowed to stay there overnight. Lunch is included. The tour starts at 06:00 from the Waterfall Villas. If you are vegan or raw foodist do ask for a lunch-to-go the day before - pick up your lunch to put in your fridge after dinner (additional cost if not included in your package).
The tour costs 125 USD per person for snorkeling and 150 USD for diving with 2 tank dives. The transfer is included. Kindly bring water shoes, a swimsuit, a towel, lotion, a water bottle, a hat and sunglasses. Change of clothes.
Begins by boat through the mangroves of Sierpe about 40 minutes’ drive from the Waterfall Villas. You will also pass through the ocean just past the mangroves to enter the closest park entrance. Three hours of an amazing hike with a naturalist guide through the Park with/ lunch included. Many animals including the Scarlet Macaws can be seen.
This tour leaves the Waterfall Villas at 06:00. If you are a vegan or raw foodist do ask for a lunch-to-go the day before - pick up your lunch to put in your fridge after dinner (additional cost if not included in your package). The tour cost is 125 USD per person. Transfer to tour is included. You should bring closed hiking shoes, a swimsuit, a towel, lotion, insect repellant, a water bottle, a hat, and sunglasses for this tour.
Starts from the Marina in Manuel Antonio, sails around the Islands of the Manuel Antonio park, watching dolphins swim in the boat’s wake, and stops for snorkeling in a secluded bay to view a multitude of tropical fish. A wonderful tour that leaves at noon and returns after sunset. Includes an early dinner. This cruise costs 75 USD per person. The transfer is 60 USD each way to the Marina.
The tour starts at the Ballena National Park - guaranteed to find Dolphins! Humpback migratory Whales are sighted from July to October from the south pole migrations and visit in the hundreds, and then again in March to April from the northern hemisphere. August is Whale breeding and birthing month. Over 250 of these mammals reach Dominical waters in August! This safari cost 75 USD per person. Transfers are 20 USD each way to Dominical or if leaving from Uvita 40 USD each way. Kindly bring water shoes – Tevas are good enough, a swimsuit, towel, lotion, water bottle, hat, and sunglasses.
This tour is a must-do! The Nauyaca Waterfall is a spectacular double-decker falls with a gigantic swimming hole set in the rain forest. Their guide can take guests hiking from the back roads in rural Costa Rica through the virgin rainforest to discover one of the largest waterfalls in the country. The swimming hole at this gigantic waterfall is amazing - get under the waterfall!
You will leave the Hotel around 08:30 right after an early breakfast. On the way, you will pass Diamante Falls the largest Waterfall in Costa Rica – set into a steep hill of virgin rainforest called the "Fila de Tinamaste”. The trip starts in the mountains about 30 minutes from the Waterfall Villas by the idyllic town of San Salvador. From there, you continue into the rural countryside until reaching the trail that takes you through the pristine rainforest to the Nauyaca Waterfalls about a one-hour hike.
You will discover many native plants and animals en route to the falls. Picnic lunch included. Good physical condition is required for this tour. Moderate to challenging hike - on the return the hill is steep and requires a very good cardio condition. The cost of this tour is 60 USD per person. Minimum 2 persons.
Ballena Beach is a lovely place to ride up the beach and enjoy watching the surfers and the sunset. The Horse Ranch is just a few minutes from Waterfall Villas South. This tour does not have transportation included. You will need a rental car or taxi service to travel around 20 minutes on this tour. This tour costs 55 USD per person. The transfer is 40 USD each way to Uvita.
Setting off from Playa Pinuelas in the Ballena Marine National Reserve your Kayak tour will be fully guided. You will pass by the famous sea arches, blowholes, and several waves carved caves that are sometimes reachable for a visit depending on the tides and the surf conditions. The trip is about one and a half hours paddling each way. There may also be the possibility of snorkeling depending on the waves. The cost is 75 USD per person. The transfer is 20 USD each way to Dominical. Kindly bring water shoes – Tevas are good enough, a swimsuit, towel, lotion, water bottle, hat, and sunglasses.
Takes you to one of the most famous parks in Costa Rica as it is full of monkeys and tropical wildlife and a white sand beach inside the park with little or no waves. Manuel Antonio is just 30 30-minute drive from the Waterfall Villas. The guide will show you through the park and point out many hard-to-spot animals without a trained eye, and they will provide a professional telescope to get some close-up views.
Their guide is an expert on Costa Rican wildlife. The tour includes transfers. You can purchase lunch at the many restaurants outside of the park. Swing with the monkeys, and have a great lunch on the beach! This tour costs 100 USD per person with a minimum of 2 persons. You should bring walking shoes -tevas are good enough, a swimsuit, towel, lotion, water bottle, hat, and sunglasses.
Their guide takes you on an adventure to a little-known mystical world either in Matapalo or Sierpe, where huge mangrove forests dot the coastline of Costa Rica - full of rare animals and plants. You may see monkeys, alligators, and many rare birds such as blue herons and kingfishers. It costs 75 USD per person. The transfer is 20 USD each way to Dominical. Kindly bring water shoes – Tevas are good enough, a swimsuit, towel, lotion, water bottle, hat, and sunglasses.
Just two kilometers from Waterfall Villas a preservation and awareness park for rare reptiles - a wonderful way to learn about bio-diversity. This tour does not have transportation included. You will need a rental car or taxi service or you can also walk. This tour costs 10 USD per person.
In Dominical, the waves are some of the best in Costa Rica. Dominical Beach offers the opportunity to learn how to surf - a new sport to enjoy. Private surf lessons are offered. You can even take a lesson from a female surfer, in case you want to learn to surf from this perspective. Surfer girls rock! The lesson will cost 45 USD per person. The transfer is 20 USD each way.
High in the Cerro de La Muerte mountains is one of the most beautiful highland areas where the Mayan sacred bird the Quetzal has chosen their habitat. In April, these birds are found caring for their young and can be seen easily returning to their nests. This guided Hike leaves the Waterfall Villas at 05:00 and you will have breakfast and lunch on the tour at selected local restaurants. The tour costs 150 USD per person with a minimum of 2 persons. You should bring good closed hiking shoes with traction, a water bottle, a hat, and sunglasses.
A guided tour with all equipment provided. Starting from the back roads of Plantanillo to spectacular scenery in the hills of the Baru area you will go to an amazing secret Waterfall where you will have lunch close to the Guabo river, and then the trip continues to the Tres Piedras magnificent rainforest area which is quite unknown still to travelers where you may find abundant wildlife in such a secluded natural habitat.
To complete the tour, you will do a refreshing downhill on the way back to the Waterfall Villas where you can soak in yet another waterfall. This is a 4-hour tour or half day. The tour is medium to challenging. Additional trails include Bella Vista and Timamaste above Waterfall Villas with several routes to choose from at varying levels of difficulty. The tour costs 50 USD per person.
In the many gorgeous rivers close by the Waterfall Villas. Your rafting operator will decide which is the best option given the conditions. Possibilities include the Guabo, Coto Brus, and the Savegre River. Various levels of difficulty and rapids make each river a unique adrenaline rush. There will also be an opportunity to see a lot of wildlife on your adventure. Lunch is included. Day trip from 06:00. Suitable for ages 14 and above, with swimming skills, and the ability to walk over slippery places.
Spa treatments
During this retreat, you will enjoy two 90-minute treatments and one 120-minute lava stone detox therapy with body scrub and mask. All treatments will be performed In the privacy of the spa and your therapist will first apply an organic oil and essential oils to take all of the stress from the body.
During this retreat, you will be served three daily delicious detox, organic, and vegetarian meals plus fresh coconut water or fresh noni juice. All meals will be personalized based on your needs and goals using macrobiotics, Ayurveda, or raw vegan detox diet with organic ingredients, no chemical additives, no sugar, no gluten.
Day 1
You will be served for dinner a zucchini soup, a vegan rainbow of grains casserole which has three layers made with forbidden black rice cooked in fresh coconut milk and quinoa in fresh beet juice, polenta cooked in coconut water and fresh carrot juice and then topped with a fresh mushroom gravy (no dairy), and an avocado garnish mango strawberry tart accompanied by a fresh starfruit juice.
Day 2
For breakfast, you will enjoy a fresh noni drink or fresh coconut water, a fresh fruit plate, organic coffee and tea, a tropical smoothie or a fresh squeezed orange juice, and cereals. For lunch, you will be served a fresh organic garden salad with Maracuya vinaigrette dressing and vegetable canopies. And for dinner, you will enjoy a white bean soup Mediterranean a Moroccan tangine of vegetables with couscous immortal chocolate parfait (no dairy) and natural sweeteners along with a ginger tea.
Day 3
For breakfast, you will enjoy a green goddess smoothie, fresh fruits, spelt banana pancakes, and organic coffee and tea. For lunch, you will be served live nori rolls with heart of palm with vegetable pate and fresh veggies and fresh juice. And for dinner, you will enjoy a carrot coriander soup sweet and sour with tofu and organic vegetables, Buddha’s brown rice raw passion fruit tart, and fresh juice.
Day 4
For breakfast, you will enjoy a tropical smoothie, organic coffee and tea, chia seed porridge with coconut, and fruit. For lunch, you will be served a vegan broccoli quiche with waldorf salad and fresh juice. And for dinner, you will enjoy a squash soup vegan Spanish paella with organic veggies, mora berry tart, and fresh juice.
Day 5
On your final day, you will be served for breakfast a fresh fruit plate, organic coffee and tea, a tropical smoothie, a fresh squeezed orange juice, cereals, and a vegan crepe with veggies.
The following meals are included:
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Drinks
The following drinks are included:
Water
Coffee
Tea
Detox juices
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
Vegetarian
Vegan
Organic
Raw food
Ayurvedic
A reservation requires a deposit of 26% of the total price. The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled. The rest of the payment should be paid 7 days before arrival.
