2019 GUIDE to NICARAGUAN RETREAT VENUES for Your Next Retreat

Discover the Perfect Venue 2019 GUIDE TO NICARAGUAN RETREAT VENUES For Your Next Retreat

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02 - 03 Contents

04 Nicaragua

05 Venues & Resorts

06-07 Eden On The Chocolata

08 - 13 Venues & Resorts

14 Contact Us

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19 PEOPLE 7 ROOMS

MANAGUA HOTEL

PLAYA MADERAS, NICARAGUA

Hush has amazing 180-degree ocean views, an infinity pool, the best sunsets, an outside calisthenics gym, garden, hammock & chill area with projector for a movie night, yoga deck with roof and it’s only a 5 minute walk from the surf & beach. The best part is that we also have a rooftop yoga deck on which it’s absolutely stunning to do sunset (yoga) classes with the pink clouds swirling above Discover Your Next Retreat your head. NICARAGUA www.hushmaderas.com instagram.com/hushmaderas Discover leading retreats, Gran Pacifica Beach and Golf Resort stunning venues and welcoming hosts 60 ROOMS MANAGUA around the world

MANAGUA, NICARAGUA RESORT

We have 3.5 miles of private Ocean beach, Wilderness, we have two of the best Surf waves in Nicaragua, Golf, our location is excellent since we are close to the cities in Managua, Granada, Ometepe, Masaya, Catarina, Leon, Rivas, Masachapa, Pochomil, El Velero, Puerto Sandino, Popoyo, Iguana, San Juan del Sur.

www.granpacifica.com

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Eden on the Chocolata FEATURES

SAN JUAN DEL SUR, NICARAGUA 15 PEOPLE 6 ROOMS

• Swimming Pool • Wellness and Outdoor Gym MANAGUA RETREAT CENTER • Yoga Deck • Massage Table Eden on the Chocolata is an eco-lodge in a beautiful hillside garden along the road called La Chocolata. Our luxury cabanas have been built to cool off from the year-round sun in Nicaragua and exercise on our to give you the experience of being close to nature, but still in the warm outdoor fitness trail, free to use for our guests. Eden will be your home embrace of comfort and hospitality. Enjoy the view over Nacascolo Bay away from home where you can be active and adventurous as well as from our shared rancho and yoga deck, dive into our swimming pool meditate, relax and enjoy delicious and healthy food.

www.edenonthechocolata.com instagram.com/edenonthechocolata/

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60 PEOPLE MANAGUA 10 ROOMS 18 ROOMS

MANAGUA HOTEL SAN JUAN DEL SUR, RETREAT NICARAGUA CENTER SAN JUAN DEL SUR, NICARAGUA Our hillside beach hotel is a peaceful place to spend a relaxing beach holiday, but Verdad Natural luxury on a private white sand tropical offers so much more than a gorgeous, beach, stunning ocean-view bungalows, secluded beach and breathtaking views. all within a 4,000-acre jungle define the You can practice yoga or meditation in our Morgan’s Rock experience. Morgan´s Rock freestanding yoga studio; swim, body-surf , is a 3 Ocean View Two Bedroom Villlas with SUP, surf, or boogie board at our beach and Private Pool and 15-bungalow hideaway those nearby; hike, walk or run on our trails; on a mile-long picturesque sandy beach, frequented year-round by nesting sea turtles. work-out in our private gym/exercise facility Nearly half of the vast property is a private where we have ample work-out gear available; instagram.com/verdadnicaragua/ reserve. The rest is low-impact agricultural www.morgansrock.com/ horseback ride or zip-line in the surrounding land (a farm called El Aguacate) and hills, and sail or go fishing from our shores. www.verdadnicaragua.com sustainable tropical forestland instagram.com/morgansrockhotel/ Los Cardones Ecolodge Treecasa Resort

23 PEOPLE 8 ROOMS 90 PEOPLE 36 ROOMS

MANAGUA RETREAT LIBERIA RESORT CENTER

MANAGUA, NICARAGUA SAN JUAN DEL SUR, NICARAGUA

TreeCasa was forged from a collaborative We have 10 years of experience hosting retreats. Our spacious yoga shalas, cabins and vision to build a world of immersive, restaurant are 5 yards off the beach under lush interactive experiences unlike any other. A coastal vegetation. Our ecolodge is a reference magical retreat space where people could for sustainable tourism in Nicaragua with long- explore, discover and connect. It began with standing projects for sea turtle and mangrove a tree…two giant Ceiba trees, rooted deep conservation, community health and in the El Encanto jungle, to be exact. These education. Our guests experience harmony trees now house a three-level tree lounge with nature, with others and within. and form the very heart of TreeCasa.

instagram.com/loscardonesecolodge/ www.loscardones.com www.treecasaresort.com

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35 PEOPLE 7 PEOPLE HOTEL 13 ROOMS

MANAGUA MANAGUA LEON, RESORT NICARAGUA Just a short 20 minute drive from the Historic MIRAMAR, NICARAGUA Colonial City of León, you will come across the beautiful beach town of Las Peñitas. Nestled Miramar Surf Camp is one of the most in the middle of the town surrounded by local treasured surf locations in Nicaragua! shops, restaurants and bars you will find The Located in the North, in a sleepy fishing Simple Beach Lodge, We can offer you the village, this surf hot spot offers more than just perfect place to stay, relax and unwind after perfect waves. It is graced with opportunity your long fun filled day doing just some of for plenty of recreational activities and a the activities we have to offer in the town. The calming, peaceful atmosphere. Blessed with Simple beach Lodge is the perfect place to fall offshore winds, rich with points and beach asleep listening to the tranquil sound of the breaks, it provides sets for all levels of surfers, waves in one of our 7 private rooms all with instagram.com/simplebeachlodge all year round. private bathrooms and beach views or you could try our spacious 6 bed dorm. www.simplebeachlodge.com www.miramarsurfcamp.com Wanderlust Utopia Montys Beach Lodge

20 PEOPLE 8 ROOMS 80 PEOPLE 38 ROOMS

RETREAT MANAGUA MANAGUA RETREAT CENTER CENTER

NICARAGUA JIQUILILLO, NICARAGUA

Welcome to a place like no other. Monty’s Beach Lodge invites you to a rustic Serendipitously situated at the base of hide-away on Nicaragua’s gorgeous north Volcan Concepción, Wanderlust Utopia Pacific coast. Our palm-thatch lodge and makes its home on Isla de Ometepe. A restaurant sits on a breathtaking sandy surf conscious, sustainable, plant-based, eco- beach, just on the edge of the traditional friendly and social responsible venture, fishing village of Jiquilillo. You will relax on Wanderlust Utopia is a retreat facility for the our wide open beach, play in the warm surf, like-minded. Yoga teacher training, fitness and kick back with fresh food and good and adventure, hiking in nature, family or instagram.com/montysbeachlodge corporate groups, you will find your home to friends. At Monty’s, you experience all the come back to year after year. wanderlustutopia.com/ warmth of Nicaragua at your pace. www.montysbeachlodge.com

30 PEOPLE 21 PEOPLE FEATURES 14 ROOMS FEATURES

Located inside a UNESCO declared SAN JUAN DEL SUR, NICARAGUA Biosphere Island Reserve, Totoco offers private jungle cabins set amidst natural Dulce (the sweet coast in Spanish) is a gardens and features mesmerizing views full-service eco-lodge intertwined with of Concepcion active volcano and Lake nature. Spread across a jungle hill rising Nicaragua. After a full day of activities which up from the from Playa Escameca Grande, can include hiking the island’s 2 volcanoes, Costa Dulce consists of eleven individual swimming in crystalline volcanic springs, Bungalows, two yoga shalas, a large lounge visiting hidden waterfalls and kayaking bio- / common area, wellness centre and a diverse wetlands unwind with a soothing restaurant the Dulce Cocina. Open-air massage on your private porch or sip on design in all of our unique rooms keeps you RETREAT cool while connecting you with nature and MANAGUA ECO VILLAGE a refreshing cocktail while to you take a MANAGUA sunset dip in our infinity pool. CENTER staying friendly to the environment.

ISLA DE OMETEPE, NICARAGUA www.totoco.com.ni/ instagram.com/costa_dulce www.costadulcebeach.com Equilibrio Retreats Rancho Santana

12 PEOPLE 6 ROOMS FEATURES 34-100 PEOPLE 17 ROOMS FEATURES

Our cozy casitas with soaring thatched- Rancho Santana is a world-class resort and palm ceilings, welcome you to a 180-degree residential community located on Nicaragua’s open-air view room scrupulously screened- pristine Emerald Coast. “The Ranch” boasts in to keep insects out; equipped with walk- 2,700 acres of rolling hills, five unique through closet, spacious indoor bathroom, beaches, a variety of dining options, and and private outdoor garden shower. activities from adventure sports to a menu of For relaxing, reading or simply chilling, wellness offerings. Whether you’re seeking hammocks and rocking chairs await in your the luxurious amenities of a boutique inn or private outdoor gazebo, steps away from the privacy of an ocean-view home, Rancho RETREAT LAS SALINAS your casita, along with an easel to sparkle MANAGUA RESORT Santana provides unique accommodation CENTER your creativity, within your private straw options inspired by the rugged, natural beauty POPOYO, NICARAGUA fenced oasis. POPOYO, NICARAGUA of Nicaragua’s stunning Pacific coast.

instagram.com/equilibrionicaragua www.equilibrionicaragua.com instagram.com/rancho_santana/ www.ranchosantana.com/

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