Costa Rica: Black Women Collective Healing Retreat
June 29 - July 5, 2025 [Closed]
July 6 - 12, 2025 [Closed]
Your Costa Rica Adventure Includes:
Luxury Villa Accommodations: 180 degree ocean views, private pool, tropical garden, and regular visits from toucans, monkeys, iguanas, and more!
Chef-Prepared Meals: All meals included, beginning with dinner on Day 1, and ending with breakfast on Day 7
Fun Adventures! Including: white water rafting, surfing lessons, swimming under gorgeous waterfalls, and a sunset catamaran dinner cruise
Authenticity and Liberation Workshop conducted for 1-2 hours per day, over 3-4 days of the adventure
Additional Opt-in Activities: Including additional surfing, and relaxation massages
Private Roundtrip Convoy: Scenic private transfer from San Jose International Airport to Ojochal, Costa Rica
Group size: 7-9 adventurers, 1 guide, and 1 facilitator
Physical Demands: Moderate
Price Range: $3800-$4500
Priceless: A curated experience designed to help you relax, relate, and release!
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About The Adventure
This itinerary is slightly scaled back on adventure from our typical Costa Rica trips, but we will still be enjoying the experiences that guests tend to favor the most, and that put us right up close and personal with the best of Costa Rica’s natural environment. We’ve done this to create space for our guest facilitator, Tanya Williams, to guide us through several learning experiences intended to help us ground in our power as Black Women, connect or reconnect with our authentic selves, and walk away with strategies to pursue authenticity and joy in our day to day lives, regardless of what is happening in the world around us..
Because spending time in awe-inspiring nature, and participating in activities that invite us to fully be free and have fun are healing in and of themselves (seriously - one of my favorite things about SheTravels are the many moments of grown ass women just giggling with joy...it's so beautiful), we are striking a balance in this retreat between adventure and learning. You'll notice the itinerary isn't filled with hours upon hours of workshops. Tanya will guide us through critical learning opportunities for a couple hours, 3-4 times throughout the week. We'll participate in two higher-energy adventures, and 2 "relax and take in the beauty" adventures, and the entire time you'll be fully taken care of by a private chef, a private driver, and your SheTravels guide, whose mission is to take care of you so you don't have to worry about a thing.
Detailed Itinerary*
Day 1
Meet at 10:30am** at our rendezvous hotel near Costa Rica’s San Jose International Airport. Meet your fellow SheTravels guests and travel via private transport to our luxury retreat center in Ojochal, Costa Rica.
Upon arrival you’ll be met with a poolside reception and appetizers in order to fully relax into your surroundings for the week. Once settled in, we’ll sit down for our chef-prepared dinner and your SheTravels guide will fill you in on what to expect for the week. Your guide facilitates community building by leading conversation to help us get to know one another, and set intentions for your week in Costa Rica.
We won’t keep you too late, as Day 2 is an early morning and we hope you’ll get some rest for the adventures ahead!
Day 2
Each morning we’ll start our day with a delicious chef-prepared meal that features unique local produce. After some rest and relaxation we’ll open with our first session with Tanya, spending 90 min - 2hrs in introductory activities to connect to ourselves and our environment, and the liberatory programming ahead.
After lunch we’ll head north to Quepos, where we’ll board a catamaran for an afternoon and sunset on the Pacific. We may spot dolphins or other marine life, you’ll have a chance to swim and/or snorkel close to shore, and dinner will be served on the boat before watching sunset over the ocean.
After sunset we’ll head back to the villa where the chef will have some light snacks waiting for us so we don’t go to bed hungry!
Day 3
You’ll likely be awakened by the sounds of the Costa Rican jungle, and a chef-prepared breakfast will be waiting for you. After breakfast we’ll head 45 minutes north to Dominical to start our white water rafting adventure on the Sevegre River. Never been rafting before? That’s ok! We’re led by experienced guides who are part of the Costa Rican National Rafting Team - they prepare us with everything we need to know and closely monitor conditions, putting our safety first. Part-way down the river we’ll stop to explore a local waterfall and refuel with a Costa Rican river lunch.
We’ll arrive back at the villa in the late afternoon and in your free time you’ll be able to take advantage of the pool with a view, and the many quiet places to relax on the property. Dinner will be another sit-down chef-prepared offering.
Day 4
On Day 4 we’ll slow down a little, and after breakfast will pick up with additional facilitation by Tanya for the morning. After a chef-prepared lunch we’ll have an afternoon of pampered relaxation. You can choose to simply relax by/in the pool, enjoy a hike on the property down to a gorgeous stream with its own mini-waterfall, or take advantage of massages offered on site at the villa.
In the evening we’ll venture into town for a nice dinner at a local restaurant. Feel free to dress to impress, or join us in casual comfort as Costa Rica is a very laid back environment
Day 5
After breakfast, Day 5 will start with surfing lessons on Dominicalito Beach. Our beginner surfing class is done in waist-deep water at most, so if swimming in the ocean makes you nervous at all, know that we’ll be in shallow water where you can simply stand-up to find safety. We are also be supported by experienced surfing instructors who are very good at adapting their approach to meet the needs of the individuals they teach. There will be no more than 2 guests assigned to each instructor, so you’ll have hands-on support as you learn.
After surfing we’ll head “home” to our villa for lunch and an afternoon session with Tanya before catching sunset from the pool.
Our chef-prepared dinner will be flexible this evening, offering you an opportunity to take it easy and eat when you’re hungry.
Day 6
We’ll have an early start in order to visit one of the most popular waterfalls in the area, Nauyaca Falls. A flatbed truck will drive us about 30 minutes into the jungle where we’ll have a chance to then explore both the upper and lower waterfalls. The lower falls has a gorgeous natural pool we can swim in and take lots of great Instagram worthy pictures :) It’s one of my favorite spots relax into the jungle and soak in Costa Rica’s natural beauty.
In the afternoon we’ll wrap up or final facilitated space with Tanya, who will leave us with important take-aways as we prepare to head home.
During our final chef-prepared dinner, your guide will facilitate a closing circle activity offering time to reflect on your experience and what you’ll take home with you.
Day 7
Have a hearty breakfast and pack up some snacks along with your belongings. Private transport back to San Jose International Airport will be provided after we say our goodbyes (airport drop-off is at 1:00pm).
*All SheTravels itineraries are subject to change based on weather and safety conditions at the time of our adventures.
**Depending on where you are flying in from, you may need to fly into San Jose one day early. Upon registering, SheTravels will provide a list of recommended hotels in the area. You will be responsible for any accommodation needs on either end of the trip.
Physical Demands: MODERATE
Your Costa Rica adventure will include activities with varying degrees of physical exertion required. For your safety and enjoyment we want to be up-front and realistic about the physical demands to make sure you’re prepared for a fun and rewarding experience. If there are any activities you do not want to participate in, you are always welcome to enjoy a day of relaxation at our gorgeous villa!
Please take a close look at the detailed itinerary above to understand the activities included in the Costa Rica Bucket List Retreat. To participate in the activities of this adventure you need to be free of neck or back injuries, comfortable walking short distances in a hot environment, and you will benefit from being comfortable in water environments. That said, water activities have an option (if not a requirement) to wear life jackets and other life-saving equipment, or they take place in shallow water (e.g. surfing). 100% of water activities are run through accredited and insured outfitters. In other words, you can safely participate in any of the activities regardless of your swimming ability. For perspective, it’s ok if any of the listed activities make your nervous - that’s very normal. We are sharing this information with you so you can make an informed decision about whether these physical demands risk putting you in severe pain or causing injury. If you have any questions about your ability to enjoy this experience, please reach out to us at info@shetravels.com. We are happy to talk with you about what to expect, and to give you our honest opinion about whether your comfort level in the water will impact your enjoyment of this adventure.
Please note: by registering and paying a deposit for an Adventure, you acknowledge and agree that you have received, read, and understood the SheTravels Participation Agreement and agree to abide by the SheTravels’ policies as they may be amended from time to time. As of this time, ALL PARTICIPANTS will be required to provide proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 at the time of travel (final shot administered at least 14 days prior to start of your adventure). Accepted vaccines are Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, and Johnson & Johnson (Janssen)