Better than a group trip.
Time, presence, and a few days with nowhere else to be.
The Friends Retreat gives your group something most vacations don't leave room for: actual time together.
Not rushing between activities. Not splitting into factions. Not one person managing the group chat from the hotel lobby.
Just a few unhurried days in a beautiful place.
What a day might look like.
Morning
Coffee and a light breakfast to start slow. Then out for a surf session while the morning light is still soft — followed by second breakfast (yes, there are two) once everyone's back on dry land.
Midday
Lunch together, then the afternoon is yours: yoga in the open-air shala, hammock or poolside hangs. Whatever your group needs more of that day.
Beach hangs as the light turns gold. Then shared dinners, a few drinks, and conversations that somehow go until midnight — the ones you haven't had in years because life back home keeps getting in the way.
Evening
Who comes to a retreat.
But "friends" covers a lot of ground. Our retreats are also a great fit for:
Sisters and cousins
Bridal parties
Work teams
Milestone birthdays
Family reunions
Book clubs, run clubs, etc.
Friends who finally stopped saying "we should plan a trip."
What's included.
Yoga
Open-air yoga sessions. Designed to compliment the surf and vacation vibes, not wear you out. And optional, always.
Surf
Beginner-friendly lesson, ocean time, beach hangs. The kind of fun that makes you forget you're an adult with responsibilities.
Good Food
All meals included, shared tables, locally sourced ingredients. The setting for the conversations you came for.
Temazcal
A guided sweat lodge ritual — heat, herbs, clay, and a cold plunge. Simple, intense, resetting.
$1,550 USD/person
All-inclusive price includes:
✓ Accommodations: 7 nights accommodation, double occupancy in cabana or beach house room (to be confirmed at time of booking)
✓ Airport transfers: Private shuttle to and from Managua Airport
✓ All meals: There's 4! Breakfast, second breakfast, lunch, and dinner
✓ Nonalcoholic drinks: Filtered water, coffee, tea, freshly made juices
✓ Daily yoga in open-air shala
✓ 2 Beginner-friendly group surf lesson with surf photography
✓ Paddleboard estuary tour
✓ Temazcal spa experience
✓ Chocolate making workshop
✓ Sunset boat ride with wakeboarding
✓ Retreat host / coordinator
If you feel like adding more, here are some a la carte options that can be simply purchased during your retreat:
More surfing: Additional surf lessons or board rental.
Bar drinks: Cocktails, mocktails, beers, hard seltzers, smoothies
Tours & activities: Volcano hikes, day trips into the city, etc.
The place —
an eco-resort in Northern Nicaragua.
Palm-thatched cabanas (rooms with A/C if you prefer), an open-air yoga shala, a point and beach break to surf right out front. Warm water, no crowds, no party scene — exactly the energy needed for a friends retreat.
Coco Loco Eco Resort, The Friends Retreat's first partner location.
(Direct link to the Coco Loco website.)
Why Coco Loco.
The Friends Retreat is intentional about where retreats are hosted. Rather than bouncing between destinations, places are carefully chosen — spots with the right energy, the right setting, and the kind of hospitality that makes a group trip feel effortless.
The first partner location is Coco Loco Eco-Resort on the Pacific coast of northern Nicaragua, and it sets a high bar.
The perfect energy for a friends retreat.
Coco Loco sits directly on the beach in one of Nicaragua's least-crowded stretches of coastline. Palm-thatched eco-cabanas built with local materials. An open-air restaurant serving fresh, locally sourced meals. A yoga shala surrounded by trees and ocean breeze. A pool. A reef break right out front. Warm water. No noise. No crowds. No party scene.
The resort was built around a simple philosophy: slow down, be where you are, connect with the place and the people around you. It's exactly the energy The Friends Retreat wants.
Uncrowded surf breaks right in front — real waves, without the lineup pressure.
Food that's genuinely worth looking forward to — healthy, homemade, made from local ingredients.
Optional experiences that go beyond the beach: volcano hikes, mangrove boat trips, baby turtle releases, chocolate making workshops, and community tours.
The kind of quiet that's harder and harder to find — star-filled nights, ocean air, and a rhythm that slows you down within a day.
What this location makes possible:
Managua International Airport is the closest major airport (approximately 3.5 hours). Transportation to / from the airport is arranged as part of your retreat package.
More partner locations are in the works, stay tuned.
What it actually looks like.
Ready to get the group together?
Come with your friends. Leave feeling like you actually spent time with them.
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