Take your CrossFit practice to new places

Costa Rica Outdoors & Waves has partnership with CrossFit gyms in La Fortuna and Santa Teresa beach to bring you an exclusive CrossFit & Surf Retreat in Costa Rica.

Guests will have the opportunity to train with a Certified Costa Rican CrossFit Trainer and learn to surf with an ISA (International Surfing Association) Certified Surf Instructor.

Our Certified CrossFit Trainers are experienced, with a high level of CrossFit coaching knowledge and ability. We ensure that our coach team possesses the knowledge and competency required to train clients safely and effectively. Our ISA surf team has a high level of expertise in surf lessons and surf coaching. Our focus is to provide the highest quality surf experience and to improve your surfing skills and ocean knowledge. Surf students will learn on a safe beach with waves that are perfect to build confidence and skills. Our surfing team will stay by your side the whole time, making sure that you understand surfing etiquette and safety, how to pick waves and how to pop up on your board.

This retreat will immerse you in the natural beauty and culture of Costa Rica. This itinerary includes plenty of outdoor activities together with delicious and healthy Costa Rican and international gastronomy. This experience can be bought as a 7 nights or 9 nights retreat, for Canadians and Americans, the proximity to Costa Rica allows them to come for a shorter visit, but for Europeans and citizens from further regions, we suggest a 9 nights retreat. For those who wish to stay exploring other regions of Costa Rica after finalizing the CrossFit & Surf Retreat with us, we will gladly help you at no cost, with the design of your travel itinerary. We highly suggest visiting places like: Osa, Monteverde, San Gerardo de Dota, Turrialba or the Caribbean coast.

This retreat visits two different regions of Costa Rica, first La Fortuna, a small town located at the foot of Arenal Volcano and its lush rainforest, an area with abundant wildlife and plenty of outdoor activities such as: white-water rafting, hanging bridges, hiking trails, wildlife observation tours, hot springs, waterfalls, mountain biking and birdwatching.

During the second part of the retreat, guests will get to enjoy the warmth, sunsets and chill out atmosphere of Santa Teresa beach, a surf and yoga town located in the south of the Nicoya Peninsula, here guests will learn to surf in the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean. Besides surfing and yoga, Santa Teresa offers inshore and offshore fishing tours, mountain biking, horseback riding, ocean kayaking, Stand Up Paddle (SUP), hiking in the nearby National Parks, a bioluminescence tour and much more. There is also a growing community of artists and musicians which brings unique cultural events to town, and every Saturday there is an organic farmers market where you can find delicious, fresh and locally grown produce. Besides, Santa Teresa has a wide variety of restaurants to choose from, Argentinian, Thai, Japanese, Italian, Israeli and naturally, Costa Rican seafood restaurants.

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The retreat at a glance

After arriving at Juan Santamaría International airport (SJO) guests will be greeted by our staff and carried by car from San José to La Fortuna, estimated driving time 2 hours. After completing the hotel check in and getting settle, the retreat group will meet up for a welcome dinner.

The first 3 or 4 nights (depending if you take the 7 or 9 nights retreat) will be spent in La Fortuna, where besides CrossFit sessions, guests will have the opportunity to visit a waterfall, the hot springs of Arenal Volcano and to enjoy a rainforest hike accompanied by a naturalist tour guide. During the last morning in this region of Costa Rica, guests will be transported by car to Santa Teresa beach, estimated driving time 5 hours.

The remaining 4 or 5 nights (depending if you take the 7 or 9 nights retreat) will be spent in Santa Teresa beach, where besides CrossFit sessions and surf lessons, guests will have the opportunity to enjoy a sunset SUP tour in the calm waters of Mal País.

The weekly schedule has been designed with two free afternoons for the 7 nights retreat, and with two free afternoons and one day off for the 9 nights retreat. This leisure time can be enjoyed relaxing on a hammock, enjoying a massage at the spa, reading a book, experiencing any of the optional outdoor activities, swimming in the pool or simply enjoying the beach or volcano view while sipping a cocktail. Our staff will help you organize any of the activities that are not included in the itinerary, if you wish to maximize your time in Costa Rica.

During the last morning, after the farewell breakfast and checking out from the hotel, guests will be carried by taxi to Tambor domestic airport, where they can board a 25-minute flight back to Juan Santamaría International airport (SJO) where they can finally catch their departure flight back home or take off to their next destination, either in Costa Rica or elsewhere in the world.

Costa Rica is becoming one of the most popular fitness vacation destinations, book a retreat with us and stay fit and active while on vacation. This experience will send you home recharged, inspired and revitalized.

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