Mystical and Magical Moments: Galapagos Retreat
Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador November 8th-15th, 2025
The retreat center is situated on the fertile slopes of an ancient and extinct volcano in the rural uplands of Santa Cruz Island that itself is located in the heart of the Galapagos Archipelago that lies six-hundred miles west of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean, South America.
If we look at all life through a lens of magic this allows us the capacity to understand beauty, kindness and compassion. If you look at a beautiful river, field filled with flowers you can feel the energy within the settings. When did we lose this connection? This week together will be filled with practices, rituals and connection that will allow us to be mesmerized by nature, to reconnect to pachamama.
Chosen organization for donation:
https://www.galapagos.org/newsroom/rapid-response-network/
HISTORY & VENUE
The boutique hotel will transport you back in time to an original and authentic Galapagos, where the natural world reigns supreme and where you can reconnect with your inner nature.This award winning hotel offers a unparalleled level of personal service, traditional home cooking, panoramic views from raised terraces, swimming pool, fitness studio, wifi and exclusive access to nature trails through twelve acres of private forest. Giant tortoises lumber through the coffee plantations and birdsong resounds in the canopy above. On an evening, sit out and enjoy the majesty of the night sky, listening for owls and an exhilarating frog chorus.
The center actively embraces and promotes ecologically responsible decision making and a sustainable economic future for Galapagos. Funds raised by our business are routed back into our own conservation effort and the local economy. Our estate is designed in such a way as not to disturb the migration routes of the giant tortoises, and provides a near-natural habitat in which native birds, insects and plants thrive.
The Galapagos Archipelago is considered one of the last natural paradises left on this planet. It is all of our responsibility to look after it.
THE AREA
The grounds comprise twelve acres (five hectares) of private forest replanted with endemic and native trees, under which organic, shade grown ‘conservation coffee’ is growing.
Gourmet coffee
If you’re a coffee lover, you’re going to love your stay here! The center has it’s own plantation comprising 12 acres of coffee producing trees and is proudly the world’s first producer of ‘tortoise friendly coffee’.
The lodge is nestled within this forest and has balconies and terraces that peer out over the top of it, with majestic, panoramic views to the Galapagos National Park, Galapagos Marine Reserve and outlying islands.
In the evenings another world comes alive at Galapagos estate. On a clear night, gaze up into the Milky Way, listen and look out for hunting bats and barn owls, enjoy an educational documentary about Galapagos, or just spend quality time with friends and family.
Delicious meals…
To feed your adventure spirit
We prepare traditional home cooking using local produce for a mixture of traditional Ecuadorian and international fare. And we happily cater to all dietary requirements including paleo, vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, lactose free, etc. Not all meals are at the hotel. Three lunches will be served on the day tour boats and one or two dinners will be taken in local restaurants. Each place will be fully briefed on each dietary restriction in the group.
Some of our explorations while in Isla santa cruz
Bartolomé and North Seymour Islands
lava tunnels, cloud forest, beach hiking and sea kayaking in secluded bays.
There will be the chance to swim with sea lions and penguins, spot flamingos, marine iguanas, blue footed boobies and even sharks; this UNESCO World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve offers the perfect melding of yoga and an unblemished example of a wild and natural world.
Naturalist accompanied visit to the Charles Darwin Station
Naturalist accompanied day trip with snorkeling to Bartolomé Island
Naturalist accompanied day trip with snorkeling to two of the following three: Santa Fe, South Plazas or North Seymour Islands
Snorkeling and swimming on all day tour boat excursions
Naturalist accompanied Highland Tour (pit craters, lava tunnels and cloud forest and wild tortoises)
Kayaking excursion on Tortuga Bay or Garrapatero Beach
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INCLUSIONS
Seven nights accommodation
Three daily meals, all vegetarian
1 or 2 meals in local restaurant
Drinks (non-alcoholic)
All asana, meditation, pranayam classes with Kacy
All yoga props
Daily morning meditation and Asana
Evening practices of yin, restorative and meditation
Journal exercises, trust exercises, group work
Private sessions available upon request
All applicable sales and hotel taxes
Transfers to and from the Baltra airport (GPS)
Transfers guaranteed on any arrival/departure day
NOT INCLUDED:
Flights, alcohol, meals out, additional excursions, travel insurance
$20 Ecuador Migration fee (arrival to mainland Ecuador) CASH
$100 National Park fee (arrival to Baltra) CASH
This is for the deep diver, the traveler, the nature & animal lover, the self seeker, the historian, the person yearning to learn the deep connection we all have with everyone, everything, every place on such an elemental & energetic level.
ACCOMMODATIONS
All rooms include:
Hammock, Pedestal table, Lamp
Swimming pool towels
Hair dryer, Radio clock
Safe-deposit box, Mirror, Closet
Bathroom accessories
Massages a request
Flatscreen TVs – 50+ channels.
WIFI, Laundry service, Daily cleaning service
A/C and Ceiling fans
Private bathroom
Private balconies and terraces
(A third person can be added in some rooms, please inquire)
EXCLUSIVE ROOMS
Sky View Room – Top floor the new Finch wing, King bed and twin bed with wraparound balcony overlooking the property. (SOLD OUT)
Ocean View Room – Top floor with queen and twin bed, private balcony with hammock. (SOLD OUT)
Double Occupancy: $4100 per person
DELUXE ROOMS
Sunrise Room – In the new Finch wing, King bed or 2 twins and balcony overlooking the property. (SOLD OUT)
Sunset Room – In the new Finch wing, King bed or 2 twins and balcony overlooking the property. (SOLD OUT)
DOUBLE: $3925 per person/ SINGLE $4800 (one person)
SUPERIOR ROOMS
Forrest View Room – this main level room features a Queen and twin bed and private balcony with hammock. (One bed left)
Tortoise Pond (upstairs) – In the main building, 2 twins beds or 1 Queen plus small private terrace.
DOUBLE: $3925 per person/ SINGLE $4800 (one person)
Garden View
Double Occupancy: $3795 per person/ Single Room: $4650
ECONOMY ROOMS
These south-facing ground level rooms have access to a private terrace via sliding, glass doors to the south, queen-sized bed or two twins, en-suite shower room. Windows offer views the the south, east and west.
Tortoise Pond (downstairs)
Plantation View
Double Occupancy: $3795 per person/ Single Room: $4650
$750 due at sign up via WeTravel
You will fly into mainland Ecuador - either via Quito (UIO) or Guayaquil (GYE) - and from there take a 1 hour 40 minute internal flight to Baltra Island (GPS) that serves Santa Cruz Island.
Avianca, LATAM and Ecuair offer daily flights to Galapagos.
