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La Jorará Eco Hotel · Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Villa Salak
An exclusive-use estate for 16: weddings, retreats and family celebrations.
Estate8–16 guestsMountain view
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Closed groups
Wellness and yoga retreats
The whole estate for your group: yoga facing the sea, food from the garden, mountain water and no noise but the forest.
- Capacity:
- Groups of 8 to 50 people
- Duration:
- Usually 3 to 7 nights
La Jorará works well as a retreat venue for one simple reason: it can be closed. The group gets the private beach, the natural pool, the trails and the common areas without sharing them with anyone.
Meals are covered by the estate's own garden and fruit trees, and the kitchen adapts to specific diets: it is what retreat organisers ask about most and what is easiest to deliver here.
The setting does half the work. The stream runs cold down from the Sierra Nevada, the beach has no neighbours and mobile signal is intermittent, which on a retreat is usually an advantage rather than a problem.
We work with the organiser to build the programme: schedules, spaces, meals, transfers and any experiences you want to add, from the weaving workshop with the Arhuaco family to the dawn birdwatching walk.
What's included
- Accommodation for the group across the estate's units
- Use of common areas, exclusive beach, natural pool and trails
- Meal plans: half board or full board
- Kitchen adapted to specific diets, agreed in advance
- Fruit and vegetables from the La Jorará garden
- Drinking water plus a coffee and tea station
- Solar power
- Planting of a tree in the Sierra Nevada per booking
Not included
- Retreat facilitators, teachers or therapists
- Yoga or meditation equipment
- Airport transfers
- Alcohol
Add-on services
- Massage and physical recovery programme
- Private transfers from Santa Marta or Riohacha
- Cultural experiences with the Kogui and Arhuaco communities
- Dawn birdwatching walk
- Private beach dinner and bonfire
- Cooking tour in the estate kitchen
Frequently asked questions
Can we take the estate exclusively?
Yes, and it is what we recommend for a retreat. Depending on group size we block all the La Jorará units or just Villa Salak, which sleeps 16 and works as an independent estate within the property.
Is there covered space for the practice?
There are common areas, terraces and hammock decks used for practice and sessions. It is not a yoga studio with a sprung floor and mirrors: it is an estate. Tell us what the programme needs and we will tell you honestly which space fits.
How are special diets handled?
It is agreed before arrival. The kitchen works with produce from the garden and the region, with an emphasis on salads, seafood, tropical fruit and vegetables, so vegetarian and vegan are well covered. Any specific restriction should be flagged in advance so we can shop accordingly: there is no supermarket around the corner.
Where it happens
La Jorará Eco Hotel · Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Dorado
A suite on the upper floor of Casa Verde, La Jorará's main house.
Suite2–4 guestsMountain view
FromCOP 438,000per night
La Jorará Eco Hotel · Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Morro Paraíso
High on the headland, looking out over the Caribbean and the Sierra Nevada rainforest at once.
Cabin2–6 guestsSea view
FromCOP 560,000per night
To add to the programme
Nature · Wellness
Birdwatching at La Jorará
The Sierra Nevada has more endemic birds than any massif on earth. The estate is a good place to see them.
3 hours, early morningDifficulty: Easy
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Culture · Community · Wellness
Arhuaco mochila weaving workshop
Learn to weave with an Arhuaco family, in their home, thirty minutes from the estate.
2 to 4 hoursDifficulty: Easy
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Culture · Wellness · Regenerative
Caribbean food tour
Cook the Caribbean with produce from the garden: coconut rice, patacones, estate fruit.
4 hoursDifficulty: Easy
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