# Couples-Specific Retreats in Costa Rica: Programs Built for Two

> We found 6 current programs in Costa Rica built only for couples, plus a beginner-friendly couples surf package near Dominical: a private surf week in Montezuma, the Mystic Rapture intimacy retreat at Anamaya, a communication-workshop retreat at Playa Negra Yoga, 2 private therapist-led retreats in Nosara and a device-free week near Dominical. If none of them fits, a couples-friendly retreat center lets the two of you build your own week.

Source: https://costarica-yoga-retreats.com/couples-specific-retreats-costa-rica/
Last checked: 2026-11-13
Couples-only programs found: 6, plus 1 couples surf package, checked on 2026-Nov-13
Group week with dates: Mystic Rapture at Anamaya, Montezuma (May 1 to 8, 2027)
Private, pick-your-dates programs: Waves of Culture, Kalon Surf, Playa Negra Yoga, Dr. Astrid Matarrita, Andrew Sofin, Couples Unplugged Reset
Adventure-first options: Waves of Culture (couples who already surf) and Kalon Surf (beginners welcome)
No longer running: the old couples weeks at Tierra de Yoga and Costa Rica Yoga Spa, and Prana's one-couple honeymoon package
Not covered: programs with plant-medicine ceremonies, which we left out on purpose

A couples retreat in Costa Rica is a program designed for 2 people who come together and do most of it together: yoga, surf sessions, workshops or excursions planned around the pair, not around solo guests. We found 6 of them running or bookable in November 2026, plus a surf resort with a couples package. They range from a private surf week to a small-group intimacy retreat to sessions with a licensed therapist, so the first job is to know which kind you want.

This page lists every couples program we could verify, with its dates and whether it's private or a small group. For the bigger picture, why shared adventure works and the best regions for a trip together, start with our [guide to couples retreats in Costa Rica](/couples-retreats-costa-rica/). If you're torn between the kinds, our guide to [choosing between an adventure, intimacy or counseling-style retreat](/choose-a-couples-retreat/) walks you through it.

## What a real couples retreat is (and what a honeymoon package isn't)

A honeymoon package is a room and some extras: a suite with a view, flowers on the bed, a couples' massage, a candlelit dinner. It's lovely, but it's a hotel stay.

A couples retreat has a program. Someone has planned your days around the pair: a surf guide who takes you both out each morning, a yoga teacher who sets partner poses, a workshop leader, or a therapist. You sign up as a couple, and the week has a shape.

A resort that "suits couples" may be a fine base, but it isn't a couples retreat unless there's a program behind it. So this page lists true couples programs first, then places where you can build your own couples week.

## Every couples program we found, at a glance

We checked each program on its own website or its booking listing on 2026-Nov-13. We left out every program that includes ayahuasca, psilocybin or any other plant-medicine session, plus a few where a ceremony of that kind was a headline item.

| Program | Where | Kind | Private or group | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Waves of Culture** couples surf retreat | Montezuma | Adventure (surf) | Private | Year-round, 7 days |
| **[Kalon Surf](https://kalonsurf.com/couples/)** couples package | Near Dominical | Adventure (surf) | Small resort, your own room | Year-round, 7 nights |
| Mystic Rapture Couples Retreat | **[Anamaya](/anamaya-yoga-resort/)**, Montezuma | Intimacy, tantra-style | Group of 8 to 12 couples | May 1 to 8, 2027 |
| Couples Retreat at **[Playa Negra Yoga](/playa-negra-yoga-center/)** | Playa Negra, Guanacaste | Communication workshops with yoga | Built around one couple | You choose, 5 nights |
| Gottman couples therapist retreat | Nosara | Counseling | Private | Year-round, 5 days |
| Private couples therapy retreat | **[Bodhi Tree](/bodhi-tree-yoga-resort/)**, Nosara | Counseling | Private | Year-round, 7 days |
| Couples Unplugged Reset | Diamante Valley, near Dominical | Device-free nature week | Private | You choose, 6 days |

## Adventure-first couples programs

Here's the honest gap: there's almost no adventure-first couples *retreat* in Costa Rica. The only true one we found needs couples who already surf. If you're both beginners, a surf camp with a couples package is the nearest thing.

### Waves of Culture: a private surf week in Montezuma

**Waves of Culture** is run by a husband-and-wife team in Montezuma: Mario, a Costa Rican surf guide, and Jamie Vogt, who teaches yoga. Their [private couples surf retreat](https://bookretreats.com/r/7-day-private-locally-guided-couples-surf-retreat-in-costa-rica) is 7 days for one couple, staying in a casita at ZumaLoft. You surf with Mario at breaks around Montezuma and Santa Teresa, chosen each day by conditions, tides and your level, with one session a day filmed so you can watch yourselves back. Jamie leads surf-recovery yoga, and one guided national park or waterfall outing is included.

The catch is in the listing itself: it's "not a surf lesson or instructional program". It's for intermediate and advanced surfers who are already comfortable in a lineup. If that's the 2 of you, it's the most adventurous couples program we found.

![People cooling off at the foot of the Montezuma waterfall in a rocky pool](/static/img/scenes/montezuma-waterfall.webp "Photo: Costa Rica Yoga Retreats")

### Kalon Surf: learn side by side in Dominical

**[Kalon Surf](https://kalonsurf.com/couples/)**, an all-inclusive surf resort near Dominical on the South Pacific coast, isn't couples-only, but it has a couples package built around learning together. Its couples page says coaching runs at 3 guests per coach and adapts "whether you're both beginners or one's more experienced", and that most of its guests are complete beginners. Between sessions, the resort arranges horseback rides, waterfall hikes, zip-lining, ATV tours and whale watching. For a pair who want adventure and have never surfed, this is the easiest yes on the list.

## Intimacy-focused: Mystic Rapture at Anamaya

**[Anamaya](/anamaya-yoga-resort/)**, the hillside yoga resort above Montezuma, hosts the [Mystic Rapture Couples Retreat](https://anamaya.com/mystic-rapture-couples-retreat/) from May 1 to 8, 2027. It's led by visiting teachers: Amara Charles, who has taught couples for about 30 years and founded a program called Deeply Bonded Love, and its co-creator Shyena Venice.

This is an intimacy retreat for couples in a steady relationship. Teaching on touch, desire and honest conversation happens in a small group of 8 to 12 couples; anything intimate happens privately, between the 2 of you, in your own room. The program page puts it plainly: "Every practice is an invitation you can take, adapt, or pass on." The rest of the week is ocean swims, a sunrise hot tub above the Pacific, cooked meals and long open afternoons, and Amara's own outline gives one day over to adventure and play.

> "I have spent decades exploring what helps human beings come closer..."
>
> **Amara Charles**, lead guide of the Mystic Rapture Couples Retreat at Anamaya, Montezuma

Couples begin with a short application and a conversation with Amara. The program page also says what it isn't: "Mystic Rapture is not couples counseling, and it's not built to repair a relationship in crisis."

![A woman resting on the rim of an infinity pool high above a blue Pacific, with tropical plants around the edge](/static/img/couples-anamaya-drone-1600.webp "Photo: [Anamaya](https://anamaya.com/)")

## Communication workshops: Playa Negra Yoga's couples retreat

**[Playa Negra Yoga](/playa-negra-yoga-center/)**, a studio near the surf beach of Playa Negra in Guanacaste, offers a [couples retreat](https://www.playanegrayoga.com/couples-retreat-costarica) on dates you choose. You stay 5 nights at the boutique hotel Café Playa Negra with 3 meals a day, a couples' massage, 4 gentle yoga classes, a recorded couples meditation and return transfers from Liberia airport. The core is 4 one-hour couples workshops on communication and connection, so bring a journal and pen.

It's built around one couple, with a call before you arrive to talk through what you want from the week and a follow-up call afterwards. Free time goes to the beaches within walking distance. Of all the programs here, this is the one where "working on us" is the main event. Playa Negra's break is reef and rock, so it isn't the place to learn to surf.

## Counseling-style: private retreats with a therapist in Nosara

Nosara, the yoga town on the Guanacaste coast, has the 2 programs led by therapists. Both are private, one couple at a time, and both book year-round.

### Dr. Astrid Matarrita's Gottman-method retreat

The [5 Day Retreat With a Gottman Couples Therapist](https://bookretreats.com/r/5-day-retreat-with-a-gottman-couples-therapist-in-costa-rica) is led by Dr. Astrid Matarrita, a Costa Rican clinical psychologist trained to Level III in the Gottman Method (a widely used, research-based approach to couples therapy). Expect about 3 hours of therapy a day, daily yoga, and one activity a day chosen from options such as a coffee farm visit, a nature hike, zip-lining or a sunset catamaran sail. The retreats are hosted at Sendero Hotel & Villas, steps from Playa Guiones. Her bio says she also works across Vietnam, Hong Kong and Latin America, so check her dates early.

### Andrew Sofin's private therapy week at Bodhi Tree

Andrew Sofin, a licensed marriage and family therapist with a practice in Montreal, runs a [7 Day Private Couples Therapy Retreat](https://bookretreats.com/r/7-day-private-couples-therapy-retreat-in-nosara-costa-rica) at **[Bodhi Tree Yoga Resort](/bodhi-tree-yoga-resort/)** in Nosara. The first and last days are for travel; days 2 to 6 combine couples sessions in the morning with individual sessions in the afternoon. In your downtime you can book a yoga class or a surf lesson, or walk the jungle and the beach.

These 2 are therapy: the right call if something specific needs a professional, less so if you simply feel flat.

## A device-free week: Couples Unplugged Reset

The [6 Day Couples Unplugged Reset](https://bookretreats.com/r/6-day-couples-unplugged-reset-a-luxury-digital-detox-costa-rica), hosted by Laura Hamm of Unplugged Travels at a property called Holos, is a private week in a glass-walled treehouse in the Diamante Valley, inland from Dominical. You pick the dates. The days are slow on purpose: jungle trails, private waterfalls, shared meals without screens, a couples' massage, a guided session in "authentic relating" (a structured way of talking honestly), and 2 extra activities you choose, such as a Latin dance lesson, chocolate-making or a guided nature hike. There's no yoga on the listing.

## A couple-friendly week with partner yoga: Born to Thrive

Not every good week for 2 is couples-only. [Born to Thrive](https://anamaya.com/retreat/born-to-thrive-yoga-retreat-missy-david-hartley/), January 30 to February 6, 2027, at Anamaya, is led by Missy and David Hartley, a married couple who honeymooned there; David teaches yoga at Anamaya. The week is open to everyone ("Come solo or bring someone you love"), and it includes an optional partner yoga workshop for couples, friends or solo guests, who are paired up. It's a good middle path if one of you doesn't want a whole week about the relationship. See also our guide to [partner yoga and acroyoga in Costa Rica](/partner-yoga-acroyoga-costa-rica/).

## Couples programs that no longer run

Older articles, including some of ours, mention couples programs that have stopped:

- **[Tierra de Yoga](/tierra-de-yoga/)** near Playa Chiquita: its website no longer works, and we found no sign its couples retreats still run.
- **[Costa Rica Yoga Spa](/costa-rica-yoga-spa/)** in Nosara: the old domain points to an unrelated site, and we found no current relationship workshops.
- **[Prana Rainforest Retreat](/prana-rainforest-retreat/)** in Manuel Antonio: no longer a one-couple honeymoon package; the whole villa is now rented to one group.
- **[Blue Spirit](/blue-spirit-retreats/)** in Nosara: the only couples program on its site is from December 2021.

## Build your own couples week

If the dates don't line up or none of the programs feels right, do what most couples do: book a couples-friendly retreat center and plan the adventure yourselves. A daily yoga class gives the week a rhythm, and the rest is surf lessons, waterfalls and long dinners. These places all suit 2 people; each name links to our profile with its status.

**Montezuma and Santa Teresa (southern Nicoya Peninsula).** **[Anamaya](/anamaya-yoga-resort/)** has daily yoga and couples' cabanas, with the Montezuma waterfall nearby, surf lessons at Playa Grande (a jungle hike away) and sunset trips to Santa Teresa. **[Ylang Ylang Beach Resort](/ylang-ylang-beach-resort/)**, a walk from Montezuma village, has public yoga classes, a spa with couples' massages and beach dinners. In Santa Teresa, **[Horizon Hotel & Yoga Center](/horizon-yoga-hotel/)** has ocean-view cabins, **[Nautilus Surf & Yoga Villas](/nautilus-boutique-hotel/)** gives you your own villa plus a class or two a day, and **[Hotel Tropico Latino](/tropico-latino/)** puts daily yoga and a spa right on a surf beach.

**Nosara and Guanacaste.** **[Bodhi Tree Yoga Resort](/bodhi-tree-yoga-resort/)** offers private yoga and arranges beginner and private surf lessons at Playa Guiones. **[Harmony Hotel](/harmony-hotel/)** is a beach hotel with daily yoga at Guiones, and **[Hacienda del Sol](/hacienda-del-sol/)** near San Juanillo runs quiet, structured weeks of rest, food and gentle movement that work alone or as a couple. Near Tamarindo, **[Los Altos de Eros](/los-altos-de-eros/)** is a small adults-only hotel with a spa and yoga shala (closer to a honeymoon stay than a retreat), and **[Reflexion Yoga Tamarindo](/reflexion-yoga-tamarindo/)** has offered private couples' yoga, though its website showed no current schedule when we checked.

**South Pacific and Osa.** **[Bodhi Surf + Yoga](/bodhi-surf/)** in Uvita lists rooms under "For Solo Travelers & Couples" and offers private surf lessons at gentle Playa Chaman. **[Waterfall Villas](/waterfall-villas-boutique-eco-retreat/)** near Dominical has 6 suites by a private waterfall. On the Osa Peninsula, **[Luna Lodge](/luna-lodge/)** has a honeymoon bungalow and daily yoga next to Corcovado, and **[Blue Osa](/blue-osa-yoga-sanctuary-and-spa/)** pairs beach yoga with wild Osa outings.

![A canopy bed draped in a white mosquito net under a thatched roof at Luna Lodge](/static/img/p01-luna-room-1600.webp "Photo: [Luna Lodge](https://lunalodge.com/)")

**Mountains and the Caribbean.** **[Rancho Margot](/rancho-margot/)** by Lake Arenal has bungalows with hammocks, a working farm and Arenal adventures on the doorstep. **[El Silencio Lodge & Spa](/el-silencio-lodge-spa/)** in the cloud forest has waterfalls, free morning yoga and a spa. On the Caribbean side, **[Samasati](/samasati-nature-retreat/)** has couples' bungalows facing rainforest or sea, and **[The Goddess Garden](/the-goddess-garden/)** in Cahuita runs ready-made yoga weeks that suit 2.

If one of you surfs and the other doesn't, our guide to [surf and yoga for couples](/surf-and-yoga-for-couples-costa-rica/) covers the best beaches to learn together.

## Frequently asked questions

### Are there couples-only retreats in Costa Rica?

Yes. In November 2026 we found 6 programs built only for couples: the Mystic Rapture group retreat at Anamaya (May 1 to 8, 2027) and private, pick-your-dates programs in Montezuma, Playa Negra, Nosara and near Dominical.

### What's the difference between a couples retreat and a honeymoon package?

A honeymoon package is a room with extras, such as a suite, flowers and a couples' massage. A couples retreat has a program planned for the pair: surf sessions, yoga, workshops or time with a therapist.

### Is there an adventure couples retreat in Costa Rica for beginners?

Not as a couples-only retreat. The private Waves of Culture surf week is for couples who already surf. For beginners, Kalon Surf near Dominical has a couples package with 3:1 coaching and outings such as waterfall hikes and zip-lining.

### Can we do a private couples retreat on our own dates?

Yes. Playa Negra Yoga's couples retreat, Waves of Culture, the Couples Unplugged Reset and both Nosara therapy retreats are private and book on dates you choose.

### Do any of these couples retreats include plant medicine?

None of the programs on this page includes a plant-medicine ceremony. Several couples listings in Costa Rica do, and we left them out on purpose, so read any program's schedule before you book.