🌿 Overview
Apothefinca Yoga Writers Retreat is a 5-acre organic jungle home and arts sanctuary tucked in Escamequita, Southern Nicaragua. This magical space offers a restorative environment for writers, artists, and seekers of creative and natural healing.
✍️ Residencies & Accommodation
Guests can book a private cottage or share the main house in small residencies (up to 3 people), ideal for focused creative work. Rooms include ensuite bathrooms and open onto lush gardens and jungle paths, often with howler monkeys and coatis wandering nearby.
🧘 Yoga, Movement & Herbal Learning
Experience daily yoga and movement medicine sessions on-site, with one-on-one osteopathy available. Dive into herbal medicine workshops, explore the plant-filled farm, and stir tinctures or teas in seasonal classes.
🥗 Nourishment & Inspiration
Enjoy farm-to-table breakfast and lunch daily, using organic vegetables, fruits, eggs, and herbal teas. Creative inspiration awaits in the Canopy Studio—an open-air creative hub surrounded by tropical greenery.
🎯 Add-on Experiences
Enhance your stay with surf lessons, Spanish tutoring, horseback beach or jungle rides, in-house massage/pedicure, or cranial osteopathy sessions with Lucy.
📞 Booking & Inquiries
Residencies run June through December. Minimum stay: 3 weeks; ideal stay: 1–4 months. $500 non-refundable deposit secures booking. To inquire or book, fill out the form on apothefinca.com or lucypaget.com/retreat, or contact Lucy via email or WhatsApp.
Options to add to your residency retreat:
Surf Classes - we know the best instructors and can help with transport and surf board rental and make sure you get a class suited to your level.
Spanish Lessons - learning a bit of spanish is a great idea. Having the basics or improving your level of conversational spanish is always a good idea.
Horseback Riding - the village of Escamequita where Apothefinca is situated is home to internationally renowned stables. We can help coordinate jungle and beach rides. We highly recommend the sunset full moon beach ride!
Massage & Pedicures - Don’t worry about getting your nails done before you come. We knew great therapists and estheticians who can come to Apothefinca and help you reset with a good massage after your long journey and sort out making your feet and hands pretty.