Retreat Group FAQs

WHERE TO STAY:

Hotel Recommendations near Airport: Hostel Novo, Quetzalroo, Hotel Dos Lunas, Hostel Villa Toscana, Mariana's Petit Hotel

Hotel Recommendations in Antigua: Hotel Mesón de Maria, Meson Panza Verde, Hotel Convento Santa Catalina, and Villa Santa Ana-Ricardo (sleeps 10 and you can book the whole place) good for small groups!

MEALS

We typically prefer to serve two large meals (brunch and dinner) and a morning smoothie or breakfast cup, and light afternoon snack. This allows our staff to start and finish at a reasonable hours as they have to travel to and from town.

If you would like 3 large meals a day instead, we can provide that for an extra $8 per person per day. We serve vegetarian meals, however we can offer meat options for an extra $6 per person per meal as requested. We can cater to vegan and gluten free needs.

Meal Schedule:

• 9am Breakfast cup or smoothie, Coffee & Tea

• 11.30am Brunch

• 2.30pm Snack

• 5.30pm Dinner

Meals times can be flexible by about 30 mins in either direction.

Internet

Both Casa Floresta and Colibri offer WIFI connection for all guests.

Casa Floresta password is Floresta, and for Casa Colibri; Colibri888

Sauna

We do provide a complimentary sauna for your group. The sauna fits up to 16 people, and if you have more people in your retreat, feel free to have everyone come and go in shifts, or making a casual drop in/out style to accommodate everyone’s needs.

Plant bath

We get many questions about the format of the plant bath. It is a huge pot of warm tea filled with herbs from the land, that is a self serve ritual. The idea is that a plant bath is an energetic cleanse poured over the head, to release energy down into the earth. So you basically take a bucket and use some of the hot plant water and mix it with cold water which is also provided to get the perfect temperature to then pour over yourself. We typically do this on the beachfront after a lake dip, and guarantee it's a life changing experience!

Loud Noises

We ask that no loud screaming or cathartic ways of release through the use of animalistic sounds happen during your retreat to preserve the tranquil and quiet space for the residential area around us..

Pets

We do not allow pets on the property. Thank you for your understanding.

Temple Props & Accessories

We have 48 blocks, 24 yoga mats, 24 ceremonial mattresses, 48 individual cushions, 24 pillows and 24 blankets available for your group's usage.

Wellness Services

We can arrange a massage therapist on demand. Typically the sessions are either in a guest room or the lounge room of Casa Colibri. Pricing for services are charged at 60 min session $90, 90 min session $120, 120 min session $150.

All onsite services for wellness, body work, ceremonies etc provided by external facilitators must be arranged through Casa Floresta and are subject to our Extra Services Pricing structures.

If your will bring your own therapist there is a $15 charge per service for massage table and sheets.

Weather

Weather in San Marcos La Laguna is usually very mild. Most days the temperature is around 17-24 degrees Celsius, however due to the altitude here at Lake Atitlán (1500m), nights can be as low as 8 degrees. Guatemala has a dry season (November to April) and a wet season (May - October) each year. July and August are often also dry with a break in the rains. Please pack accordingly for stays during the wet season.

Room Allocations

We do our best to meet everyone’s needs as best we can and use a combination of the different accommodations to fit the capacity of your group in a way that will make the most economical sense as according to your invoice and the fact that we must rent whole houses and not just rooms from Casa Colibri.

Accommodations

We do our best to make sure you are comfortable at Casa Colibri, please know that we are ultimately not responsible for the houses there, they do not belong to us. But we will make sure they are well maintained, clean and comfortable for your group. 

Photography/Videography

Professional photography/videography must be approved by us, so let us know if you will want something organized, we also have photographers around the lake we can put you in touch with if you like. Content will need to be reviewed by us before being added to social media, which will also require us to be tagged if requested. We reserve the rights to the content filmed at Casa Floresta.

PLANT MEDICINE OR CEREMONY

Please know that NO PLANT MEDICINES may be served at Casa Floresta by external facilitators without approval. Please speak with us about your intentions. We reserve the right to refuse certain substances or facilitators to offer medicines on our property. We will only allow known and approved facilitators of high integrity to serve medicine in our Temple or on our land.