Adventure Leadership Retreat [Costa Rica]

Our Costa Rica Adventure Leadership Retreat aims to bring business leaders, entrepreneurs, coaches, athletes, and people who just want to grow personally all together in one beautiful place.  We aim to challenge ideas, learn from each other, leave transformed and inspired to make a difference back home.

Costa Rica has the perfect backdrop of natural beauty and serene surroundings with enough adventure to fuel a lifetime. We will be talking and teaching on important aspects of leadership all while using these adventures and physical efforts to hammer the points to your core.

The Itinerary (more info on our website)

This is the itinerary. The leadership curriculum is built into these adventurous days!

Feb 2nd, Day 1: Arrive and drive to Turrialba Casa Turire Hotel

After flying into San José, you’ll be met at the airport by your guide and your coaches. You’ll be starting the drive to the home of Turrialba Volcano. We are going to spend the night at the beautiful Casa Turire Hotel . You need to arrive(ideally) in a flight between 11 AM -to 1 PM. Once we settle in we will move around to shake out the travel and do an introduction meal to set up the week of adventure and learning!

The COMFORT Crisis: Could our sheltered, temperature-controlled, overfed, underchallenged lives be the leading cause of many of our urgent physical and mental health issues?

Feb 3rd, Day 2: Trail Running/Hike/Walk & Rafting Pacuare River (Pacuare Outdoor Center)*

As you arrive to Costa Rica and get acclimated, we will focus on RESILIENCE: Think of all the disruption we have experienced over the last few years: a pandemic, labor shortages, political unrest, supply chain strain, inflation, remote work environments along with a looming recession. When facing change and instability, are you as mentally agile or resilient as you could be?

Our goals will be:

• Convert from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset.
• Practice mental agility to transform failure into success.
• Demonstrate resilience tactics to navigate any challenge or obstacle.

Today, we are going to start with some trail running and hiking through rural community on the way to Pacuare, then we will raft into our Pacuare Outdoor Center which was built using all local labor and materials from the land. National Geographic sites the Pacuare as one of the five most scenic rivers on the planet. *POC Lodge amenities, include showers, bathrooms, fully enclosed bungalows, and great views of the river and surrounding jungle. The real adventure begins today. Plan on getting out of your comfort zone more than once.

Feb 4th, Day 3: Zipline, Tarzan Swing & Waterfall Nature Hike (Pacuare Outdoor Center Camp)

COURAGE: Todays physical activities will take some courage even for the seasoned thrill seeker. Courage in leading shows up in many different forms. As leaders we are often the person that people seek to get answers from.

Describe a time when you showed courage in leadership and another time when you wished you would have been more courageous.

Leaning on day 1 The Comfort Crisis and Day 2 Resilience where is an area of your leadership you would like to be more courageous?

You will be experiencing our infamous Tarzan Swing and Zipline course! The swing will have you swinging hundreds of feet over the river while staying attached in a harness of course. We have a lower platform for those interested in a less adventurous swing. We'll also be riding on our zipline, so we are going to experience the Pacuare River from other level.

Next, we are going to hike to a beautiful waterfall where we are going to have the chance to slide in and have some fun! This is about a one-hour hike and will have its vertical challenges hiking down into the canyon. Every evening will be a break out session taking what we learned and applying to the leadership curriculum

Feb 5th, Day 4: Whitewater Rafting thru Pacuare Canyon and Travel to Turrialba (Guayabo Lodge)

TEAMWORK and ENDURANCE

Research shows that executives who maintain strong relationships are up to 30 percent more productive than people who don’t. In a world that increasingly glorifies individual achievement, the reality is that nothing succeeds like working together.

• Learn how to create passionate, engaged teams.

• Delegate responsibilities the right way.

• Get to know team members as people first.

• Become an effective role model.

Today we will be rafting the world famous Pacuare Canyon after a morning workout and hike/run. We save the best for last and the scenery here is like no place else in Costa Rica. The canyon walls rise 300ft up in straight rock and 200ft waterfalls fall into the river as we float down completely virgin tropical rainforest from start to finish. Then we are going to start our drive back to Turrialba.

Feb 6th, Day 5: Trail Running to Aquiares, Coffee Tour (Guayabo Lodge)

Our last full day together we will bring it all home. With lessons from The Comfort Crisis, building resilience, analyzing your leadership courage and teamwork. We will discuss your biggest takeaways from your Adventure Leadership Retreat experience and how to draw on this experience for years to come!

It’s time for some exploring in the highlands closer to the volcano! We have the chance to go to a local Coffee plantation where we are going to learn and experience coffee procedures. In the evening we are going to have our farewell dinner as a group!

Feb 7th, Day 6--- Fly Home!

Is time to start the fly back home with a luggage full of Pura Vida and we are going to miss you! (Meals: Breakfast) (airfare is not included with this deal).