Life Beyond Busy:
Cabarete Family Surf + Yoga Retreat
Dates: April 11 - 19, 2026
Where: Natura Cabana Boutique Hotel & Spa | Cabarete, Dominican Republic
✈️ Flights: New York → Puerto Plata (POP), ~3.5 hrs nonstop
🚐 Transfers: POP → Natura Cabana = ~25 min (included)
Partners: Pauhana Surf School, Natura Cabana, local guides
🌅 Sunrise: ~6:20 am
🌇 Sunset: ~7:00 pm (best views ~7:20 pm)
Legend
🏄 Surf 🧘 Yoga 🌿 Excursion 👧 Kids Activity 💆 Spa ✨ Optional / Alternate
🍳 Breakfast ⚽ Soccer opportunity
Tentative Daily Itinerary
(subject to adjustments)
Saturday, April 11, 2026
Settle & Exhale
Arrive, breathe, and let the island welcome you home
✈️ Arrival ETA 2:30 pm → transfer to Natura Cabana (included) ETA 3:00 pm
👧⚽ Explore pool/Beach/Yaya Jungle Gym
Happy Hour 4:00-7:00 pm (Daily at Hotel)
🧘 5:15 pm Short Group Gathering, pool side
Arrive + Exhale: grounding, resetting after travel
☀️Live music at Natura Cabana 6:00 - 9:00 pm
🍽7:00 pm Group Dinner onsite at Natura (included)
Sunday, April 12, 2026
Ride the Breath, Ride the Wave
Find your rhythm in yoga, and on your first waves
Morning
🧘Yoga Temple (40 mins; all)
Wake and Stretch: Breath, Movement, and Meditation (flow and presence)
🍳 Breakfast at Karaya (hotel, included)
🏄⚽ 9:00-11:00 Surf at Playa Encuentro (always optional) (lesson, hang out)
💆 Optional: Spa appointments
⚽ Beach (Encuentro Beach)
Afternoon
👧 Kids Yoga at Yoga Temple (25 min) + Craft at Chill Nook, poolside
☀️Chill
🧘Yoga Temple (45 mins; all/adults)
Yoga Flow
✨Optional: kite surf, meet up at Cabarete later
Evening
5:00(ish) Cabarete Beach - explore, eat, play, craft market 4:00-10:00 pm (today only)
Go when you are ready; taxis can be ordered to the hotel. (Not included)
🌅⚽ Beach (Cabarete)
🍽Lunch and dinner not included (recommendations available)
Monday, April 13, 2026
Rooted in Play
Discover the jungle’s energy: grounded, curious, and full of joy
Morning
🧘Beach: Sunrise Stretch and Meditation (25 mins; all)
🍳 Breakfast
🌿9:00 Depart for excursion
9:30 - 12:00 Monkey Jungle (optional and additional: zipline)
Group can decide: return to hotel, go to Cabarete for lunch, etc.
Afternoon
💆 Optional: Spa appointments
☀️Chill
✨Option to add additional excursions. See Excursions Guide. Advanced booking required.
✨Optional: kite surf, afternoon surf, afternoon in Cabarete beach
Evening
Happy Hour 4:00-7:00 pm (Daily at Hotel)
🧘 Yoga Temple (45 mins; all)
Playful Yoga Flow
🌅⚽ Beach
✨Optional: horseback riding on beach (book in advance)
🍽 Lunch and dinner not included, recommendations available
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Open Horizons
Getting to know Cabarete
Morning
🧘 Wake Up Breath and Stretch at Beach (30 mins; all)
🍳 Breakfast
🏄⚽ Surf at Encuentro Beach; hang out and grab smoothies or light fare
Afternoon
1:00 pm Cabarete Beach: Our own section at Villa Taina with loungers, order food/drink (not included); hydro-foil kite surfing (not included); shop “town”, etc.
Taxis to be ordered from hotel. Not included. Go and come back when you want.
Villa Taina watersports available until 6:00 pm. Stay as long as you want.
OR ☀️Stay at Natura and Chill; optional spa appointments and relax
Evening
🌅⚽ Beach
🍽 Lunch and dinner not included (recommendations provided)
✨Option to add additional excursions. See Excursions Guide. Advanced booking required.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Flow Like Water
Drift into turquoise waters and let the ocean teach you to let go
👧⚽ Morning
🧘 Yoga Temple (45 mins; adults)
Flow Like Water: mobility session
🍳 Breakfast
🏄⚽ Surf at Encuentro Beach
Afternoon
🌿 12:30 pm - Pick up for Catamaran Excursion
🌊1:00 - 5:00 pm Catamaran with 2 snorkeling stops, food and drinks (all included)
🧘 6:30 pm: Yoga Temple (60 mins; all)
Restorative Yoga + Yoga Nidra (recover + sleep)
✨Optional: horseback riding on beach (book in advance)
🍽 Dinner not included (recommend our hotel or the one next door since we are out a lot today)
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Balance Above & Below
Strength on the surf, wonder beneath the earth… harmony in motion.
Morning
🧘 Yoga Temple (40 mins; all)
Balance + Recovery
🏄⚽ Surf at Encuentro Beach
🍳 Breakfast
Afternoon
👧 Kids Yoga at Yoga Temple (theme: Balance) + crafts outdoors
🏖 Family pool/beach time
☀️Chill
💆 Optional: Spa appointments
✨Optional: Cabarete Caves (recommended); Kite beach; Cabarete Beach; Horseback riding (advance booking required; not included)
Evening
6:00 - 9:00 PM - DJ at the Sunset Bar (hotel)
👧⚽ Kids beach play
✨ Optional: Horseback riding (advance booking required; not included)
🍽 Lunch and dinner not included (recommendations available)
✨Option to add additional excursions. See Excursions Guide. Advanced booking required.
Friday, April 17, 2026
Leap & Let Go
Jump into waterfalls, release fear, and celebrate courage
Morning
🧘Wake up breath and stretch at beach (30 mins; all)
🍳 Breakfast
🌿 8:30 am Depart for Damajagua Waterfalls (7 Charcos + Zipline, lunch built in) (not included)
OR
🌿9:00 am Depart for La Rejoya Waterfall (not included)
OR other excursion of your choice (not included); stay at hotel and chill
Afternoon
Return ETA: 2:30/3:00 pm from Damajagua, 1:30 pm from La Rejoya
👧⚽ Beach/pool downtime
☀️Chill
Evening
🧘 5:00 pm: Yoga Temple (60 mins; all)
Stretch + Restore
🍽 Dinner not included; lunch may be, depending upon the excursion.
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Lift with Gratitude
Rise together, carried by wind, waves, and community
Morning
🧘 Yoga Temple (45 mins; all)
Lift + Gratitude
🏄⚽ Surf at Encuentro Beach
💆 Optional: spa appointments
Afternoon
✨ Optional: Kite Beach outing (watch kites, lunch at Kite Club Café or VacaBar); Cabarete Beach
✨ Optional: other excursion of your choice
👧⚽ Pool, Yaya Jungle Gym, or beach time
☀️Chill
💆 Optional: spa appointments
Evening
🧘 5:00 pm: Yoga Temple
Gratitude Closing Yoga for All → beach group photo + send off ritual
☀️Live music at Natura Cabana 6:00 - 9:00 pm
🍽 7:00 pm Farewell dinner together at Natura (included)
✨Option to add additional excursions. See Excursions Guide. Advanced booking required. Please be back by 4:30 pm.
Sunday, April 19, 2026
Grounded Goodbyes
Close with gratitude, rooted in friendships and memories to carry home
Morning (flight dependent)
🧘 Pre-Travel Flow (20–25 mins, beach)
🏄 Surf session if time allows
🍳 Breakfast at Natura
Afternoon
✈️ Transfer to POP (arrive 2 hrs pre-flight) (transfer included)
