Jungle Wisdom Retreat
An Adventure to the Chocolate Forest
Take the adventure of your lifetime to Alta Vera Paz, El Paradisio and Rio Dulce with Nola Ganem, Founder of One World Cacao and Beronica & Laurent Maniet, Founders of Dalileo Chocolate
March 13-18, 2020
We are part of nature, we belong on this planet and we can heal her and ourselves, if we heed the lessons of the ancient cultures and forgotten places… and remember to have a whole lot of fun and adventure along the way!
Restore your connection with the natural world, explore and energize your purpose, immerse in the wisdom and magic of the Maya peoples….experience the trip of a lifetime!
Learn about Mayan cosmovision and plant medicine, and how the ancient wisdom holds the key to a better future
Visit and stay in a true Paradise where our source providers at Finca Porvenir, Beronica & Laurent Maniet, have created an abundant off-grid cacao forest fueled by its 40+ living waterfalls.
Connect with the Mayan community around Porvenir and explore the vast forests to plant your very own cacao tree and learn about how we are setting up a local Mayan families to join the organic criollo cacao revolution!
Enjoy a hands on cacao and chocolate making experience in the ancient way and tour of our traditional Cacao Factory.
Delicious Farm to Table Family Meals, Evening Camp Fires, stories and songs beneath our thatched palapa and starry skies.
Stay in Eco-Luxury accommodations on Rio Dulce with luxurious farm-to-table meals, surrounded by nature and community!
A breathe taking hike to El Paradisio, also known as “aqua caliente” , A hot spring waterfall with natural clay mud bath deposits.
2 once in a lifetime charter flights over the jungle to our remote cacao source farm
All transportation accommodation and organic farm to table meals included from the 13-18th in Guatemala
Daily movement and ceremony on sacred grounds.
*Massage & Healing Therapies, Additional Tours, Paddle Board rentals and beer and wine are not included in the retreat package price
Guests are responsible for their own flight to and from Guatemala. We will have shuttles awaiting you at the airport and all costs once you are in Guatemala are included in the retreat package
Flight information:
TRAVEL DAY – ARRIVAL: MARCH 12 & DEPARTURE: MARCH 19TH
Fly into Guatemala City airport (GUA).
Best Flights are from Boston (BOS) and New York (JFK).
Guests arrive into Guatemala, we will have a shuttle to pick you up and bring you to meet the group at local hotel for the evening. We will have dinner and a welcoming orientation to go over the incredible week ahead of us! In the morning we will take a shuttle to the charter flight terminal at the airport and board our flight to The Farm!! This is one of the most exciting & beautiful plane rides just for us over vast jungle and mountains!!
Here’s an outline of our days, we will also have daily movement, beautiful ceremonies, local connections & organic farm to table meals and evening fires and fun under the palapa.
12TH- TRAVEL DAY/ individual flights arrival / shuttles to hotel
13TH – Morning flight to farm
14TH - Cacao tur and immersion
15th – Journey up the mountain into cacao forest
16TH- Travel to Rio Dulce after Breakfast. Explore the Rio
17TH Hot Springs / River exploration
18th- Ride back to the farm for afternoon flight back to Guatemala City Hotel.
19th- TRAVEL DAY/ Individual flights home