This week in Pavones, on Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast, combines surfing, yoga and personal development. Pavones is a quiet surfing and fishing village far from the tourist trail. The jungle around it is full of toucans, parrots, monkeys and sloths, and its famous point break runs for more than a kilometre, one of the longest left-hand waves in the world.

Mornings are for surfing. You start with a theory class on how waves form, winds, surf etiquette, history and safety, then have four small-group surf lessons. Your sessions are filmed and reviewed at a video-coaching evening, and you go home with souvenir photos and instructional photos of your own surfing. The waves are soft and safe for beginners, and intermediate and advanced surfers are taken to the best spots for the conditions.

In the afternoons there are five yoga classes designed for surfers, plus communication and NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) workshops to help you move beyond your limits and towards your goals. Hikes, a waterfall visit and a boat trip complete the week.

The trip is fully organised, so there is no logistics, cooking or washing-up to think about. You stay in a small beachfront hotel with a pool and fall asleep to the sound of the ocean. Some dinners are cooked by a private chef, and other evenings are spent trying local restaurants or around a campfire on the beach.

Your guides are Pascale Roy Lafontaine, a surf coach for more than 12 years and a yoga teacher with 700+ hours of training, and Jonathan Busby, a Paddle Canada instructor trainer, kite and windsurf instructor and private chef. Local guides Junior and Harley and their crew help too.

What's included

7 nights in a small beachfront hotel with pool; Pick-up in Golfito and transport to Pavones; Light breakfasts and meals by a private chef (except 1 meal per day); Surf theory class with handouts; 4 small-group surf lessons; Filmed surf sessions and a video-coaching evening; Souvenir and instructional photos of your surfing; 5 yoga classes for surfers; NLP self-discovery workshops; Hikes and a waterfall visit; Boat trip

What's not included

Travel insurance; International flights to San José (SJO); Internal flights SJO to Golfito and back; 1 meal per day (lunch or dinner); Water and drinks; Surfing, if you'd rather not (CAD 200 off the package)