Colombia Yoga & Movement Retreat: Rainforest, Lake and Coffee Country

The retreat runs for seven nights at Tau House, a hotel in Guatape in the foothills of the Colombian rainforest, about two hours from Medellín. The property sits on the water, and the yoga studio looks straight out over it. Rooms are private, double, shared or a grand suite; the whole group eats together four times a day.

Mornings start early. There's a light pre-yoga breakfast with coffee or tea, then a sunrise session of breathing, meditation and yoga in the waterfront studio. A bigger post-yoga breakfast follows, with vegan and vegetarian options. Late morning is either movement work or one of the organised activities — the hike up La Piedra del Peñol, the Antioquian boat trip, the coffee plantation, or the Medellín city and graffiti tour. Lunch is locally grown and again caters to vegan and vegetarian diets.

Afternoons are deliberately open. You can use the whirlpool, sit on your private balcony, walk into Guatape old town, or just stay by the water. Later there's a group activity or specialised workshop — this is where the cacao ceremony, the rebirthing ritual and the cold plunge sit in the schedule. Dinner is a full group meal, and several nights finish with a ceremony or ritual around a bonfire.

What separates this from other yoga weeks is how much of Colombia you actually see while still doing two practices a day. The Medellín day trip, the graffiti tour, the coffee plantation and the boat trip are all built in, not sold as extras. It's also a genuine all-levels group — the teacher works with beginners and experienced movers in the same room, and the minimum age is 18. Brad Terrell teaches in English and has run this trip before, so the logistics around transfers and the day tours are well drilled.

What's included

- 7 nights at Tau House Resort - 4 meals daily (coffee/tea, pre-yoga breakfast, post-yoga breakfast, lunch, dinner) - Daily yoga classes and workshops - Cacao ceremony - Rebirthing ritual - Cold plunge - Piedra del Peñol hike - Guatape old town tour - Medellín city and graffiti tour - Colombian coffee plantation tour - Antioquian boat trip - Airport transfer to and from the airport

What's not included

- International and domestic flights - Travel insurance - Personal expenses and souvenirs - Additional drinks outside included meals - Optional treatments or services not listed - Any costs outside the stated programme