Dive into vibrancy.
Scuba Diving Retreat
Utila, Honduras
February 15-22, 2024
Scuba Diving Retreat
Utila, Honduras
February 15-22, 2024
An 8 day, 7 night transformational diving adventure on Utila, a small Caribbean island off the cost of Honduras. A special opportunity to unplug from your normal life, surround yourself with amazing people, and explore the underwater world.
Over the course of these 8 beautiful days on the tropical landscape of Hondura’s smallest island, we will adventure through the incredible underwater world of the Caribbean Sea while exploring what it means to live in alignment with the power of who we truly are within your Core. Through connecting with the natural world, enjoying the company of like-minded community, and taking space from the busy world of life back home— you’re supported to enjoy and be exactly where you are.
With awe-inspiring Caribbean Sea life, curated group activities and easy going nature of life in the tropics, you are supported to leave this weekend feeling centered, rejuvenated and c— and with a few great stories.
This retreat is
for you if..
You find joy in the underwater world of diving, or want to explore the underwater world of diving for the first time
You want to surround yourself with motivated, playful, and genuine people who are creating and living lives they love.
You want to completely unplug for one week and be fully present with an amazing group of humans on a beautiful Caribbean island.
You want to explore and immerse yourself in an incredible natural, off the beaten path, Caribbean landscape.
"In the quiet of nature, we find the loudest lessons."
Your retreat includes..
Multiple days of diving or your multi day PADI Open Water course with Utila Dive Centre
Professional underwater photography photos from one of your dives
Daily yoga, breath work, or wellness experiences
Guided adventures tours to local famous landmarks (including ATV)
3x daily local meals and experiences
Private room in a beachfront villa
All transportation once you arrive in Utila
Concierge travel planning assistance
Travel to and from Utila not included in price
We will be living in two adjacent homes directly across from the beach. The main home, where we will spend most of our communal time, boasts a pool, a large porch, a 360 degree view of the island, and a large living and kitchen to host our group activities and communal meals.
Accommodation
What a day on the retreat looks like:
Wake up to the sound of tropical birds and head to the pool area or beach for some yoga and breathwork. Afterwards, eat a home cooked and healthy meal at the house with everyone before the day starts. Today is a diving day, so get ready to head to the boat where you will spend most of the day on the water diving or taking your scuba course. In the afternoon, eat lunch at the dive shop with the crew and your new friends you dove with that day. End it with an amazing sunset and dinner.
On the days we don’t dive, expect a few other activities as well as some free time throughout that you can choose to spend how you would like.
FAQ’s
-
I recommend taking the entire week off of work given the packed schedule we will have with the diving and diving courses. If you need to do a bit of work, let me know and we can discuss.
-
We will be mostly eating simple, local foods. Breakfasts will consist of eggs, some meat, beans, fresh juices, fresh baked local sourdough bread, avocado, fruit, etc. Lunch and dinner will vary depending on the day and the schedule, but it will always consist of quality foods with lots of protein, veggies, fruit, cooked with butter or olive oil (no seed oils!!!). We will be almost exclusively gluten free, with the exception of the fresh, local sourdough bread that will be available at most meals. We will eat a few meals out in town as well so that everyone can experience the local community and we can support the local establishments as well. All meals will be included in the price, even the ones at restaurants, but if you want something extra you can always purchase it yourself and keep it at the house. If you have dietary restrictions, we can very likely accommodate in our group meals, just let me know ahead of time.
Vegan meals at home will not be possible- if you are vegan and want to join, reach out to me first and we can discuss options or paths forward.
-
There are no plans made by the hosts that include alcohol, and we are confident you can have an amazing time without it. Our goal will be to create the most epic week and help you feel so comfortable being yourself that you don’t want or need alcohol. The focus of the week is def on health and wellness and community, and though alcohol can sometimes be a great thing that brings us together, we want to build community without it as much as possible. That being said, if we are at dinner and you want to order a drink, or you want to go somewhere outside of the house and experience the island in a different way that includes alcohol or nightlife, you are very welcome to! We aren’t your parents. There will be no judgement or “rules” against it or anything like that, just not something that will be in the house or apart of the retreat schedule/plans.
-
I am happy to setup a payment schedule with you if you need to pay in installments, and they can even extend past the actal retreat date. Just let me know after you purchase your spot and I can setup the payment plan in stripe on the backend.
-
We will have one of the houses one day early and one day late from the retreat dates in order to prep for the retreat. If you need this, let me know ahead of time.
-
Cancel by:
Nov 1- 100% of deposit
Dec 1- 50% of deposit
Jan 1- 0% of deposit
Feb 1- 0% of deposit + 25% of trip price
-If you can find someone else to fill the spot though, I will give you 100% of your money back!
-The cancellation schedule is like this because the closer we get to the date, the less likely we are to fill the room, and the more work it will be to market and find participants for the hosts, so we want to give you as much back as possibly since we know life happens, but it is also a financial investment and we need to make sure we don’t incur too many losses if there are a larger number of cancellations.
-
There are a few ways to get to Utila, and your choice depends on your budget and how quickly you want to arrive, and where you are flying in from. Macie will help you with any and all travel logistics based on your needs.
* Option 1: Fly into Roatan, Honduras (RTB), then a ferry from Roatan—-> Utila.
* Flights cost somewhere between 500-800 USD (roundtrip) to Roatan and then the ferry is ~65 USD (roundtrip)
* When arriving, the ferry only leaves once per day to Utila at 2 pm, so your flight needs to arrive by 1 pm at the latest (and yes you can make the ferry at 2 pm if you arrive at 1 pm, they will let you skip the customs line if you are trying to make the ferry and then I can work with you to have a taxi setup waiting on you to take you (another 20 USD or so)
* The ferry going back to Roatan leaves Utila only once per day at 10:20, and it takes about an hour, so you need to book your flight for 2 pm or later. You mayyyy be able to make it the to airport in time earlier, we can work on the details and figure it out.
* Option 2: Fly into San Pedro Sula, take a car to La Ceiba, Honduras, and then a ferry from La Ceiba—-> Utila
* The car ride from the airport to La Ceiba is a few hours long and is much harder to time given traffic on the mainland. If you want to explore this option, I will help you compare the prices and other options depending on where you are flying in from and what time your flight arrives.
-
Yes this is possible, if you have a friend or significant other you want to share a room with, we can work out a lower price for both of you, though the majority of the costs are related to food, host fees, paying the yoga teachers, scuba diving, local transport, etc, so splitting the room will likely take something like a few hundred dollars off per person,given the above mentioned costs are per person, and not per room. Let me know if you are interested in this before signing up and we can work it out.
Meet your hosts…
Macie Holstein
DIVEMASTER + YOGA TEACHER + LOGISTICS GURU
When not planning epic diving retreats, Macie works remotely for a healthcare tech company. She is often travelling and splits her time between the US and Central America, where she enjoys scuba, freediving, and surfing. Utila is like her second home. She is currently living in Austin, Texas.
Need to hit us up?
email macie.holstein@gmail.com or submit an inquiry below