The Adventure Collection
Adventure Retreats: Small-Group Active Travel for Adults
An adventure retreat is a small-group trip built around time outdoors: hiking to waterfalls, boat rides along sea cliffs, swimming holes, and wildlife walks after dark, with real rest in between. We take care of the lodging, airport transfers, and every detail, so all you need to bring is your curiosity.
Waterfalls & Sea Caves
Rainforest Night Walks
Rest Built In
Why an adventure retreat?
I was 19 the first time I left the country: 25 days of backpacking, sea kayaking, and white-water rafting in New Zealand, with a freshly torn ACL. A year later, I spent 75 days in the Alaskan wilderness with NOLS. It’s still one of the most rewarding experiences of my life, and it showed me what happens when people slow down, test themselves a little, and connect with the people around them.
That’s what I look for in every Adventure Retreat: adventure as much as you’d like, or simply enjoy having nowhere to be. You don’t need to be an athlete. You just need to be curious.
– Lindsay
What a day actually looks like
Every itinerary is different, and everything is optional. Here’s how most days on our Adventure Retreats go.
Río Celeste
Who you’ll adventure with.
Our Adventure Retreats are led by people who know these places well and keep the week easy to settle into, whether it’s your first group trip or your fifteenth.
Natalie Cowden
Reiki Teacher & Herbalist
Natalie, CHT, is the founder of Wild West Herbals & Energetics and has spent years studying Reiki, herbalism, hypnotherapy, and holistic healing. Known for her warmth, curiosity, and practical teaching style, she creates a welcoming space where students build confidence in their own intuition and leave with tools they’ll keep using.
Lindsay Eldridge
Founder & Host, Away Retreats
Lindsay has spent more than 20 years creating experiences through travel and the outdoors, from guiding sea kayaking trips in the U.S. Virgin Islands to leading expeditions in Ecuador and the Galápagos. A certified Pilates instructor and mom of two, she designs the kind of trips she wanted for herself: adventurous, thoughtful, and full of real connection.
Tiffany Ingersoll
Pilates & Yoga Instructor
Tiffany has been teaching movement since 2008. She’s a certified Pilates and yoga instructor, a Pre/Postnatal Corrective Exercise Specialist, and an educator in breath and fascial release techniques. Her classes meet you where you are, whether it’s your first class or your five hundredth.
Pick your dates.
Every upcoming Adventure Retreat, soonest first. New dates show up here as soon as we announce them.
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New Adventure Retreats are on the way. Get first word in Lindsay’s Sunday email, or book a call to hear what’s coming.
Get first word on the next Adventure Retreat.
We announce new Adventure Retreats first in our Sunday email, Sundays from Somewhere. Every Adventure Retreat includes airport transfers, lodging, and the group activities, in a small group.
What it’s really like.
“I had the time of my life with Lindsay and the whole Away Retreats crew. Every detail was perfectly executed… If I needed extra rest, I rested, zero pressure to participate or go too hard. But when I wanted that extra push, Tiffany was there.”
– Emily C., Costa Rica 2025
Stories from the road
Stories from our own adventures, and from guests who have traveled with us.
Adventure Retreat FAQ
“SIMPLY AMAZING!!!! Starting with joining the trip, picked up at the airport, the perfect lodging, private chef, adventures everyday, pilates, the Island.”
– Julie C., Azores 2025
Rainforest retreat
Find your kind of retreat
Six ways to travel with us, all with small groups, a menu of choices, and every detail handled.
Not sure which retreat fits? Ask our team.
A quick call to talk through dates, rooms, and what each retreat feels like day to day. No pressure, ever.