Retreat center · Living community · Holistic nature space. A place still becoming — you are welcome to come and know it.
Choose the one that fits where you are — come to rest, to bring your work, or to stay a while and contribute.
Simple cabins and shared spaces in the Guest Center, plus independent houses (Casa Luna, Casa Pléyades) by availability. Seasonal yurts in the dry season.
Rainy season Jun–Oct · dry season Nov–May. Capacity and available units change with the season.
Choose your dates and unit, then confirm through our calendar. Full rates are on the lodging page.
A ~60 m² seminar hall, communal kitchen and dining for 30, fire space, outdoor meditation areas and the Temazcal. Sleeping capacity: up to 20 guests in the dry season, 12 in the rainy season.
Lodging is charged per participant; the exclusive format has a full-venue daily rate. Catering is added separately.
A typical day is work on the land in exchange for reduced lodging and food. Areas: maintenance, kitchen, garden, hosting. Minimum two weeks.
Apply as volunteer →For people who want to get more deeply involved — roles in circles, co-creation, residency.
Get in touch →We host volunteers in windows of 2–4 weeks. Write to us for the next open periods over the coming months.
La Cuna is a living place in the mountains of Oaxaca — a regenerative retreat center and community in the making, at 2,380 metres in the Sierra Sur. We exist because we believe it's possible to live in better relationship with the land, with each other, and with ourselves. Not as an idea, but as a daily practice.
A small, committed team holds this place — with care, with honesty, and with the understanding that it's still becoming. You can come to rest, to facilitate your work, or to stay longer and contribute. Each path is a different door into the same living project.
Simple, wild and cared for. Two ways to picture the land — the shared spaces where things happen, and the places where you sleep.
Seminar hall (~60 m²), communal kitchen and dining, the fire space in front of the hall, outdoor areas and the Templo de la Flor with its Temazcal.
From simple cabins and a dormitory to independent houses with their own kitchen and bath. Availability changes with the season.
Simple wood cabins and a shared dorm, the heart of the guest center.
A private cabin with its own garden, a quiet spot for those holding a group.
Extra capacity in the dry season — canvas yurts among the forest.
Independent rooms with private bath, kitchen and garden. High/low season rates.
Rented as a whole house — private bath and kitchen. High/low season rates.
Bring your own hammock or tent and camp on the land.
The place breathes with the year: the rainy season (Jun–Oct) is greener and quieter; the dry season (Nov–May) opens more capacity and outdoor life. These are the common spaces you share whichever way you come.
Seminar hall · ~60 m²
Communal kitchen & dining
Templo de la Flor · Temazcal
Fire space & outdoor life
Pine-oak forest trails
Seasonal yurts · dry season
Free stays at your own rhythm, guided retreats in small groups, and weekend gatherings through the season. Dates are real and may shift — please confirm when you write.
Small groups in the sierra, held with care. Real dates appear here through the season — confirm when you write.
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Fair, transparent, designed to be accessible while sustaining the place.
From a single night to a long stay, or a guided retreat in a small group. Full rates and accommodation are on the lodging page.
"I arrived tired and left slower, in the best way."— A guest, 2025
"The mountain does half the work. The people do the rest."— A facilitator
"It's unfinished, and that's exactly what moved me."— A volunteer
La Cuna is intentionally unfinished. It is held not by one person but by circles of people — hosts, collaborators, neighbours and a wider network — learning to live and decide together.
Held by circles of people rather than one person, La Cuna decides by consent, tends the land as its first community, and grows toward a broader vision in the Sierra Sur. Meet the circles that hold it, how we're organized, and what's taking shape.
Supporting organization: Cuna Project (non-profit, Austria). IT & development partner: Aramara.
No commitment. Tell us what draws you here and we'll help you find the right way in.
From Oaxaca City toward Miahuatlán and into the Sierra Sur, climbing to 2,380 m at San Mateo Río Hondo. By colectivo toward Pochutla, off at Zapotitlán + moto-taxi; or from the coast via Pochutla. Airports: OAX or HUX. The road itself is part of the arrival.
La Cuna