The Land of Six Waterfalls: Walking the Future Phoenix Oasis

Some places are easiest to describe in square meters. This one is easier to describe in water. The land where Phoenix Oasis is being built, in Rivera, Huila, Colombia, holds six waterfalls, three freshwater springs and one thermal spring across 30 hectares of Andean foothills. Before a single bungalow opens its doors — the center is under construction and will welcome its first guests on June 30, 2028 — the land itself already tells you what this place is meant to become: a landscape that moves, breathes and renews itself, every single day.

A map drawn by water

Most retreat centers are designed on a blank page. Phoenix Oasis is being designed around what was already here. The estate's plans follow the logic of the terrain: paths that trace the streams, gathering spaces set where the land naturally opens, quiet corners where the canopy closes in. Thirty hectares is a lot of room — roughly forty football pitches — and the intention is to leave most of it wild.

The six waterfalls are the anchors of that map. Each one sits at a different altitude and a different distance from the future bungalows, which means each one will play a different role in your stay. Some will be destinations for guided hikes. Others are planned as places you will simply pass on your way to training, close enough to hear before you see. The design principle is simple: water should never be more than a short walk from wherever you are.

Six waterfalls, six characters

Walk the land today and you notice quickly that no two falls feel alike. One drops in a single confident line; another splits and stumbles over dark stone; a third is barely more than a veil in the dry season and a wall of sound after the rains. The planning team has resisted the urge to rank them or dress them up. Instead, the trail network is being designed so that over a 7-day Wake-Up Call stay you could realistically reach two or three of them, while a 28-day Molting stay will give you time to know all six.

Why does that matter? Because progress needs landmarks. The Phoenix method is built on the 1% philosophy — one percent better every day, which compounds to nearly 38 times over a year. A waterfall you could barely hike to in week one, reached without stopping in week three, is that philosophy made visible. The land will keep score for you, gently.

Springs, and the one that runs warm

Alongside the falls, three freshwater springs surface on the estate. In the plans, they shape where trails pause and where shaded rest points will sit, and they are a daily reminder of what this region does best: clean, cold, living water rising straight out of the ground.

Then there is the fourth spring — the thermal one. Rivera is known across Colombia for its hot springs, and having a thermal source on the land was one of the founding reasons this site was chosen. The recovery program is being designed around it: after HIIT, strength work, boxing or a long hike, warm mineral water is one of the oldest recovery tools on earth. No promises of miracles, no medical claims — just heat, minerals and stillness, planned as a normal part of your week rather than a luxury add-on.

What 30 hectares will make possible

Space changes what a program can be. Because the estate is large, the open-air gym, the healthy restaurant and the sunset spiritual zone can each occupy their own landscape rather than compete for one. Training will happen with a horizon in front of you. Meals will be eaten where you can hear water. Evenings will end facing west.

The scale also protects something harder to name: the feeling of being away. With departures planned on the 1st and 15th of each month and stays from 7 to 28 days, groups will share the land without crowding it. Thirty hectares means you will be able to find company when you want it and silence when you need it — both within walking distance of your bungalow.

A landscape that is also a promise

Nothing about this land is finished, and that is exactly the point. Phoenix Oasis is under construction, and every trail, platform and rest point is still a line on a plan. But the waterfalls are not waiting for 2028. They are already falling, as they have for longer than anyone can say, and the springs are already rising. The work between now and opening day is simply to build carefully enough to deserve them.

If you want to see where your own path might fit into this map — seven days, fourteen, twenty-one or twenty-eight — you can explore the planned stays and imagine which waterfall you would reach first. The land is patient. It will be ready. The only question is when you will be.

Explore the planned stays at Phoenix Oasis.