It’s a 42-mile, 4-day hike across Catalina Island with beautiful tent camping spots on gorgeous beaches or hillsides! The beautiful Trans Catalina Trail off the California coast is a gorgeous hike and one of the best backpacking trips for beginners who are willing to do a little bit of hill training! Catalina Island is a perfect location for a backpacking and yoga retreat! The guided trip includes gorgeous beach camping spots, delicious, protein-filled, plant-based meals made with love, morning warmups, and evening yoga to help you stretch out and recover!

The best part about a gear haul service so you can hike with only a daypack! This also means that we get to bring more than just backpacking snacks. Chef Zach prepares gourmet, plant-based meals on the trail. You won’t go hungry on this backpacking retreat! Imagine veggie bowls, noodles, fresh fruits, fire-roasted tacos, and of course popcorn and s’mores. The Catalina Trail campsites often feature campfires, which is usually where the after dinner conversations linger.

This trip is for you if you want to go on a backpacking yoga retreat with a supportive group of people. Zach and Carrie hold the space, get the campsites, prepare the meals, and hire the truck. All you have to do is train, prepare, walk the trail, and bring your vibes! Our retreats are always drug and alcohol free, but definitely not boring. This retreat can challenge your fitness, so if you’re worried about being prepared for this hike, send us a message and we can give you some preparation tips!

The tour will take place on Santa Catalina Island, California, on the Trans-Catalina Trail. Have you always wanted to complete a through-hike? This is a great way to do it! During each hiking day we’ll get to enjoy incredible ocean views, local wildlife (foxes, buffalo, birds), and beautiful wildflowers. You’ll feel really “out there” and not have cell service for most of the trip. Disconnecting from technology, hiking, and yoga are all great ways to reconnect with your body and settle your nervous system!

Each day we’ll begin with a brief morning warmup to stretch out, feel our strength, and encourage each other. Every night at camp mindful, restorative and yin yoga to help with recovery is an option for whoever wants it!

2025: Just 3 spots available for April 24-28, 1 spot left for May 1-5!

2026: 6 spots available!

Just like all of our retreats, this is a substance-free, recovery-supportive environment! Although you don’t have to be sober in real life to come on our retreat, you do need to be willing to take a break from any recreational substances throughout the entire retreat experience. We believe everyone is recovering from something, whether it’s addiction, stress, trauma, eating disorders, or just the disconnection of life in our busy, high-tech world. Bigger Life Adventures strives to create a safe and open space for vulnerability and openness about each and every healing journey. Our retreats don’t include formal recovery meetings, but our guests are always sharing and learning from each other as we all work to use the tools of yoga and community to become better and live bigger lives.