Venture Retreat Center

Nestled among ancient redwoods and just an hour’s drive from San Francisco, San Jose, and Santa Cruz, Venture Retreat Center is an ideal destination for Bay Area groups planning wellness, spiritual, artistic, or personal growth-related retreats. The property also hosts magical family & friend getaways, corporate retreats, and unique overnight weddings!

Retreat reservations provide scholarship support for our primary mission of welcoming all people to gather and build community. The Center's culture of humanistic values and land stewardship provides a positive, safe energy that permeates every corner of our special spot and leaves a lasting impact on each of our guests and visitors.

Find tranquility in a vintage cabin, gather your group in our Serenity Yurt, indulge someone special with our opulent tent cabin, or delight the fun-seeker with a glamping experience just minutes off the coast. We offer a host of tents, including the spacious and breezy Lotus Mahal and a range of ten-foot, thirteen-foot, and sixteen-foot bells. Blend these spaces to craft the ideal backdrop for a rejuvenating retreat surrounded by wild and thriving nature.

Host your upcoming retreat, workshop, or family & friend gathering with us! Wellness, spiritual, environmental, and arts groups find the serene setting perfect for connection & self-discovery.

Surrounded by majestic redwoods, riparian shrubs, and the babbling Butano Creek, Venture is a cozy, beautiful, and restorative location for your next personal retreat or corporate getaway. Just an hour’s drive from San Francisco, tucked away in the Santa Cruz Mountains, our secluded campus offers daytime gathering spaces, on-site and close-by team building activities, glamping accommodations, and more.