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Eco Surf Resort in the Heart of Nicaragua

Malibu Popoyo is an eco-friendly boutique surf and yoga resort based catering for surfers, yogis and adventurous souls! With 10 world-class waves within easy reach, it is easy to see why the Malibu Popoyo receives such good reviews!

Disconnect from your usual routine and take time to reconnect with the ocean and nature. Malibu Popoyo’s expert surf team are on hand to provide beginner lesson, training for intermediates and surf guiding to the best waves of the day for advanced surfers. Yogi’s will love the daily yoga classes and everyone will enjoy the healthy food prepared at the onsite cantina. Experience Nicaragua at its best with Malibu Popoyo!

The Resort

Malibu Popoyo is a stylish eco-friendly surf and yoga resort located in the beautiful coastal town of Popoyo. The resort is an all-inclusive surf experience that allows you to leave your normal life at the door and just focus on surfing, yoga and great food!

With great accommodation options to suit all groups and over 10 world-class waves within a 30-minute drive of the resort, this is the perfect base for a full surf focused trip. The resort is focused on the overall wellness of all guests with daily yoga and meditation sessions being available to all travellers and healthy, organic food being served at the onsite cantina.

Waves at Malibu Popoyo

Popoyo sits in one of the most wave-rich regions of Nicaragua with waves to suit all levels, from beginner right up to pro surfers! Malibu Popoyo has 10 world-class waves within a 30-minute drive of the resort, meaning that there will always be a wave for the conditions!

Popoyo’s main wave is an A-frame peak with rippable left and right walls breaking over a rock shelf, breaking from 2 – 20ft. For the chargers, Popoyo’s Outer Reef can turn on in big swells, serving up heavy tubes for those skilled enough. Surf the beach break tubes of Play Colorado or get involved at the fun waves at Playgrounds. With the help of the expert surf team at Malibu Popoyo, you’ll always have a wave for your level!

Why We Love Malibu Popoyo

The quality of surf guiding and surf lessons. The team makes sure that advanced surfers and beginners alike always get the best waves possible for them!

The variety of waves within a 30-minute drive of the resort. With so many waves you can pick and choose exactly the type of surf that you want!

The strong eco-friendly focus of the resort. We love that they take care to create a sustainable environment for travelers to enjoy Nicaragua!

Ready to surf in Nicaragua?

The Rooms

Malibu Popoyo offers Garden, Loft and Master Rooms, The Garden Room offers a spacious room with a King size bed. Glass walls give you outstanding views into the semi-outdoor Moroccan style seating area with a rain shower and handmade unique concrete tiles.

The Loft Rooms have high ceilings and sliding windows face pure nature, allowing maximum light and connection to nature. Each unit has a unique semi-outdoor Moroccan style seating area with a rain shower and handmade concrete tiles. The loft can house up to four people, with both a king bed and a queen bed.

The Master Room is the largest room available at the resort. The semi-outdoor Moroccan style seating area offers a lavish walk-in rain shower and handmade unique tiles. The indoor living area completes the space with carefully chosen natural and local furnishings.

The Cuisine

Following on with the eco-friendly vibe that is integral to the resort, the onsite Cantina and Sunset Bar serves up lovingly prepared organic food, to fuel you after a long day of surfing.

The on-site restaurant features fresh, local ingredients procured from La Quinta, their neighbouring organic farm. The kitchen is open for all three meals, refreshing beverages, cold-pressed juices and fresh smoothies. Beer and craft cocktails available for an extra charge.

Activities

The resort has a large 16m pool for you to enjoy and relax beside. Malibu Popoyo invites you to immerse yourself in the Nicaraguan lifestyle and explore their adventure collection. They offer an adventure for all seasons and interests, including hiking, horseback riding, and local tours.

Yoga and Meditation

Central to Malibu Popoyo’s ethos is yoga and meditation, keeping your mind and body healthy as well as keeping you in the best shape to surf. The resort offers daily yoga and meditation classes for all guests staying with them. Stretch those sore muscles and find some inner quiet with the guided practices.

Surfboard Rental

Malibu Popoyo has partnered with AWAYCO to offer the highest quality surfboard rental available. With a full range of quality and well looked after surfboards, these aren’t your usual rental stock and are worthy of the waves in the area! Never be stuck without a board again!

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Eco Surf Resort in the Heart of Nicaragua

Malibu Popoyo is an eco-friendly boutique surf and yoga resort based catering for surfers, yogis and adventurous souls! With 10 world-class waves within easy reach, it is easy to see why the Malibu Popoyo receives such good reviews!

Disconnect from your usual routine and take time to reconnect with the ocean and nature. Malibu Popoyo’s expert surf team are on hand to provide beginner lesson, training for intermediates and surf guiding to the best waves of the day for advanced surfers. Yogi’s will love the daily yoga classes and everyone will enjoy the healthy food prepared at the onsite cantina. Experience Nicaragua at its best with Malibu Popoyo!

The Resort

Malibu Popoyo is a stylish eco-friendly surf and yoga resort located in the beautiful coastal town of Popoyo. The resort is an all-inclusive surf experience that allows you to leave your normal life at the door and just focus on surfing, yoga and great food!

With great accommodation options to suit all groups and over 10 world-class waves within a 30-minute drive of the resort, this is the perfect base for a full surf focused trip. The resort is focused on the overall wellness of all guests with daily yoga and meditation sessions being available to all travellers and healthy, organic food being served at the onsite cantina.

Waves at Malibu Popoyo

Popoyo sits in one of the most wave-rich regions of Nicaragua with waves to suit all levels, from beginner right up to pro surfers! Malibu Popoyo has 10 world-class waves within a 30-minute drive of the resort, meaning that there will always be a wave for the conditions!

Popoyo’s main wave is an A-frame peak with rippable left and right walls breaking over a rock shelf, breaking from 2 – 20ft. For the chargers, Popoyo’s Outer Reef can turn on in big swells, serving up heavy tubes for those skilled enough. Surf the beach break tubes of Play Colorado or get involved at the fun waves at Playgrounds. With the help of the expert surf team at Malibu Popoyo, you’ll always have a wave for your level!

Why We Love Malibu Popoyo

The quality of surf guiding and surf lessons. The team makes sure that advanced surfers and beginners alike always get the best waves possible for them!

The variety of waves within a 30-minute drive of the resort. With so many waves you can pick and choose exactly the type of surf that you want!

The strong eco-friendly focus of the resort. We love that they take care to create a sustainable environment for travelers to enjoy Nicaragua!

Ready to surf in Nicaragua?

The Rooms

Malibu Popoyo offers Garden, Loft and Master Rooms, The Garden Room offers a spacious room with a King size bed. Glass walls give you outstanding views into the semi-outdoor Moroccan style seating area with a rain shower and handmade unique concrete tiles.

The Loft Rooms have high ceilings and sliding windows face pure nature, allowing maximum light and connection to nature. Each unit has a unique semi-outdoor Moroccan style seating area with a rain shower and handmade concrete tiles. The loft can house up to four people, with both a king bed and a queen bed.

The Master Room is the largest room available at the resort. The semi-outdoor Moroccan style seating area offers a lavish walk-in rain shower and handmade unique tiles. The indoor living area completes the space with carefully chosen natural and local furnishings.

The Cuisine

Following on with the eco-friendly vibe that is integral to the resort, the onsite Cantina and Sunset Bar serves up lovingly prepared organic food, to fuel you after a long day of surfing.

The on-site restaurant features fresh, local ingredients procured from La Quinta, their neighbouring organic farm. The kitchen is open for all three meals, refreshing beverages, cold-pressed juices and fresh smoothies. Beer and craft cocktails available for an extra charge.

Activities

The resort has a large 16m pool for you to enjoy and relax beside. Malibu Popoyo invites you to immerse yourself in the Nicaraguan lifestyle and explore their adventure collection. They offer an adventure for all seasons and interests, including hiking, horseback riding, and local tours.

Yoga and Meditation

Central to Malibu Popoyo’s ethos is yoga and meditation, keeping your mind and body healthy as well as keeping you in the best shape to surf. The resort offers daily yoga and meditation classes for all guests staying with them. Stretch those sore muscles and find some inner quiet with the guided practices.

Surfboard Rental

Malibu Popoyo has partnered with AWAYCO to offer the highest quality surfboard rental available. With a full range of quality and well looked after surfboards, these aren’t your usual rental stock and are worthy of the waves in the area! Never be stuck without a board again!

Interested in Luxury Surfing?

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Customer Reviews

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Customer Reviews

Omar AlJammaz 03/07/23

TrustPilot
Great travel options, great customer support, simplifying planing process.
Looking forward for my next trip.

Nina Ross 03/08/23

TrustPilot
Awesome holiday to Hudhuranfushi. Giulia was very helpful and quick to respond and overall we were very impressed with Awave Travel.
Lohi's is a private, on site, awesome left hander that just kept giving. Also had options of 2 daily surf boat trips that went to other local breaks such as Sultans, Ninja's, Cokes, Jails. The surf team are amazing and we scored great waves the whole time we were there.
Stayed in a Sunset family beach villa which was perfect for a family of 4, then upgraded for the last 3 nights to Ocean Villas, both great for different reasons!
Island staff are so helpful and welcoming, and there's a good variety of food options available. Lots of other things to do such as paddleboarding, jet ski-ing, spa treatments, yoga and amazing snorkelling - with sharks, turtles and rays! We also hired bikes to get around and do morning surf checks!
An amazing trip, thank you Awave and Hudhuranfushi!

Seb Speck 25/06/23

TrustPilot
We had an amazing time on the Mentawai islands booked through Awave Travel.
Giulia was very helpful and available at all times during the booking process. And we had the best time on the Mentawais on the Maki Boat. The staff were amazing. Raul the surf guide was very helpful, friendly and coached us on the waves. Kaique the photographer produced top quality pictures and videos from the water, boat and drone.
Overall very happy and would highly recommend it.

Tom Ward 18/06/23

TrustPilot
We charted Seafarer for a 10 day trip in the Maldives. We booked with AWAVE about 12 months before. James was super helpful, really responsive and just easy to deal with. We even made a very last minute change to go to the central atolls which he arranged pretty much straight away. The trip itself was unreal, great surf, amazing wildlife and scenery. If you’re thinking about a surf charter, do it and book through these guys!

Natasha Gronski 06/08/23

TrustPilot
Awave Travel is the best surf travel agency I have ever booked! They are very professional and responsive to my inquiries and are able to match me with a surf trip appropriate to my interests and skill level. They have an outstanding relationship and reputation with the resorts that they work with, which makes a difference in the consumer experience. Above all, the Awave staff is very friendly and knowledgeable about the areas they recommend, as they have actually surfed the spots and stayed at the resorts. For anyone who wants a hassle-free, no worries, relaxing and fun surf adventure, Awave Travel is the way to go!

David 05/29/23

TrustPilot
8 of us stayed at Hudhuranfushi for my 50th birthday celebration. The resort and services were amazing. James and the team at AWAVE stayed in contact from the beginning to end to ensure we had everything we needed. Great experience. Definitely looking forward to booking our next trip with AWAVE in the near future.

Alexandra Franz 05/31/23

TrustPilot
We spent amazing days in Morocco in Amouage. Was an amazing stay and the full surf package offered by AWAVE was great.
All the people were very nice and coaches were amazing. Booking was very smooth, answered all my questions and they took care of everything.
I took the coaching package and had a great time and learning. The teacher was great, very patient and explained everything very nice and calm. Felt safe all the time and had a lot of fun as well.
My boyfriend had the guiding package and he also had a great time. He was always taken to the spots that fitted his level and enjoyed the full when conditions were nice.

Alex Reuter 05/22/23

TrustPilot
We stayed at Ayada in Maldives and I can't be more complimentary of AWAVE! Awesome and patient advise over whatsapp on which resort to go to with extremely details local knowledge on surf conditions, wave spots, resort quality, which atolls to go to, etc. I followed their recommendation and it was spot on. Easy booking on short notice before the trip, can't thank James enough!

Stewart Cropp 05/19/23

TrustPilot
Our remarkable trip was 12 months in the planning.it was awkward to organize because there was so many people coming and going over our two week chartered cruise.
I can’t speak highly enough of AWAVE and more to the point ,the wonderful Giulia Manfrini. She is so caring and sweet and far above and beyond any travel consultant that I have ever worked with
Thankyou Giulia for all your prompt answers to my gazillion questions
You are “Simply the best”.
Now onto the Carpe Diem
The trip of a lifetime was had by all 20 of us
The Captain and crew worked tirelessly to pander to our every whim
They would not allow us to lift a finger
Our Barmen Shawn and Cook ( still can’t pronounce his name ) were superb, the food was first class and varied and the alcohol flowed like a river
Our Surf guide “Seppe” found waves for us every day except for two while we travelled deep into the central Attols
We were greatful for the rest
We snorkeled with the sharks and visited uninhabited Islands spent an afternoon being spoiled at a high class resort .
All in all an Awsome trip

Diane 05/11/23

TrustPilot
James helped us organize our trip in April for my partner and I in the Mentawai.
First, lets discuss the service : James was super clear and reactive. We received a list of resorts with different price ranges and he provided all the elements for us to decide based on our needs and budget. We felt very supported for the organization and we even received so advices few days before leaving for packing.
I was a bit afraid as i'm not a good surfer so i reach out many times to understand how I could still try and learn and James always replied very quick and with all the info i need.
Then when we arrive : it was super well organized, everything went smooth and we fell in love with the place and people. We can tell they really worked on their resort selection and travel organization and we trust our next adventure will be as qualitative.
Already recommended their service ;).
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