Hi — I'm Hamza, the founder of Makanoo.
Over the past twenty years I've attended or organized many surf camps, yoga retreats, dance festivals and personal-development programs. Alongside that, I've spent fifteen years in travel technology and data science, building marketing and pricing systems that make decisions clearer.
Again and again, I noticed the same thing: finding and choosing the right retreat venue was much harder than it should be, unlike booking a hotel or an Airbnb: emailing venue after venue, wrestling with mismatched PDFs and spreadsheets, different deposit and cancellations terms, trying to picture what a place would actually feel like for your group, and committing real money without a clear view of how it would turn out.
It didn't make sense.
The right place can shape an entire experience. A beautiful venue helps people slow down, connect, learn, and carry something home long after the retreat ends. Choosing it should feel inspiring and exciting, not stressful and with bad surprises along the way.
That's why I created Makanoo: to bring light and clarity to a corner of this work that still runs on manual inquiries, non-standard contracts, and big decisions made half-blind. My aim isn't just to help you pick a venue — it's to help retreat leaders find places that genuinely fit their vision, and choose them with confidence, so your focus and energy goes where it belongs: create transformational experiences in beautiful spaces.
I hope Makanoo helps you choose the right space for your next retreat.