The moment you stopped leading
You're still in the room.
But she lost you a long time ago.
You know the moment. She starts. And something in you shuts down.
You don't leave. You stay but you're not really there. You go somewhere safe inside yourself and you wait for it to pass. You've gotten good at waiting.
You call it patience. She calls it absence. And somewhere in the gap between those two words, your marriage is quietly dying.
You're not a bad man. That's what makes this harder. You work. You provide. You show up in every way you know how. But the way she looks at you sometimes, or the way she's stopped looking at you at all, tells you that what you've been giving isn't enough.
She doesn't need more of what you've been giving. She needs something you haven't learned yet.
The lie most men believe
Two types of men
she doesn't feel safe with.
Type 01
No Emotional Depth
Most men know this guy. He might even be his father. Reactive. Defensive. Shut down. He explodes or he disappears. Either way, she carries it alone.
Type 02
Soft but Hollow
He's done the work. He knows the language. He can talk about feelings, hold space, use all the right words. But underneath it all, there's nothing solid. No backbone. No presence. And she can feel it. She doesn't feel safe with him either.
The man who changes his marriage is neither of those. He is physically capable and emotionally grounded. He can absorb impact without flinching and lead without forcing. He can sit in the fire of her anger and not run, not react. Just stay. Present. Solid. Safe.
That man is rare. He is also exactly who your wife has been waiting for.
Fathers of the Jungle 3.0 is built to make you that man. Not through a workbook. Not through a weekend of men crying in a circle. Through five days of real physical pressure, deep emotional work, and the kind of brotherhood that only forms when men go through something real together.
UFC Fighter Hurricane Shane Burgos
The hardest man
in the room was
fighting the same battle
as you.
Shane Burgos has walked into cages and taken punishment that would end most men. He has trained his whole life to be unbreakable under pressure. The world looks at him and sees someone who has everything under control.
Behind closed doors, he was struggling with the exact same thing you are.
Not because he was weak. Because nobody taught him this. Because being physically elite and being the man your family needs are two completely different skills and the world only teaches one of them.
Shane will be in the jungle with you. In the water. In the sparring sessions. In the fire circles. Not as a celebrity. As a man who did the work and is still doing it.
If the toughest man in the room needed this, what does that say about the man who thinks he doesn't?
"I've worked with a few different coaches in this space before. I made improvements in some areas but working with Grant one on one changed my life. It has renewed my marriage into something I've never experienced or personally seen before. I am proud of the husband, father and overall man I am today and that was something I couldn't honestly say less than a year ago."
Hurricane Shane Burgos, UFC Fighter
What five days in the jungle builds
This is not a retreat.
It's a reckoning.
Everything on this program was chosen for one reason because it works. Not because it sounds good on a website. Because the men who have been through it went home different. Their wives felt it. Their kids felt it. They felt it.
Striking, BJJ & Sparring with Shane
Shane doesn't go easy. That's the point. There is something that happens to a man when he faces real physical pressure and chooses not to quit. Something shifts in his nervous system. His body learns that he can take it.
That learning doesn't stay in the gym. It walks into your living room with you.
Cold Water Immersion
You'll do it alongside Shane. The man who fights for a living, in the same water, at the same temperature, doing the same thing as you. That moment is harder to explain than it is to feel. But every man who's been through it remembers it.
Emotional Intelligence Workshop
Not theory. Not scripts. The deep understanding of what is actually happening when your wife is emotional and what she needs from you in that moment that you've never been able to give.
One man came home and held space through his wife's full anger for the first time in their marriage. Her response stopped him cold.
Communication Masterclass
You've tried talking more. Trying harder. Being more patient. It hasn't worked because the problem isn't how much you're saying. It's what's underneath how you say it. This session goes to the root. Not the symptoms.
Masculine Leadership Frameworks
Most men were never taught what it actually means to lead a family. They were taught to provide. To protect. To fix. But leadership is different and its absence creates a chaos that slowly erodes everything you've built.
Your wife doesn't want a boss. She wants a man she can trust to hold the direction when everything feels uncertain.
Guided Journalling
In the jungle. No phone. No noise. No way out. The questions in these sessions surface things that have been quietly running your behaviour for decades. Men describe these as some of the most confronting hours of their lives. And some of the most freeing.
Surfing, Hiking & Immersive Costa Rica
The jungle strips you back. The ocean resets you. Surfing the Pacific, hiking through the rainforest, the cacao ceremony, the sauna. These aren't filler. They're the container that holds everything else together.
Brotherhood
The sessions matter. But the conversations that happen between them, around the fire at midnight, on the trail, in the water, that's where the real transformation happens. You will leave with men who know you. Really know you.
That kind of brotherhood only forms when men go through something real together.
Hear it from them directly
They came with excuses.
They left as different men.
"I've been to many different men's retreats and men's groups. What separated this one was the quality and calibre of men Grant was able to bring together. I've been back four days and I can literally feel the difference in how I talk to my wife, how I show up for my kids, how I lead my team. It's an absolute no-brainer. Life changing."
Dr. Cotey Jordan
"At first I had every excuse. The timing wasn't right. I was already doing the work. But my relationship was on death's doorstep. Coming back from this retreat, I feel like a changed person. Not just in my relationship. In who I am."
Kelly van Voorhees, Scottsdale, Arizona
"I came home and for the first time I didn't flinch. She came at me hard and I held it. All of it. I didn't defend. I didn't disappear. I just stayed. The look on her face when she realised I wasn't going anywhere that's something I'll never forget."
Previous Participant
"Working with Grant changed my life. It has renewed my marriage into something I've never experienced or personally seen before."
Hurricane Shane Burgos, UFC Fighter
"I quickly realised it was deeper than a quick look at how I was within my relationship. I found it was issues deep within me traits, behaviours, characteristics I have leaned into and nurtured over many, many years. All of which do not serve me or anyone close to me. I've spent a lifetime bull shitting myself that I'm ok, pulling up the drawbridge, pushing everyone away.
The experience wouldn't have been anywhere close to being transformative if not for my brothers in the jungle with me. I think of you all every day and you give me inspiration.
Open truth telling to my adult kids and my wife are a starting point to build trust and a renewed closeness. True honest reflection of who I've been as well as the good man that is in there has been massive. The jungle opened a door where I was buried."
Aidan, Retreat Alumni
"I attended because I knew I was out of alignment. On paper, life looked successful, but internally I felt reactive, disconnected at times, and not fully the man I'm capable of being especially in my marriage and as a father.
The most transformative part was being pushed to the edge physically, emotionally, and mentally and realising how often I've held back in my life. The sparring, the brotherhood, and the moments of stillness all forced me to confront fear, control, and patterns I've been carrying for years. That moment of choosing to give everything without needing an outcome shifted something deeply in me.
I'm less reactive, more grounded, and more aware of the energy I bring into my home. It's not about being perfect but I feel like I'm finally living in alignment with the man I say I want to be."
Jonathan, Retreat Alumni
Is this for you?
This will be the hardest
five days of your life.
Good.
This is for you
- →You know you're the problem and you're done saying it without doing anything about it.
- →You've tried therapy, coaching, books, podcasts. Some of it helped. None of it stuck. You need something that goes deeper than a conversation.
- →Your wife has been patient. Or she's run out of patience. Either way, you feel it. And you know it's time.
- →You want to go home as a different man. Not a slightly adjusted version of the same one. A genuinely different man.
This is not for you
- ✕You're looking for a holiday with some personal development content sprinkled in.
- ✕You want someone to tell you that you're doing fine.
- ✕You're not willing to be physically and emotionally uncomfortable in service of the people who need you most.
The Venue
Where you'll spend
five days becoming
a different man.
This is not a conference centre. Not a hotel. This is a private jungle villa perched above the Costa Rican Pacific coast built for the kind of work that changes a man.
Accommodation Note
Please note that all accommodations for the Fathers of the Jungle Immersion are intentionally arranged to maximize comfort, privacy, and personal space for every man attending.
While some rooms contain bunk beds, each bunk bed will only be allocated to one individual and treated as a standard single bed arrangement. At no point will bunk beds be shared between attendees.
Additionally, no more than two participants will be assigned per room. This includes the larger room that is capable of sleeping four individuals despite its capacity, it will be limited to only two attendees for this immersion.
Travel & Logistics
Getting there.
What you need to know.
Arrival
Tuesday 8th September
You must arrive before 12:00pm into SJO (Juan Santamaría International Airport, San José, Costa Rica).
Departure
Sunday 13th September
Your flight must depart no earlier than 10:00pm from SJO (Juan Santamaría International Airport, San José, Costa Rica).
Recommended Hotel
Hilton Garden Inn San José Airport
If you are arriving the night before or departing the morning after, we recommend staying at the Hilton Garden Inn San José Airport City Mall. It is located directly at the airport and is the most convenient option for transfers.
View HotelFull transfer and logistics details will be provided upon booking confirmation. All attendees are responsible for arranging their own flights and travel insurance prior to arrival.
Secure Your Spot
The man your family needs
already exists.
He just hasn't been built yet.
Both previous editions of Fathers of the Jungle filled. Every seat. This edition has Shane Burgos confirmed and more reach than anything we've done before.
There are 18 spots. There will not be more. For five days that will change the trajectory of your marriage, your family, and who you are as a man, that is not expensive. Staying the same is expensive. Losing your marriage is expensive. Missing years of your children's lives because you were physically present but emotionally absent that is expensive.
This is the work.
This is the place.
This is the time.
The man who needs this most is always the one who hesitates longest.
18 spots · No exceptions · Costa Rica · September 8–13, 2026
Disclaimer
This is a 5-day event held in Costa Rica, September 8–13, 2026. All attendees are 100% responsible for themselves whilst in attendance. By registering, you acknowledge that you participate at your own risk. All attendees must arrange their own necessary travel insurance requirements prior to arrival. Primal Fathers accepts no liability for any loss, injury, or damage incurred during the event.
Ticket prices do not include flights or hotel accommodation before or after the event. Flights and any hotel stays prior to or following the retreat are to be arranged and funded individually by each attendee.
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