Overview
Our ayahuasca retreat experience has been created by an Amazonian "Onaya" healer from the Shipibo tribe and an Inca "Pampamisayoq" healer from the Qero tribe. During this spiritual retreat you will experience two ayahuasca ceremonies in combination with shamanic healing techniques, meditation sessions, volunteering experiences and sacred ceremonies. The purpose of ayahuasca is to find ways to open your mind, heal from past traumas and experience a life-changing journey that helps your personal and spiritual growth. Our medical team and ayahuasca shamans will guide you through the whole process and make sure that you are in the right state of mind for your ayahuasca experience. Before and after the ayahuasca ceremonies you will consult with a psychologist and shaman to talk about your questions and visions. This extension is the perfect complementation for you if you want to deepen your experiences. If you are interested in a private booking or customized modifications, please leave us a message.
Schedule
Our ayahuasca retreat is for everybody who is seeking ways to heal physically, mentally and emotionally. The ayahuasca ceremony is a deeply personal, individual and spiritual experience and therefore also called “the vine of the soul”. During this ayahuasca experience, you will explore yourself on a deeper level and understand the true nature of reality, being guided by our professional team made up of ayahuasca shamans, doctors, and psychologists. Besides the actual ayahuasca ceremonies, you will have the chance to consult the medical team about your visions and personal questions. This retreat combines volunteering experiences, meditation sessions about the ancient Inca principle of Munay (unconditional love) and shamanic offering ceremonies performed by our spiritual healers, so your ayahuasca experience has great potential for your spiritual alignment and personal growth.
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Sacred Valley of Cusco
Arrival at retreat center & ayahuasca ceremony
Your ayahuasca retreat experience in Cusco starts at 11:00am at Plaza Nazarenas, where you will be picked up by our transfer staff. You will travel to San Salvador, the location of our retreat center in the Sacred Valley. After your arrival, you will be introduced to the ayahuasca shaman and medical staff and have some time to check out the retreat center. You will have a group meeting with the team and the other participants to talk about the ayahuasca plant and the intentions of the different ceremonies (ayahuasca ceremony, offering to Mother Earth and Coca Leaf ceremony). After your first meeting, you will have an individual consultation with the medical doctor and shamanic healer about your ayahuasca ceremony, so you feel prepared and ready to start the first ayahuasca session. In the afternoon, our shamanic healer will perform a Coca Leaf Ceremony and Cleansing Ceremony. Later, you will learn more about the ancient Inca principle of unconditional love and the Munay meditation. The meditation session helps you to get into the right mindset for your ayahuasca ceremony that you will be having on this day in the evening.
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Transport from Cusco to retreat center
Retreat facilitator who speaks English/Spanish/Quechua
Medical check (doctor & psychologist)
Consultation with shamanic healers
Munay meditation session
First ayahuasca ceremony
Accommodation at retreat center in San Salvador
Not Included
Meals (no food, it is part of the retreat preparation)
Sacred Valley of Cusco
Volunteering at dog shelter & ayahuasca session
Today you will start your day with a very light breakfast and then be brought to the dog shelter of the local organization “Human Actions''. There you will do your volunteering activity, feeding the little puppies and giving them the love they need. You will learn more about the organization of the shelter and the stories of the dogs who had been abused and badly treated before they came to the shelter. After helping the staff, you will enjoy an organic snack and return to the retreat center. There you will have a meeting with the psychologist and shamanic healer to talk about your personal experiences during your first ayahuasca ceremony. These sessions help you find clarity about your visions. Later, you will have some time to relax and participate in group sessions to share your ayahuasca experience. In the evening you will be doing your second ayahuasca ceremony. Our medical team and Andean shamans will be with you during the whole process.
Included
Light breakfast
Organic snack
Volunteering at dog shelter
Consultation with medical doctors & healers
Second ayahuasca ceremony
Accommodation at retreat center in San Salvador
Not Included
Lunch, dinner (no food, it is part of the retreat preparation)
Sacred Valley of Cusco
Relaxation & walk to sanctuary of Lord of Huanca
After your organic breakfast, you will have group sessions and individual consultations with our medical team and shamanic healers to talk about your ayahuasca ceremonies and personal experiences. You will enjoy a short walk to the Sanctuary of Lord of Huanca with your group. The Lord of Huanca is an invocation of martyr Christ who is in this town and is revered by Peruvians and foreigners, considered very miraculous. In the afternoon, you will go back to the retreat center and have a delicious lunch. Later, you will learn more about the ancient Inca and Andean philosophies (Ayni, Anya, Sumaq Kausay) and practice Munay meditation with your group. The rest of the day you have time to relax or discover the beautiful environment of the retreat center by yourself.
Included
Full board
Consultation with doctors & healers
Group session
Munay meditation session
Short walk to Lord of Huanca
Accommodation at retreat center in San Salvador
Sacred Valley of Cusco
Volunteering experience & ayahuasca ceremony
Today you will start your day with a very light breakfast and then be brought to the native plants nursery of the organization “Human Actions”. There you will learn more about the medicinal valor of the plants and help the staff with watering the plants and working at the plant nursery. After having a little snack, you will enjoy a relaxing massage at the retreat center. In the evening, you will learn more about the Pachamama (Mother Earth) and its meaning for the Andean culture. After another Munay meditation session, you have some time to prepare yourself for the third and last ayahuasca ceremony. Our medical team and Andean shamans will be with you during the whole ceremony.
Included
Light breakfast
Organic snack
Volunteering activity
Relaxing massage
Consultation with doctors & healers
Munay meditation
Third ayahuasca ceremony
Not Included
Lunch, dinner (no food, it is part of the retreat preparation)
Sacred Valley of Cusco
Mother Earth Offering & return to Cusco
On your last day you will start your day with an organic breakfast. Afterwards, you will have another individual consultation with the doctors and shamanic healers about your last Ayahuasca ceremony. Later, our shaman will perform an offering to Mother Earth. It is an important ceremony in the Andes culture to show gratitude to Pachamama (Mother Earth) for everything she has been giving to us. You can buy some local handicrafts from the shamanic healers before you will be brought back to Cusco.
Included
Breakfast
Consultation with doctors & healers
Offering to Mother Earth (ceremony)
Transportation back to Cusco
Not Included
Lunch
What's included
What's Included
Your retreat will be overseen by 2 to 4 shamans, Shipibo healer from the Amazon and Inca medicine Qero healer from the Andes Mountains
There is a doctor present during the ayahuasca ceremonies with access to a full range of emergency medical equipment
Small groups of up to 18 people allow us to maximize the safety, comfort, and personalized attention of the retreats for our guests
Basic medical check to ensure physical suitability
Transportation to and from the retreat center
Professional English-speaking guides
Different healing ceremonies: 3 ayahuasca ceremonies, Mother Earth offering and Coca Leaf ceremony
All food and drinks are based on vegetarian diet suitable for working with ayahuasca
Accommodation included for 4 nights and shared bathrooms and dorms with a capacity of three people
Individual consultation with shaman & doctors
Physical & medical health questionnaire
Volunteering activities
What's Not Included
Meals and beverages not mentioned in the program
Transportation to/pickup from the airport
Other activities that are optional or not mentioned in the itinerary
Tip for guides and shamans
Tickets
Standard Ticket (5 Days Ceremony)
Find ways to open your mind, heal from past traumas and experience a life-changing journey that helps your personal and spiritual growth.
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Dates
August 2026
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Standard Ticket (5 Days Ceremony)
31 August - 04 September 2026
Hosts
Ayahuasca shamans
Shamans (or Paqo in Quechua) are highly respected spiritual healers in the Andean community. They are very wise people who have access to the link between them, the spirit world and Mother Earth. The role of the shaman is essential for their community because they are the ones who guide the people, by providing sacred ceremonies, oracle readings and spiritual offerings. They are beings with a higher level of consciousness that they got from their own experience and ancestors.
Retreat staff
A doctor and psychologist will be with you during the whole retreat to ensure the highest level of safety to our guests. Our retreat staff will conduct a medical examination before the ayahuasca ceremony and talk with you about any special physical or mental conditions. Besides, the psychologist and doctors are there for you to make sure that you are calm and stable before and after the ceremonies. They will also help you understand your visions and talk with you about your personal experiences.
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You'll Be Staying Here
Retreat Center of San Salvador
During your ayahuasca retreat you will be staying at the retreat center of San Salvador, right in the middle of nature and far from the noisy city. The place consists of beautiful rustic houses, each of them with double occupancy and surrounded by nature, plants and colorful flowers. It is a very peaceful place, making your ayahuasca experience an unforgettable memory.
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Highlights
Volunteering activities
Part of our retreat experience are several volunteering activities to deepen your self growth experience and learn more about yourself by helping others. Our friends from the organization Human Actions support different local projects. The volunteering activities may involve working with children that come from poor communities of Cusco, helping the staff at a dog shelter or visiting a plant nursery. We believe that you help yourself by helping others - volunteering shows us life from a different perspective.
Emotional & mental healing
An ayahuasca retreat can be a life-changing experience that helps you overcome inner traumas and get over different personal issues that still remain. Many people say that the healing plant medicine brings up long-forgotten memories that open your eyes or make you realize different things in your life, and creates a feeling of universal love, spiritual connection and harmony with yourself and the whole cosmos.
Shamanic ceremonies & meditation
During the retreat you learn more about the Munay meditation based on the principle of universal love, self acceptance and happiness. Besides, our shamanic healers perform ancient ceremonies such as the Mother Earth offering and the Coca Leaf ceremony. These sacred rituals have the purpose of embracing your personal ayahuasca experience, getting into the right spiritual mindset and feeling inner peace and harmony throughout the whole retreat.
