Peru · July 27 - August 2 2025
Ayahuasca Retreat for spiritual transformation in Cusco
Our 7 day ayahuasca retreats, have been developed with highly experienced "Onaya" healer from the Shipibo tribe in the Amazon. And Inca medicine healer "pampamisayoq", from the Qero tribe of the high Andes mountains. The retreat is run in a traditional manner. From the Inca religion principle Munay (love) to the way the plant medicine is prepared, and the iqaros (shamanic chants). The traditional base of the retreat is tempered with modern medical practices to ensure our guest safety and allow them to assimilate the experience in the best way possible. This retreat include three ayahuasca ceremonies.
DAY 1
This day you can acclimatize and get ready for the Ayahuasca ceremony.
DAY 2
Your ayahuasca retreat experience in Cusco starts at 9:15am to 9:30 am 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.
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
Meals (no food, it is part of the retreat preparation)
DAY 3
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.
Light breakfast
Organic snack
Volunteering at dog shelter
Consultation with medical doctors & healers
Second ayahuasca ceremony
Accommodation at retreat center in San Salvador
Lunch, dinner (no food, it is part of the retreat preparation)
DAY 4
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.
Full board
Consultation with doctors & healers
Group session
Munay meditation session
Short walk to Lord of Huanca
Accommodation at retreat center in San Salvador
DAY 5
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.
Light breakfast
Organic snack
Volunteering activity
Relaxing massage
Consultation with doctors & healers
Munay meditation
Third ayahuasca ceremony
Lunch, dinner (no food, it is part of the retreat preparation)
DAY 6
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 Pisaq.
Breakfast
Consultation with doctors & healers
Offering to Mother Earth (ceremony)
Transportation back to Cusco
Hotel in Cusco ***
DAY 7
This day you can enjoy a free day, rest and meditate.
Three Ayahuasca Ceremonies
All retreat facilitated in English
Accommodation – within our facilities you may find the basic life necessities such as shared bedrooms with a capacity of three people as well as shared bathrooms.
Coca leaves ceremony (unification of group energy)
Cleansing and floral ceremony (Therapy of forgiveness)
Your retreat will be overseen by 2 to 4 shamans, Shipibo healer from the Amazon and Inca medicine Qero healer from the Andes.
A Doctor is present during Ayahuasca ceremony with access to a full range of state of the art emergency medical equipment.
Individual consultations with the shaman and psychologist to discuss your experiences and healing process
Offering of gratitude to Pachamama or Mother Earth
Two volunteering activities (practice of Ayni - reciprocity)
Love meditation Munay
All food and drinks is a delicious simple vegetarian diet suitable for working with medicinal plants/ Ayahuasca
All transport to and from the retreat center
2 nights in a hotel in Cusco