7 day Ayahuasca Retreat in the Amazonian Jungle

Included on the 7 Day Ayahuasca Retreat in the Amazonian Jungle

Professional local English speaker Guides: all our super leaders grew up in Cusco and in the Amazonian region; and studied tourism for five years at Cusco’s university. They are friendly, funny charming, knowledgeable, professional and will care your safety into your Ayahuasca retreat. (Our guides will be awesome interpreters).

Healer or Shaman: The healers or shamans we work with are all from my town, we belong to the Matsigenka tribe; We have all been lucky enough to be born in the Peruvian jungle and therefore learn about the authentic healing power of Ayahuasca.

Ayahuasca Retreat in the Peruvian Amazon jungle: The plants that are used to make the Ayahuasca concoction grow in the Amazon rainforest; that is why the best place to experience the healing power of this alternative medicine is the jungle. The jungle being surrounded by an unimaginable amount of plants and animals is a magical place, which creates powerful frequencies of connection with mother earth, her creatures and the universe.

Permits:  As soon as we get your details and deposit, we will purchase your permits for the Manu National Park.

Family House: Our Ayahuasca retreat program includes two nights in rooms shared by two people; if you want a private room (you must add $ 100 for a private room for 2 nights). We have 5 bathrooms which are shared by all participants. The bathrooms are constantly cleaned and disinfected.

Activities:

1. Biking for 2 hours from the highlands to the jungle.
2. Swimming in a crystalline and temperate river.
3. Meditation under the sounds of the river.
4. Horse riding under sunset and twilight.
5. 2 Meetings with the shaman to talk about your intentions and desires when taking the healing medicine of Ayahuasca and how she will work with you.
6. 2 Coca leaf reading ceremony
7. 4 ceremonies of Rape, before each ayahuasca ceremony
8. 4 Ayahuasca ceremonies (with free option to do 1 more ceremony).
9. 3 Ceremony of interpretation of your Ayahuasca visions.
10. 4 Floral spiritual baths in the river.
11. Visit the wild animal rescue center.
12. Observation of birds and the vast Amazon rainforest from our observation tower built on a tree.
13. Parrot and macaw trail.
14. Path to learn about medicinal plants in the Amazon jungle.
15. Meditation on stones in the river.
16. Yoga in the middle of the forest.
17. Bonfire to share Ayahuasca teachings.
18. Yoga receiving the sunrise.
19. Jungle walk with icaros songs.
20. Meditation next to a waterfall.
21. Munay meditation receiving the sunset.
22. Interpretation of visions.
23. Flowering bath in the river.
24. Meeting and Discussion about the Andean Amazonian philosophy.
25. Yoga receiving the sunset.
26. Plant your Ayahuasca vine or a tree, which will be yours forever.
27. 45 minutes of tubing in a pristine river.
28. Free access to bathe in the rivers whenever you want.
29. Free access to any place on the farm that you consider suitable to do your personal meditations.

Briefing:  The day before your trip, you will come to our office for your informative meeting. You will receive a duffle bag, that you will bring to our Ayahuasca healing retreat center; and also you will pay the balance.

Transportation: Incas Path will be providing all transport needed for this Ayahuasca retreat, our service is from door to door.

Food: Our Ayahuasca tour includes, a local chef who will cook delicious organic meals; that many previous tourists have loved. We have experience cooking the proper diet food for an Ayahuasca retreat and we honor all food restrictions, so be sure to add any that you have on your booking form and let us know. Food is typically all served as buffet.

Details: We profess that it is the attention to small details that separates us from other travel agencies; each tourist receives a duffle bag to carry their essential belongings to our Ayahuasca retreat center. We gift all our Ayahuasca lovers a beautiful souvenir made by my relatives; and also a tree or an Ayahuasca vine that you will plant and that will be yours forever.

First Aid: Every guide has got training in first aid from a clinic and firemen. We elaborate mandatory training sessions, every February about Ayahuasca retreat risk situations; which every Incas Path tour guide must attend. Your tour leader is going to have always a first-aid kit for medical problems.

Not Included on the 7 day Ayahuasca Retreat in the Amazonian jungle

• Gratuities for our staff: Incas Path ensures all staff are fairly paid and therefore gratuities are optional; and at your own discretion.
• Travel Insurance: Highly recommended for all tourist.
• Water Bottle: You can buy it from my relatives in the Ayahuasca retreat center.
• Flight tickets
• Hotel in Cusco

Prices

We would like to be in charge of guiding you, in your experience with Ayahuasca in the Amazon Peruvian jungle.

1. Group Tour Price
   • $1190 per person

2. Private Ayahuasca Experience
   • One Ayahuasca lover: 1400 per person
   • Two Ayahuasca lovers: $ 1130 per person
   • Three Ayahuasca lovers: $ 1120 per person
   • Four Ayahuasca lovers: $ 1110 per person
   • Five Ayahuasca lovers: $ 1100 per person
   • Six, or more Ayahuasca lovers: $ 1090 per person

The rooms are twins and they are shared by two participants.

If you are a solo traveler, and you would require a private room, you must add 100 dollars for 2 nights.

Important Note: Our Ayahuasca ceremony is done in small groups, from 4 to 10 people; if you wish to have a private Ayahuasca retreat only for you and your loved ones. This option is also available, you only need to coordinate it, with your sale representative.

Important Note II: For patient safety, we reserve the right to refuse treatment to patients with the following conditions:

• Pregnancy
• Heart surgery, pacemaker, tachycardia, murmur, or other heart ailment
• Blood disease.
• Mental illness (Schizophrenia, Bipolarism, etc).

7 day Ayahuasca Retreat in the Amazonian Jungle Packing List

Bringing what is recommended on the packing list is essential for a better enjoyment and experience within your Ayahuasca tour in the Peruvian jungle.

Recommended Packing List
1. 1 Daypack/carry-on bag – for valuables and breakable objects.
2. Sandals or flip-flops.
3. Outdoor shoes (good enough for moderate hiking but light enough for mud).
4. 2 pairs of swimming gear.
5. 2-3 pair jeans/pants/dress/shirt for social scene and meditation.
6. 2 to 2 rugged pants for hikes (lighter is better).
7. 3-4 Loose fitting, breathable long sleeved shirts for jungle
8. Casual/active hot weather attire (enough for 7 days, 25-30-degree weather).
9. Down jacket; people usually feel so much cold while doing Ayahuasca.
10. 1 Light rain jacket.
11. Socks & Undies (enough for 7 days, plus extras).
12. Sun hat.
13. Rain poncho.
14. Passport (valid for at least six months).
15. USD 400-600 in $20-100 notes (for food while traveling through the Andes, souvenirs, etc.)
16. Credit card with cash withdrawal option.
17. PLENTY of insect repellant (DEET Recommended, as well as something natural) – they don’t sell strong stuff in Peru!
18. Sunscreen (30+ SPF Recommended).
19. Flashlight(s) (one bright for jungle, one dim LED RED LIGHT for ceremonies).
20. Small first-aid kit for scrapes, cuts and bug bites.
21. Electrolytes (helps keep you hydrated in the heat!).
22. Toiletries
23. Face Wipes: the humidity will cause you to sweat a lot.
24. Deodorant, you will use more than normal due to the sweat.
25. Medications (Insect bites, headaches, muscle pain, etc.).
26. Notebook / Journal.
27. Camera & Memory Cards.
28. Personal reading material.

Ayahuasca Pre-Diet

“There are bodily and inorganic things that need to be cleaned before you can see the essential; Jan Kounen says in the book: «The Psychotropic Mind, the world according to Ayahuasca, Iboga and Shamanism. His words poetically sum up, why it’s important to physically prepare your body for taking Ayahuasca.

Most of our bodies are cluttered, with all kinds of stimulating and inorganic foods, from our modern diets. Foods filled with salt, sugar, acids and caffeine. To open up and receive the answers you are looking for from our mother Ayahuasca; first you need to cleanse yourself of all kinds of toxins.

Ayahuasca expert Alan Shoemaker, expanded on this idea; in his book: «Ayahuasca Medicine, the Shamanic World of Amazonian Sacred Plant Healing». Plant diets are designed to help a person connect with the spirits of the plants, and to develop new healing capabilities, vision, and knowledge; that require much time, in solitude and a strict dietary regimen. When you follow a required strict diet, you make yourself to the spirit world, more accessible.”

Reassure or cleaning the body in order to reach a spiritual state; will be a familiar idea to anyone who has practiced yoga. Yoga asana like the physical positions such as: the downward facing dog, or child’s pose; these poses were originally designed with the purpose of preparing your body to meditate. Like the asana’ effect on meditation, the physical preparation of the Ayahuasca pre-diet; goes hand in hand with being able to prepare yourself psychologically, for the healing experience.

Cleaning yourself from toxins, gives you a huge jumpstart in the Ayahuasca experience; because, as Vincent Ravalee explains in the book called: «The Psychotropic Mind». ¡All the toxins we collect during our everyday life, are the first things that Ayahuasca will attack.

When you clean those toxins ahead of time, it’s easier for Ayahuasca to work in your body; because there’s less “barriers” to cut through. By following the diet, you ensure your ability to make the most of the experience; and reach deeper levels of psych spiritual understanding.

While different Amazonian healers and retreat centers vary on the specific restrictions; we have a huge list of restrictions based on our hamlet knowledge and our Shamans. All of this is mandatory you follow, for a successful Ayahuasca experience.

Our Wachiperi Machiguenga Restrictions are:

Foods Containing Tyramine.
Ayahuasca, specifically; the Banisteriopsis Caapi, which is creeper plant, and one of the principal ingredients in the Ayahuasca brew. Is an MAO-inhibitor, meaning it temporarily inhibits the activation of the monoamine oxidase (MAO) an enzyme that is essential to process the amino acid tyramine.

if you take an MAO inhibitor, such as: Ayahuasca and eat foods high in tyramine; it can quickly reach dangerous levels. This can cause a severe increase in blood pressure and require emergency treatment.

You should avoid products that contains tyramine; 15 days before the Ayahuasca retreat and 15 days, after ingesting it.

• Pork.
• Red meat.
• Aged cheeses.
• Pickles.
• Wine.
• Sausages.
• Fermented foods like soy sauce, fermented tofu, and sauerkraut.
• Yogurt.
• Alcohol.
• Nutritional supplements, like protein powders.
• Aspartame.
• Chocolate.
• Peanuts.
• Walnuts.
• Chicken liver.
• Soy.
• Bananas.
• Avocado.
• Caviar.
• Herring.
• Spinach.
• Gig.
• Coconut.

Other foods you should avoid:
In addition to foods high in tyramine, you should avoid, acidic foods, condiments, and conserves; these have toxins that are hard to remove from our body, and also that obstructs the energy of the plant medicine.

• Salt (you should try only tiny amounts of salt).

Avoid all Type of Animal Products
Nowadays, animal products are packed full of chemicals; from vaccinations, antibiotics, to hormones and are raised and slaughtered in inhumane ways.

Unless you are consuming organic, free range poultry; or wild animals from the jungle. It’s better to avoid any industrialized animal product.

It is mandatory you don’t consume industrialized products; due you consume not only the substance of those food, but also the energy of it. So if you consume an animal, that was packed full of chemicals, and it spent the entirety of its life miserably crammed in a corral or stable; only to finally be slaughtered, in masse, in a mechanized way. You also ingest the energy of that animal´s experience.

Prescription Drugs
21 days leading up to the Ayahuasca ceremony; we strongly suggest that you stop the following prescription drugs:

• Antidepressants like SSRIs.
• MAO-inhibitors.
• Sleep medications.
• Barbiturates.
• Alpha- and beta-blockers.

Street Drugs
These includes:

• Cocaine.
• Alcohol.
• Cigarette.
• Amphetamines.
• Heroin.
• Cannabis.
• MDMA.
• Ecstasy.
• LSD.

Sex and Masturbation
We mandatory recommend that you avoid sexual activity, including masturbation; 15 days before and after your 7 day Ayahuasca retreat in the Amazonian jungle.

Sex, masturbation or including any exchange of bodily fluids, is a powerful energetic exchange; which can deplete your backup of energy available to you: and thus inhibit the effectiveness of the plants to teach and lead you.

Mental Preparation
You should do it at least one month prior, to the Ayahuasca retreat; and your whole life after finishing it.

In my hamlet, the diet is not only about meals; it also includes guidelines for mental, emotional, and spiritual preparation in the days leading up to your work with the Mother Ayahuasca.

Our experienced plant healer or shaman would have gone into the forest, on extended solitary retreat; in order to seek and diet with the plants. Surviving on their own, fishing and foraging. In my hamlet, the mental pre diet, would include keeping yourself in relative solitude and minimizing not helpful chatter and gossip. In industrialized countries; a modern diet would definitely include: a fast from television, radio, movies, news and social media.

You should spend as much as possible days, preceding your Ayahuasca ceremony engage in activities like: yoga, meditation, mindfulness practice, prayer. Solitary walks in the woods, mountains, river banks, ocean shores. Also walk at dawn and twilight to receive the solar energy; also walk at night, it is better if is full moon, so you receive fully the energy of the stars, moon and milky way.

Begin spiritually communing with nature, before your date-night with Ayahuasca; when our mother Ayahuasca will open the doors to direct communication with our mother earth.

It so dangerous and you may have a bad experience; if you do not do your diet responsibly and strictly.