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Ayahuasca Retreat in Iquitos, Peru Paojilhuasca Medicine Center

Authentic Ayahuasca and Traditional Plant Medicine in the Amazon

Experience an authentic ayahuasca retreat in the Amazon near Iquitos, Peru. Small groups, experienced shamans, Kambo, Yopo and master plant dietas in a safe, caring setting.

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HEALING RETREATS & SACRED EARTH MEDICINES

Ayahuasca Retreats in Iquitos, Peru
Sacred Healing, Guided By The Wisdom Of The Amazon

Paojilhuasca Medicine Center rests deep within the Amazon, offering a sanctuary for healing, awakening, and authentic connection with sacred plants such as Ayahuasca, Kambo, and Master Plant Dietas. This is far from tourism. It is a return to origin, where nature, ancestral tradition, and spirit align to restore balance and open the way for true transformation.

At Paojilhuasca, guidance comes from a team unlike any other. Best Ayahuasca retreat in Peru.

Two master shamans, honoring both feminine and masculine traditions, hold the ceremonies with profound care. They are joined by a physician, a scientist, and experienced facilitators who bring depth, safety, and modern understanding. Together, they create an environment where ancestral plant wisdom is honored and every detail of your physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

Location: Iquitos, Peru – Gateway to the Amazon

Set in the cultural and spiritual heart of the Peruvian Amazon, Paojilhuasca Medicine Center welcomes you to a land where the jungle itself is medicine. Cradled by the Amazon, this is where tradition, nature, and spirit meet. A destination known for Ayahuasca, yet felt as a true homecoming to the soul

This is your invitation to reconnect with yourself, with nature, and with the timeless wisdom of the Amazon. Healing is waiting. The plants are waiting.

Are you ready to answer the call?

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The Forest Awaits Your Return

The Amazon is alive with voices unseen, a vast world where every leaf, river, and bird carries its own spirit. At Paojilhuasca Medicine Center, you are welcomed into this living tapestry not as an observer but as part of it.

Ceremonies with Ayahuasca, Kambo, and Master Plant Dietas unfold in their natural rhythm, guided with reverence and held in a space of trust. The experience is not about escaping daily life, but about remembering what life truly is when spirit and nature move together.

Here, time slows. The forest teaches in silence as much as in song. You begin to see yourself with new clarity, touched by the same essence that has sustained these traditions for generations.

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Why Come to the Amazon for Healing?

The Amazon rainforest holds medicines that have guided human healing for centuries. To walk into this land is to step into a living temple of wisdom, where every plant carries knowledge.

Within Paojilhuasca Medicine Center in Iquitos, each retreat is rooted in devotion, carried with integrity, and guided by deep respect.

What you receive is offered with intention:

  • Sacred Ayahuasca ceremonies led by experienced shamans.
  • Kambo and Yopo treatments to cleanse, purify, and energize the body.
  • Traditional Master Plant Dietas, offering direct connection with the spirits of the forest.
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Jungle / River Tours

As for the activities on offer, you'll be treated to a boat trip and a tour of the jungle in the company of a certified guide who will show you the medicinal and master plants in their natural environment. The village also has a football pitch where the village children often play.

Moxibustion

This warming technique uses burning mugwort to stimulate acupoints, promoting circulation, warming meridians, and dispersing cold or stagnant energy. After ceremonies, it can stabilize the body’s vital energy (Qi) and help digest intense energetic movements triggered by the medicine.

Post-Ceremony Renewal

The day after each ceremony, we come together for energizing HIIT workouts, flushing out stagnant energy and grounding the insights of the night before.

Morning Qigong

Each day begins with movement, breath, and stillness. A centering practice to awaken your energy and prepare you for the deeper work ahead.

Direct Shamanic Guidance

One-on-one connection with La Maestro and Don Gardel. A chance to receive personal insight, support, and wisdom throughout your path.

Shipibo Market

If the group size is large enough, a group of Shipibo woman will come to our centre to showcase their incredible handmade clothing, artwork, artisans & talisman. You will also learn more about their culture.

Bufo Ceremony (Optional, $70 USD)

The sacred toad medicine offers an intense and transcendental experience. Available for those who feel drawn to its power.

Sananga

A liquid extracted from a Brazilian shrub that is applied to the eyes to encourage receptivity to the third eye, which you can use as you wish.

Translation / Guidance

You will receive full support & care throughout your stay in each and every avenue.

Kundalini Dance Meditation

The Kundalini meditation is a 60 minutes practice with four different stages of 15 minutes each, accompanied by music which was originally composed for this meditation. The stages are shaking, dancing, standing or sitting in stillness and relaxing. In this first stage you stand and shake your body for 15 minutes.

Yoga

We offer yoga nidra right before ceremony to calm the nervous system. And we also offer yin yoga on Thursdays.

Preparation & Integration Guided Breathwork

Conscious breathing is a powerful tool for shamanic journeys, preparing mind and body for safe, grounded exploration of deeper awareness. • Breathwork aids post-ceremony integration by releasing blockages, processing insights, and supporting emotional healing for greater clarity and connection. • You can explore this technique further with a qualified practitioner during your stay and afterward if desired.

Master Plant Dietas

For our clients who wish to work in depth on themselves, the diet is highly recommended, as it provides an opportunity for a real and powerful connection with oneself, while opening the way to the true richness of Amazonian medicine.

Organic Meals

Meals are prepared with fresh, local ingredients (all fruit sourced nearby). • Meat, when served, is organic and freshly caught or hunted within days. • Superfoods like maca, chia, and specialty flours enrich meals with vitamins and plant proteins. • Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options available.

2x Ayahuasca Ceremonies

• Ayahuasca ceremonies happen twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays. As we will have taken care to purify you well before the first intake, your first journey with the Plant will take place in the best possible conditions.

1x Kambo Healing Treatments

• On your first day, we recommend a round of Kambo, the venom extracted from an Amazonian frog. Kambo purifies and heals the body through a deep cleansing. The indigenous do not consider Kambo as a ceremony but rather a healing treatment. You will have the ability to have more treatments on other days if you feel the call.

2x Mambaè Talking Circles

• The evening of the day after each ayahuasca ceremony, we hold a talking circle accompanied by Mambé, a powdered coca leaf whose main virtue is to open the heart and free words. In this way, the circle enables us to talk about, understand, and share what we experienced in ceremony with the other participants, while strengthening our social ties.

Rapé (hapeh)

• Rapé (Amazonian snuff) is a sacred shamanic medicine or tool, that has been used by tribes of the Amazon basin for thousands of years and is an essential part of their tribal culture and history. Rapé, like all our medicines is optional, but on offer for you to experience when you choose.

1x Yopo Ceremony

• Yopo ceremonies, a powder made from the seeds of a Brazilian tree. Rich in DMT, you'll experience a visionary journey lasting around one hour.

Medicine Preparation

• You will have the ability to learn and prepare your own Ayahuasca, collect your own Kambo frogs at night & learn the process of Yopo.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, when held in a traditional and professional setting. We provide health screenings, medical supervision, and safe ceremonial guidance.

No. Many of our guests are first-time participants. We prepare you step by step.

We recommend at least one week, though many choose longer retreats for deeper transformation.

Kambo is a sacred frog medicine used for purification and cleansing, often at the beginning of the retreat.

We provide a complete preparation guide with diet, mindset, and lifestyle recommendations before arrival.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Your Shamans

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Don Gardel

Ayahuasquero, kambocero, and co-founder

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La Maestra Alicia

Ayahuasquera, Vegetalista

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Fabrizio

Co-founder, manager, researcher, kambo & bufo practitioner and retreat facilitator

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Caterina

Doctor, holistic healer, breathwork guide, kambo practitioner and retreat facilitator

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Dominic Maccini

Facilitator, Kambo Practitioner, Tarot Reader, Sound Healer & Yin Yoga Teacher

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Retreat Essentials

  • All ceremonies (Ayahuasca, Kambo, Yopo, Diffrent Master plant dietas)
  • Accommodation and nourishing meals
  • Pre-retreat preparation support
  • Post-retreat integration guidance
  • Daily wellness practices (Qigong, yoga nidra, meditation, breathwork)
  • Guided river and rainforest excursions

Not Included

Flights to Iquitos, Peru

Local transport and Personal purchases in the jungle

Bufo Ceremony (optional, $80 USD, offered only as a final ceremony if you feel called)

This is your invitation to reconnect with yourself, with nature, and with the timeless wisdom of the Amazon. Healing is waiting. The plants are waiting.

Are you ready to answer the call?

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