On this page I plan to share my knowledge of ayahuasca resources for my friends. It grows weekly.
Ayahuasca Retreats
If you are interested in participating in ayahuasca ceremonies in peru, here is a list of people that I can recommend:
- Blue Morpho Tours – Hamilton now teaches from the non-dual perspective, very integral and well respected place.
- chinchilejo-tours.com - If you’re going to Iquitos look Alan up, he can recommend trusted shamans there
- ayahuasca-wasi.com- Diego has beautiful ceremonies and workshops in the sacred valley
Some friends that are also working with the medicine that have websites; good people: ayahuascaprajna.com, nixipae.com, spiritmedicine.net, I’ll expand on this list as time goes on to include more traditional ayahuasceros.
I have no experience with this center but they might be of interest to readers:
- The Hummingbird Center - focus on healing
Ayahuasca related websites and forums
- forums.ayahuasca.com – very active ayahuasca forum
- ayahuasca.com – Lots of excellent articles here
- Ayahuasca.tribe.net
I plan to update this post in the future with more details.
Good articles on Ayahuasca
Other Resources
Ayahuasca Conference: I’ve not been, but this looks like a really good yearly conference in Iquitos:
soga-del-alma.org.
more to come…
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will be nice if you can add our link to your page please
all the best
Ehud
‘Yacu Puma Center’
I found your website tonight while researching awahuasca retreats. I would like to go to one for spiritual and physical healing as well as spiritual enlightenment. Finding the best one for this is my goal. If anyone can help me in making this very important decision I would be extremely appreciative. Thanks very much,
Dave
PS
My address is moonphish@sbcglobal.net
again, thanks,
Dave
Thanks for the kind words… I work most of the year preparing for the annual International Amazonian Shamanism Conference. This July will be the 6th, held here in Iquitos every year. If I can help you with your logistics, shamanic retreat, etc. please don’t hesitate to ask. As well, I also have a travel agency here so you’re always better off just booking your international roundtrip to Lima instead of Iquitos. Just give me the details on your international flights and I can book your Lima to Iquitos roundtrip.
be well and do good,
alan shoemaker
Iquitos, Peru
I find this website very informative and helpful, thankyou.
I have just finished my fifth tour at Blue Morpho in Iquitos and out of the 7 different Ayahuasca tour centers I have tried in Sth America they definately have the best, strongest medicine in the a very safe and comfortable environment. They cost more but worth every dollar.
I highly recommend them and suggest you put them on your retreats list.
I also worked with ayahuasca at Blue Morpho on about 35-40 tours over the past four years and while I haven’t worked with Ayahuasca anywhere else – I have spoken with many guests who have and have found their opinions to be overwhelmingly in favor of BM’s practice of ayahuasca shamanism and the overall experience with the center just outside of Iquitos.
I couldn’t agree with them more and the fact that each tour held at Blue Morpho averages about 40% return guests, like the person above, is a strong testament to the quality of the work being done there.
It would be of great service to those interested in the practice of ayahuasca and universal spirituality to include Blue Morpho on your website.
I have also heard only good things about Souther and Blue Morpho, however I’ve never been there myself. The only complaint I’ve ever heard was about the price – but often you get what you pay for. Thanks for the comments.
Hi Deryk,
I really like what you are doing with this site. A lot of the things you mentioned in your “Things I have learned in my life so far” post I find I am learning as well.
I am working with my friend Lucho Romero on a site for his work as a curandero in Pucallpa. As part of his site I have built a resource list with links to everything from ayahuasca education to retreats:
Ayahuasca Resources.
If you get a chance watch “Metamorphosis”, the documentary made at Blue Morpho by Keith Aronowitz. It follows a group as they work with ayahuasca and Don Alberto Torres Davila and Hamilton. It was tough going in some of the ceremonies but smiles all around at the end.
Take care, Michael
Hi,
Great resources here, thank you all! I do have a question, if anyone knows any place that also includes a trip to Machu Picchu, I’d love to hear about it, as I’d love to get a chance to see that as well if I’m down there.
please email me at someone707 at gmail dotcom
i am in facebook
reji larco
bilingual psychotherapist
may do a retreat
do email me
thank you
Hi Deryk
If you haven’t already visited then I would highly recommend staying at The Temple of the Way of Light just outside Iquitos. http://www.templeofthewayoflight.org
They are the only retreat centre that I’m aware of that work with female curanderas and I can say from my own personal experience there that these women are simply incredible and without doubt the greatest healers I’ve met. They also have some amazing facilitators there right now in Tracy and Lucine. Please consider adding this link to your list.
Andy
I just returned from The Temple of the Way of the Light. Prior to the Temple, I had taken Ayahuasca thrice in BlueMorpho. The Temple was much greater experience and their medicine was as strong as the one in BM. They started us with smaller doses as a way of introducing us to the medicine. My first experience with the medicine in BM was terrifying and took me three trips back to overcome the fear of drinking it again. There was no spirit of fear or inflated egos in the Temple and my visionary journey was just as strong. The ceremonies were conducted with utmost respect to the spirits without idle chatters, sermons, or freaked out guests running around out of control. The Temple is a non-profit organization and employs many local people. The price is reasonable and it is easy to witness the flow of the money to Shipibo community. This whole discussion of “strong medicine” sounds a bit ego-oriented. I highly recommend the Temple and its 7 shamans where they sing to you all night long and take turns to heal you throughout the ceremony. The Temple is a magical place of love and healing. It softens rather than strengthens the ego. Thank you for reading my comment.
Hi there, great work with the site – congratulations!
Perhaps we could collaborate somehow? Do get in touch 
We appear to share some paralells and common objectives, as I’m also developing a Healing and Consciousness library
Our organisation – Know Thyself – is a non-profit organisation providing Shamanic healing retreats/expeditions here in Bahia, Brazil, where we’re doing some very helpful work for a small community, and if you read our testimonials you will see that we’re very much appreciated by our visitors. I’d appreciate it if you’d be kind to add us to your ayahuasca retreat links
Hope to hear from you!
Abracos
Paul&Suzana
Hi! I was in iquitos 2 months ago and I took the medicine with two shamans I can reccomend you in Iquitos. It’s my 3rd time there! First time I stayed 6 months, then 1 month and now 2 and half, I’m psychologist and I’m trying to learn the medicine becuase is really incredible the power of healing it has…both from psychologic and physical point of view.
The first shaman is a woman, her name is Otilia, she’s quite known in iquitos, I meet her 2 years ago in my first time in iquitos.
The other is a man called Luis. They’re different but both interesting in their work…she lives in the city but has a land at 50 kms from iquitos in a beautiful place in the middle of the jungle, Luis lives in a community in the jungle with his family, just at the opposite side of iquitos…if you want more information send me an email and I give you the contacts ok? They’re not expensive like the “turistic shamans”…and I think they’re more deep and wise…have a nice trip!!!
mail: ale_dei (at) yahoo.it
Alessandro
Hi, I invite you to take a look at our website. I am studying with Elisa Vargas Fernandez, an amazing healer who lives in the community of San Francisco de Yarinacocha, Peru. We offer group workshops for those interested in learning more about plant medicine and ayahuasca in the Peruvian Amazon. You can view a YouTube link here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMexZqK51YI&playnext=1&list=PL5C103F54D12F8100
Blessings!
Gina
Hola… un saludo y decirte que está muy bonita tu web. Blessings for you and the family.
There are a wealth of retreats, and I’m sure all of them have their advantages, however, the Refugio Altiplano is where you go for more advanced work–call it graduate school compared to Blue Morpho’s military school. No silly rules and dormitory-style accommodations there. Individual houses for each guest, good food and serious shamanic work going on every day. For those who can handle their own business, the Refugio cannot be beat.
Hi,
My words are just to recommend a place to the person who are looking for something really local, a local ceremony, with locals participating in it. I was looking for the real meaning of the ayahuasca in the Amazon, I wanted to be part of it, and didnt want to feel just like a tourist and who is freaking out about visions. I m not saying that the others places aren´t brilliant at all. We are always free to chose our own experiences, and me, in particular, I wasnt looking for a turistic ceremony, paying a lot of money for something which should be to help others. I was looking for something real, being a part of the local community, and using the medicine with respect torwards it, not becoming part of the shaman business, because if so, I wouldn´t do it.
So my experience have to do with a stay in the jungle, in the family house, with all those children surrounding us, the grandmother, the wife, the local patients, learning from them, all of them, this is an enriching experience, not only because the “mistery” but because you really learn about their reality, how they live, how the ceremonies are part of this family, you see patients coming from other villages, this man is a real healer.I had the privilege of became a member of a local ceremony near the river Sinchicui, I have participated several times, because this is what I was looking for. Something real and authentic.
Hope you find what you are looking for,
pectenmaximus@gmail.com
Bea, sPAIn
I recently had a very similar experience in in a little town called Ceilan outside of pucallpa. It was a shipibo community and during cerimonies, the grandfather, grandfather, uncles, aunts, and friends all participated and helped with the healing of the people present. It was very ‘authentic’ and healing, and I highly recommend it to others. We worked with Alberto as well as Teobaldo, they have done countless ceremonies and are true masters of the medicine. They are also humble and not distracted by alcohol or money (as sometimes happens when locals get a taste of new $$)
However the living conditions were very primitive and myself and my family got bitten by countless of mosquitos, the mattresses were thin, food so so, outhouses for bathrooms, no electricity, etc. These things are 100% normal in the jungle, and actually it was step up from how the locals live because we had running water. So for me it was quite mixed: Great people, great medicine, no modern comforts for my ‘modern’ body.
If you can handle primitive living, I highly recommend them and plan to blog about my experience soon. in the mean time you can contact them at beatrice_picis@hotmail.com or +51 (61) 599552.
Bea, thanks for your comments, maybe you could share more information about how people could contact your hosts, do they have a cell phone or email address?
Going to be traveling in Peru in mid September 2012. I was wondering if and where I could find ayahuasca for sale on the western side of the Andes. I will be traveling from Lima to Nazca then to Arequipa, Puno, Juli, Cuzco and finally Markawasi. I will be camping at Markawasi for a few days and would really like to have the ayahuasca experience there. I’ve been told that i can buy all the ingredients at almost any market, but would prefer having a proper brew made by a shaman. Also what is the cost for the brew and or a retreat?
before worrying about buying it yourself, you should experience it a number of times with a trusted guide. Only then (maybe after 20+ times) should you consider doing it on your own. If you are just going to drink a small amount then maybe a guide is not necessary because it’s not so potent – but then what is the point? To go ‘beyond the viel’ you should have an experienced guide. It does not need to be a shaman, but it should be someone experienced in the medicine.
can anyone please tell me the best place to go for the treatment? In desperate need of it please email me with full details jesstown2007@yahoo.com – I greatly appreciate any help!!!
Hi again, hi admin,
Hi,
My words are just to recommend a place to the person who are looking for something really local, a local ceremony, with locals participating in it. I was looking for the real meaning of the ayahuasca in the Amazon, I wanted to be part of it, and didnt want to feel just like a tourist and who is freaking out about visions. I m not saying that the others places aren´t brilliant at all. We are always free to chose our own experiences, and me, in particular, I wasnt looking for a turistic ceremony, paying a lot of money for something which should be to help others. I was looking for something real, being a part of the local community, and using the medicine with respect torwards it, not becoming part of the shaman business, because if so, I wouldn´t do it.
So my experience have to do with a stay in the jungle, in the family house, with all those children surrounding us, the grandmother, the wife, the local patients, learning from them, all of them, this is an enriching experience, not only because the “mistery” but because you really learn about their reality, how they live, how the ceremonies are part of this family, you see patients coming from other villages, this man is a real healer.I had the privilege of became a member of a local ceremony near the river Sinchicui, I have participated several times, because this is what I was looking for. Something real and authentic.
Hope you find what you are looking for,
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Sorry, I haven´t check the replies until now..
The contact person to find this shaman is Arci, he organise it
His mail is:
aryucu@hotmail.com
i’m from toronto caanada i saw wouldery if the reaty can acomedty me!
We live as an Ayahuasca community in the Forests of Costa Rica, working with the assistance of the Great Spirit and honoring the Land. We are maintaining a program of healthy food, music, integration and joy! And invite you to take part…
In these times we have Ayahuasca retreats in our farm-
Our upcoming retreats:
Elements Dance – 8-23 February
Forest in Vision – 8-10 March
Equinox Festival – 12-26 March
for more information:
http://solcircle.org/events
aHo Mitakuye Oyasin!
Hey everybody,
My husband and I are really interested in experiencing some healing at an Ayahuasca retreat for the first time. I have have looked up several and found Hummingbird Ayahuasca Retreat Center to be compelling. Their website is ayahuascaretreats.org. Is anyone on here familiar with it? It seems like a pretty legitamate place with kind people, and great reviews, but I’d just like to see if anyone else knows about it.
Hi Roo-lady,
I have no experience with Hummingbird Retreat Center, but from a cursory look at their website, my intuition says it is probably a good place. I appreciated the humility and honesty in the bios of the people that run the place. Humility is a very important trait when dealing with such powerful medicine.
Also, in my experience, having a westerner involved in the retreat can be very helpful as they know what level of cleanliness we are used to. I’ve been to retreats in the jungle run only by the locals, and while they were wonderful people, it was difficult for me physically because the conditions were so primitive (ie. mosquitos, fleas, food). Also, the price there seems appropriate: $1500 for a 12 day retreat. It seems their objective is to heal, not to make a buck.
Thanks for the advice we really appreciate it. Just were not so sure about what we should look for. I read over the website and thought it sounded pretty legitimate, but just needed a second a opinion. It is great to see other people who are interested in the same thing. Wow! I really wish everybody who journeys within many blessings may you all comprehend, and keep on with your teachings. : )
With Love,
Roo-lady
hello to everyone,
I am currently completing my course of Shamanism and Soul retrieval in London and since i have actually took break from work and everything else I would be looking for finding someone to come alone with me to south America. I am originally from Czech republic been living for 7 years in London and until I sort something firm regarding going to south America will be staying in Italy. Looking forward hearing from you. katterine.o@gmail.com
Hi there, thanks for this very informative site. We have traveled to several of these places and they are excellent. Personally went to TheWayInn and had a great ceremony there.
We have created a retreat center conveniently located just south of the border, working with a legally licensed and well-trained shaman. We are hosting retreats all summer and would love to have you come if you are still looking for an all-inclusive ayahuasca retreat. Our site is: Http://AyahuascaRetreat.com. Please take a look! Thanks
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