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4-Days retreat with Ayahuasca and San Pedro (Huachuma) at Libelula, Costa Rica with Huni Kuin tribe from amazon jungle

Name: 4-Days retreat with Ayahuasca and San Pedro (Huachuma) at Libelula, Costa Rica with Huni Kuin tribe from amazon jungle
Start: 2026-04-08
End: 2026-04-11
Location: Libélula Retreat Center
Rating: 5

5.0013 reviews

Location icon Libélula Retreat Center, Libélula Healing Center, Esperanza, Esperanza, Turrubares, CR, 11605

Up to 12 in group

Apr 8 - 11, 2026

A preparation course valued at $109 is included with the retreat at no extra cost

Retreat Highlights

Indigenous Teachings & Experiences
Holistic Health Suite
Indigenous Communities
Temezcal
Land & Community Reciprocity
Bodywork & Pain Management
Rest & Integration
Community
Organic Land Grown Food
Heart & Soul
Jungian Psychology Undercurrent

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Fito

Kene

Mikhail

Syriani

Txua

Kaya

Fito — Ceremony Facilitator And Medicine Path Walker

Originally from Argentina, Fito has walked the medicine path from a young age, guided by lived experience, travel, and a deep listening to life’s unseen currents. Leaving home at twenty-one, he spent many years travelling through Brazil, often living simply and working on the road, gradually being drawn into relationship with sacred medicines. A profound life-changing event marked a turning point, leading him into deeper study with the medicines in Brazil and later in the Amazon, where he lived and learned alongside different Indigenous tribes. His path eventually carried him to Peru, where he connected deeply with Huachuma and the spirit of the Condor, spending over a decade in the Sacred Valley holding ceremonies, living in community, and weaving medicine work into daily life. Fito’s journey has included powerful spiritual initiations & deep inner transformation. With the guidance of trusted teachers, these experiences were gradually grounded into disciplined practice, purification, and humility, shaping a steady and embodied way of working with the medicines. He later trained with Shipibo teachers and continued his path with the Huni Kuin, supporting ceremonies with quiet presence, care, and respect for lineage. For Fito, the medicines are teachers rather than experiences, and ceremony is a living relationship rooted in responsibility and devotion. At Libélula, Fito brings the wisdom of a long and deeply lived path, offering grounded support within ceremony and holding the space with integrity, warmth, and reverence.

Kene Line - Founder And Ceremonial Space Holder

Kene is the co‑founder of Libélula and a long‑time walker of the ceremonial path. His work is rooted in lived experience, humility, and deep respect for Indigenous wisdom. Through plant medicine, meditation, and embodied practices, Kene supports others in reconnecting with themselves and remembering their innate capacity to heal.

Mikhail - Ceremonial Practitioner & Bodywork Specialist

Mikhail is a ceremonial practitioner and highly skilled bodyworker with advanced academic training in the human body. His work integrates Indigenous wisdom, somatic intelligence, and deep respect for the body as a gateway to healing and self‑remembrance.

Syriani — Txana of the Huni Kuin

Syriani carries the medicine of the feminine force of the forest. As a Txana, her role is to bring balance, sacred geometry & the wisdom of the serpent into ceremony, embodying the receptive, intuitive, and deeply listening current of the medicine. She works in relationship with the jiboia which is the great boa constrictor spirit & is a living intelligence that moves through geometry, breath & sensation within the body. Through this connection, Syriani listens to what is unfolding inside each person who has received the medicine, allowing her songs to arise directly from the process being lived For Syriani, the serpent is not symbolic. It is a presence felt within the body itself. By attuning to this spirit, she can sense where energy is moving, where it is held, and what is ready to be softened or released. Her ícaros help guide guests back into their centre, anchoring them through breath, slowness, and embodied awareness. When someone’s process becomes intense, Syriani meets them gently. She first asks whether support is needed, honouring choice and consent. If assistance is welcomed, her songs work to calm the nervous system, reconnect the person with their core, and restore inner rhythm. In keeping with tradition, women support women and men support men, preserving safety and energetic integrity. Syriani hopes guests leave with a deeper sense of happiness, peace & alignment with their life path. Her wish is that the strength found in ceremony continues long after the retreat, supporting each person to walk their path with clarity and heart. She carries deep gratitude for her family and the Great Spirit & for the opportunity to share the knowledge passed down through her lineage. Her journey with the medicine began at the age of eleven alongside her father. She has been working ceremonially since her teens and continues to walk a lifelong path of learning, dietas, and devotion For Syriani & the other Txias this work is never finished. It is a living relationship with the forest, the ancestors, and the unfolding wisdom of the medicine — offered in service, song, and alegria!

Txua — Txana of the Huni Kuin

Txua is a Txana of the Huni Kuin people from Yube Nawa village, carrying a lineage of deep relationship with the plants, the forest, and the unseen worlds they reveal. For Txua, this work is not something learned in theory or chosen as a role. It is something listened for, something remembered & something that grows through years of devotion and discipline. His first teachers were his grandmother and the elders of his community, who passed on both the knowledge of the plants and the permission to work with them. In Huni Kuin tradition, becoming a pajé is not a title that can be trained for or claimed. It is a calling that unfolds through long diets, prayer, and direct relationship with the medicine itself. Txua will tell you that the training never truly ends with these works! Txua began drinking medicine at a young age, entering more deeply into the work as a teenager. Over the years, he has completed two major dietas working with the plants for very long extended periods of time; these dietas span years. He continues walking the path toward the third, a stage in which the medicine itself reveals which role a pajé is meant to carry. In his tradition, there are different ways of serving: those who pass the medicine, those who heal through spiritual work during ceremony, and those who work intimately with the plants themselves, understanding their qualities, spirits, and teachings. Txua regards the plants as professors who teach how to care for the body, how to restore balance & how to work with the spirit world in service of healing. During ceremony, he works closely with specific plant spirits, including the spirit of the muca plant, which is the spirit of a specific potato which guides his prayers and songs. His icaros (Sacred chants) are living tools used to cleanse, protect, and hold people through different stages of their process When someone’s journey becomes difficult or intense, Txua listens carefully to what is needed in that moment. Different icaros serve different purposes: some clear heavy energy, some protect, some soothe, some help restore balance. What Txua hopes guests carry with them after ceremony is not just insight, but realignment. A return to the heart. A sense of happiness, protection, and right relationship with their path in life. For him, the medicine is ultimately about reconnection: with oneself, with others, and with the joy of being alive. Beyond ceremony, Txua also carries a deep responsibility to his family and village. While the forest holds abundance in plants and knowledge, there is often scarcity in practical resources needed to support healers and connect communities, such as tools, instruments, and transportation. His work is rooted in service: helping his people, supporting his home, and bringing prosperity back to the village so the tradition can continue. He describes his village as holding an essence of the desire to help - help humanity transform & move closer to the path of love in all they do. Txua walks this path with humility, gratitude, and devotion. He does not claim to know how long he has been with the medicine. In his words, the medicine has simply always been there, guiding the work as it continues to unfold.

Kaya Isa — Txana of the Huni Kuin

Kaya Isa carries the path of the Txana as a living relationship with the spirit of the medicine, the ancestors, and the joy that moves through song. For him, this work is not learned in the mind, but remembered through listening: to the plants, to prayer, and to the guidance of those who walked before him. His journey with the medicine began at a young age, first drinking alongside his brother Txua and his uncle. Like all his brothers, his grandmother has been his greatest teacher, transmitting the lineage through presence, prayer, and lived experience rather than instruction alone. Kaya Isa understands the medicines as teachers that work through vibration, sound, and feeling. When he sings, he channels the spirit of the Txana itself: the spirit of music, play, joy, and healing. His songs are guided by ancestral presence and arise in direct response to what is needed in the moment. In ceremony, Kaya Isa meets each person with attentiveness and respect. When processes feel intense, he first listens deeply, sensing whether support is needed or whether the medicine is already doing its work. From there, specific ícaros are offered to cleanse, hold, or restore balance, always guided by the spirit. What Kaya Isa hopes guests carry with them is an open heart, happiness, and a renewed sense of alignment. His focus is alegria: a joy that comes from reconnection with oneself and with life. A prayer often heard in ceremony, Eskawata Kayaway, reflects this understanding: the healing is already happening. The cleaning is already working. Everything is in motion, and everything is well. Kaya Isa feels deep honour to share the ancestral knowledge he carries alongside his family, offering this work with humility, devotion, and love. Eskawata Kayaway, Kayaway Kiki - Constant Transformation Through Love.

Details of this retreat

Huni Kuin Ayahuasca & Wachuma (Huachuma / San Pedro) Journey

April 8–11, 2026 | Libélula Retreat Center, Costa Rica

The Sanctuary Return is a short, powerful retreat held in the rainforest mountains of Costa Rica at Libélula Retreat Center.
This 4-day journey offers the opportunity to work with both sacred medicines — Ayahuasca and Wachuma (Huachuma / San Pedro) — in a safe, supportive, and professionally held environment.
It is designed for those who feel called to deep inner work but prefer a shorter, focused experience rather than a longer immersion.

Ceremony Overview
Ayahuasca Ceremony (Grandmother) — April 8
Integration & Rest Day — April 9
Wachuma (Huachuma / San Pedro) Ceremony — April 10
Closing & Integration — April 11

The Experience
Our ceremonies are guided by Huni Kuin (Kaxinawá) medicine carriers (Txanãs / Pajés) from the Yuba Nawa village, held within a living Indigenous tradition rooted in prayer, song, and respect.
The Yuba Nawa lineage carries a unique transmission, with strong feminine guidance passed down through their grandmother (Maje), offering a balanced and heart-centered ceremonial space.
In this tradition, the medicines are approached as intelligent, relational forces that respond to humility, intention, and respect.
A phrase often heard in ceremony:
Eskawata Kayaway, Kayaway Kiki
“Constant transformation through love.”

Ayahuasca Ceremony
Ayahuasca is a traditional Amazonian plant medicine used for healing, insight, and reconnection.
Each ceremony includes:
Opening circle & intention setting
Night ceremony with ícaros (sacred songs)
Trauma-aware support throughout
Optional participation (no pressure or expectation)
Experiences vary from emotional release and clarity to deep introspection. All experiences are welcomed and supported.

Wachuma (Huachuma / San Pedro) Ceremony
We hold our Wachuma ceremonies in our malloca around the fire and close the ceremony with a walk through our land to the sacred waterfalls to cleanse.
This ceremony offers:
Gentle expansion and emotional openness
Grounded integration of insights
Deep connection with nature and the heart

Preparation & Safety
Participation requires:
Medical screening
Awareness of contraindications (medications & conditions)
Commitment to preparation guidelines
We do not promise specific outcomes. This work supports personal insight and transformation through responsibility and integration.

Integration & Aftercare
Integration is an essential part of the journey:
Time for rest, reflection, and sharing
Gentle pacing (no pressure for intensity)
Encouragement to integrate insights gradually

What’s Included
2 Ceremonies (Ayahuasca & Wachuma)
Guided by Huni Kuin lineage
Opening circle & intention setting
Integration support
Organic meals
Accommodation (April 8–11)
Optional Add-ons:
Massage / bodywork
Red light therapy (additional investment)
Kambo (additional investment)

Sample Schedule
April 8 — Arrival & Ayahuasca
Arrival, welcome & tea
Opening circle & intentions
Evening Ayahuasca ceremony
April 9 — Integration
Rest, reflection & optional support
April 10 — Wachuma Ceremony
Daytime ceremony in nature
April 11 — Closing
Breakfast
Integration & departures

A Note on the Work
This retreat is not designed to chase intensity.
It is designed to support real, grounded transformation through safety, pacing, and care.

Schedule

Each day of our retreat structure is different but typically you will experience;
Rising with a morning ritual of yoga, movement, breathwork & heart connection
Morning activities which may be ceremonial or workshop based
Spa treatments
Rest & integration
Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Evening or daytime ceremonies depending on the retreat schedule

Note: Schedule is approximate and may change

Getting Here

Libélula Retreat Center, Location icon Libélula Retreat Center, Libélula Healing Center, Esperanza, Esperanza, Turrubares, CR, 11605

Directions

*The Above Map Is Not Accurate!*

We are a 45 minute drive into the mountains from the seaside town of Jaco. If you head for Bijagual there are two routes - the route near the Tarcoles bridge is well paved whereas the Jaco road just outside Jaco is quicker but you will need a 4x4 vehicle.

Once in Bijagual if you take a left from the Tarcoles road or go forward from the Jaco road past the shops & ferretaria we are a further 4 miles along the mountain range just outside Esperanza. Don't head for Macaw lodge - we are the other left turning.

Please contact Jesse on +447376124981 if you need further guidance.

From Juan Santamaria Airport (SJO), Costa Rica's main airport hub Libélula is just a 2 1/2 hour shuttle trip to either the center or Playa Hermosa

If we are collecting you from Playa Hermosa the journey is 45 - 60 mins up the mountain to the village of Bijagual.
From there the center is 4 miles further into the mountain range near the small village of Esperanza.

Accommodation

You will be staying in our luxury - meets - rustic accommodation with elevated balconies opening onto the jungle below. Because of our mountain elevation daytime temperature are the perfect without the heat of the coast whilst the evenings are a beautiful temperature for resting without the need for A/C. All of our lodgings & retreat facilities are built with all natural materials sourced sustainably from Costa Rica & Nicaragua & built by our local team of builders

concession

regular

abundance

Venue & Amenities

A/C in Rooms

Free Wifi

Spa

Sauna

Pool

Towels

Free Parking

Kitchen

Tour Assistance

Hot Tub

Coffee/Tea

Cafe

Restaurant

Fitness Center

Yoga Studio

Housekeeping

Bicycles For Rent

Yoga Shala, lodgings, maloca, pool, guest hub & cuisine area

Meals

Menu Types

Vegan

Vegetarian

Pescetarian

Ayurvedic

Includes Meat

Organic

Gluten Free

Dairy Free

Nut Free

Our cuisine is organic, gluten free is vegan/vegetarian based and is grown in our gardens on the land as much as is possible prepared with love by our dedicated chefs.

What's Included

Indigenous Huni Kuin facilitated ceremonies
Live music
Meals
Retreats & accommodation ranging from 8 - 10 days
Pre & post integration calls
All programmed activities included
Shuttle from Playa Hermosa
We can provide shuttle from the airport at an additional cost

What's Not Included

Additional activity bolt ons such as kambo & spa treatments
Airfare
Shuttle from airport to Playa Hermosa

Customer Reviews

5.00 out of 5.0 average rating

Gasale • Mar 28, 2026

5.0

Verified

Best medicine experience

I did over two years many different medicine experiences, but by far Libelula and these people—with so much love and compassion—was the most impressive and beautiful experience.

The people who work here truly come from a place of love. The level of care, attention, and energy they put into everything made a huge impact on me—it felt genuine and deeply meaningful.

There is something very special about this place. The energy is incredible, the nature is beautiful, and you can really feel it in every moment.

Everyone I met here left with a deep and powerful experience, and I’m no exception. This was truly something unforgettable.

Tania • Mar 26, 2026

5.0

Verified

Magickal Experience

I had the blessings to visit Libélula Retreat Center and participate in a medicine ceremony and it was one of the most magickal and expansive experiences I have had, and I have been sitting with plant medicines for over 8 years. Their space is not only incredibly beautiful and welcoming but it felt safe and protected. Every detail was taken care of in the most thoughtful and comforting way. There was respect and honoring of the medicine, the facilitators and the Maestros who came to share their ancestral knowledge, medicine, and lineage with us. It was welcoming, nurturing, respectful, expansive, and truly enlightening to share time and space in this lovely container, this beautiful land and all of its inhabitants. I am grateful to all who are a part of the Libélula family, as this is what they welcome you as family. Thank you to all! Much love and respect for the work that is being done and shared at this amazing Center.

Michael • Mar 24, 2026

5.0

Verified

Magic

The retreat was magical, I don’t know how to put into words how stunning the setting is. The team took me on a deep healing journey, I’ll be forever grateful - Highly highly recommend

Simone • Mar 23, 2026

5.0

Verified

magical place of healing and transformation

A magical place of healing and transformation, of connection and community. A wonderful place in the rainforest mountains of Costa Rica. The team feels a deep sense of commitment to the land and is dedicated to preserving and protecting it. I am very grateful that I was able to spend time here to heal and grow in such supportive invironment. A wonderful place to which I will certainly return. Thank you very much for your work and your dedication.

Matias • Mar 18, 2026

5.0

Verified

The heart of transformation

I've been to 4 other retreats in my life, but libélula, I can't believe how much growth I experienced here. I felt seen, held, and as able to go deep, to the core. I'm so grateful for Kene, Maisie, Xuan, Caiá Isá, Syriani, Michael, Jessie, Viktoria, Fito, and everyone else. I thought the plants were the important part but the connection with the people here healed me very deep. And the connection to the land, the sense of abundance, beauty, is such a treat here. So if you feel stuck in your life and want to move forwards fast, this is the place to do so.

4-Days retreat with Ayahuasca and San Pedro (Huachuma) at Libelula, Costa Rica with Huni Kuin tribe from amazon jungle

Retreat Highlights

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Fito — Ceremony Facilitator And Medicine Path Walker

Kene Line - Founder And Ceremonial Space Holder

Mikhail - Ceremonial Practitioner &amp; Bodywork Specialist

Syriani — Txana of the Huni Kuin

Txua — Txana of the Huni Kuin

Kaya Isa — Txana of the Huni Kuin

Details of this retreat

Schedule

Getting Here

Directions

Accommodation

Venue & Amenities

Meals

Menu Types

What's Included

What's Not Included

Best medicine experience

Magickal Experience

Magic

magical place of healing and transformation

The heart of transformation

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