7-Day Ayahuasca & Huachuma Retreat

Retreat Highlights

• The plant medicine world has many options: What makes this one worth your time, your preparation, and your trust?
• Authentic Shipibo Lineage with Maestro Don Miguel: The Ayahuasca ceremonies in this retreat are led by Maestro Don Miguel — a Shipibo curandero born into the tradition. His lineage was passed to him by his grandfather, a respected community healer. His icaros carry that transmission. This is not a curated "shamanic experience" — it is the real thing, held with the same integrity that has guided hundreds of guests through AYA Healing Retreats' longer programs.
• Two Sacred Medicines in One Complete Journey: Very few retreats offer both Ayahuasca and Huachuma / San Pedro in a single well-held container. When sequenced with care — as they are in this retreat — the two medicines form a coherent arc: the depth and inner work of Ayahuasca followed by the heart opening and grounding of Huachuma. Amazonian medicine and Andean medicine. Together, in one week.
• Small Group. Private Tambos. Deep Amazon Jungle: With a maximum of 12 participants, every person receives genuine attention from the team and the maestro. You sleep in your own private tambo — a jungle bungalow with a private bathroom, shower, double bed, a private deck, and a hammock — surrounded by the sounds and rhythms of the Amazon at El Encanto de Chullachaqui.
• Safety and Support at Every Step: AYA Healing Retreats does not fill seats. Every participant goes through a thorough application and screening process. Our safety standards are developed in partnership with ICEERS. Two English-speaking facilitators accompany the group throughout the retreat alongside the Shipibo maestro team. Pre-retreat preparation and post-retreat integration support are included.
• Serious Healing. Accessible Format: Seven days is enough time to do real, meaningful work — if the container is designed well. This retreat is designed to give you two Ayahuasca ceremonies with proper rest and integration between each, a Huachuma ceremony to close and ground the process, and the full support of workshops, plant treatments, and facilitation. It is a serious retreat. It is simply shorter.
• Trauma-Informed & Culturally Rooted: We honor the Shipibo tradition while integrating modern, trauma-informed practices. All elements are held in a safe, inclusive, and grounded space.

About this Retreat

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Don Miguel

Don Miguel was born into a Shipibo community called Roaboya on the River Ucayali. When Don Miguel was a child, Angel Sanchez Vargas, his grandfather was the community’s curandero. Vargas was an expert in sacred plant medicines and was frequently called upon to heal and share his spiritual wisdom with members of Roaboya. The school built some years later was named after Vargas and Roaboya went on to be recognised as the first indigenous community 114 years ago. Don Miguel grew up surrounded by the Shipibo wisdom and possess intimate knowledge of the sacred plant medicines. At a very young age he began his apprenticeship as a curandero through plant dietas under the supportive guidance of his grandfather. Miguel is also a trained literature professor and thoroughly enjoys teaching the Shipibo language and culture. Since 2012, Don Miguel has spent the bulk of his time at the Ayahuasca Foundation where he supports his brother, Don Enrique in leading lectures, workshops, initiation courses and retreats. Don Miguel will lead our Ayahuasca ceremonies, circle discussions and be available for personal consultations whilst on retreat.

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