Return to the Earth: 8-Day Ayahuasca, San Pedro + Wilka Retreat
Return to the Earth: 8-Day Ayahuasca, San Pedro + Wilka Retreat
Malacatos, Ecuador
Up to 6 in group
Dec 4 - 11, 2026
Retreat Highlights
- Take a sacred pause from your everyday life to retreat and connect with your inner nature…
- Our transformational plant medicine retreats give you the opportunity to retreat from your everyday life to connect with your inner world and realign with your heart. Take the time to cleanse your mind, body, and energy with the help of ancient practices and the sacred plant medicines of Ayahuasca, San Pedro, and Wilka, alongside experienced guides.
- Connect with the power of Mother Nature with a sacred week of renewal, ceremony, and connection. This retreat is an immersion into Andean and Amazonian plant medicines and traditions with a curandero with 30 years of experience.
- During these eight days, you’ll be guided through a deep journey of transformation and remembrance.
- Participants will experience four master plant ceremonies held with love and respect in a traditional Andean setting.
- The Details:
- 2 Ayahuasca ceremonies: two nighttime ceremonies for deep healing, emotional and energetic cleansing and reset.
- 1 San Pedro ceremony: Heart-opening plant teacher to heal mind, body and soul, soften the heart, and restore connection during the daytime
- 1 Wilka ceremony: A powerful, visionary medicine for healing. This medicine was the most sacred of the Inka.
- 1 Cacao ritual on top of a sacred mountain for healing, prayer and gratitude
- Energy cleansing rituals: limpias and plant baths with prayer and traditional elements.
- Nature immersion: Spend time in nature connecting with rivers, waterfalls and mountains
- Daily guided meditation, movement
- Workshops to connect with intuition, heal the nervous system
- Sharing and integration: guided circles and journaling prompts.
- Friendship + connection in an intimate container
- Private + shared rooms in a beautiful countryside home with spa on site, nestled in the Andes
- All healthy, organic meals + snacks
- Only 6 spots available - First 2 participants to sign up are guaranteed private rooms.
About this Retreat
Katie
Founder + San Pedro Ceremonialist
Founder of this center, a spiritual medicine guide, and ceremonialist of Wachuma, San Pedro. Born in the US, she has been holding space in ceremonies and retreats for 7 years now. She has studied under the guidance of her partner, taita Miguel, a mestizo shaman, as well as with Mama Mercedes, an indigenous Kichwa Andean healer and midwife. Her role at the healing center is to lead, guide, and empower people to reconnect with themselves, Spirit and Mother Earth.
With a loving, gentle, and compassionate nature, her wish is for everyone to experience the magic, love, and healing of the plant medicines.
Taita Miguel
Curandero
Taita Miguel is a curandero, or taita, from Ecuador, with 28 years of experience working with sacred plants like Ayahuasca, San Pedro and Wilka. After a difficult childhood and youth, he found healing with the medicine San Pedro. He began helping taitas of the Andes, and then some years later began doing his own ceremonies. He was then introduced to Wilka by a Bolivian shaman who initiated him into this almost-lost tradition. He was then finally introduced to Ayahuasca, and learned to work with this sacred medicine as well with the Shuar native people of Gualaquiza.
Details of this retreat
8-Day Ayahuasca, San Pedro + Wilka Retreat
December 4-11, 2027 | Malacatos, Ecuador (6 spots available)
Take a sacred pause from your everyday life to retreat and connect with your inner nature…
Our transformational plant medicine retreats give you the opportunity to retreat from your everyday life to connect with your inner world and realign with your heart. Take the time to cleanse your mind, body, and energy with the help of ancient practices and the sacred plant medicines of Ayahuasca, San Pedro, and Wilka, alongside experienced guides.
Connect with the power of Mother Nature with a sacred week of renewal, ceremony, and connection. This retreat is an immersion into Andean and Amazonian plant medicines and traditions with a curandero with 30 years of experience.
During these eight days, you’ll be guided through a deep journey of transformation and remembrance.
Participants will experience four master plant ceremonies held with love and respect in a traditional Andean setting.
2 Ayahuasca ceremonies
1 San Pedro ceremony
1 Wilka ceremony
1 Cacao ritual
Facilitators:
This retreat is led by Katie and Taita Miguel.
Join us for a sacred journey in the Andes guided by Taita Miguel and Katie. This intimate retreat weaves together Ayahuasca, San Pedro (Huachuma), and Wilka—three powerful teacher plants that open the heart, cleanse the spirit, and awaken inner vision. Through a series of traditional ceremonies, limpias, plant baths, and nature immersion, you’ll be guided to release what no longer serves and realign with your true essence.
This retreat is an immersion into Andean and Amazonian plant medicines
December 4-11, 2027 | Malacatos, Ecuador (6 spots available)
Take a sacred pause from your everyday life to retreat and connect with your inner nature…
Our transformational plant medicine retreats give you the opportunity to retreat from your everyday life to connect with your inner world and realign with your heart. Take the time to cleanse your mind, body, and energy with the help of ancient practices and the sacred plant medicines of Ayahuasca, San Pedro, and Wilka, alongside experienced guides.
Connect with the power of Mother Nature with a sacred week of renewal, ceremony, and connection. This retreat is an immersion into Andean and Amazonian plant medicines and traditions with a curandero with 30 years of experience.
During these eight days, you’ll be guided through a deep journey of transformation and remembrance.
Participants will experience four master plant ceremonies held with love and respect in a traditional Andean setting.
2 Ayahuasca ceremonies
1 San Pedro ceremony
1 Wilka ceremony
1 Cacao ritual
Facilitators:
This retreat is led by Katie and Taita Miguel.
Join us for a sacred journey in the Andes guided by Taita Miguel and Katie. This intimate retreat weaves together Ayahuasca, San Pedro (Huachuma), and Wilka—three powerful teacher plants that open the heart, cleanse the spirit, and awaken inner vision. Through a series of traditional ceremonies, limpias, plant baths, and nature immersion, you’ll be guided to release what no longer serves and realign with your true essence.
This retreat is an immersion into Andean and Amazonian plant medicines
Schedule
Itinerary
8-Day Ayahuasca, San Pedro + Wilka Retreat
December 4-11, 2026 | Malacatos, Ecuador
Day 1: Arrive at retreat around 11am-1pm. Settle in, and enjoy lunch. We will walk to a sacred mountain in the evening and have a Cacao ritual on the mountain to give offerings, set our intentions and pray.
Day 2: Today we will have a guided meditation and breakfast. We will go to a nearby river to have an energy cleansing ritual in the afternoon, share a snack of fruits and have a discussion about the plant medicines. Rest, journal, and meditation before the first Ayahuasca ceremony at night, beginning around 8pm.
Day 3: Today we will have a sharing circle in the morning, breakfast, and rest. We can use the spa - pool, hot tub, and steam room. We will have lunch, and a workshop in the afternoon. Dinner in the evening, and a guided meditation at night.
Day 4: Guided meditation + movement in the morning, breakfast, and then we can go for a drive in the mountains to see a nice spot with waterfalls. We will share a snack in the afternoon, and then rest again, connecting with ourselves before the second Ayahuasca ceremony.
Day 5: Morning sharing circle, guided meditation + movement. Breakfast, and then educational workshop. In the afternoon, we can have plant baths for energy cleansing. Lunch and dinner. Rest + recovery day.
Day 6: Guided meditation in the morning, and we will go for a walk in a Wilka forest. In the afternoon, we will have a Wilka ceremony. Sharing circle, and dinner at night.
Day 7: We will have the San Pedro ceremony today, beginning around 8am and going until the afternoon. We will rest and share dinner, and enjoy the spa in the evening.
Day 8: We wil share breakfast together, talk about integration plans for the return home, and depart anytime by 11 am.
8-Day Ayahuasca, San Pedro + Wilka Retreat
December 4-11, 2026 | Malacatos, Ecuador
Day 1: Arrive at retreat around 11am-1pm. Settle in, and enjoy lunch. We will walk to a sacred mountain in the evening and have a Cacao ritual on the mountain to give offerings, set our intentions and pray.
Day 2: Today we will have a guided meditation and breakfast. We will go to a nearby river to have an energy cleansing ritual in the afternoon, share a snack of fruits and have a discussion about the plant medicines. Rest, journal, and meditation before the first Ayahuasca ceremony at night, beginning around 8pm.
Day 3: Today we will have a sharing circle in the morning, breakfast, and rest. We can use the spa - pool, hot tub, and steam room. We will have lunch, and a workshop in the afternoon. Dinner in the evening, and a guided meditation at night.
Day 4: Guided meditation + movement in the morning, breakfast, and then we can go for a drive in the mountains to see a nice spot with waterfalls. We will share a snack in the afternoon, and then rest again, connecting with ourselves before the second Ayahuasca ceremony.
Day 5: Morning sharing circle, guided meditation + movement. Breakfast, and then educational workshop. In the afternoon, we can have plant baths for energy cleansing. Lunch and dinner. Rest + recovery day.
Day 6: Guided meditation in the morning, and we will go for a walk in a Wilka forest. In the afternoon, we will have a Wilka ceremony. Sharing circle, and dinner at night.
Day 7: We will have the San Pedro ceremony today, beginning around 8am and going until the afternoon. We will rest and share dinner, and enjoy the spa in the evening.
Day 8: We wil share breakfast together, talk about integration plans for the return home, and depart anytime by 11 am.
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Allpa Mama Healing, Malacatos, Ecuador
Directions
To arrive to Malacatos:
OPTION 1 (FASTEST): You can fly to the Quito airport and take another flight to Loja (called Catamayo airport). From there you will take a taxi to Malacatos. The flight is around $100 and the taxi is $35
OPTION 2: Fly to Quito or Guayaquil airports (Guayaquil is closer) and take a bus to Loja (about $20). From there, you can take a taxi ($20) or bus ($2) to Malacatos.
OPTION 1 (FASTEST): You can fly to the Quito airport and take another flight to Loja (called Catamayo airport). From there you will take a taxi to Malacatos. The flight is around $100 and the taxi is $35
OPTION 2: Fly to Quito or Guayaquil airports (Guayaquil is closer) and take a bus to Loja (about $20). From there, you can take a taxi ($20) or bus ($2) to Malacatos.
Accommodation
Each room offers a spacious, open, and comfortable sanctuary designed for rest and reflection between ceremonies. Large windows invite in natural light and mountain air, creating a serene connection to the surrounding nature. The rooms are simply furnished yet cozy, with thoughtful touches that support grounding and relaxation—your own peaceful space to integrate, dream, and restore. The home is nestled in the Andes and also has a spa on site with jacuzzi, steam room and pool. There is hot water, wifi and laundry available on site.
Program Price
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
Beautiful home in the Andes nestled in the mountains with spacious rooms, wifi, hot water, and spa on site with jacuzzi, steam room and pool. 4 rooms in total.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
We serve simple, healthy foods during the retreat. We offer fresh, local, organic produce and chicken and fish for those who eat it. Meals are mainly vegetarian. We also can make vegan meals.
What's Included
- The Details:
- 2 Ayahuasca ceremonies: two nighttime ceremonies for deep healing, emotional and energetic cleansing and reset.
- 1 San Pedro ceremony: Heart-opening plant teacher to heal mind, body and soul, soften the heart, and restore connection during the daytime
- 1 Wilka ceremony: A powerful, visionary medicine for healing. This medicine was the most sacred of the Inka.
- 1 Cacao ritual on top of a sacred mountain for healing, prayer and gratitude
- Energy cleansing rituals: limpias and plant baths with prayer and traditional elements.
- Nature immersion: Spend time in nature connecting with rivers, waterfalls and mountains
- Daily guided meditation, movement
- Workshops to connect with intuition, heal the nervous system
- Sharing and integration: guided circles and journaling prompts.
- Friendship + connection in an intimate container
- Private + shared rooms in a beautiful countryside home with spa on site, nestled in the Andes
- All healthy, organic meals + snacks
- Only 6 spots available - First 2 participants to sign up are guaranteed private rooms.
What's Not Included
- Airfare, taxi to retreat center (can be arranged and split between guests =- $40 approx).
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