10 Day Retreat in Hayulima Natural Reserve

Name: 10 Day Retreat in Hayulima Natural Reserve September 5th-14th, 2025
Start: 2025-09-05
End: 2025-09-14
Location: Hayulima Spiritual Sanctuary
Rating: 5

5.0040 reviews

Via El Cinto Alto #7 Mindo, Ecuador

Up to 10 in group

September 5 - 14, 2025

Retreat Highlights

For easy booking please visit: www.hayulima.com
At Hayulima, you will find a supportive family that guides you through your experience with sacred plants in an intimate and serene environment. By working with small groups, we ensure personalized and individual attention for each guest, allowing for a deeply personal and transformative journey.

About this Retreat

Details of this retreat

Experience the Transformative Power of Our Retreat in a Natural Reserve

Power Plants Ceremonies and Rituals: Engage in transformative healing through our guided Ayahuasca and San Pedro ceremonies and rituals.
Natural Reserve: Discover the beauty of Hayulima, set in the lush cloud forest of the Choco Region.
Comfortable Lodging: Stay in our eco- guest house, featuring cozy resting areas, hot water, laundry service, and walking paths through the forest.
Meals: Savor nourishing, organic meals prepared with local ingredients, including vegetarian and vegan options. Enjoy access to fresh fruit and teas at all times.
Transportation: Convenient pick-up and drop-off from Quito’s airport included in the retreat fee.

Retreat Details:

Join us for a 10-day transformative retreat, which includes:

Transportation: Internal mobilization from Quito Airport to Hayulima and back to Quito Airport.
Lodging: 10 days and 9 nights in comfortable, eco-friendly guest house.
Meals: Three complete vegetarian meals per day, and snaks.

Ceremonies:

2 Ayahuasca ceremonies
1 San Pedro ceremony
1 San Pedro Temazcal ceremony (sweat lodge)
1 San Pedro Power Walk

Rituals:

1 purification and flowering bath in the river
2 additional Temazcales (sweat lodges)
Participate in sharing circles to connect and reflect with fellow participants.

Extra options

Kambo: Experience a cleansing and health ritual for the body with this powerful medicine that boosts our immune system.
Andean Limpias: Rejuvenate with energy cleansing rituals using medicinal plants that energize, balance, and offer liberation to continue on your spiritual path.
Massages: Relax and unwind with our therapeutic massages designed to relieve stress and promote overall well-being.

Embrace this unique opportunity to heal, grow, and connect with nature in the heart of the Choco Region Natural reserve. Read More

Getting Here

Hayulima Spiritual Sanctuary, Via El Cinto Alto #7 Mindo, Ecuador

Directions

Via El Cinto Alto #7
Mindo, Ecuador
(We are 2.5 hours from Quito Airport) Read More

Accommodation

Comfortable Lodging: Stay in our eco- guest house, featuring cozy resting areas, hot water, laundry service, and walking paths through the forest.

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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

Discover the beauty of Hayulima, immersed in the Choco Region's cloud forest natural reserve in Mindo, Ecuador. The Sanctuary resides on over 112 hectares of protected cloud forest, teeming with an abundance of wildlife and native flora. Vibrant toucans, hummingbirds, butterflies, and countless other species inhabit our sacred space freely and undisturbed. Our guests can explore this vast ecosystem with confidence in a safe and gentle manner. Definitely the best place for your retreat. Read More

Meals

Menu Types

Vegan

Vegetarian

Pescetarian

Ayurvedic

Includes Meat

Organic

Gluten Free

Dairy Free

Nut Free

Savor nourishing, organic meals prepared with local ingredients, including vegetarian and vegan options. Enjoy access to fresh fruit and teas at all times. Read More

What's Included

The 10 day retreat includes the following activities:
Round Trip transfer from the Quito Airport to Hayulima. The ride is 2.5 hours one way.
Lodging for 10 days and 9 nights at the Hayulima guest house
All meals, 3 per day except when there is ceremony. All vegetarian.
2 Ayahuasca ceremonies
1 San Pedro ceremony
1 San Pedro Temazcal (sweat lodge)
1 San Pedro Walk of Power, hikking
1 purification and flowering bath in the river
2 temazcales (sweat lodge)
2 sharing circles
1 movement workshop
1 voice workshop

Customer Reviews

5.00 out of 5.0 average rating

Brenda • Mar 27, 2025

5.0

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Hayulima Is Where You Find Both Community & Family

I met Salvador in 2017 during a life-saving retreat in Cuenca, & followed him to Mindo with another life-saving retreat in October 2024. After the disaster of the 2024 election & the toxic political decline in the USA, I decided to move to Mindo so that I can work as a volunteer on a regular basis for upcoming retreats (Karma Yoga) with my first volunteer opportunity earlier this month (March 2025). I'm settling into life in Mindo & love both the Hayulima family & this amazing community where I intend to build an intentional sustainable living community. None of this would have been possible without the loving assistance of Salvador, Fernanda, Matias, Emalia, Deanna & Angela (whom I call Angel because she took me under her wing & has helped me become acclimated to my new home). I am so grateful for these amazing people & their loving care for me on my continued healing journey. Read More

Anonymous • Mar 25, 2025

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Supportive Jounrey

Amalia and Salvador have a large property with everything you need to feel supported on your journey. There are some malocas, a large one for community gathering and a smaller one for more intimate moments. The temezcal was done so well. The 4 tobacco ceremony was a full experience. Amalia did an amazing job guiding the whole process, leading the prayers and uniting the group with songs. I felt very safe to express myself and connect with he group in a way I've never done before. Salvador held the rhythm for maybe 3 hours straight... I admired his resilience and commitment.

The food was incredible and delivered always right when it needed to be. The volunteers were kind people that integrated into the group seamlessly. The beds were cozy and there were plenty of blankets. Their were sweet dogs on site and sometimes the wildlife came to say hello.

Really it was a great environment and I would love to return in the future. Read More

Anonymous • Feb 28, 2025

5.0

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What a place! True Sanctuary ❤

What a place! It is a true Sanctuary for your body, mind and soul. Medicine is one thing but community is another way to heal.

The Guridians of this land not only walk thier talk, but care for both the land and those who visit. Thier integrity and authenticity is truly felt, and I am deeply grateful for the privilege of discovering Hayulima.

Thank you for your care, guidance and companionship ❤ with love, Gosia
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Christine • Feb 24, 2025

5.0

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Awesome

Hayulima not only lies on a Beautiful property, it is also run by beautiful people. The shaman which I have met before at another location are genuinely caring and have my absolute trust. The food was incredible and the kitchen personal are super sweet. This is the only place I will do a medicine retreat. To anyone seeking the experience, I highly recommend that you will consider Hayulima as your choice. You will be in loving hands and have a wonderful experience. Read More

Isabelle • Feb 20, 2025

5.0

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My experience at Hayulima

Words are not strong enough to describe the experience I had at Hayulima. The place, the nature, the people, the food,...everything is amazing! The people are so nice, caring, humble and authentic, that just to be around them is healing. I feel privileged and blessed that my path crossed theirs. The amount of things that I learned, by being around them and through the medicine, is so overwhelming that it will take me months to unfold all that this experience brought to me. I feel that I received so so so much! This is life-changing, and in a very good and healthy way. I feel that I have not only found a new spiritual family that I love deeply, but I also came back home with the answers I was looking for, the missing pieces of my puzzle, a profound innerpeace, a more grounded presence and an endless gratitude.
Thanks to each and every soul that crossed my path at Hayulima. You'll always be in my heart. And we will see eachother again the next time I get the calling to sit with the medicine. In the meantime, I wish you all the best. Love, Isabelle
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Retreat Types

10 Day Retreat in Hayulima Natural Reserve

Retreat Highlights

About this Retreat

Details of this retreat

Getting Here

Directions

Accommodation

Venue & Amenities

Meals

Menu Types

What's Included

Customer Reviews

Brenda • Mar 27, 2025

Hayulima Is Where You Find Both Community & Family

Anonymous • Mar 25, 2025

Supportive Jounrey

Anonymous • Feb 28, 2025

What a place! True Sanctuary ❤

Christine • Feb 24, 2025

Awesome

Isabelle • Feb 20, 2025

My experience at Hayulima

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