Where to do Ayahuasca in South America?

Where to do Ayahuasca is the most important question asked by people who want to do an Ayahuasca ceremony and are planning a trip to South America, the place of origin of such a famous plant.

Ayahuasca, also known as Yage or Capi, is a brew made in the Amazon jungles of South America. There are more than 100 native languages and tribes and each tribe has a similar but at the same time particular way of making Ayahuasca and performing the ceremony.

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Where to do Ayahuasca in South America?

If you want to perform a Natem ceremony, then the right place would be Ecuador. If, on the other hand, you want a Capi ceremony, the appropriate country would be Brazil. Ayahuasca, the most famous name as this Amazonian brew is known throughout the world and also in most places in Peru. Some Peruvian tribes such as the Shipibo-Conibo call it Nishi Cobin.

Each indigenous tribe in Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia and Venezuela has its own way of preparing the Ayahuasca cooking and performing the Ayahuasca ceremony.

However, the best place to do Ayahuasca in South America would be Peru. The main reason is the proximity that exists between places of tourist importance such as Machu Picchu with the Peruvian Amazon jungle.

In that sense, a flight from Cusco to Puerto Maldonado or Iquitos will only take 2 hours. You also have the possibility of going from Cusco to the Manu jungle. The jungle of Manu is an excellent place where to do Ayahuasca and is close to Machu Picchu.

Between the headwaters of the Megantoni and Manu national parks, live the Ashaninkas and Matsigenkas tribes who speak the Amazonian language called Haramburut and Arawak.