Wachuma and Ayahuasca Retreat in Cusco 4D/3N

780 USD Per person

Wachuma and Ayahuasca Retreat in Cusco 4D/3N

Ikaro Ayahuasca Retreat has developed a unique 4-day Wachuma and Ayahuasca retreat in Cusco. Ayahuasca is considered the master plant of the jungle that offers healing and self-knowledge. San Pedro or Wachuma is considered the teacher, the masculine plant of the Andes, expansive and macrocosmic. The plant medicine of Ayahuasca contains DMT in its composition, while the plant medicine of San Pedro is mescaline.

Today, humanity is in crisis and nature is reacting. Both Ayahuasca and Wachuma known as the younger brother of Ayahuasca, are sacred plants that have the purpose of teaching you many transcendental things through visions and symbolism interpreted by yourself and the shamans with much love and wisdom. Ayahuasca and Wachuma are sacred plants and medicinal concoctions that are healing and helping many people around the world.

Meanwhile, the Ayahuasca ceremonies help to understand oneself, to find and heal the lost parts of the soul: it is an inner journey. Wachuma rituals help open our hearts and show us the divinity within and outside of us and make us experience the connection with the world around us.

Highlights of our Wachuma and Ayahuasca Retreat in Cusco

The shamans we work with are all from my town, located in the Amazon jungle of Cusco; The tribe to which they belong are known as the Matsigenka and Ashaninka and they have lived for hundreds of years in the Peruvian Amazon. Our healers have many years of experience healing and helping with Ayahuasca.
Your safety is our priority, that is why, we include coordinators who will be available 24/7 for you. Our coordinators are trained by doctors and firefighters to solve medical problems. We Also have an agreement with a local hospital to act in case of any emergency.
For the retreat place we have, for the shamans that work with us and the logistics that we use in our Ayahuasca retreats; the price of our programs are very affordable, we seek to help and heal people in the most authentic way possible, in an immersive and unforgettable setting.
My family has a paradise ranch in the jungle of more than 20 acres that will be all 100% at your disposal; it has crystalline rivers for tubing, bird observatories, medicinal plants, waterfalls, palm tree spots, horses and much more.
Be part of our social and environmental projects.
The groups are small, from 4 to 10 people maximum; this number of people allows the healer / shaman to have adequate control of the energies and frequencies of all participants.
We are located in the Amazon jungle; inside the Manu National park, 5-hour drive from Cusco and Machu Picchu. The amazon jungle is the original and adequate environment to experience this sacred Ayahuasca brew.
Our Ayahuasca Retreat includes incredible activities to connect you deeply with nature, the universe and your divinity (see the activities in the itinerary).
2 hours of mountain biking, descending from the Andes to the Amazon Jungle (optional activity).
We prepare adequate diets for Ayahuasca on the days of the ceremony and also delicious food using organic products that we grow in our own farmland.

Trip Overview of our Wachuma and Ayahuasca Retreat in Cusco

Tour localization: Our Ayahuasca healing retreat is located in the southeastern zone of the Peruvian Amazon jungle; exactly in the Manu National Park, 5 hours from Cusco and Machu Picchu.
Tour type: 4 days and 3 night Ayahuasca ceremony in the Peruvian Amazon jungle, very close to Machu Picchu.
Good for: Everybody, done in small groups from 4 to 10 or privately
Difficulty: Not trekking, but a lot of walking around the forest.
Season: All year around.

IMPORTANT NOTE: In these 4 days of Wachuma and Ayahuasca Journey, we only do 2 Ayahuasca ceremonies and 1 Wachuma ritual, because only 2 Ayahuasca rituals and 1 Wachuma ritual that lasts 5 to 6 hours each of them, brings a gigantic accumulation of varied visions; which need to be processed and interpreted correctly by our shamans in the following days. Doing more than 3 ceremonies in a short period of days is overload yourself with visions; and therefore they cannot be processed or interpreted correctly. If you want to know more about our healing programs only with Ayahuasca, visit the following link: Ayahuasca retreat in the Cusco Amazon

If you would like to do a 5-day trek through the Inca Trail or the Salkantay trek to Machu Picchu, we have treks that offer you the possibility of doing yoga, meditation and a suitable diet for an Ayahausca ceremony. More information in the following tab: Ayahuasca preparation treks

Day 1: Cusco – Manu National Park – Ayahuasca Retreat

Driving hours: 2 hours by bike and 4 hours by car.
Family house altitude: 689 meters above sea level.
Considered: 40 % of the car route is not paved track and there are some switchbacks. All of our Ayahuasca lovers have free access at any time to the estate facilities and its natural wealth; to take a break, do meditation, yoga, horseback riding, or bathe in the river. You also have unlimited access to the organic fruit we grow in our farm/ drinking water and tea.
Weather: Warm and humid.

This incredible healing journey with Ayahuasca and Wachuma begins with the pick-up from your hotel at 5:00 am. Then we will be driven in our private transport for 2 hours and 30 minutes to the Tres Cruces viewpoint. From this viewpoint we officially enter the Manu National Park, considered one of the most megadiverse in the world. After an organic diet, we will descend for 2 hours on bicycles through a beautiful landscape of the beginning of the Amazon jungle. We carry out this cycling activity, so that the ride to the house where we will experience the Ayahuasca ceremonies, is not so long and boring. Once we arrive at the retreat house, we will have a light diet based on vegetables and fruits. Then we start with all the connection activities, which will help you to receive Ayahuasca in a better way. The connective sessions with mother Ayahuasca are listed and done in the order in which we will do them.

2-hour mountain biking (Optional)

People who do not want to be in the private van for the 5 hours of transfer from your hotel to the place where we will do the Ayahuasca ceremonies, have the possibility of going down by bicycle for 2 hours.

Meditation by the river bank

After a light diet, we will go to a section of the river, where we will have a guided meditation session. Meditation is an ancient practice that allows you to dominate the mind and at the same time achieve a state of full consciousness. It is also a technique that reduces stress and increases general well-being. An ancestral activity that allows you to better perceive the teachings of Ayahuasca.

Bath in the river with powerful sounds

Later, we can take a dip in the river, which is calm and crystal clear. In addition to refreshing us, our shaman will also take advantage of this moment to play sacred sounds with Andean and Western instruments and thus allow your body, mind and spirit to expand and allow the healing and purifying power of water to enter.

Horse ride observing the twilight

In the afternoon we have a contemplation activity. In the Ayahuasca house we have 6 Peruvian Step horses, we will ride these beautiful animals observing an integrating sunset and twilight. The integration and contemplation activities help to have an intense connection with the mother Ayahuasca and your inner and divine being.

Meeting with the Ayahuasca shaman

Then, we will have a meeting with our Ayahuasca shaman. In this meeting, the incredible benefits of an Ayahuasca retreat will be discussed, your intentions and objectives to be achieved with the help of the sacred plant and also how to better channel the visions of Ayahuasca at the time of the ceremony.

Your time Alone

Before performing the first Ayahuasca ceremony, you will have some time alone, so that you can meditate, accentuate your intentions and objectives and prepare yourself in every aspect to receive mother Ayahuasca.

The first Ayahuasca ceremony

The Ayahuasca ritual begins at 8 pm. and lasts about 5 hours. Throughout the ceremony and until the moment you enter your rooms to sleep, our coordinators and our shaman will be on hand to help you in everything that is necessary. Without a doubt, this first encounter with Ayahuasca will be magical.

** Ayahuasca is an ancestral medicine, used by the Amazonian peoples, therefore the best place for a ceremony is the Amazon jungle. The sounds of the animals at night, the music of the river and the forest create a magical atmosphere of energetic frequencies.

NOTE: The rooms are shared by two Ayahuasca lovers and the bathrooms are outside from the rooms, the toilets are shared as well. We have a capacity of 5 twin rooms.

Day 2: Interpretation of your Ayahuasca Visions – Floral Spiritual Bath – Wachuma Ceremony.

Family house altitude: 689 meters above sea level.
Considered: We will perform many Ayahuasca spiritual activities, that will help you to have a deeper Ayahuasca experience.
Weather: Hot and humid with mosquitoes

The sunrise in our Ayahuasca retreat house is beautiful. in addition to a stunning first light over the Amazon plain, the sound of the 2 rivers that surround the house and the singing of birds create an atmosphere straight out of a fairy tale. This second day is full of learning, purification and contemplation. After a nutritious organic breakfast, we will go to our Maloca (circular wooden construction, built especially for Ayahuasca ceremonies).

Interpretation of the visions obtained in the Ayahuasca retreat

All the participants will meet in the Maloca and there, with the help of our coordinators, the shaman will interpret the visions and symbolism obtained in the Ayahuasca ceremony. The interpretations provided by the shamans are based on their wisdom and experience. To better understand interpretations, first to unlearn and then relearn.

Interpretation of the visions obtained in the Ayahuasca retreat

We will go to one of the rivers to perform a flowering ceremony with medicinal and aromatic flowers from the Amazon. These types of ceremonies are always performed after an Ayahuasca ceremony, since it allows the body, mind and spirit to be purified of energy, frequency and negative vibration.

Wachuma Ceremony

In the afternoon we will go to the banks of the river, where there are some natural pools, a very magical place in the forest. Here, together with our shaman, we will perform the Wachuma or San Pedro ceremony in direct contact with nature. The Wachuma is a sacred plant that allows you to enter into harmony and divinity with the natural elements that surround us and find love in them. Imagine how magical it can be to perform this ceremony in a place as powerful and energetic as our Ayahuasca retreat house. This ceremony with the brother of the mother Ayahuasca will have a duration of approximately 4 hours and will be done all afternoon.

** Keep in mind that Ayahuasca and Wachuma works differently in each spiritual being and one thing is to have an appreciation of Ayahuasca based on the experience of your friends or the books you have read and the one you will have once you start on this journey of spiritual and healing, with these sacred alternative medicines.

Day 3: Meditation Observing the Sunrise – Medicinal Plant Trail – Yoga in the River Bank – Second Ayahuasca Ceremony.

Family house altitude: 689 meters above sea level.
Considered: We will perform a second meeting with mother Ayahuasca.
Weather: Hot and humid with mosquitoes

Our coordinators will wake you up with a fresh organic fruit smoothie and after you have got ready we will go to a plain where we will do an incredible activity of integration and preparation for our second Ayahuasca healing ceremony.

Munay Meditation

This is an Andean meditation technique that allows you to feel the energy and vibration of Mother Earth (called Pachamama in the Andes and the Peruvian Amazon). We will carry out this guided meditation observing the sunrise and barefoot feeling the energetic frequency of the earth and the grass.

Medicinal plant trail

After a vegetarian and nutritious breakfast, we will take a 3-hour hike into the forest. A local guide, along with an interpreter, will lead us through a path where there is a diversity of medicinal and sacred plants. We will learn about the importance of plants for the indigenous population and also about their healing properties and benefits for the world. You will be able to see, touch, smell and learn about more than 20 plants on this tour.

Yoga in the river bank

After a light and vegetarian lunch, we will go to the banks of the river to carry out a guided session of Kundalini yoga. This type of yoga teaches you to have conscious control of the mental, physical and nervous energies of the body with the idea of making the most of them. It is an ancient technique that is also known as the Yoga of Consciousness, and is considered one of the most powerful styles: According to many experts, 12 years of Hatha Yoga practice is equivalent to 1 year of Kundalini Yoga practice.

Broadly speaking, we can tell you that practicing Kundalini will help you control your breathing and focus your thoughts, while the postures serve to balance the glandular system and strengthen the nervous system, activity that will help channel Ayahuasca in a better way.

Second Ayahuasca ceremony

At night we will go to our Maloca and we will start with our second spiritual healing ceremony with Ayahuasca. Ayahuasca treats in each ceremony different physical, mental and spiritual aspects that need to be healed.

Day 4: Interpretation of Ayahuasca Teachings – Flowering Bath – Plant your Tree – Cusco.

Family house altitude: 689 meters above sea level.
Considered: We will perform a second meeting with mother Ayahuasca
Weather: Hot and humid with mosquitoes

After a nutritious breakfast, we will enter our Maloca so that our shaman will help us decipher the symbolism and the visualizations obtained in the Ayahuasca ceremony. Later we will go to the river to perform a purification ceremony with Amazonian plants and flowers. After some free time for your own contemplation, we will go to plant a native tree or an Ayahuasca vine. This tree will be yours forever, we will take care of its care and maintenance and we will send you annual photos of its growth. This activity also helps us to reforest parts of the Manu National Park depredated by illegal loggers. At noon we will have a delicious typical lunch of the Peruvian jungle and then we will board our van back to Cusco, where we will arrive around 7:00 pm.

** Unfortunately our transcendental journey of healing with this ancestral concoction of Ayahuasca in our retreat house has ended, however a more holistic lifestyle has just begun for all of you.

Included on the Wachuma and Ayahuasca Retreat in Cusco

Professional Coordinators: All our coordinators are professionals who have been prepared for a long time in Ayahuasca spiritual retreats in the Amazon and have also studied tourism at the University of Cusco or Madre de Dios. They are friendly, funny charming, knowledgeable, professional and speak well English. They also will be awesome interpreters in all steps of your Ayahuasca retreat.

Amazonian Shaman: The shamans we work with are all from the town of Huacaria, we belong to the Matsigenka tribe, located in the Amazon jungle of Cusco; We have all had the privilege of being born in the Peruvian jungle and thus directly knowing the authentic healing power of an Ayahuasca retreat.

Ayahuasca Retreat in the Cusco Amazon jungle: This 4-day Ayahuasca retreat gives you the opportunity to perform 1 Ayahuasca ceremony and an optional second ceremony, which will be analyzed and recommended by our shaman. Remember that just one Ayahuasca ceremony reveals a huge number of visions that need to be interpreted and learned correctly.

Permits: As soon as we get your details and deposit, we will purchase your permits for the Manu National Park.

Family House: Our Ayahuasca retreat itinerary includes two nights in rooms shared by two people; if you want a private room (you must add $ 150 for a private room for 2 nights). We have 5 bathrooms which are shared by all Ayahuasca lovers. The bathrooms are constantly cleaned and disinfected.

Activities:

Biking for 2 hours from the highlands to the jungle (optional activity).
Swimming in a crystalline and temperate river.
Meditation under the sounds of the river and instruments of our shaman.
Horse riding under sunset and twilight.
Meeting with the shaman to talk about your intentions and desires when taking the healing medicine of Ayahuasca and how she will work with you.
2 Ayahuasca ceremony (with free option to do 1 more ceremony).
2 Ceremony of interpretation of your Ayahuasca visions.
2 Floral spiritual bath in the river.
1 Wachuma or San Pedro ceremony.
Plant your Ayahuasca vine or a tree, which will be yours forever.
Free access to bathe in the rivers whenever you want.
Free access to any place on the farm that you consider suitable to do your personal meditations.

Briefing: The day before your spiritual journey, you will come to our office for your informative meeting. You will receive a duffle bag, that you will bring to our Ayahuasca retreat center and also you will pay the balance.

Transportation: Ikaro Ayahuasca Retreat will be providing all transport needed for this Ayahuasca journey, our service is from door to door.

Food: Our Wachuma and Ayahuasca retreat in Cusco includes, a local chef who will cook delicious organic meals; that many previous Ayahuasca lovers have loved. We have experience cooking the proper diet food for an Ayahuasca retreat and we honor all food restrictions, so be sure to add any that you have on your booking form and let us know. Food is typically all served as buffet.

Details: We profess that it is the attention to small details that separates us from other travel agencies; each tourist receives a duffle bag to carry their essential belongings to our Ayahuasca retreat center. We gift all our Ayahuasca lovers a beautiful souvenir made by my relatives; and also a tree or an Ayahuasca vine that you will plant and that will be yours forever.

First Aid: Every coordinator has got training in first aid from a clinic and firemen. We elaborate mandatory training sessions, every February about Ayahuasca retreat risk situations; which every Ikaro Ayahuasca Retreat coordinator must attend. Your spiritual leader is going to have always a first-aid kit for medical problems.

Not Included on the Wachuma and Ayahuasca Retreat in Cusco

Gratuities for our staff: Ikaro Ayahuasca Retreat ensures all staff are fairly paid and therefore gratuities are optional; and at your own discretion.
Travel Insurance: Highly recommended for all tourist.
Water Bottle: You can buy it from my relatives in the Ayahuasca retreat center.
Flight tickets
Hotel in Cusco

PRICES

We would like to be in charge of guiding you, in your experience with Wachuma and Ayahuasca in Cusco

Group Ayahuasca Price

$665 per person

Private Ayahuasca Retreat

One Ayahuasca lover: $1000 per person
Two Ayahuasca lovers: $705 per person
Three Ayahuasca lovers: $695 per person
Four Ayahuasca lovers: $685 per person
Five Ayahuasca lovers: $675 per person
Six, or more Ayahuasca lovers: $665 per person

The rooms are twins and they are shared by two Ayahuasca lovers.

Important Note: Our Wachuma and Ayahuasca retreat is done in small groups, from 4 to 10 people; if you wish to have a private Ayahuasca ceremony only for you and your loved ones. This option is also available, you only need to coordinate it, with your sale representative.

Important Note II: For patient safety, we reserve the right to refuse treatment to patients with the following conditions:

Pregnancy
Heart surgery, pacemaker, tachycardia, murmur, or other heart ailment
Blood disease.

Mental illness (Schizophrenia, Bipolarism, etc.).

Wachuma and Ayahuasca retreat in Cusco Packing List

Bringing what is recommended on the packing list is essential for a better experience within your Wachuma and Ayahuasca retreat in the Amazon.

Recommended Packing List

1 Daypack/carry-on bag – for valuables and breakable objects.
Sandals or flip-flops.
Outdoor shoes (good enough for moderate hiking but light enough for mud).
2 pairs of swimming gear.
1-2 pair jeans/pants/dress/shirt for social scene and meditation.
1 rugged pants for hikes (lighter is better).
1-2 Loose fitting, breathable long sleeved shirts for jungle
Casual/active hot weather attire (enough for 3 days, 25-30-degree Celsius weather).
Down jacket; people usually feel so much cold while doing Ayahuasca.
1 Light rain jacket.
Socks & Undies (enough for 3 days, plus extras).
Sun hat.
Rain poncho.
Passport (valid for at least six months).
Extra money in soles, to buy souvenirs and to tip the people who will accompany you on your spiritual journey (not mandatory). it is advisable to carry bills with denominations of 20, 50 and 100 soles.
Credit card with cash withdrawal option.
PLENTY of insect repellant (DEET Recommended, as well as something natural) – they don’t sell strong stuff in Peru!
Sunscreen (30+ SPF Recommended).
Flashlight(s) (one bright for jungle, one dim LED RED LIGHT for ceremonies).
Small first-aid kit for scrapes, cuts and bug bites.
Toiletries
Face Wipes: the humidity will cause you to sweat a lot.
Deodorant, you will use more than normal due to the sweat.
Medications (Insect bites, headaches, muscle pain, etc.).
Notebook / Journal.
Camera & Memory Cards.
Personal reading material.

Wachuma and Ayahuasca Pre-Diet

Our bodies are full of toxic and inorganic substances that will not allow us to receive mother Ayahuasca properly. The vast majority of the foods that we currently consume contain large amounts of preservatives, so a proper diet for at least a week before the Wachuma and Ayahuasca retreat is recommended to better channel the teachings of this powerful ancestral medicine.

Ayahuasca expert Alan Shoemaker expanded on this idea; in his book: «Ayahuasca Medicine, the Shamanic World of Amazonian Sacred Plant Healing». Plant diets are designed to help a person connect with plant spirits and develop new healing abilities, vision, and knowledge; that require a lot of time, in solitude and with a strict dietary regimen. When you follow a strict required diet, you become more accessible to the spirit world.”

Tranquilize or cleanse the body to achieve a spiritual state; It will be a familiar idea to anyone who has practiced yoga. Yoga asana such as physical positions such as: downward facing dog or child’s pose; These poses were originally designed for the purpose of preparing your body for meditation. Like the effect of the asanas on meditation, the physical preparation of the Ayahuasca pre-diet; it goes hand in hand with being able to psychologically prepare for the healing experience.

Cleansing yourself of toxins gives you a great boost in the Ayahuasca journey; because, as Vincent Ravalee explains in the book entitled: «The Psychotropic Mind». All the toxins that we accumulate during our daily life, are the first things that Ayahuasca will attack.

When you cleanse those toxins in advance, it is easier for Wachuma and mother Ayahuasca to work in your body; because there are fewer «barriers» to cross. By following the diet, you ensure your ability to get the most out of your trip; and reach deeper levels of spiritual psychic understanding.

Each shaman, Ayahuasquero or Ayahuasca retreat varies in specific restrictions. In the Huacaria community we have a series of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual diets that you must follow rigorously to have a deep and healing experience with Ayahuasca.

Our Matsigenka Restrictions are:

Proper body preparation reduces the risks of experimenting, difficulties and intense purging during the ceremony with the mother Ayahuasca. In addition, to following a proper diet, you show your commitment and intentions to heal yourself and know your own divinity.

Foods Containing Tyramine.

Ayahuasca, specifically; the Banisteriopsis Caapi, which is a vine plant, and one of the principal ingredients in the Ayahuasca brew. Is an MAO-inhibitor, meaning it temporarily inhibits the activation of the monoamine oxidase (MAO) an enzyme that is essential to process the amino acid tyramine.

if you ingest an MAO inhibitor, such as: Ayahuasca and eat foods high in tyramine; it can quickly reach dangerous levels. This can cause a severe increase in blood pressure and require emergency treatment.

You should avoid products that contains tyramine; 2 weeks before the Ayahuasca retreat and 1 week, after taking it.

Pork.
Red meat.
Aged cheeses.
Pickles.
Wine.
Sausages.
Fermented foods like soy sauce, fermented tofu, and sauerkraut.
Yogurt.
Alcohol.
Nutritional supplements, like protein powders.
Aspartame.
Chocolate.
Peanuts.
Walnuts.
Chicken liver.
Soy.
Bananas.
Avocado.
Caviar.
Herring.
Spinach.
Gig.
Coconut.

The best way to prepare our temple, that is, our body, is to eat a diet rich in organic foods. Foods that contain preservatives are not recommended at all for a proper and healthy diet before an Ayahuasca ceremony. It is recommended to follow a diet based on fruits, vegetables and seeds.

Other foods you should avoid:

In addition to foods high in tyramine, you should avoid condiments, very acidic foods, salt and sugar in excess; these contain toxins that are difficult to eliminate from our body, and also that obstruct the purgative and healing energy of plant medicine.

Avoid all Type of Animal Products

Currently many animals used as a source of food, are full of chemicals; from vaccines, antibiotics to hormones, and are raised and slaughtered inhumanely.

Unless you are consuming organically raised animals or wild animals from the jungle. It is best to avoid any industrialized animal product.

It is mandatory not to consume industrialized products or animals; because you consume not only the substance of those foods, but also the energy of them. So, if you consume an animal, which was full of inorganics and chemicals and spent its entire life miserably crammed into a pen or barn; only to finally be slaughtered, in masse, in a mechanized way, you also ingest the negative energy and traumatic experience of that animal.

Prescription Drugs

3 weeks leading up to the Ayahuasca ceremony; we strongly suggest that you stop the following prescription drugs:

Antidepressants like SSRIs.
MAO-inhibitors.
Sleep medications.
Barbiturates.
Alpha- and beta-blockers.

Street Drugs

These includes:

Cocaine.
Alcohol.
Cigarette.
Amphetamines.
Heroin.
Cannabis.
MDMA.
Ecstasy.
LSD.

Sex and Masturbation

Avoiding a sexual and energetic exchange 2 weeks before and after your Wachuma and Ayahuasca retreat in Cusco is essential for a better experience.

Sex, masturbation or even any exchange of bodily fluids, energetic and spiritual, can deplete the energy support available to you and thus inhibit the effectiveness of the sacred plants to teach and guide you.

Mental Preparation

The mental, emotional and spiritual diet is as important as the physical diet for a successful ceremony with the mother Ayahuasca. In our Huacaria village, the mental preset would include staying in relative solitude and minimizing useless chatter and gossip. In industrialized countries; a modern diet would definitely include: a fast from videos, TV, radio, movies, news, and social media.

You should spend as many days as possible, before your Ayahuasca ceremony, doing activities such as: meditation, mindfulness practice and yoga to mention a few. Contemplation walks through forests, mountains, riverbanks, ocean shores. Also take a walk at sunrise and sunset to receive solar energy, walk at night, it is much better if it is a full moon, so you fully receive the energy of the stars and planets. Start connecting directly with nature, even before your appointment with Ayahuasca.

It is very risky and can bring you a bad experience; if you don’t do your diet responsibly and strictly.