Wachuma and Ayahuasca Retreat in Cusco 4D/3N

Overview

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.
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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

Tour Plan

Day 01 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.

- 1. 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.

- 1. 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.

- 1. 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.

- 1. 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.

- 1. 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.

- 1. 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.

- 1. 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 02 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).

- 1. 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.

- 1. 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.

- 1. 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 03 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.

- 1. 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.

- 1. 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.

- 1. 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.

- 1. 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 04 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/Excluded

Native Ayahuasca shaman
Native Wachuma shaman
English speaker coordinator and facilitator
House retreat in the Jungle
Ceremonial room
Spacious rooms to share by 2 or 3 participants with private bathrooms
Organic and nutritious food
2 rape ceremonies before each Ayahuasca therapy
1 Coca leaf reading ceremony
2 Ayahuasca ceremonies
1 Wachuma ceremony
2 Ceremony of interpretation of your Ayahuasca visions
2 Floral spiritual baths in the river
Mudras
Interpretation of vision and integration
Activities Like: Biking, tubing
Explore the jungle
Visit the Inka Amazonia sanctuary to see animals in the wild
Navigate the Alto Madre de Dios river
Meditation
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
Plant your Ayahuasca vine or a tree, which will be yours forever
45 minutes of tubing in a pristine river
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