*This trip is also available as part of the 3 week Inka Trilogy Retreat
If you're an ambitious creator who often comes tantalizingly close to seizing the carrot, only to be derailed by self-sabotage and recurring old patterns, your attention veering off course and into past fears.
Join me in the rainforest, with Mama Ayahuasca, as we work together to recover that divergent energy. See your wounding experiences from a higher perspective, experience your own deeply loving presence and let go, forgive and rewrite your story.
As you start this unforgettable adventure, you take stock of where you are in your life from the top of the mountain, you overlook the cloud forest that has been obscuring your path. As you descend down the mountain, the air becomes thick with warmth and the sounds of exotic creatures fill your ears. With every step, you attune your sensors and start to notice the camouflaged wildlife as well as the hidden unnoticed aspects of yourself.
Vibrant hummingbirds accompany you, with feathers that were dipped in a rainbow by the gods themselves. They can fly forwards and backwards and they want to take and return your messages to help you navigate the path towards owning your power fully in your own way.
As you journey down the river of your life Mamá Ayahuasca greets you in ceremony, filling your whole being with love, purging you of heavy negative emotion, offering you the wisdom of her powerful jungle spirit and bringing you deep connection with your own heart. In the morning you bathe in flower petals and ground the full colour and expression of yourself.
From this point on with an open heart you see life differently, you acknowledge discomfort or pleasure as the fabric of life designed to enrich you. A sense of gratitude for your qualities, gifts and talents is reflected back to you by the abundant creatures who live in their truth, accept what is, show their colours unapologetically, take risks and deal with tomorrow when it arrives.
This sense of flow anchors in you and as the sun rises in one of the most incredible view points in the world. You rise too, you are ready, you are whole, you are energised and ready to be the predominant creator in your life.
You love experiences that are awe-inspiring, soul-stirring and heart-opening that go into the bone of who you are and make a life-changing difference.
You can’t wait to free your head of energy stealing thoughts and have your focus in the now.
You are ready to make friends with your resistance, take a deeper look at its message and welcome the power it’s alerting you to reclaim.
You want to compassionately and authentically express the fullest version of yourself in the world.
You marvel at the chance to champion yourself and step out into the unknown.
You know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the world supports your expansion of consciousness and you want to let the magic in for the co-creation of your dreams.
Accommodation (Jungle Lodges)
Our own cook will be preparing all our meals including a mid-morning snack. All our dietary particulars in preparation for ceremony will be catered for
Entrance Tickets/Fees
Bilingual Guides
Land & River Transport (not flights)
Ayahuasca Ceremony
Coca Leaf Reading
Flower Petal Bath
All necessary equipment (mosquito nets, life jackets, rubber boots, camping equipment)
Mineral water
First aid, including anti-venom for snake bites
FLIGHTS (International & domestic)
Alcoholic Drinks
Laundry Services
Travel Insurance
Tips
By the end of our time together you will have said goodbye to haunting emotional baggage, said hello and welcome to your own heart’s capacity to deeply love and accept you in your divinity, so that you can focus your life force energy fully into your mission to create your best life, cheered on by fellow adventurers with equal passion for life, grateful for sharing this journey to wholeness.
The first week of this retreat runs from Saturday to Saturday. We will arrive back in Cusco around midday. There’s a choice to head for the airport or start the integration week in the Sacred Valley.
TOTAL OF 7 NIGHTS/8 DAYS
PLEASE NOTE: This itinerary is an outline, we reserve the right to re-order or swap in and out alternatives to maximise our possibilities and satisfaction if internal or external factors impact our trip. The jungle is an unpredictable place.
Airport pick-ups will be organised from Cusco to Pisac in the Sacred Valley.
Depending on your flight time, you will hopefully get chance to unwind, stretch out and recover from your flight. The idea is to have a good nights sleep before our bus ride to the jungle starts. Pisac is at a lower altitude than Cusco so hopefully you will decompress a little it’s also on route for our trip. The hotel has a pool and spa facilities, the town (a motor taxi ride away) has interesting shops selling artisan, crystals, silver jewellery and a good range of interesting food, there will be no problem maintaining your diet restrictions here.
Pisac - Acjanaco - Cloud Forest
We will have an early breakfast and travel over the Acjanaco pass (3,600m) and down into the Cloud forest. We will make stops on route to stretch our legs and see an archaeological site and a local town. We will have our veggie lunch at a lagoon and take a tour of the fox trail (800m) where we will visit the viewpoint of the Kosñipata valley and the orchidarium with more than 80 species. We will then descend through the cloud forest where we will be on the look out for monkeys, the ‘Cock of the Rock’ (Peru’s national bird), the Quetzal and much more. We will take short walks through the waterfalls on the Ketzal trail. We will arrive at our lodge in time for dinner.
Eco Reserve - Ayahuasca Ceremony
After Breakfast we will enjoy our beautiful surrounding. We will do a plant walk and spend time opening to the plant kingdom, receive the healing energy, the oxygen filled, clean air and start to unwind into the natural and purposeful rhythm of nature. You will have free time to explore, meditate and ponder your questions for Mama Ayahuasca and intentions for our ceremony.
In the afternoon we will welcome our Ayahuascero, there will be coca leaf readings and an energy cleansing ritual. Our Maestro will give us an introduction to the ceremony process and open the ceremony with prayers as the sun sets. Our journey with Mama Ayahuasca will last between 4 and 6 hours, after we will share a fruit platter and you will then return to your room to rest.
Ceremony Processing & Sharing
After breakfast the Shaman will be available for us to share our experiences and help interpret our visions, then he will lead a closing ceremony to thank Pachamama and we will all enjoy a flower petal bath. This will be a day of deep reflection, journaling (and drawing if you are inclined). We will share our experiences and be present with our insights and healing.
After lunch we will visit Hingkiori Petroglyphs. The glyphs lay deep inside the ancestral homeland of the Machiguenga people. Local Machiguengas believe the petroglyphs correspond to a sacred language that connects you to other realities. This jungle area has monkeys, hoatzin birds and various other native animals we can observe in their natural habitat. We can go deep into the jungle, India Jones style with machetes if we want to find the hidden additional petroglyphs, our guide as found them before.
Pilcopata - Atalaya - Machuwasi Lagoon
This morning we will take inflatable rafts and paddle down river to a gauge and a mermaid cave, again the incredible scenery is abundant with undisturbed wild life.
We’ll also learn a little bit about the “no-contact” tribes that inhabit this region.
After lunch we will travel by motor boat along the Madre de Dios river to a beach where we will wander along a beautiful jungle trail to the stunning Machuwasi lake. Here we can climb a watch tower and ride across the lagoon on a raft. This beautiful lagoon is vibrant, perfumed with fruit and flowers and carries a chorus of bird and animal sounds, truly lights up all your sensors.
Huacaria Community (Native Matsiguenka tribe)
Today we will spend some more time with our Maestro in his village. We will meet his community and take part in cultural activities, making bow and arrows, fire starting, learn about their handycrafts and take a swim in their swimming hole. Maybe we’ll drink their local brew if it’s available.
They will prepare our lunch which will be their local catch of the day.
In the afternoon we will visit a near by animal sanctuary where you can get up close to monkeys, parrots and a variety of other native creatures that are being healed and rehabilitated.
Pilcopata - Tres Cruses Sun Set
This morning there will be free time to explore local trails alone or with our guide before we pack up and head for Tres Cruces view point by bus which is located at the top of the Manu National Park (almost 3800 meters above sea level). There will be some short trails on route to break up the journey. Late afternoon we will watch the sunset and contemplate the populations settled along the Amazon and the imposing Apu Kañahuay (a mountain) where we will camp.
Tres Cruses sunrise - Cusco
At 5.30am we will be in position to witness and admire the sunrise from one of the two viewpoints in the world where you can experience this natural spectacle that occurs in a very particular way. It will be possible to contemplate the tonalities of the sky and its great array of colours as a reflection of you. You entered this journey through the clouds and you end it through the light, at one with the light, clean and whole.
We will return to Cusco where you can begin your journey home or continue your trip through the sacred valley.
Optional Extra if your flight schedule allows:
The extension gives you an option of 7 more retreat days making a total of 14 days & nights.
Pinkuylluna
Good choice to continue….Depending on what time we reach Cusco, we will either have lunch in Cusco or on route to the Sacred Valley. We will be based in Ollantaytambo for the next 3 nights. This day is free for you to relax, settle in and wander around. There are hidden sights very close-by as well as trails up the sacred mountain Pinkuylluna that over looks the town. You are free to get dinner when you wish from the many local restaurants and enjoy a good early night in our beautiful hotel.
Today we will open the space for our Sacred Valley adventure and explore the magnificent Inka Fortress in Ollantaytambo. We will be guided around the many features which include the Sun Temple, Condor Temple and Inka baths. We will make our own healing mesa with all the special items we have collected so far and anything that catches your eye in the artisan market. Our maestro will make an offering to bless our mesas and this second part of our trip.
Local ladies will bring our lunch and we will stay to do some group work together at this energetic site. Afterwards there will be some time to relax and journal. Again dinner is at your leisure in town.
Today we will visit Maras to see the glistening Salt flats that are run as a cooperative by 300+ families. Next we will visit Moray and learn what the Inka’s knew about the power of circles. We will enjoy a luxury buffet lunch on the way back. In the afternoon will do a workshop together and there will be a second opportunity to climb Pinkulluna or another local site if you wish.
Dinner is at your own leisure in town before an early night, ready for a big day tomorrow.
DAY 11 - TUESDAY
A very early start this morning to catch the train to Machu Picchu town and then the bus up to Machu Picchu. We will be absorbing the wisdom and healing energy of this magnificent site with mystically and historically informed guides. There are numerous circuits to explore this citidel and you will have options to do either one or two circuits. A box lunch will be provided between circuits and you can also choose to return to the town by walking down the last part of the inca trail or hop back on the bus. If you are ready to retire after the first circuit you can relax at the hotel.
This morning we have an early but short train ride and a local combi to Santa Theresa. After checking into our hotel we spend the rest of the morning soaking in the wonderful thermal baths of Cocalmayo. We will then have a local lunch and return to Ollantaytambo by train where we will spend our last night in the sacred valley.
Sacsayhuaman
Today we head for Cusco, after checking into our hotel we will hop across to Qorikancha which is an impressive Inka temple with an extraordinary curved Inka wall. We will then check out the little museum displaying alien looking skull heads that we can debate the explanatory theories about. We will have lunch centrally and then visit San Pedro market and the Plaza de Armas (main square). We will return to the hotel and you will be free to take dinner when you wish, you will also have the option of wondering freely around the huge artisan market at the end of the road we are staying on. There is an abundance of restaurants and it’s very pleasant to wonder around at night.
The huge site of Sacsayhuaman is our playground today, this is where we see the true genius of Inca construction on a huge scale. We will have a farewell lunch, do a bit of Alpaca clothes shopping before a powerful closure of our retreat at the Moon Temple.
Fly home
Moray - The agricultural laboratory of the Inkas
4* Hotel Accommodation (6 nights)
Delicious Breakfasts & Lunches
Entrance Tickets/Fees
to Amazing Sites & experiences
Transport (train, coaches)
Thermal baths
Bilingual Guides
Storage of your warmer clothes and extra layers
whilst you are in the jungle
Maras Salt Flats
FLIGHTS (International & domestic)
Dinner is at your leisure in town
Alcoholic and extra drinks or alternatives to drinks supplied with meals
Travel Insurance
Additional Services (e.g Laundry, Massage, Spa treatments, tours or activities not on our itinerary)
Tips/gratuities
Full WHOLENESS RECLAIM Retreat:
14 Days (14 Nights) Amazon Rain Forest
& Sacred Valley of the Inkas
based on double occupancy: $3,950
Single occupancy is available on the second week with a supplement
WHOLENESS RECLAIM Retreat:
8 Days (7 Nights) Amazon Rain Forest only
based on double occupancy: $2,950
Single occupancy cannot be guaranteed at every location, but note a request and supplements can be paid on site when/if available.
The lodges have been chosen to best suit our adventure. The details here are the planned lodges, they may or may not be the ones we end up using, this page is to give you an idea of what the accommodation is like, BUT the pandemic followed by national political unrest brought a lot of hardship to this region, some parts are yet to recover and remain closed. For this reason, accommodation options remain flexible and we will maintain an end result that we will be well accommodated.
The hotels selected are hand picked to offer warmth (it can get very cold at night here), outside space, location, service and value, whilst offering suitable choice of extra comfort.
This healing journey starts the moment you commit. Whether you choose to take sacred medicine or not, the Andeans believe the ancestral spirits and the Apu’s (mountain spirits) get to work to support your intention as soon as you make it. Just one of many ways the teaching in this land aligns with hermetic premises that underpin my work.
Of all my itineraries this is the easiest and obviously you will enjoy it more if you can challenge yourself a little. There are transport options available if you want to reduce the leg work. As advisable for a ski trip, it’s best to increase your stamina and strength before you arrive. Increase your walking distance, do some hill walking, swim or dance to improve your fitness and lower your heart rate.
Dehydration is more rapid at altitude and first occurs on the aeroplane. Water will be available but you must take personal responsibility to keep yourself hydrated and get enough sleep (especially after a long flight). Fly in with enough time to adjust.
It takes 3-4 days to produce more red blood cells and become more oxygen efficient. To assist your body’s adaptation you either need to increase the iron content in your diet or take a good quality supplement. I recommend Solgar Gentle Iron, 25mg. Avoid low-quality iron supplements, they are poorly absorbed and cause constipation (e.g Iron Sulphate). Extra Iron is normally a free radical for men or post-menopausal women so it’s not included in all multi-vitamin supplements. Start taking it the day you fly and continue for 3 days (no more). Menstruating women adapt more readily and often don’t menstruate (lucky right?!) when coming to Andean altitudes because their bodies will keep the iron and not let it go. So don’t immediately assume you are pregnant or sick if your period doesn’t arrive.
Dietary preparation is required to clean the body and prevent a nasty physical detox that is not ideal on holiday. We are intending to enjoy a wonderful heart-opening and profound connection to the time/space continuum on our journey, for sure some mental and emotional detoxing is a bonus and comes with mild purging, that’s normal.
Oh and no sex either for a week before and 3 days after.
Yes there are and full instruction and guidance will be given to prepare you. The restrictions are more strict for Ayahuasca than San Pedro. Essentially you must have good cardiovascular health and be free of any contra-indicative conditions such as schizophrenia, hallucinations and not be on SSRIs for mood regulation. A full list of known contra-indicative medications will be provided but you should always check with your GP if you have any health concerns or want to pause any medication to participate. FULL responsibility is assumed by YOU in this undertaking.
Yes, couples are very welcome, of course you understand it is a personal development journey and you will both enable this space for one-another.
A packing list will be provided and you will not be required to carry all your luggage for the 3 week trip. We will store warm clothes in Cusco (for example) when we go to the jungle.
Both International and Domestic flights will normally be required for this trip.
Internationally: it is possible to fly into Cusco (usually connection cities for long-haul are Bogota, Columbia and Santiago, Chile), but the majority of flights come into Lima.
Domestic: You will need a return flight from Lima to Cusco if your international flight comes into Lima.
The trip is designed to help you adjust to the altitude gently but it does get higher and higher as we progress through the trip weeks.
If allopathic medicine makes you feel safer bring both altitude sickness and travel sickness tablets. (These are also available to buy in Peru).
For the Jungle specifically we are travelling outside of the mosquito season but you may elect to bring anti-malaria medication and have the yellow fever injection.
