Deep in the Peruvian rainforest, Paojilhuasca offers an intimate Ayahuasca retreat in Iquitos, Peru, where traditional Amazonian ceremonies, plant medicine, and time in nature come together in a setting of quiet beauty.
A seven-day retreat, followed by 77 days of integration, giving you the space to step away from the familiar and experience the Amazon at its most intimate.
A SACRED PAUSE FROM ORDINARY LIFE
An Ayahuasca Retreat in Peru, Guided by Amazonian Wisdom and Lasting Integration
The rainforest eventually fades behind you. The sounds grow quieter. You return to your home, your people and your everyday life.
And yet, something may still be unfolding.
Our 77-day ayahuasca integration programme gives you the time and support to stay close to what emerged during your ayahuasca retreat in Iquitos. Rather than rushing to define the experience, you are given room to listen, reflect and allow its meaning to reveal itself in its own time.
Each day, the Paojilhuasca Integration App offers gentle guidance through reflections, somatic practices, dreamwork and carefully developed exercises. Twice a week, our live integration circles bring you into conversation with Kate Arpin and a wider community of people finding their own way forward after an ayahuasca retreat in Peru.
Because returning home can be its own kind of threshold.
The ceremony may have opened the door. What you notice afterwards, what you choose to carry forward and how you begin to live with those insights can unfold quietly over the weeks that follow.
Your time in the Peruvian Amazon may be only one week. The 77 days give you something precious afterwards: time, guidance and companionship as everything begins to settle.
Come deep into the Peruvian Amazon for an intimate ayahuasca retreat in Iquitos, Peru, held in the presence of ancient rainforest, sacred ceremony, and traditions passed down through generations.
Leave the noise behind. Enter the silence. Listen to what has been waiting within you.
The Amazon awaits you.
Get 77 Days Of Thoughtful Support, Wherever Home May Be!
The Paojilhuasca Integration App keeps the experience close through daily ayahuasca integration practices, dreamwork, grounding exercises and gentle reflections designed to help you settle into what you experienced in the Amazon.
You’ll also have weekly live integration circles with Kate Arpin and fellow Paojilhuasca guests, creating a private space to reflect, share and stay connected long after your ayahuasca retreat in Peru has ended.
Some insights arrive immediately. Others take their time.
The ceremony opens the experience.
Integration gives it a place to live.
The rainforest fades into memory. The ceremonies end. You return home.
But what you discover within yourself can continue to unfold.
Did you know? Among 63 people who attended an ayahuasca retreat in the Peruvian Amazon, measures of depression, anxiety and psychological distress improved after their retreat, with those improvements still present six months later.
And there is more. 66 first-time ayahuasca participants were followed for a full year, with improvements in depression, anxiety, stress and overall mental wellbeing still evident 12 months later.
The science is still unfolding, but so is the experience itself.
Yes. Research has found improvements in mood, wellbeing and psychological measures that remained months after an ayahuasca experience. At Paojilhuasca, our 77-day integration programme gives you continued support as you return to everyday life.
Integration is the process of reflecting on your experience and bringing what you learned into everyday life. Our 77-day programme includes guided practices, dreamwork, live circles and ongoing community support.
Yes. Women are always part of the leadership team. Zero incidents in seven years. But more importantly: you don't leave alone. You enter a community of integration that extends 77 days. You're held the entire time.
There is no single answer. Consider your intentions, your health and your readiness for an intense and unfamiliar experience. We encourage every guest to approach an ayahuasca retreat in Peru with respect, openness and realistic expectations.
Before arrival, you will receive guidance on preparation, what to bring and what to expect. You will also complete our health screening and share relevant medical information and medications with our team.
Your retreat combines ayahuasca ceremonies in the Peruvian Amazon with traditional practices, time in nature, movement, breathwork, nourishing meals and space for reflection. You will also have guidance and support throughout your stay.
Curandero, ayahuasquero, kambocero, nurse, co-founder
Ayahuasquera, Vegetalista
Co-founder & director, biomedical researcher, kambo & bufo practitioner
Physician, breathwork guide
Facilitator, Integration Coach, Kambo practitioner
Acupuncturist, sound healer, and holistic practitioner from Australia
Facilitator, kambo practitioner, sound healer
Everything you need for a comfortable, supported and deeply immersive stay in the Peruvian Amazon, from the moment you begin preparing to the weeks after you return home.
Pre-retreat guidance and arrival support
6 nights of accommodation
Two fresh, locally sourced meals and snacks each day
Medical screening reviewed by a physician before arrival
2 Ayahuasca ceremonies
1 Kambo treatment
Optional Yopo ceremony and master plant dietas
Daily somatic practices including breathwork, yoga and Qigong
Guided jungle walks and river excursions
77 days of post-retreat integration support
Full access to the Paojilhuasca Integration App
Weekly integration circles led by Kate Arpin for six weeks
Chinese medicine support as part of your post-ceremony care
To keep your arrival simple and your retreat experience entirely your own, a few personal arrangements remain outside the retreat programme:
International and domestic flights to Iquitos, Peru
Personal purchases and optional expenses during your stay
Local transportation outside the arrangements provided by Paojilhuasca
Optional Bufo ceremony, available separately for guests who choose to experience it
Many of our guests arrive alone, including women travelling to the Peruvian Amazon for the first time. Small groups, attentive guidance and women as part of our retreat team create a setting where you can feel comfortable from the moment you arrive.
Groups are kept intimate, with no more than ten guests, allowing for genuine connection and personal attention throughout your stay. With seven years of experience, our team knows how to hold the space with care, respect and presence.
You can arrive on your own and still feel surrounded by people who are there for you.
There is something about the Amazon that makes the world feel quieter.
The green stretches endlessly. The river moves slowly. Days begin with birdsong and end beneath a sky untouched by city lights. Somewhere between the ceremonies, the conversations and the stillness, there is room to hear yourself a little more clearly.
Your ayahuasca retreat in Iquitos, Peru gives you time away from the familiar and into a place where nature sets the pace. Come for the medicine, stay for the beauty of the rainforest, the warmth of its people and the rare luxury of having nowhere else to be.
Sometimes, a change of surroundings is all it takes to see life with new eyes.
Some places stay in your mind long after you have left them.
The sound of the river at dusk. The deep green of the rainforest. Candlelight in the maloca. A conversation that found you at exactly the right moment. The quiet feeling of having stepped away from the familiar and into something entirely new.
At Paojilhuasca, your ayahuasca retreat in Iquitos, Peru is created with all of this in mind. The ceremonies are at the heart of your stay, surrounded by the beauty of the Peruvian Amazon, thoughtful care, meaningful connection and time to simply be.
You leave with more than memories of a week in the rainforest. You leave having experienced a place, a tradition and a way of being that may continue to reveal something new long after you return home.
Come deep into the Peruvian Amazon for an intimate ayahuasca retreat in Iquitos, Peru, held in the presence of ancient rainforest, sacred ceremony, and traditions passed down through generations.
Leave the noise behind. Enter the silence. Listen to what has been waiting within you.
The Amazon awaits you.
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