Ecuador Ayahuasca Retreats

Casa del Sol ✾

Casa del Sol is located in the beautiful Sacred Valley of San Pedro in Vilcabamba. This family-run Ayahuasca retreat center in Ecuador also incorporates San Pedro in their inclusive healing retreats. A maximum of 13 participants ensures that each group has an intimate experience with the healers, the medicine, and each other. Enter as an individual, leave as family. Retreats include breathwork, yoga, sweat lodge, mountain hikes, river plunges, and kambo ceremonies. Accommodations are shared or private.

Alma Healing Center

Alma Healing Center is a woman-run, inclusive, LGBTQ-friendly Ayahuasca retreat center in Ecuador, operating in two locations convenient to Quito. Apart from Ayahuasca, the facilitators at Alma also work with other sacred plant medicines, such as San Pedro, Hape/Rapé, Psilocybin mushrooms, and Peyote. Their affordable retreats include all meals and accommodations, group meditation, jungle waterfall hikes, and even a sweat lodge.

APL Shamanic Journeys

APL Shamanic Journeys offers a 10-day Ayahuasca expedition that spans the entire country of Ecuador, blending natural wonders and cultural traditions. Begin your journey near Quito, staying at a spa hotel surrounded by volcanoes, and visit the country’s highest waterfalls. From there, a private plane takes you into the Amazon for river kayaking, jungle hikes, wayusa ceremonies, and 4 Ayahuasca ceremonies—both in camp and with an Achuar tribal elder. This all-encompassing experience offers private or shared accommodations, healthy meals, and an unforgettable once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Ayllu Medicina

Ayllu Medicina offers transformational, all inclusive 8-day retreats on the beautiful southern coast of Ecuador. Retreats include plant medicine ceremonies (Ayahuasca & San Pedro), sweat lodges, womb technology circles, daily yoga, meditation, breathwork, ice baths, workshops, song circles and more. Facilities boast ocean views and a swimming pool, and comfortable accommodations include air conditioning, hot water, & private bathrooms. Three plant-based nutritious meals are served each day.

Corazon de Pacha Mama

Corazon de Pacha Mama is unique plant medicine center, operating as both a retreat center and a shaman training center. Those that feel called to work with plant medicines can seek apprenticeship with grandmother Ayahuasca or grandfather San Pedro. Corazon de Pacha Mama also provides a transformative 3-month addition rehabilitation program. Simple retreat guests will experience a hybrid-medicine retreat that includes Ayahuasca, San Pedro, and Huilka.

Cumbres de Arutam

Cumbres de Arutam is a retreat center located in the ancestral territory of the Shuar people, deep within the Ecuadorian Amazon. It is dedicated to preserving and transmitting the path of traditional shamanism through genuine initiations guided by Master Arutam Ruymán and native elders. This is a profound practice of personal commitment and spiritual transformation — not intended for casual visitors. Participants engage in demanding processes with sacred plants like Natem (Ayahuasca) and Tobacco, including fasting, traditional ceremonies, and nights spent by the sacred waterfall. The diet follows the Shuar tradition closely and may be quite strict at times.

Feather Crown

Feather Crown is an ecologically-minded Ayahuasca retreat center in the high rainforest of Ecuador, where the Andes meets the Amazon. The cornerstone of this center is safety, responsibility, ethics, and respect towards indigenous populations. Feather Crown works to preserve and protect the Amazon, believes in sustainable living, and strives to preserve indigenous traditions and culture. This is not a tourist excursion, but an authentic, non-commercial healing experience led by an elder indigenous shaman with decades of experience, trained within ancestral traditions. Accommodations are private rooms with hot showers, purified water, and wifi.

Gaia Sagrada

Gaia Sagrada is a plant medicine retreat center and eco-community in the stunning Andean highlands near Cuenca, Ecuador – a perfect destination for encountering Mother Aya. The experienced Shamans at Gaia Sagrada work adeptly with both Ayahuasca and San Pedro, even combining them in unique sweat lodge rebirthing ceremonies – a retreat highlight for most guests. Delicious, healthy vegan and vegetarian meals are provided throughout, and a wide choice of lodging options accommodate all budgets.

Hayulima Spiritual Sanctuary

Hayulima Spiritual Sanctuary is nestled in the pristine cloud forest of Mindo, Ecuador. The land is teeming with vibrant fauna and flora – an ecological haven, perfect for encountering Mother Aya, for meditation, and spiritual practice. It’s a truly rejuvenating and tranquil place to nourish the mind, body and soul, providing opportunity to connect with nature the beauty of the cloud forest. Hayulima 10-day retreats include 3 Ayahuasca ceremonies, 3 sweat lodge ceremonies, 2 San Pedro ceremonies, and kambo sessions. Accommodations are comfortable, ensuring a restful and supportive stay.

Sacha Wasi

Sacha Wasi Jungle Medicine Retreats may be the most authentic indigenous plant medicine center in Ecuador, owned and operated by the hosting native tribe. This is an epic adventure into the wild, mystical Amazon rainforest for healing, transformation, and spiritual growth. Guests may stay for varying retreat durations that will include multiple Ayahuasca ceremonies and at least 1 San Pedro or psilocybin ceremony. Optional treatments such as kambo or acupuncture are also available.

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Vilcabamba, Ecuador

Sacred Valley Spiritual Retreat

Sacred Valley Spiritual Retreat is unique among plant medicine centers in offering private Ayahuasca retreats for individuals and couples, for a deeply personal approach to healing and transformation. This boutique retreat is located in a tranquil and picturesque valley of Vilcabamba, amid the mountains of southern Ecuador. Revered from the time of the Inca, this is one of the planet’s “Blue Zones” – a pristine destination for the Aya journey. Sacred Valley does not have fixed dates, but instead collaborates with guests based on mutual availability, usually scheduling from Sunday to Sunday, over seven nights and eight days.

$$$ | Offering private 8-day individual and couples retreats.

Shuar Cultural Center

The Shuar Cultural Center is unique among Ayahuasca retreats, offering instead a 2 or 3-day jungle excursion into the heart of Yasuni National Park. Hosted by native Amazonian tribes, guests will encounter the sacred medicine in its traditional setting with a ceremony conducted by a member of the Kichua or Shuar communities. This unique and rustic adventure includes jungle trekking, animal sightings, cultural education, and even immersion into the waters of the Shiripuno River.

Vikara Healing Center

Vikara Healing Center is the only plant medicine center located on the Pacific Ocean in Ecuador, offering small-group Ayahuasca, surf and yoga retreats at the beach. Vikara’s 9-day retreats include yoga classes, medicinal plant bath, Temazcal sweat lodge, breathwork, daily meditation, and 3 Ayahuasca ceremonies with sharing circles after. Guests even have the opportunity to learn to surf. Accommodations are modern and luxurious, with air conditioning and WiFi, meals are healthy, organic, and delicious.