Ayahuasca Retreats and Plant Medicine in Peru Led by Amazonian Shamans
Our Ayahuasca Retreats in Peru are led by Amazonian Shamans and rooted in a living lineage of plant medicine carried through generations. In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, we offer a carefully guided retreat experience where ancestral knowledge, ceremonial care, and integration come together to support each person throughout their time with the medicine.
Where Plant Medicine Remains a Living Tradition
Takinuna was founded through the shared path of native Amazonian healers devoted to the work with plant medicine in the Peruvian Amazon. Its roots lie in lived experience within this tradition, and that foundation continues to shape the work today.
Under the guidance of experienced Amazonian shamans and the Takinuna team, participants enter a space where the knowledge of the plants, the ceremonies, and the teachings carried through generations continue to be lived and practiced.
Retreats take place in small groups, allowing space for guidance while also respecting each person’s own relationship with the medicine.
The Takinuna Approach
At Takinuna, the work is centred around the relationship between the participant, the shamans, and the master plants. Through Ayahuasca, Bobinsana, Huachuma, and other traditional plant medicines, the retreat offers a space for guidance, healing, and a deeper connection with the medicine, allowing each person to explore what is seeking balance, understanding, or change within their life.
Amazonian Shamans
The work is guided by experienced Amazonian shamans with decades of experience working with master plants. Through ceremonies, plant treatments, and guidance throughout the retreat, they support participants in the work of the body, heart, mind, and spirit.
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A Holistic Approach to Integration
The retreat includes space for reflection, understanding, and integration, helping participants explore what is emerging through their work with the medicine and how it relates to their lives beyond the retreat.
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Small Groups
Retreats take place in small groups, creating an environment where guidance, connection, and personal space can coexist. This allows each participant to engage with the medicine in their own way throughout the retreat.
The Master Plants that guide the Process
The work at Takinuna includes a variety of medicinal and master plants that support different aspects of the retreat experience. Alongside Ayahuasca, Bobinsana, and Huachuma, other traditional plants such as Chiric Sanango, Huaira Caspi, Corazon Sacha, Lupuna, Ayahuma, Toe, Wambisa and Punga also form part of the wider plant medicine tradition that supports the work.
The plants below are the principal medicines used throughout our retreat programs and form the foundation of the ceremonial work. Those interested in learning more about these and other master plants can visit our Master Plant Medicines page.
Ayahuasca / Banisteriopsis caapi
ayahuasca 2: Present in all retreats, Ayahuasca forms the centre of the ceremonial work at Takinuna. Through the ceremonies, participants enter into a relationship with the medicine through which insight, healing, and understanding can gradually emerge. For many, the teachings of Ayahuasca unfold through this relationship, offering new perspectives on themselves, their lives, and the questions that have brought them to the retreat.
Ayahuasca Plant MedicineHuachuma / Trichocereus pachanoi
Included in the 15-day retreat, Huachuma is approached through both daytime and nighttime ceremonial work. Often associated with clarity, perspective, and connection, it invites participants to encounter life, nature, and relationship from a broader point of view. Through the work of Inti Taita (father sun) during the day and Mama Quilla (mother moon) during the night, different aspects of the medicine gradually reveal themselves.
Huachuma San Pedro CeremonyBobinsana / Calliandra angustifolia
bobinsana: Included in the 10- and 15-day retreats, Bobinsana is a master plant traditionally associated with the heart centre. Through the relationship that develops with the medicine, participants often encounter themes of connection, sensitivity, emotion, and relationship, bringing a different dimension to the work carried through the ceremonies.
Bobinsana Master PlantChoose the Retreat That Best Fits You
Each retreat offers a different way of engaging with Ayahuasca and the master plants. While the foundation remains the same, the duration of the retreat allows for different levels of immersion, additional plant medicines, and different opportunities for the work to unfold over time.
Whether you are looking for a shorter retreat or a longer period dedicated to the medicine, each retreat is guided by Amazonian shamans and held within the same spirit of ceremonial care, integration, and respect for the traditions of plant medicine.
7-Day Ayahuasca Retreat in Peru
A retreat centred around Ayahuasca and the ceremonial work that surrounds it. Through three ceremonies, plant treatments, and integration, participants are invited into a focused and meaningful encounter with the medicine within a shorter period of time.
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10-Day Ayahuasca and Bobinsana Retreat in Peru
Alongside Ayahuasca, this retreat includes Bobinsana, a master plant traditionally associated with the heart and emotional life. The additional days create more space for reflection, integration, and a deeper relationship with the work carried through the ceremonies.
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15-Day Ayahuasca, Bobinsana and Huachuma Retreat in Peru
The most immersive retreat offered at Takinuna. Through Ayahuasca, Bobinsana, Huachuma, and additional time with the medicine, participants are invited into a longer and more spacious encounter with the plants, allowing the work to deepen gradually throughout the retreat.
Explore the 15-Day RetreatThe path with the master plants is a journey inward. Through this relationship with the medicine, we are invited to reconnect with our essence, learn to love ourselves more deeply, and experience life through greater love, peace, and humility.
A Safe Environment for Working with Plant Medicine
Preparation, guidance, and integration help create a safe and carefully held setting for our Ayahuasca Retreats in Peru.
Before arrival, we take time to understand each participant’s health history, current circumstances, and readiness for the retreat. This preparation helps create a strong foundation before the work with the medicine begins.
Throughout the retreat, participants are supported through a combination of Amazonian shamanic guidance, integration, and a small-group setting. Together, these elements help create an environment where the work can unfold with care, attention, and respect.
What This Includes
- Personal conversation before the retreat
- Health and medication review
- Preparation guidance before arrival
- Retreat preparation guide and journal
- Small-group retreats
- Guidance from Amazonian shamans
- Plant treatments and ceremonial work
- Integration throughout the retreat
A Retreat Centre in the Heart of the Amazon Rainforest
Takinuna Healing Centre is located in the Peruvian Amazon, approximately 30 minutes by boat from Iquitos. Often considered one of the last major cities before entering the deeper Amazon, Iquitos serves as a gateway to vast expanses of rainforest.
The Amazon rainforest is the ancestral home of Ayahuasca and many of the master plants used throughout the retreat, making it a place where the traditions of plant medicine continue to live and evolve.
Where Nature Becomes Part of the Work
The centre is immersed in nature, with limited electricity and simple accommodation. This environment creates space to slow down and become more present.
The Amazon rainforest is more than the backdrop to the retreat. The sounds of the forest, the river, the wildlife, and the changing atmosphere throughout the day becomes an important part of the experience.
Experiences Shared by our Ayahuasca Retreat Participants
The experiences below were shared by people who have attended our Ayahuasca Retreats in Peru. While every retreat experience is unique, these reflections offer insight into how others have encountered the work with the plants, the shamans, and the retreat environment.
Beginning an Ayahuasca Retreat with Amazonian Shamans at Takinuna
Choosing to work with plant medicine is an important step, and one that deserves time, reflection, and preparation. If you feel called to explore an Ayahuasca retreat in Peru, we invite you to begin a conversation with our team. We are happy to answer your questions, learn more about your intentions, and help you explore whether this retreat is the right fit for you at this moment.
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