Twenty-one days in the Shipibo jungle
Eight ayahuasca ceremonies and three San Pedro days in Pucallpa, Peru — fifteen days of dieta followed by six days of integration, rather than a flight home the morning after the last ceremony.
For the plants that need longer
The twenty-one day program exists because some teacher plants are not dietable in fifteen days. Chiric Sanango, Noya Rao and deeper multi-plant work are traditionally understood to reveal themselves gradually — several ceremonies and many quiet days before the teaching becomes clear.
It runs in the jungle of a Shipibo community, on protected land the community has given to Guillermo López of our team. Twelve participants at most, in private bungalows or nature-based accommodation.
This is not a first dieta. If you have never done one, the fifteen-day program is the honest starting point, and we will say so.
At a glance, and what is included
At a glance
What's included
- •Eight ayahuasca ceremonies
- •Three San Pedro ceremonies
- •The extended master plant dieta process
- •Individual plant guidance
- •Plant baths and energetic work (sopladas)
- •Two meals per day, dieta food
- •Accommodation in nature
- •Integration call and the private community group
What's not included
- •Flights to Peru and internal travel
- •Optional private therapeutic sessions (€500)
- •Travel insurance
- •Personal expenses and resupply
- •Anything beyond the retreat programme
What twenty-one days changes
A slower purification
The first stage — adjusting to the food, the silence, the isolation — is given room to unfold instead of being rushed through.
Deeper plant connection
The more complex teacher plants are traditionally understood to reveal themselves gradually. Several ceremonies and many quiet days are usually needed before the teaching lands.
More time to integrate
With more days between ceremonies there is space to sit with what surfaced before the next one arrives.
A more complete closing
A gradual reintroduction to food and ordinary rhythm before departure, which makes the return to daily life far less abrupt.
How the twenty-one days are structured
The dieta
Dieta food, isolation and silence, and six ceremonies — five ayahuasca, two San Pedro — closing with the final ceremony of the dieta itself on day fifteen.
Integration and post-dieta practice
Rather than leaving immediately, you stay for six further days of integration and healing practice, including three more ceremonies: two ayahuasca and one San Pedro.
Often two nights in a row
Ayahuasca ceremonies are frequently held on consecutive nights, followed by rest and personal process, with San Pedro days in daylight in between.
What you might diet here
Which plant
Chiric Sanango, Noya Rao, Bobinsana, Ajo Sacha or Chuchuwasi. Participants working with the more complex teacher plants are the reason this program is longer.
How it is taken
Daily ingestion of the plant, plant baths, sopladas, and guidance adjusted as your process unfolds.
Afterwards
Post-dieta guidelines run at minimum two weeks for food and substances and one month for sexual activity — and we recommend extending both, given the depth of the plants worked with here.
Start two weeks out, not one
Because this dieta is longer and more demanding, preparation starts two weeks before arrival. No alcohol for two weeks. No pork. No sexual activity for at least forty-eight hours before you arrive. Certain medications have to be stopped first.
You cannot attend while taking antidepressants, antipsychotics, ADHD medication, sleep medication or anxiolytics. Detailed medical guidelines come individually during the application, because coming off some of these safely takes time and a doctor.
Who this retreat is for
This is for you if you
- •feel called to work deeply with plant medicine
- •are ready for an extended period of self-exploration
- •have some capacity for prolonged isolation and discipline
- •can hold the dieta for the full twenty-one days
This is not for you if you
- •cannot stop incompatible medications
- •are looking for a recreational experience
- •cannot commit to twenty-one days away from daily responsibilities
- •have never done a dieta — start with the 15-day program
Twenty-one days, twelve places
Every place goes through a conversation first. If this is your first dieta we will point you at the shorter program instead — that is not a sales technique, it is what the tradition asks.