A 10‑day pilgrimage into the living heart of the Amazon
Dear Soul Traveller,
Welcome to the sacred valley of San Roque de Cumbaza, a place where rivers cleanse, mountains guard, and the jungle sings ancient songs. This retreat is a call to return to the Earth, to your body, to your heart’s truth.
Over ten days, you’ll be guided through a powerful journey of reconnection: through sacred plant ceremonies, psychomagic art, nature excursions, sound healing, and stillness. But beyond the practices, you’ll be entering into something deeper, a space of remembering.
Throughout our time together, you’ll sit with Indigenous elders and artisans, the guardians of tradition who have devoted their lives to preserving the stories, crafts, and medicines of this land. Their presence offers a bridge to ancestral knowledge that is still very much alive and breathing.
We’ll gather in council around shared meals, in open circles of word and silence, art and laughter. Here, community is medicine. Your story is welcome. Your process is sacred.
Immerse yourself in the embrace of the Peruvian Amazon, where the songs of the jungle, the wisdom of ancestral rituals, and the creative spirit of your soul converge guiding you into a journey of deep transformation, inner healing, and the remembrance of your true essence.
Your All-Inclusive Sacred Roots Retreat
Your Jungle Sanctuary
A 10-night stay in the lush heart of the Peruvian Amazon. Choose from private or shared rooms, surrounded by forest, rivers, and the sounds of nature. A space to rest deeply, slow down, and reconnect with the pulse of the Earth.
Nourishing Plant-Based Cuisine
Enjoy three wholesome, locally-sourced meals each day, lovingly prepared with Amazonian ingredients. Food that grounds your body and uplifts your spirit, simple, nourishing, and made with heart.
Ancestral Arts & Earth Rituals
Tap into the medicine of creation through daily clay work, traditional crafts, and fire rituals. Reawaken your creative soul and reconnect to the ancient wisdom of working with your hands and the Earth.
Sacred Plant Immersions
Guided with deep respect and integrity, participate in three traditional Amazonian plant ceremonies of Ayahuasca. A powerful invitation to open your heart, cleanse, and remember who you truly are held in a safe, intentional space.
Integration & RestDaily integration practices
journaling, sound healing, embodiment, and breath-work — will support your inner process, anchoring insights into your body and life.
Nature & Sacred Sites
Visit sacred waterfalls, bathe in crystal-clear rivers, and connect with the spirit of the land through guided jungle immersions and traditional blessings by local elders.
Ceremony & Community
Gather in authentic connection, with music, movement, storytelling, and silence. A space where vulnerability is honoured, joy is celebrated, and soul family is found.
Meet Your Hosts
Lia Alzamora
Lia Alzamora is a Peruvian-born ceramicist and facilitator whose journey with clay began as a homecoming. The first time she touched clay, she felt completely present her mind stopped racing, and for the first time, she reconnected with herself.During a period of deep imbalance caused by psychiatric medication, Lia discovered the world of sacred medicinal plants. Through ceremonies and traditional plant dietas, she experienced a powerful purification and a return to her true essence. That process became the foundation of her life’s work: using art as a path of healing.Her journey took her deep into the Peruvian Amazon, where she lived for several years and was embraced by Indigenous communities. They shared with her ancestral techniques, rituals, and sacred wisdom. In San Roque de Cumbaza, the place where her journey truly began, she formed a lasting bond with the land and its spirits.Lia carries that jungle wisdom in her hands. Her ceramic practice is a form of living medicine, bringing healing into everyday life through beauty, presence, and ritual. Her workshops and retreats are designed to guide participants into connection with themselves, with the elements, and with community.As a retreat facilitator, Lia creates spaces filled with safety, care, and natural, elegance environments where people feel held, free to express, and open to transformation.Now based in Sydney, she continues to share the ancestral knowledge that shaped her, weaving together earth, art, and spirit through therapeutic clay work and community experiences.
Carmen Santillán has been walking the path of plant medicine for over 15 years. Her journey began not through formal training or lineage, but through a powerful inner calling, one that led her to drink Ayahuasca alone in the jungle, many times, in deep communion with the spirits of the forest.Through this solitude, Carmen developed a direct and authentic relationship with the medicine, a connection that informs every aspect of her work. Her icaros are not learned or rehearsed; they arise in the moment, carried by intuition and shaped by the needs of those in the ceremony. Her voice becomes a vessel, as if in real-time dialogue with the plants themselves.As a mother of five, Carmen embodies strength, softness, and presence. She brings the calm authority of a nurturing elder someone who knows how to hold space without interference, performance, or ego. Her focus is always on creating a safe and sincere environment where real transformation can unfold.Carmen’s work is not commercialised, nor widely promoted. She offers her medicine with care, humility, and deep intention only to those who come in genuine search of healing. Her presence in ceremony is steady, grounded, and unmistakably powerful.To sit with Carmen is to experience a form of healing that is rare: unfiltered, feminine-led, and rooted in true connection.
Carmen Santillan
San Roque De Cumbaza
Just 30 minutes from Tarapoto City, San Roque de Cumbaza is a peaceful village nestled in the lush Peruvian Amazon. Surrounded by rivers, waterfalls, and ancient forest, this sacred valley is known for its vibrant energy and deep spiritual connection to the land. More than a destination, San Roque is a portal where time slows down and nature invites you to remember who you are. The local community lives in harmony with the Earth, offering a warm and grounding presence throughout your stay.Our retreat takes place in an eco-conscious lodge nestled in nature. Open-air yoga spaces, nourishing meals, and quiet gardens create the perfect setting to rest, reconnect, and transform.
The Lodge
Our jungle retreat takes place in a conscious eco-lodge, crafted with natural and sustainable materials, nestled beside a flowing river with a private beach.
This peaceful space features open-air rooms, lush gardens, and inspiring common areas designed for connection and relaxation, including a riverside deck, shared hammocks, and outdoor lounge areas.
The kitchen is plant-based and intentionally curated for our retreat, aligned with the use of master plants and deep inner work.
Here, every detail supports presence, healing, and harmony with the Earth. It’s not just where we stay, it’s part of the medicine.
the rooms
Inti Manta Suite
This spacious, standalone bungalow is the most private room in the eco-lodge. It features a king-size bed, a private bathroom with hot water, and a large open-air terrace overlooking the Cumbaza River. Perfect for those seeking quiet integration, deep sleep, and connection with the surrounding nature.
Private Bathroom
Garden and River View
22M2
Kind Bed
Terrace +
Balcony
USD $3,700 pp
Early bird - Until Sept 8th - USD 3,255 pp
Yacu Manta House
USD $3,200 pp
Early bird - Until Sept 8th - USD 2,816 pp
Sleep to the sound of flowing waterLocated in the lower part of the eco-lodge, just steps from the river, these cozy rooms offer a peaceful connection with nature.
We offer two formats for the double room:
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The Altillo Double – a cozy mezzanine-style space with elevated charm.
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The Standard Double – spacious and inviting, perfect for relaxing after our daily activities.
Both options are thoughtfully designed to immerse you in the surrounding nature and provide comfort during your retreat.
Rooms can be set up for couples (using the double bed) or shared (using both beds).All rooms include a private bathroom, hot water, and direct access to a private terrace with beautiful views of the Cumbaza River 🌱 We are eco-friendly: In alignment with our permaculture principles, all bathrooms are dry/compost toilets.
Double Beds
Single + Double Bed
Private Bathroom
Garden and River View
22M2
Terrace +
Balcony
Quilla Manta house
USD $2,700 pp
Immersed in nature, perfect for sharing. Located on the upper part of the eco-lodge, at the end of a peaceful uphill path, this rustic cabin offers beautiful forest views and fresh mountain air. It features two spacious rooms, each with up to three single beds — ideal for friends or solo travelers. A shared bathroom area with hot water is just steps away, surrounded by trees and birdsong.•
3 Single Beds
Shared Bathroom
Jungle View
22M2
Shared Rest Area
Early bird - Until Sept 8th - USD 2,376 pp
Ayahuasca
Our retreat works with sacred Amazonian medicines in a ceremonial, grounded, and deeply respectful way. These plants are not recreational; they are ancient healing tools that connect us to the spirit of nature, to ancestral wisdom, and ultimately, to ourselves.
What is Ayahuasca? Ayahuasca, often called the "Vine of the Soul", is a sacred tea brewed from the Banisteriopsis caapi vine and Chacruna leaves (Psychotria viridis). Used for centuries by Amazonian shamans, this plant medicine facilitates deep physical, emotional, and spiritual healing.
What to Expect in an Ayahuasca Ceremony?
During our ceremonies, experienced facilitator Carmen Santillán gently guides the space with traditional Icaros (medicine songs), silence, and sacred tools like Mapacho (Amazonian tobacco). The atmosphere is respectful, intentional, and safe. Each participant's experience is unique, but may include: Emotional purging (crying, vomiting, shaking) Visual and spiritual visions
Deep insight into personal patterns, trauma, and healingA sense of connection to something greater. Participation in ceremonies is always optional and you will be fully supported throughout the process, including preparation and integration.
Ayahuasca & Tobacco Purge
Ayahuasca helps purify the body, realign the spirit, and bring forth a profound sense of clarity and emotional release. It’s a tool for:
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Releasing trauma and grief.
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Breaking free from addictions or limiting behaviours gaining clarity on life purpose or inner confusion
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Healing conditions such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, and even physical ailments (as reported anecdotally)This medicine doesn’t heal you; it shows you the path so you can heal yourself.
Tobacco Purge Early in the retreat, we offer a traditional Amazonian tobacco purge with Nicotiana rustica. This is not a psychedelic experience, but a deeply cleansing one. The warm tobacco infusion is drunk in ceremony and serves as a powerful physical and energetic detox — preparing your body and mind for the deeper work with Ayahuasca. This ritual clears the digestive system, calms the nervous system, and releases stagnant emotional energy. Though challenging, it is often one of the most clarifying and grounding ceremonies of the retreat.
AYAHUASCA PREPARATION
To open yourself fully to the experience, we recommend following these guidelines 7–14 days before the retreat: Cleanse Your Body
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Eat clean and simple meals. Favour fruits, vegetables, grains, and plant-based food.
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Avoid: Red meat, pork, heavily fried foods, Spicy, fried, or fermented food
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Processed sugar and artificial additives
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Caffeine (especially coffee), Alcohol, cigarettes, vapes, and recreational drugs
Eliminate Chemical Substances
Please pause the use of any non-essential medications or chemical substances. If you're on antidepressants, MAOIs, or other long-term medication, you must inform us in advance; some may need to be safely tapered under guidance.
Protect Your Energy
Refrain from sexual activity (including self-pleasure) at least 3–5 days prior. This helps preserve vital energy and increase sensitivity to the medicine.
Down Internally
Reduce screen time and social media. Begin spending quiet time in nature, journaling, meditating, or setting intentions. Let your nervous system settle.
Who Can and Cannot Participate in Ayahuasca Ceremonies?
Who Can and Cannot Participate in Ayahuasca Ceremonies. Ayahuasca is a sacred Amazonian medicine that works deeply on the body, mind, and spirit. For your safety, the safety of the group, and the integrity of the work, there are important guidelines on who can and cannot participate.
You May Participate If
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You are in good overall physical and mental health
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.You are over 18 years of age.
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You can follow the preparation guidelines (diet, lifestyle adjustments, and medication restrictions).
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You are emotionally stable and able to engage in deep inner work.
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You have no history of severe psychiatric conditions such as psychosis or schizophrenia.
You Cannot Participate If You:
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Are currently taking antidepressants (especially SSRIs, MAOIs) or certain psychiatric medications — risk of dangerous interactions.
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Have a history of psychosis, schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder (Questions? feel free to ask).
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Have serious heart conditions or uncontrolled high blood pressure.
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Are pregnant or breastfeeding.
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Have epilepsy or other seizure disorders.
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Are currently using recreational drugs or alcohol heavily.
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Have recently undergone major surgery or are in fragile physical health.
Payments and Cancellations
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To secure your spot, you must pay 50% of the total retreat cost.
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Of this 50%, USD 500 is non-refundable, used to cover basic retreat expenses.
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The remaining balance (50%) must be paid at least 6 weeks before the retreat start date.
Cancellations and Outstanding Payments
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If you cancel at any time, the non-refundable $500 deposit will not be returned.
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If you cancel less than 6 weeks before the retreat, no payments made will be refunded, including the deposit and any additional payments.
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If the remaining balance is not paid at least 6 weeks before the retreat, your spot may be cancelled automatically, and you will forfeit the non-refundable $500 deposit.
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If you experience difficulties paying on time, don't hesitate to get in touch with us to discuss options; extensions are not guaranteed without prior communication.
Customised Payment Plans
We offer personalised payment plan options to support your participation. If you require a customised payment method or plan, please complete the registration form and contact us to discuss your needs.
What is included and what isn't included at the retreat
what is Included :
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10 nights / 11 Days in an eco-lodge at San Roque de Cumbaza, Peru
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All meals included
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3 Ayahuasca ceremonies
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1 tobacco purge
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Transportation from Tarapoto city to the lodge and from the lodge to the airport.
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All tours and hikes of our schedule
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All materials of art for the workshops (ask for the schedule)
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Cacao ceremonies & Static dance
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A surprise gift kit
What is not included
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Airfare or transportation to the retreat location
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Airport transfers apart from Tarapoto Airport - Loge - Tarapoto Airport
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Travel insurance – it is mandatory to obtain one for the retreat (covering both medical and trip cancellation).
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Visa fees or entry permits (if applicable)
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Vaccinations or medical tests before travel
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Meals or accommodation before/after the retreat dates
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Personal expenses (snacks, drinks, souvenirs, laundry, etc.)
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Optional excursions or activities not listed in the itinerary
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Private healing sessions or massages (unless booked separately)
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Post-integration therapy or counselling (we can refer professionals if needed)
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Tips or gratuities for facilitators, staff, or guides
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Internet/Wi-Fi access (if not provided at retreat site)
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