La Luna del
Amazonas

Ayahuasca retreat outside
Iquitos, Peru

Before your retreat

1. Medical guidelines

Before you book your retreat make sure you have read our medical guidelines.

2. Register to one of our retreats!

Fill in the booking form.

Wait for your application to be approved, usually within 1-2 business days.

Pay the deposit to secure your spot, and wait for the confirmation and welcome email.

In addition to the information provided here, you will receive a welcome email containing all the necessary information, tips, and tricks upon registering for a retreat.

3. Retreat Booking Terms and Conditions

1. Non-Refundable Payment

All retreat fees are non-refundable, regardless of the reason for cancellation. This policy allows us to continue offering a high-quality retreat experience. Much of the preparation for your stay begins long before your arrival — from the dedicated customer service answering your questions, to coordinating travel, to preparing the medicine and ceremony space.

We honor our commitments to local workers, healers, cooks, boat drivers, and guides by paying them in advance, trusting that those called to this work will also honor their commitment. Additionally, due to tax regulations in Peru and international banking fees, we are unable to return funds once they have been processed.

Your offering helps us tend to the space, the medicine, and the spirit of the work with love, integrity, and fairness to all involved.

2. Reservation and Confirmation

Your spot is only secured once full payment of the deposit has been received. We recommend booking early, as spaces are limited and often fill quickly.

3. Transfer of Booking

We have some of the most flexible booking terms in the industry. While many retreats keep your deposit if you can’t attend, we allow you to reschedule. If you are unable to join, you may transfer your booking to another person, as long as you notify us at least 14 days before the retreat start date. All transfers require our approval, and the new participant must meet the necessary health and participation criteria.

Alternatively, you may apply your deposit toward a future retreat, ensuring your place is simply postponed — not lost.

4. Travel and Health Insurance

We strongly encourage all participants to purchase comprehensive travel and health insurance, including coverage for retreat cancellation, illness, and travel disruptions.

5. Cancellation by Organizer

In the unlikely event that we must cancel or reschedule a retreat due to unforeseen circumstances, you will have the option to transfer your payment to a future retreat. We take our commitment to our guests seriously and have never cancelled a single retreat — except when we were required to pause during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns.

6. Health and Medical Conditions

It is your responsibility to inform us of any relevant health conditions, medications, or mental health considerations prior to attending. We reserve the right to decline participation if we believe the retreat is not suitable for you.

7. Agreement to Terms


By submitting your deposit, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to these terms and conditions.

4. Flight tickets and arrival to Iquitos

Once you have recieved our welcome email you can book your flight tickets to Iquitos (IQT). You will arrive at the international airport in Lima, Peru before boarding a plane to your final destination of Iquitos, Peru. We recommend to fly in to Iquitos on Sunday and stay a night in town, as we pick up on Monday at 11am

A tuk-tuk taxi from the airport to downtown Iquitos costs 25 Peruvian soles, and a car taxi around 40-50 Peruvian soles. We recommend a Tuk-tuk if sunny. When you exit the airport there are many drivers waiting, but there are no taxi companies like Uber around. Be sure to agree on the price before departure. Many hotels can arrange airport pick up for you.

There are many great places to stay in Iquitos!

We can recommend in mid-range: Casa Morey for cultural architecture.

For a very affordable option, we recommend Hostal Huayruro. Though not luxurious, it's clean, has nice beds, AC, and is very affordable.

For those seeking a luxury experience, Hotel de Turistas offers fancy accommodations, nice views, and a great breakfast."

5. Preparation diet

We don't require you to go on a hardcore diet before your retreat, however we encourage you to eat as healthy as possible, always :)

You don't need to exclude salt or sugar or oils, but if you normally have a high intake you can reduce them, and stay away from processed foods as much as you can, this way you might experience less physical purge, and can jump directly to the mental and spiritual purges.

We do strongly recommend you to stay away from pork meat at least 1 week prior to your retreat and 48 hours prior you should avoid alcohol and sexual activity.

The diet is much more important once you have the medicine in your body, to let it process properly, and once your retreat starts you will be served a diet that is optimal for the medicine to do it's magic.

The reson for this is, when we exclude salt, sugar and oils, we open up and become very sensitive to absorb any energies around us. This is of course great if you are at a safe and peaceful place, like our center in the jungle, but could be potentially harmful if you're living in the city and are around all kinds of energies that you wanna be protected from.

Traditionally the shamans do all their dietas in isolation for this reason. Doing it around people in the city or when spending time on airports generally not a great idea unless you want to absorb those energies.

On the other hand, once your retreat starts you will also start your diet here, and after your retreat it's important to stay away from a few things for some time so that you don't cut the process of the medicine. You will get your post-diet restrictions from our shamans the last day of your retreat in order to be able to integrate and incorporate all the light and healing energies that you have received from mother ayahuasca during your stay.

6. Pick-up day:

On Monday we will pick you up at 12 PM in Iquitos.

Along the boat ride to Santa Maria from Iquitos on the Amazon river there is a good possibility we might see pink dolphins.

After you have settled in your room we will have lunch and everyone will have a chance to meet the Shamans and staff. We will then take a walk around the grounds and get everyone acquainted with the property.

5. Enjoy your stay!

Our retreats are all inclusive, and you only need to bring your toothbrush. But we do recommend that you also bring: