Ayahuasca Foundation
Description
Ayahuasca Foundation is a retreat center in Iquitos, Peru, set along the river and surrounded by the quiet of the Amazon. Located at Psje. K-18, it offers a secluded setting for guests looking to step away from daily routines and spend time in a more natural, reflective environment.
The foundation is described by visitors as rustic but comfortable, with simple, healthy food, friendly staff, and facilitators who are knowledgeable, caring, and attentive. Its approach appears to be centered on thoughtful healing work, with space for rest, reflection, and time to unplug. Swimming is available right on the river, and the remote location adds to the sense of retreat.
Practical conditions are part of the experience here: there is no electricity beyond solar panels, and no internet or regular phone service, aside from an emergency satellite phone. The center is open daily from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM, making it suitable for extended stays focused on quiet, immersion, and personal work.
Place Information
Address
Psje. K-18, Iquitos 16000, Peru, Iquitos
City
Iquitos
Country
Peru
Location
Rooms & Accommodation
Student Tambo (Jungle Hut)
The Kesten Rono Plant Medicine School features a mini village in a remote part of the rainforest, consisting of small collections of huts spread over a cleared expanse of jungle terrain. Every student is assigned a tambo, or jungle hut, on the property. These huts and the other buildings like the dining room, vapor bath hut, and ceremony maloca, come together to form a peaceful little village for the students, surrounded by the energies of the plants. The student huts provide the basics in accommodations, a bed, a hammock, a desk, and a closet. Each hut also has a bathroom with running water. The simplicity of the rooms resembles an authentic indigenous hut, with some added improvements in comfort. The plant medicine school features is a mini village in a remote part of the rainforest, consisting of small collections of huts spread over a cleared expanse of jungle terrain. Each student hut, or tambo, has a private bathroom with running water. Rooms are furnished with a bed with bedding and mosquito net, a desk and chair, a closet, and a hammock. There are outlets and lights but there is only electricity for a few hours each day. On-site, all ayahuasca preparation, plant baths, vapor baths, and other remedies are crafted with care, strengthening the connection to the healing plants. While accommodations are simple, the profound beauty, power, and peace of the rainforest are ever-present in this extraordinary and sacred place. Kesten Rono School offers an authentic jungle living experience, far away from the hustle and noise of modern life. It was designed specifically for the Shipibo Curandero Initiation Course. This location has tremendous energy due to the quality and integrity of plant dietas being done here by students of the Noya Rao tradition. It is more rustic than the our other center, but you will feel an amazing connection with the plants instantly upon arrival. Kesten Rono is a place for deep immersion into the world of spirit plant healing. Students quickly recognize that the school and the entire experience during courses is authentic to the indigenous tradition being taught. This is as real a place as it gets.
Private Room
Private rooms with en suite bathrooms and electricity. Rooms contain two beds, fan, desk, closet, meditation suite, and complete bathroom.
Contact Information
Address
Psje. K-18, Iquitos 16000, Peru, Iquitos