Casa del Sol San Pedro & Ayahuasca Retreats in Ecuador

Day 1
Arrival & Personal Interview
Welcome Sweat Lodge – Time of Intention Setting

Day 2
San Pedro & Mushrooms Medicine Mountain Hike with Andean Offering – Full Day

Day 3
Morning Breath Activation
River Bath
Qigong, Mudras and Meditation
*Optional Activities – see below*

Day 4
Morning Yoga
San Pedro Ceremony in our Mountain Maloka – Full Day

Day 5
Morning Kambo I (extra and optional)
Kirtan
Sharing Circle
Ayahuasca Night Ceremony

Day 6
Rest Day
*Optional Activities – see below*

Day 7 – (Departure 7-Days retreat participants)
San Pedro Medicine Hike to the Waterfall – Full Day
Voice Activation Workshop

Day 8
Kambo II (optional)
Sharing Circle
Ayahuasca Night Ceremony

Day 9
Rest Day
*Optional Activities – see below*

Day 10
Morning Yoga
San Pedro Ceremony with Sweat Lodge – Full Day

Day 11
Kambo III (extra and optional)
Departure

We have a wide choice of rooms that suit every need. At maximum retreat capacity, we have 3 private rooms and 6 shared rooms. We have both shared and private accommodations located in our main house and cabins by the river. All rooms are in close proximity to clean bathrooms and include electricity.

Our main home has a spacious living room for relaxing, a large kitchen for a handful of cooks, a dining room that seats sixteen, a grassy courtyard and a terrace surrounded by climbing flowers that overlook the valley. There are nearby walking trails for short day treks and flourishing gardens for lounging at home.

Getting to Ecuador

Casa del Sol Retreat Center is located in the beautiful Sacred Valley of San Pedro in Vilcabamba. The closest airport is the Catamayo (Loja Airport, LOH)

The best travel itinerary is to book your flight to Quito (UIO), as flights to Loja are currently only departing from Quito. Once in Quito, please book a flight to Loja Airport (LOH) through Aeroregional. You can reserve your ticket here: www.aeroregional.net
Please note that flights to Loja Airport are currently available only 4 times a week: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Make sure your flight ticket matches one of these days.

COVID-19 Protocols
The 14-day quarantine upon entering the country was lifted in August, and the only requirement now is a negative COVID test result, maximum of 10 days before your arrival.
Ecuador has transitioned to a new normality. Certain security measures are still being followed in the big cities. In little towns, where the number of cases has been kept to a minimum, life is slowly going back to normal.
People here in Vilcabamba still rely on natural plant medicine and preventive uses of those medicines to strengthen their immune system. The Sacred Valley is offering a place to be more relaxed during this pandemic where we are surrounded by the beauty of Nature.

Getting to the Retreat Center
After you land at the Loja ‘Catamayo’ Airport (LOH), we will have a taxi service ride waiting and ready to take you to Casa del Sol, after you enjoy a 90-minute drive through the beautiful Andean valley.
Please let us know your arrival and departure flights and times in for us to coordinate accordingly.

Also…
Alternatively if you arrive days before the start of the retreat, you may take a taxi from the airport to Vilcabamba, the closest town to our center.

There are many beautiful accommodations here in the valley. We highly recommend Hosteria Izhcayluma: http://www.izhcayluma.com/en/vilcabamba.html

If staying in Vilcabamba, to get to Casa del Sol you can take a taxi from the town square and tell them to take you to ‘Casa de Santiago y Ximena en barrio Sacapo en San Pedro’. It’s the first bridge by the river on the right hand side. The fare is approximately $4, depending on where in town you start your journey. The following is a photo of our entrance.