How many ayahuasca ceremonies are in a week?

Four across seven nights, with a rest night between each. Two maestros are in every ceremony, which is one maestro for every three guests, and a physician is awake in the room until first light.

Which service should a first timer choose?

The standard week, which is four ayahuasca ceremonies. Most first time guests take the Kambo session and skip Bufo, and we will often recommend skipping Bufo on a first visit even when you would be cleared for it.

What disqualifies someone from these services?

For ayahuasca: MAOI medication of any kind, diagnosed schizophrenia or bipolar I, uncontrolled hypertension, epilepsy, severe liver disease, a cardiac event within twelve months, and pregnancy. For Kambo: heart conditions, low blood pressure, Addison's disease, pregnancy, or recovery from recent surgery. For Bufo: any reservation from the physician or the integration lead.

Our Services | Ayahuasca, Kambo and Bufo — Ceiba, Sacred Valley Peru

Q: Is integration included in the price?

Yes. Four calls in the first three months and then quarterly for a year, with the same integration lead who read your file before you travelled, scheduled on your time zone at no extra charge.

Our Services

Three medicines, cleared one at a time. Every week is built around four ayahuasca ceremonies. Kambo and Bufo are available to guests who are separately screened and who ask, at no extra charge, and neither is ever suggested to someone who did not raise it.

Begin your application Compare the three

01 · Included in every week · four ceremonies

Ayahuasca

A brew of the Banisteriopsis caapi vine and chacruna leaf, drunk after dark and worked with for five to six hours while two maestros sing icaros and move between guests all night. Purging is expected and prepared for at every mat. Nobody is asked how much to drink, and nobody is offered a second cup they did not request.

Four ceremonies over seven nightsTwo maestros in eachPhysician awake until first lightTwelve guests maximum

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How a night runs

Doors at eight, medicine served around nine
Five to six hours, closing at first light
Two maestros, one for every three guests
A physician in the room the entire night

Why four, not one

The first ceremony is mostly spent learning how to be in the room. The second is usually the one guests describe afterwards. A single ceremony rarely does much for anyone, which is why we do not sell weekend sittings.

Preparation

Three weeks of dieta before you fly: no alcohol, no fermented food, minimal salt and sugar. We send a grocery list written for US supermarkets and a day by day plan, and any medication taper is planned around your own prescriber.

A full stop for ayahuasca

MAOI medication of any kind, diagnosed schizophrenia or bipolar I, uncontrolled hypertension, epilepsy, severe liver disease, a cardiac event within the last twelve months, and pregnancy. SSRIs, SNRIs, lithium, tramadol, triptans and stimulants are reviewed individually and often require a supervised taper.

02 · Optional · one daytime session, no extra charge

Kambo

The secretion of the giant monkey frog, Phyllomedusa bicolor, applied to small points on the skin. Twenty to forty minutes of intense physical response, then it passes. A trained practitioner measures your fluid intake throughout and stays with you the whole time. It is not psychoactive; you are fully present for all of it.

Twenty to forty minutesDaytime, on a rest dayNever within 24 hours of a ceremonySeparate clearance

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What it is not

Not a psychedelic, not a warm up to ayahuasca, and not a detox in the sense the internet uses that word. We describe the physical experience accurately and make no claims about what it removes from your body.

Where it sits in the week

Always a rest day, never a ceremony day
At least twenty four hours either side
Morning, so the day is yours to recover
Skipped without comment if you change your mind

Why we screen it separately

Kambo puts a real load on blood pressure and fluid balance, and that load has nothing to do with the MAO inhibition that governs ayahuasca screening. Different risk, different assessment, different answer.

A full stop for Kambo

Heart conditions, low blood pressure, Addison’s disease, pregnancy or breastfeeding, recovery from recent surgery, and current chemotherapy. At altitude we watch fluid balance more closely than a jungle center needs to, and we will move or cancel a session rather than run it on a bad day.

03 · Optional · by clearance from two people

Bufo

A single brief session with 5-MeO-DMT, synthetically sourced so no toad is milked or harmed. Fifteen to twenty minutes, one to one, with two facilitators present and one seated beside you the whole time. Offered only in the quiet after the final ceremony, and only when the physician and your integration lead agree independently.

Fifteen to twenty minutesOne to one, two facilitatorsMorning after the last ceremonyTwo separate clearances

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Synthetic, and why

Milking wild Incilius alvarius stresses the animal and the demand is damaging populations. Synthetic 5-MeO-DMT is molecularly identical and takes nothing from the desert. We would not offer it otherwise.

Two people have to agree

The physician, on medical grounds
Your integration lead, on everything else
Either can decline without explaining it
No appeal, and no charge either way

Often we say wait

Many guests who would be cleared are advised to leave Bufo for a future visit. It is short, extremely intense, and integrates poorly when stacked on top of a first ayahuasca week. Declining it is the common outcome, not the rare one.

A full stop for Bufo

Any reservation from either lead. Beyond that: cardiac history, uncontrolled hypertension, diagnosed schizophrenia or bipolar I, epilepsy, pregnancy, and any current psychiatric medication that has not been fully reviewed. First time guests are frequently asked to wait.

$5,800 covers all of it

Including both optional medicines for guests who are cleared. There is no tiered package and no add-on menu, because pricing a second medicine separately gives a center a reason to recommend it.

Not included

Flights, budget $700 to $1,300 from most US hubs. Travel insurance, which we require. Nights in Cusco either side. Any taper appointments with your own prescriber.

Which of the three is right for you

The short version: everyone comes for ayahuasca, most guests take the Kambo session, and few should take Bufo on a first visit.

	Ayahuasca	Kambo	Bufo
Included	Yes, four ceremonies every week	Optional, no extra charge	Optional, no extra charge
Duration	Five to six hours, overnight	Twenty to forty minutes, daytime	Fifteen to twenty minutes, morning
Psychoactive	Yes, profoundly	No, fully present throughout	Yes, very short and very intense
Setting	Group of twelve, two maestros	One to one with a practitioner	One to one, two facilitators
Who clears it	The physician	The physician	The physician and your integration lead, independently
Dieta applies	Yes, three weeks before and one after	Yes, you are already on it	Yes, same week
First visit	Yes, this is the week	Commonly, if cleared	Usually advised to wait
Choose it if	You want the work this whole center is built around	You want the physical reset and you are medically clear for it	You have sat before and both leads agree you are ready

Nothing on this page is medical advice and these lists are not exhaustive. Send your file and let the physician decide.

About the services

Can I do all three in one week?

Possibly, but never on the same day and only if each is cleared on its own contraindications. Ayahuasca is in every week. Kambo sits on a rest day at least twenty four hours from any ceremony. Bufo is offered only on the morning after the final ceremony. Plenty of guests are cleared for one or two and not the third.

Do Kambo and Bufo cost extra?

No. Both are included in the $5,800 week for guests who are cleared and who ask. Neither is ever suggested to a guest who did not raise it, because pricing a second medicine separately gives a center a financial reason to recommend it.

Why four ayahuasca ceremonies rather than two?

Because the first is mostly spent learning how to be in the room, and the fourth is where most guests say the work actually landed. Two ceremonies is a weekend product. Four with rest nights between them is what the maestros asked for.

I am a first timer. What should I choose?

The standard week, four ayahuasca ceremonies, and the Kambo session if you are cleared and curious. We will often advise skipping Bufo on a first visit even when you would pass the medical screening, because it integrates poorly stacked on a first week.

Is Bufo taken from live toads?

Not here. We use synthetically sourced 5-MeO-DMT, which is molecularly identical and takes nothing from wild Incilius alvarius populations. Ask any center this question directly and note how precisely they answer.

What if I change my mind once I arrive?

Then you skip it, without comment and without anyone asking twice. That applies to a Kambo session, a Bufo session, and any individual ceremony. You keep the room, the food and every integration call.

Is integration included?

Yes. Four calls in the first three months, then quarterly for a year, with the same integration lead who read your file before you travelled, scheduled on your time zone at no extra charge.