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We are an ayahuasca retreat healing center, operating as a lodge in the Amazon rainforest. We are located 90 minutes outside of Iquitos, Peru near the small village of Llanchama along the Nanay River.
We provide traditional Shipibo medicine services wich includes: healing and learning diets, master plant medicine, and traditional Shipibo ayahuasca ceremonies.
Once you are here, you will meet with our shaman master healer Ricardo Amaringo, and with the asistance of a profesional translator, you can explain him your intention for the healing procces.
Your treatment will then be tailored to your personal needs, often including further treatment with a master plant. Furthermore, in traditional style, you will then adhere to a strict healing diet developed to promote the healing work of the curanderos and our medicinal plants.
Once on the diet, you will be invited to participate in ayahuasca ceremonies four times a week, for further ceremonial healing under the guidance of Ricardo and his assistants shamans. In ceremony, you will be further treated by the curanderos through the traditional healing song, called icaros.
The day after every ayahuasca ceremony, with the exception of Fridays, there is a group discussion led by Ricardo to review experiences in the ceremony and the progress of all of our participants, apprentices and visitors.
In some cases, further treatment techniques are also indicated, including healing plant preparations for bathing and vapor treatment, or cataplasm.
Traditional treatment requires time, so visitors are encouraged to visit us for one week or more. Group programs are often designed for 10 days or 2 weeks and more advanced treatment can take one/two months or longer.
For particular individuals, we also offer traditional diets for learning under the guidance of Ricardo. This level of training is best discussed in person with Ricardo himself.
We charge an all-inclusive daily fee for our services, which covers transport from the Iquitos airport, private room, modern bathrooms and showers, diet meals, laundry service, electricity, wifi internet, traditional medicine and experienced international facilitator staff support.
If you are interested in visiting, please email us to establish contact and verify availability at our center. From that point, we can plan your visit!
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Ed
September 17, 2017 at 8:01 amNihue Rao is a truly amazing place. I have been to another center near Iquitos before, but this one is clearly more focused on healing, in a very serious and structured process. Ricardo is an amazing and world-renowned shaman, and so are the other three shamans that operate with him during the ceremonies. The staff in general is extremely helpful and reliable, especially during ceremonies. I felt in a very safe place, which helped me work a lot on my intentions. And I can already see now the improvement and positive impact it had on my life. I will definitely go back to Nihue Rao to continue the journey and I will definitely recommend it to my friends and anyone willing to find healing. In fact I already did.
junglegeorge
September 8, 2017 at 5:23 pmNihue Rao, the shamans Ricardo and Miguel, and the helpers and the rest of the workers there saved my life!
A friend of mine recommended this place.
I was going trough a divorce and at the time I had a girlfriend and the relationship was not doing good. That as well was bringing a lot of anger, depression and anxiety out of me. My life was a mess. 17 years ago I was as well for one year in a drug rehab. I do have an addictive personality. I started drinking and still training martial arts every day in the morning. It was very hard on my body. My mind was racing with negative thoughts. I have two kids and knew that I need to do something. Work was bad as well (I am self employed) and I owed money to all my friends, to the IRS and had no more credit cards and the banks where calling me all the time.
The first time I went to Nihue Rao was in July 2016 for 10 days. Those 10 days changed my life. I came back a different person. Actually the same guy but without all the dark, negative baggage and all the problems did not look unsolvable. My approach to life changed. Not only work is better and I stopped drinking, but I stared rebuilding my relationships with all the people around me. The healing went much deeper than I expected. I saw and understood where all my problems started, where all my traumas came from.
Now I have a much better relationship with my kids, parents, friends, even with my ex wife we put the arguments aside and living separate we still take good care of our kids. I forgave myself and all the people in my life. I feel free! Don’t need anymore anything like alcohol or any other drugs. Still going to the gym. My energy levels are much higher then they used to be ever before. My smile is real. I feel in peace.
I was blessed that from the first time I went right to Nihue Rao. I have seen there many people that have been to other places and then they actually needed even more help to get out of the mess other “centers” got them into. It is not a joke. You have to be very careful where you go and with who you do Ayauasca. Make sure it is light shamans, shamans that are willing to help and do good. That have good intentions. Shamans that have dieted the right way the master plants and that have done many diets without any shortcuts.
I was blessed that I went to Nihue Rao because Ricardo and the rest of the shamans there have good souls and are experts in working with Ayauasca. As well as Joe [last name removed by request] was saying once – Ricardo understands the type of problems that we have in the “developed” world.
After I came back in 2016 all my friends saw the changes and I went within 1 year 4 more times bringing back people and witnessing miracles. I can not describe the joy I get from seeing the change in my friends and in me. We all are brothers and sisters and there is nothing better than to reach out and help the people that want to change for good.
Thank you so much Nihuea Rao. Thank you Ricardo. Thank you Miguel, Thank you Benoit. Thank you Glennis. Thank you Joe. Thank you Cvita, Thank you Martina, Thank you Markus. Thank you to all the wonderful loving staff at the center.
Thank you Mama Ayauasca and thank you Master Plants!
Thank God!
Love you all!
JBones
August 23, 2017 at 8:18 pmNihue Rao is the real deal. If you want an authentic Ayahuasca retreat with no funny business then go to this sacred Shipibo run center. Ricardo is a master shaman who will guide you expertly in your healing process along with his team of professional shamans and truly caring and nurturing staff. I am forever grateful to all those at Nihue Rao for making me feel like part of the family in both of my stays here. I just recently returned from a 10 day retreat which was absolutely life changing. I was here previously 2 years ago with my wife- who will be returning on her own this spring. Niue Rao is absolutely safe for women to attend on their own, many of the pasajeros are solo women. Ricardo and his staff have a great respect for female pasajeros and take extra care to make them feel comfortable and safe. I really can’t recommend this center enough- the accommodations are very comfortable, the food is humble and nutritious in respect to the variety of master plant diets available, the staff is always very helpful and will make you feel at home. This is a center of total healing, incorporating various Shipibo methods in addition to Ayahuasca. I had several massages which were incredible and well priced. There are always various artists and artisans stopping by sharing their work, and an art center where you can express yourself in any medium. The land itself is very well maintained with numerous flowering trees and plants of all kinds. Parrots, monkeys, rabbits and a great number of other animals are around to help you in your journey. If you need to get to town or need anything from town it is easy to get there or have someone get something for you. All in all, you are in the best hands at Nihue Rao, everyone is looking out for your well-being. I’ve never felt so taken care of, there is the utmost focus on your healing- and quite successfully I would add. Benoit runs the center and he is really a Saint. If you have any reservations about visiting Nihue Rao throw them out the window. It is a sanctuary of health. I am forever grateful for their services and hope to return in the near future. My heart is in the maloka. Gracias and irake!
Daniel-Australia
July 30, 2017 at 8:37 amOn my quest for healing I felt as though I was stepping into the unknown. Very glad that I chose Nihue Rao, because during the ceremonies, it is obvious that the Shamans and helpers know exactly what they are doing, and so I felt safe. Initially intended to be there for 10 days, but stayed a full five weeks instead.
The accommodation was spacious, and I had my own room, with a hammock inside. Definetely felt at home.
Have every intention of returning to Nihue Rao in the near future.
Daniel Aranda
July 26, 2017 at 6:10 pmComing to Nihue Rao has been amazing, I could tell how well planned the whole place is, from the beginning you can tell these people are here to accommodate you and to care for you and to guide you through the whole healing process.
The actual retreat is located in a beautiful and quiet area outside Iquitos, the premises are well looked after, clean, with 24 hour electricity, running water and internet, also food is great and it is buffet, there is always fruit, tea and water available.
Ceremonies are well planned and they always have helpers looking after the patients.
I had beautiful experiences, some more intense that other ones, but I never felt left alone, it was great visiting this retreat, I would recommend this place to anyone looking for deep healing, Ricardo Amaringo is a very powerful shaman and healer, he has an vast understanding of the healing plant world and the spirit world, ceremonies are beautiful and so powerful, they have 4 shamans singing Icaros at the same time which intensifies the energy of the temple, cleaning and doing its healing work, in a very powerful way. I am already planing my next trip to Nihue Rao. I could not be happier, with my experience here. Great place. lovely people.