Costa Rica · 14 days
Day one is arrival and orientation: a walk-through of the space, a detailed conversation about what the dieta involves and what to expect, a Q&A, and a family dinner. On day two the diet opens with a ceremony — Ayahuasca is optional and costs extra — and from there the rhythm settles. Days three to eleven are the core:…
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Costa Rica · 14 days · From EUR 4015 (indicative)
Day one is arrival and orientation: a walk-through of the space, a detailed conversation about what the dieta involves and what to expect, a Q&A, and a family dinner. On day two the diet opens with a ceremony — Ayahuasca is optional and costs extra — and from there the rhythm settles. Days three to eleven are the core: you drink your plant tea daily, meditate or sit in dream time, journal about what comes up, walk the land or rest, and have a daily integration session with Fiona or Neil. Breakfast and dinner are provided each day.
On day twelve the diet closes with a ceremony, which can be brought forward if you decide you are done. Day thirteen is a closing cacao ceremony with brunch, snacks and dinner, and day fourteen is breakfast and departure. Ayahuasca ceremonies can be added at any point during the diet for an additional fee; the plant used is grown and brewed in the region by someone the hosts know, so it has not travelled through airports or passed through many hands.
What separates this from a larger group retreat is that it is private. There is no circle of strangers — the whole two weeks is shaped around one person's needs, with the option to keep to yourself or lean on your hosts as much or as little as you want. Fiona and Neil have sat in many circles, both indigenous and non-indigenous to the Amazon, and have learned from lineages within the Shipibo-Konibo and Huni Kuin tribes. Their stated priority is careful screening, trauma-informed facilitation and small numbers; they host six or fewer.
You do not need to arrive knowing which plant you want. If you already have one in mind, they can hold a diet for a plant that is not on their list. If not, they will help you work out which plant suits what you are bringing. The plants they work with closely include Ayahuasca, cacao, artemisia/mugwort, bobinsana, chuchuwasi, dandelion, rose, cannabis, passion flower, blue lotus, white sage, tulsi and huachuma/San Pedro.
The location is a private finca in the jungle outside Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, in Limón Province. It is secluded and quiet, with the canopy right outside the windows and the sounds of the jungle as the daily soundtrack. Punta Uva beach is about 15 minutes away by car. Limón International Airport (LIO) is roughly an hour's drive; Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) near San José is about three hours by road via Route 32.
- 13 nights cosy and comfortable accommodation in a private room with king bed and private bathroom - Two simple and nutritious meals a day (breakfast and dinner) - The plant material you are dieting - Medical screening - Pre and post retreat support from the team - Daily integration sessions - Opening and closing diet ceremonies - Closing cacao ceremony - Parking - Wifi connection
- Flights costs - Travel insurance - Visa fee - Additional Ayahuasca ceremonies - Airport transfers (available as an optional extra) - Extra nights before or after the retreat (available as an optional upgrade)