This 4-day retreat includes several group walks and hikes to the province’s sacred waterfalls, lakes, mountains, and other waka kuskakuna. Visits to each sacred site include stories and information about their historical, cultural and spiritual significance, time for silent stillness, and a group Andean ceremony, all led by a Kichwa Otavalo yachak (Andean “shaman”).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This retreat includes one (optional) shamanic experience with entheogenic plants and one ceremonial pachamanka meal in which food is cooked with heated rocks inside an earth pit. Participants must be in good health and capable of safely negotiating local terrain with little assistance.

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Wednesday, March 5, 10:00 am - Saturday, March 8, 4:00 pm $660 per person in 2025

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Wednesday, July 2, 10:00 am - Saturday, July 5, 4:00 pm $660 per person in 2025

 

Fee includes guided walks and hikes, teachings, storytelling, Andean ceremonies, ten runa mikuy meals, transportation within the Imbabura province, and overnight lodging with an Agato Kichwa Otavalo family.

 

Register at this link.