For easy booking please visit: www.hayulima.com
Our Healing Sanctuary is where you can connect with your true essence.
We provide ceremonies with master plants and other traditional rituals of Indo-American and Andean culture which increase your spiritual well being. These ancestral medicines allow a process of deep healing on a physical and emotional level, helping you to expand your consciousness and awaken your spiritual connection.
For easy booking please visit: www.hayulima.com
Hayulima Spiritual Sanctuary resides over 112 hectares of pristine and protected cloud forest located in Mindo, Ecuador. Hayulima's surrounding forest is teeming with an abundance of wildlife and native flora. Toucans, hummingbirds, butterflies, and countless other species inhabit the sacred space freely. Our various sacred ceremonies take place inside confortable malokas, teepees, and sweat-lodges. These locations serve as gathering points to meet, pray, sing, and share our time together.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
Fresh buffet-style meals with abundant vegetarian and vegan options, seasonal vegetables, fruits, and whole foods. On some days, an optional meat dish is offered, always supporting the plant medicine
Via El Cinto Alto #7
Mindo, Ecuador
(We are 2.5 hours from Quito Airport)
Customer Reviews
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A Safe Space for Transformation
My experience at Hayulima has been one of the most profound and life-changing experiences of my life.
From the moment I arrived, I felt so much genuine care and warmth. The environment is beautifully held and structured, while still giving you the freedom and space to experience your own journey.
A huge part of this was the incredible Hayulima family/Shamans, Salvador, Amalia, Diana, Matias, Marciano, Santiago and a many more who welcomed us with so much warmth and compassion. They took the time to understand the thoughts and processes and, most importantly, simply listen. I never felt judged or rushed. I felt truly seen, heard, and cared for.
Each person brought such a beautiful energy, a sense of warmth, protection, wisdom, and grounding that I found incredibly comforting.
What touched me most was how genuine the care and love here felt from everyone. I arrived as one person, and I’m leaving feeling changed.
Thank you Michelle & Daniela as well and to the amazing ladies who prepared such beautiful and delicious meals, and the groundskeepers.
This is an experience I will carry with me for a very long time. If you are looking for a safe space that you can trust, Hayulima is definitely that ❤️
Can’t wait to come back!
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Lovely
Thank you for the stay at Hayulima. It’s been a blessing spending time in your family and community. Lots of love, Hilda.
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Paradise in the mountains of the Cloud Forest!
I stayed with Hayulima as a volunteer for their ten-day retreat in September of 2026, and the experience was one of the best I've ever had at a plant medicine retreat. Their staff is kind and caring, and they put their love into the food they make for us. The team - Salvador, Amalia, Diana, and Matthias - all welcomed me like a family member. The environment of support that they create is incredible, especially during ceremonies. I had the privilege of being at the retreat right before their annual Vision Quest, and so I got to meet people from all over the world who come to Hayulima for this event and to reconnect with the Hayulima family, and that's how I got to know them - as family. It is incredible to arrive at a place you have never been before and then leave knowing that the memories you created with others will stick with you forever. I am therefore so grateful for my time there, and for the love and kindness of everyone involved, as well as the other volunteers and the participants. This sanctuary is truly a place where people can go to get away from the world, to connect with others, and to experience the beautiful plant medicines of Ayahuasca and San Pedro. I recommend this place to anyone looking for a caring, supportive, and beautiful spiritual sanctuary!
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A Wonderful Experience, Would Recommend without Hesitation
I had a truly wonderful time at Hayulima with the Hayulima family. I felt safe, well cared for, and carried throughout the experience. This was my first time with ayahuasca and san pedro plant medicines. The ceremonies were beautifully held and I hope to return again.
It is rare for me to make a recommendation without hesitation; I would wholeheartedly recommend Hayulima for the family, the nature, and the respect of the medicine.
I am gluten and dairy free and the food was wonderful and always prepared with attention to different dietary needs.
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Beautiful experience
Hayulima is a 5 star experience in every way. The people are amazing, the facilities are perfect, your surroundings are beautiful, the food is great and the ceremonies are life changing.