10 Day Retreat in Hayulima Natural Reserve

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Via El Cinto Alto #7 Mindo, Ecuador
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Up to 10 in group
Date
February 13 - 22, 2026

Retreat Highlights

  • For easy booking please visit: www.hayulima.com
  • At Hayulima, you will find a supportive family that guides you through your experience with sacred plants in an intimate and serene environment. By working with small groups, we ensure personalized and individual attention for each guest, allowing for a deeply personal and transformative journey.

About this Retreat

Details of this retreat

Experience the Transformative Power of Our Retreat in a Natural Reserve

Power Plants Ceremonies and Rituals: Engage in transformative healing through our guided Ayahuasca and San Pedro ceremonies and rituals.
Natural Reserve: Discover the beauty of Hayulima, set in the lush cloud forest of the Choco Region.
Comfortable Lodging: Stay in our eco- guest house, featuring cozy resting areas, hot water, laundry service, and walking paths through the forest.
Meals: Savor nourishing, organic meals prepared with local ingredients, including vegetarian and vegan options. Enjoy access to fresh fruit and teas at all times.
Transportation: Convenient pick-up and drop-off from Quito’s airport included in the retreat fee.

Retreat Details:

Join us for a 10-day transformative retreat, which includes:

Transportation: Internal mobilization from Quito Airport to Hayulima and back to Quito Airport.
Lodging: 10 days and 9 nights in comfortable, eco-friendly guest house.
Meals: Three complete vegetarian meals per day, and snaks.

Ceremonies:

2 Ayahuasca ceremonies
1 San Pedro ceremony
1 San Pedro Temazcal ceremony (sweat lodge)
1 San Pedro Power Walk

Rituals:

1 purification and flowering bath in the river
2 additional Temazcales (sweat lodges)
Participate in sharing circles to connect and reflect with fellow participants.

Extra options

Kambo: Experience a cleansing and health ritual for the body with this powerful medicine that boosts our immune system.
Andean Limpias: Rejuvenate with energy cleansing rituals using medicinal plants that energize, balance, and offer liberation to continue on your spiritual path.
Massages: Relax and unwind with our therapeutic massages designed to relieve stress and promote overall well-being.

Embrace this unique opportunity to heal, grow, and connect with nature in the heart of the Choco Region Natural reserve.

Getting Here

Location icon Hayulima Spiritual Sanctuary, Via El Cinto Alto #7 Mindo, Ecuador

Directions

Via El Cinto Alto #7
Mindo, Ecuador
(We are 2.5 hours from Quito Airport)

Accommodation

Comfortable Lodging: Stay in our eco- guest house, featuring cozy resting areas, hot water, laundry service, and walking paths through the forest.

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Venue & Amenities

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Free Wifi icon Free Wifi
Spa icon Spa
Sauna icon Sauna
Pool icon Pool
Towels icon Towels
Free Parking icon Free Parking
Kitchen icon Kitchen
Tour Assistance icon Tour Assistance
Hot Tub icon Hot Tub
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Restaurant icon Restaurant
Fitness Center icon Fitness Center
Yoga Studio icon Yoga Studio
Housekeeping icon Housekeeping
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Discover the beauty of Hayulima, immersed in the Choco Region's cloud forest natural reserve in Mindo, Ecuador. The Sanctuary resides on over 112 hectares of protected cloud forest, teeming with an abundance of wildlife and native flora. Vibrant toucans, hummingbirds, butterflies, and countless other species inhabit our sacred space freely and undisturbed. Our guests can explore this vast ecosystem with confidence in a safe and gentle manner. Definitely the best place for your retreat.

Meals

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Menu Types

Savor nourishing, organic meals prepared with local ingredients, including vegetarian and vegan options. Enjoy access to fresh fruit and teas at all times.

What's Included

  • The 10 day retreat includes the following activities:
  • Round Trip transfer from the Quito Airport to Hayulima. The ride is 2.5 hours one way.
  • Lodging for 10 days and 9 nights at the Hayulima guest house
  • All meals, 3 per day except when there is ceremony. All vegetarian.
  • 2 Ayahuasca ceremonies
  • 1 San Pedro ceremony
  • 1 San Pedro Temazcal (sweat lodge)
  • 1 San Pedro Walk of Power, hikking
  • 1 purification and flowering bath in the river
  • 2 temazcales (sweat lodge)
  • 2 sharing circles
  • 1 movement workshop
  • 1 voice workshop

Customer Reviews

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Powerful life-changing experience with a beautiful family in a Hayulima Spiritual Sanctuary
I had an incredible experience at Hayulima with the family. It was life-changing experience in the best way. I am grateful for the many new perspectives gained and the work that I needed to do for my healing, it would not have been possible without the family, the space, the volunteers, and the attendees. It was a time of beautiful synchronicity. It was also a time of hard spiritual work but the results are immediately felt. I received a lot of love and care in some very difficult moments and I am forever grateful.

The grounds itself are incredible, located in the Mindo Cloud Forest, a 30 minutes off-road drive from Mindo and a 2 hour 30 minute drive from Quito. The accommodation is in cosy wooden cabins. The food served is nutritious, delicious and filling. I cannot recommend Hayulima enough. I look forward to coming back but for now I am enjoying integrating my learning.

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My time at Hayulima Spiritual Sanctuary in the cloud forest of Mindo, Ecuador was a truly transformative and heart-opening experience. Surrounded by pristine jungle, rivers, and sacred mountains, Hayulima is a sanctuary dedicated to healing, connection, and remembering our true essence.

As a volunteer and co-creator, I was welcomed into the Hayulima family with warmth, trust, and respect. I had the opportunity to help prepare ceremonies, support the retreat, and learn directly from a deeply rooted community that carries the ancestral traditions of ayahuasca, San Pedro, and sweat-lodge ceremonies.

What touched me most was the authenticity and integrity of the space — a safe and professional environment where everyone is cared for and seen. The team holds each ceremony with profound presence, love, and wisdom, creating a container for genuine transformation.

During my time there, I formed lifelong friendships, felt a deep connection to the forest, the medicine, and the spirit of the land, and discovered new layers of trust and healing within myself. The experience continues to unfold in my life and art, and I carry its medicine with deep gratitude.

Hayulima is a place of beauty, compassion, and truth. I can’t wait to return and continue learning and co-creating with this incredible family.
With love and gratitude,
Ganna Ki

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Highly recommend
Best thing that’s ever happened to me. Words cannot describe the beautiful and powerful people that I now call my family. You just have to experience it yourself! :)

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Sept 5 - 14
Excellent support provided throughout the entire retreat days. I am already looking forward to the next retreat with Hyaluma. Thank you so much.

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A warm welcome to the Hayulima family
It seems that many choose Hayulima for medicine-centered experiences by means of word of mouth, same as me. I can confidently say, I will also be recommending others to this beautiful facility. Amalia and Salvatore are such wonderful and worldly practitioners. I felt very heard and safe in their space and care. The grounds are nestled in a quiet and vibrant green valley, the perfect backdrop for reconnecting with oneself as well as nature. All meals provided were absolutely delectable, with easy accommodations for allergies. I will be returning to Hayulima in the future!

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