4-Day Ayahuasca Retreat
4-Day Ayahuasca Retreat
Santa Elena, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia
Up to 12 in group
August 20 - 24, 2025
Retreat Highlights
- Ayahuasca (yagé) ceremonies in a traditional maloka, led by an experienced indigenous elder
- Group preparation and integration support, and ongoing community connection
- Beautiful mountain location, 1 hour outside of Medellin
- Supportive activities, including guided meditations, breathwork, and yoga
- Sharing circles to receive support in a group and unpack medicine experiences
- Healthy and delicious dieta-friendly meals
- Conscious use of mambe (coca), ambil (tobacco), and rapeh medicines
About this Retreat
Ivaylo is an experienced sacred medicine retreat facilitator, integration coach, and founder of Colibri Garden and Medicine Music School. He works with various medicines, practices and rituals including yagé/ayahuasca, huachuma, psilocybin mushrooms, temazcal, and kambo. Ivaylo’s journey with the medicines began in 2016 and on this path he’s had the opportunity to study with different elders from Colombia and the Americas.
Mags Tanev is a plant medicine integration specialist and founder of Journey Woven Integration Coaching. She is Head of Integration at Colibri Garden, a retreat facilitator, and a psychedelic journalist. She has completed the Plant Medicine Integration Training by Plant Medicine People, as well as the Ayahuasca Safety and Psychedelic Integration training programs from ICEERS. She is dedicated to helping people have safe experiences with sacred medicines that translate into long-lasting, positive changes in their lives.
Learn more about her work as a coach and writer at MagsTanev.com
Details of this retreat
Are you seeking to experience the power of the sacred ayahuasca medicine in an intentional and supportive container?
Join us for a magical retreat to dive deeper into yourself and connect to your true essence, just one hour outside of Medellin. Receive support to turn this experience into long-lasting positive changes in your life.
Santa Elena, Medellin
What you will experience:
✨Four nights accommodation in the mountains of Santa Elena
✨All meals
✨2 Ayahuasca ceremonies
✨Sacred Rapé, Mambe, and Ambil medicines
✨Therapies with Dragon’s Blood and Chilcuague
✨Breathwork & yoga
✨Sharing circles
✨Medicine music
✨Transport to and from Medellin
✨Pre-retreat preparation call
✨Post-retreat integration call
✨Invitations to monthly Zoom integration circles + in-person integration events
Facilitators:
Ivaylo Govedarov, sacred medicine facilitator, integration coach, and founder of Colibri Garden
Mags Tanev, plant medicine integration specialist, writer, and Head of Integration at Colibri Garden
🌿The ayahuasca ceremonies are led by Taita Giovanni, an indigenous shaman from the Awá community of the Colombian Amazon, with over 25 years experience leading ceremonies. We will also be accompanied by his team of skilled supporters and musicians.
Are you ready to take this journey into self-discovery and profound healing?
Contact Mags +573107244039 via WhatsApp or Telegram for more information and to secure your spot.
Join us for a magical retreat to dive deeper into yourself and connect to your true essence, just one hour outside of Medellin. Receive support to turn this experience into long-lasting positive changes in your life.
Santa Elena, Medellin
What you will experience:
✨Four nights accommodation in the mountains of Santa Elena
✨All meals
✨2 Ayahuasca ceremonies
✨Sacred Rapé, Mambe, and Ambil medicines
✨Therapies with Dragon’s Blood and Chilcuague
✨Breathwork & yoga
✨Sharing circles
✨Medicine music
✨Transport to and from Medellin
✨Pre-retreat preparation call
✨Post-retreat integration call
✨Invitations to monthly Zoom integration circles + in-person integration events
Facilitators:
Ivaylo Govedarov, sacred medicine facilitator, integration coach, and founder of Colibri Garden
Mags Tanev, plant medicine integration specialist, writer, and Head of Integration at Colibri Garden
🌿The ayahuasca ceremonies are led by Taita Giovanni, an indigenous shaman from the Awá community of the Colombian Amazon, with over 25 years experience leading ceremonies. We will also be accompanied by his team of skilled supporters and musicians.
Are you ready to take this journey into self-discovery and profound healing?
Contact Mags +573107244039 via WhatsApp or Telegram for more information and to secure your spot.
Schedule
Day 1:
3pm: Pickup in Medellin
4pm: Arrive at the venue in Santa Elena, we settle in, meet each other, share some mambe and ambil
7pm: Dinner
8pm: Fire and opening sharing circle
Day 2
8am: Morning breathwork and meditation
9am: Breakfast
10am: Forest walk and sharing circle on ceremony navigation & tips
1pm: Light lunch
Afternoon free to rest
7pm: Transport picks us up to go to the maloka
9.30pm: Ceremony starts
Day 3:
10am: Transport takes us back to the accommodation
11am: Brunch
12pm: Rest
5pm: Light yoga class
7pm: Transport picks us up to go to the maloka
930pm: Ceremony starts
Day 4:
10am: Head back to the accommodation
11am: Brunch
12pm: Rest
3pm: Snack
4pm: Closing sharing circle and group activity
8pm: Dinner
Day 5:
9am: Breakfast
10-11am: Transport takes participants back to their accommodation in Medellin
3pm: Pickup in Medellin
4pm: Arrive at the venue in Santa Elena, we settle in, meet each other, share some mambe and ambil
7pm: Dinner
8pm: Fire and opening sharing circle
Day 2
8am: Morning breathwork and meditation
9am: Breakfast
10am: Forest walk and sharing circle on ceremony navigation & tips
1pm: Light lunch
Afternoon free to rest
7pm: Transport picks us up to go to the maloka
9.30pm: Ceremony starts
Day 3:
10am: Transport takes us back to the accommodation
11am: Brunch
12pm: Rest
5pm: Light yoga class
7pm: Transport picks us up to go to the maloka
930pm: Ceremony starts
Day 4:
10am: Head back to the accommodation
11am: Brunch
12pm: Rest
3pm: Snack
4pm: Closing sharing circle and group activity
8pm: Dinner
Day 5:
9am: Breakfast
10-11am: Transport takes participants back to their accommodation in Medellin
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Colibri Garden, Santa Elena, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia
Directions
The nearest airport is MDE Jose Maria Cordova. We organize a pickup in a central location in Medellin on day 1 of the retreat.
Accommodation
Retreat participants can choose from a private room ensuite, private room with shared bathroom, or shared room (with one other person).
Shared Room and Bathroom
Private Room and Shared Bathroom
Private Room with Ensuite Bathroom
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
Our retreat venue is two renovated Colombian-style finca houses, nestled in the mountains of Santa Elena. Enjoy beautiful views, forest walks, and visiting wildlife in this idyllic location.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
We offer a healthy, whole-foods based, dieta-friendly menu, including lots of soups, veggies, eggs, legumes, rice, fruit, and some chicken. We accommodate allergies, intolerances, and veganism
What's Included
- ✨Four nights accommodation in the mountains of Santa Elena
- ✨All meals
- ✨2 Ayahuasca ceremonies
- ✨Sacred Rapé, Mambe, and Ambil medicines
- ✨Breathwork & yoga
- ✨Sharing circles
- ✨Medicine music
- ✨Transport between Santa Elena and Medellin
- ✨Pre-retreat preparation call
- ✨Post-retreat integration call
- ✨Invitations to monthly Zoom integration circles + in-person integration events
What's Not Included
- Flights or additional travel costs
- Health and travel insurance
- Artisanal souvenirs
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