✺ Amazonian Solo Retreats | Perú — Private Programs in the Amazon Jungle Since 2003

A private retreat in the Amazon — no group schedule, no strangers, no one else's rhythm. Your protocol, designed for your situation. A licensed centre in Loreto has been running this work since 2003.

Amazonian Solo Retreats is a joint initiative of Weles Group and specialist centres in the Loreto region. 

The programmes are rooted in the ethnobotanical traditions of the Amazon and built around what people actually come for: mental reset, deep rest, and focused personal work — in conditions of genuine solitude.

In a solo format, everything — the choice of traditional plants, the session schedule, the daily structure, and the facilitator's attention — is arranged around one person: you. There is no group to keep pace with, no shared space to manage, no dynamic that isn't yours.

A Licensed Centre in the Loreto Region — Running Since 2003

The programme takes place at a certified retreat centre in the Amazon basin, in the Iquitos region. Operating under an official state licence, the centre is accountable to the Peruvian regulatory framework — not to a brand, not to marketing promises.

Our retreats take place exclusively in Peru: ✺ Amazonian Solo Retreats Brief

The Solo Format: Focused Work and Complete Confidentiality

In a group retreat, the facilitator divides their attention. The schedule serves an average. Someone is always moving faster or slower than you. In a solo programme, none of that applies.

The entire process is built around your request — what brought you here, where you are right now, and what you are trying to work through. The plants, the timing, the pace of sessions: all of it is calibrated to one person.

What this means in practice

• The facilitator's full attention stays on your situation — not split between several participants

• The schedule adapts to your pace, not to an average that suits no one particularly well

• Nothing about you leaves the expert team — confidentiality is absolute

• You can work on a specific question — personal, professional, or creative

• Silence and solitude are the default, not a feature you have to request

Three Phases of an Individual Retreat

Every programme follows three required phases. The structure exists for a reason: it creates the conditions for the process to work, and for whatever shifts during the retreat to hold once you return home.

Why the Peruvian Amazon Is the Reference Point for Traditional Plant Practice

State recognition. Traditional plant-based practices were declared a national cultural heritage of Peru — not a headline for a brochure, but an official designation with legal standing.

Biodiversity. The forests of the Loreto region hold the highest concentration of medicinal plant species on Earth. This is not a setting that can be replicated elsewhere.

Regulated environment. Peru has a formal licensing system for retreat centres, administered through DIRCETURA. A centre without a licence operates outside the legal framework — full stop.

A living tradition. Amazonian plant diets have been practised in this region for over a thousand years without interruption. What is offered here is not a reconstruction or an adaptation. It is the original — still running, in the place it came from.

The Personal Brief — Where Your Protocol Begins

Before any programme starts, every participant fills out a confidential Personal Brief. This is the working document from which the team builds your individual programme. It is not a formality.

Confidentiality is absolute: only the expert team reads the brief. It is never passed to third parties. Honesty in your answers matters practically — it determines how accurately the protocol is designed and how effective it can be.

Who This Format Is For

This retreat works well if you:

• Are looking for serious personal work — not an exotic holiday

• Have a specific question you want to sit with — personal, professional, or creative

• Need privacy and your own tempo, which a group format structurally cannot offer

• Have done group retreats before and want to work more directly

• Are going through a difficult transition, burnout, or a period of creative stagnation

This retreat is not the right fit if:

• You are looking for entertainment or an adventure travel experience

• There is unfinished business from a previous ceremony or programme that has not been integrated

• Your current state calls for psychological support first, before any further immersive work

If a ceremony or retreat somewhere else left you with unresolved anxiety, open questions, or a sense of incompleteness — the right next step is to work through that with an integration specialist before planning anything new. Write to us and we will point you in the right direction. Integration support (English-speaking): my-psiholog.com

How to Start — Step by Step

1. Submit an enquiry via the contact form on this page

2. Receive your Personal Brief — a confidential intake questionnaire

3. Complete and return the brief — as honestly and in as much detail as you can

4. The team reviews your brief — usually within 24 to 72 hours

5. Individual consultation: your goals, timing, logistics, protocol strategy

6. Programme confirmation: dates and preparation instructions

7. Fly to Peru — from there, the work begins

From first contact to confirmed dates — typically one to three weeks.

Questions People Usually Ask

Next step

Fillin the enquiry form — your Personal Brief will arrive within 24–48 hours. The first step takes three minutes.

Weles Group coordinates the connection between participants and licensed partner centres in Peru. All ceremonial work is conducted by partner organisations holding the relevant state licence.

Integration support (English): my-psiholog.com