This
page is meant to introduce and invite you to the Amazonian
rain
forest,
its people, its medicinal plants, its animals and
its shamanism.,
to offer a place for truth seekers, to meet, to learn, to share.
We hope this
might do something to save the forest and the
dignity
of its people,
You
will be able
to stay there, with the local people, without any
commercial agent or mediators.
There
you will
have the possibility to see the jungle in a
safe
way with the local people.
You
will also
have the possibility to meet different shamans and
curandero's, mestizo,
and to seek healing and
knowledge about the healing plants, animals and other
spiritual energies
that reside there, on a non-commercial, fair trade basis.
We
try to be self
sufficient and cultivate our own food in an ecological way,
there is a huge garden surrounded by virgen forest, lots
medicinal plants, entheogens,
fruit trees,
There is the possibility to retreat, more or less as long as you
like.
"Sarita Colonia"
is
about 70 km (48mls) from Iquitos by road, carretera
Nauta, km 66,
from there it is a small walk for about 20 minutes.
It is about one and a half hour ride by bus from Iquitos,
buses go regular (every 45 min)
throughout the day, there are taxis and minibusses too.
There
is an
abundance of fruit trees; coconuts, mango, papaya, avocado,
oranges, mandarin,
lemon, sacha inchi, and many, many more. Lots
of herbs
and medicinal plants.
Small houses to stay, a kitchen, fresh water from the creek with a
little pond to swim and a small fish pond,
No shops around.
We hope the
project
will improve the lives of the local people
and visitors in different ways.
Poverty is
still very serious in Peru.
We hope that visitors develop greater consciousness of Amazonia,
its endless beauty and
richness, and
cultivate
respect.
Visitors
can learn about the medicinal plants in the of the garden and forest.
Trips here also enable visitors to get in touch with entheogens like ayahuasca, San Pedro, Coca,
Psychotria,
Huambisa, Iboga and
more, to
explore their value and healing properties.
We offer: Ayahuasca ceremonies
Tabacco
ceremonies
Baños florecimientos (Herbal/flower
baths),
Diet programs,
with different plants,
individually or small groups
Tarot readings
Healing sessions
Education on medicinal plants
Individual retreats
We work with different shamans and cuaranderos, to prevent guru-like
corruptions, commercialisation and sectarian tendencies.
the
place
The place already had the name "Sarita Colonia", before we
started here,
We didn't change the name. Sarita Colonia is a not by the church
recognised saint, who lived from 1926 to 1940 in
Perú.
She is also revered by non catholics and in the first place patron
saint of the poor,
prostitutes, homosexuals, transvertites, and prisoners, lesbians,
lawbreakers.
More about Sarita Colonia
click
here (in spanish)
english
Don't
go out in the forest on your own: you will get lost. They will
find you for sure,
but you might have a scary tine, before you are
found.
There
is no
electricity. The water is clean, but to be sure you can cook
it.
Don't
bring
plastic bottles or tins. Wherever eco-tourist go, they leave a trail of
that plastics ?!
You
have to
walk in boots all the time because of the mud, bugs and
snakes.
These
can be
bought
for $4.00 or rented in Iquitos
at Mad
Micks, near the Plaza del Armas.
We
charge 10$ night and including food: 20 $.
The
cost of
ceremonies depends on the shaman. Prices range,
depending the shaman from 20$ and
up,
also depending also amount of participants
Some shamans and cuarandero's practice the
ancient tradition
of priests, clergy, swamis all over the
world with their magical trick
of
transforming
their sacred art into business and money. We try to
avoid this, which is not easy.
The corrupting power of the western "civilization" is enormous.
Our
western civilization does have a strong corrupting effect on other
cultures. Please, please be aware of that.
Be
sensitive to
the impact you can have, when you arrive and after you
leave.
Remember
in Peru
not everything happens in the expected time. Be patient. In the end it
always works out.
