Blue Morpho

Near Iquitos, Loreto; also Sacred Valley, Cusco

Ayahuasca and San Pedro retreat operator founded by American Hamilton Souther, with a lodge outside Iquitos and a Sacred Valley site. TIME profiled it as one of the most popular Iquitos lodges in 2009.

Details from the centre's own website and independent sources, read 28 Sep 2026.

The legal position in Peru

In 2008 Peru's National Institute of Culture declared the traditional knowledge and uses of ayahuasca by native Amazonian communities Cultural Heritage of the Nation. The declaration protects traditional use and contrasts it with decontextualised commercial use; it does not license retreats. No authority inspects retreat centres, so standards vary between operators, and legality says nothing about safety.

The law and every listed centre in Peru

Programmes and cost

Prices and formats as published by the operator on the date shown. They change, so confirm directly before budgeting. We never estimate a price that is not published.

Also offers

• San Pedro (huachuma)
• Master plant dieta

Peyote.com lists this centre for ayahuasca only: we have not assessed these offerings, and they are not part of this listing.

Screening, as the centre describes it

FAQ: "Everyone completes a confidential medical screening as part of registration. Some health conditions - such as heart disease or mental health diagnoses - and certain medications may be contraindicated with ayahuasca." "Most medications and supplements must be paused before arrival, with the exception of birth control." No ECG or explicit MAOI/SSRI list found.

The cited ayahuasca safety facts to check it against

What a ayahuasca retreat involves

The typical shape of this kind of programme. Use it as a checklist to ask against, not as this centre's timetable.

1. Before arrivalMedical and psychiatric screening, and a dieta, commonly restricting alcohol, recreational drugs, pork, fermented foods, salt and sugar, and sexual activity. SSRIs and MAOIs must be resolved with a clinician well in advance.
2. Day 1Arrival, orientation, one-to-one consultation with the healers, intention setting. No ceremony.
3. Ceremony daysLight plant-based breakfast, integration workshop mid-morning, light lunch, rest and fasting through the afternoon, pre-ceremony yoga around 6:30pm, ceremony from roughly 7:30pm running several hours.
4. Rest daysCeremonies alternate with rest days: group sharing circles, flower baths, healer consults, bodywork, and time to do nothing.
5. Final dayClosing circle and integration planning. Most centres advise against flying the same day.
6. AfterIntegration support varies enormously, from a single follow-up call to a year of community access. This is the single biggest quality differentiator and the least advertised.

Sources for this profile

• Ayahuasca Retreat Dates & Booking · Centre's own site, read 28 Sep 2026
• FAQ · Centre's own site, read 28 Sep 2026
• Down the Amazon in Search of Ayahuasca (TIME, John Otis, 2009) · Press, read 28 Sep 2026