The Healing Tree Center (Costa Rica)

Costa Rica, beachside (town not stated)

Beachside villa retreat offering ayahuasca and Andean coca-leaf ceremonies in 3-, 5- and 7-day formats; says it began in Peru in 2014.

Details from the centre's own website, read 28 Sep 2026. No independent source was found.

The legal position in Costa Rica

Law 8204 controls DMT but does not name ayahuasca or the plants it is made from. On 27 January 2025 the Ministry of Health warned that ayahuasca and ibogaine products have no sanitary registration and are not authorised for therapeutic use, noted that DMT is a controlled substance, and advised against advertising them. There is no licensing regime for retreats, so centres operate in a legal grey area rather than on a clear legal basis.

The law and every listed centre in Costa Rica

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

• Coca leaf ceremonies

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

Not stated on site

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

• The Healing Tree Center Costa Rica · Centre's own site, read 28 Sep 2026