Retreats, and the law in each place

Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth (also Westmoreland Parish)

Psilocybin retreat company in Jamaica running 8-day programmes with three psilocybin sessions across three venues around Treasure Beach and Bluefields Bay. Describes itself as the original psilocybin retreat in Jamaica.

West End, Negril, Westmoreland

Psilocybin retreat in Negril operated in connection with Jamaican psilocybin producer Rose Hill, running monthly small-group 6-day retreats with two guided sessions. Has hosted recurring veteran-focused retreats.

Good Hope Estate, Trelawny

Psilocybin retreat organisation co-founded by Amanda Feilding and Neil Markey, running 5-night programmes with two guided psilocybin sessions on the Good Hope estate in Trelawny, with online preparation and integration phases.

Negril, Westmoreland

Clinically framed psilocybin retreats in Negril led by PhD psychologists, with assessment, preparation, guided dosing and structured aftercare. First Jamaica retreat reported in March 2026.

Tower Isle / Ocho Rios, St. Mary

Villa-based psilocybin retreat near Ocho Rios offering 3, 5 and 7-day programmes with multiple psilocybin ceremonies. Programmes also include a Bufo alvarius (5-MeO-DMT) ceremony.

Ocho Rios area, St. Ann

Psilocybin retreat near the ocean in the Ocho Rios area offering a 7-day group intensive with five guided sessions and a private 7-day programme. The exact location is shared with confirmed participants.

De Hoorneboeg (Hilversum) and The Place to Be, Netherlands

Dutch programmes of Beckley Retreats using psilocybin truffles at two venues, with 4 and 5-night formats, two guided sessions, and online preparation and integration.

Dutch countryside (venue not named on site; press says near Amsterdam)

Dutch organisation running 6-day group retreats with two psilocybin truffle journeys plus embodiment, creative and contemplative workshops, with a stated ratio of one facilitator per four participants.

Lochem, Gelderland (Centrum Athanor)

Dutch organisation combining legal psilocybin truffle retreats with coaching, mainly for executives and founders. Its EvoSHIFT programme runs about 2.5 months including preparation, a 3 to 4-night retreat with one session, and integration.

Amsterdam area

Dutch institute founded by a psychiatrist and a psychologist that runs small-group psilocybin truffle retreats and psychedelic practitioner training.

Amsterdam

Amsterdam practice founded by Miriam van Groen offering one-to-one guided magic truffle sessions with intake, preparation, a full-day session and integration follow-up.

Castricum area, North Holland (woodland venue about 45 min from Amsterdam)

Irish-run retreat organisation offering 3 to 5-day psilocybin truffle retreats in the Netherlands, facilitated by psychotherapists, with small groups of up to 12.

Loenen (Apeldoorn area), Gelderland

English-speaking psilocybin truffle retreats in the Dutch countryside in 3-day and 5-day formats, with a GP or nurse present during ceremonies and a 12-month integration group.

Culemborg, Gelderland

Boutique venue in Culemborg offering 4-day group retreats with two psychedelic truffle journeys, plus day retreats and one-to-one programmes.

Near Iquitos, Loreto

Ayahuasca retreat centre near Iquitos where ceremonies are led by Shipibo healers. It hosted a 2015-2019 observational research project with ICEERS and the Beckley Foundation.

Near Libertad (Iquitos), Loreto; also Sacred Valley, Cusco

Operator running ayahuasca retreats in the Peruvian Amazon (reached via Iquitos) and the Sacred Valley. The Amazon programme runs weekly with four ayahuasca ceremonies per week. It also runs retreat centres in Mexico, which Peyote.com does not list.

Near Pucallpa, Ucayali

Ayahuasca retreat centre outside Pucallpa working with Shipibo healers, running 7- and 9-day retreats for up to 16 guests.

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.

Moralillo, Iquitos-Nauta road, Loreto

Small-group ayahuasca retreat (about 10 guests) on rainforest land under an hour from Iquitos, with ceremonies led by Shipibo healers three nights a week.

San Salvador, Sacred Valley, Cusco (also Manu programmes)

Family-run ayahuasca retreat in the Sacred Valley pairing Shipibo and Andean (Q'ero) healers with an on-site medical team; retreats start twice weekly.

Near Iquitos, Loreto

Ayahuasca retreat beside a jungle lake near Iquitos, led by Don Lucho and his family, running 7-day retreats with three ceremonies for small groups.

Near Tarapoto, San Martin

Off-grid ayahuasca retreat 20 minutes from Tarapoto beside the Cordillera Escalera conservation area, working with Shipibo healers for groups of up to 12.

San Juan Bautista, near Iquitos, Loreto

Ayahuasca and master-plant dieta centre near Iquitos led by Shipibo maestro Ricardo Amaringo, with four ceremonies a week and stays from 7 days to several months.

Tamshiyacu River, near Iquitos, Loreto

Long-running ayahuasca retreat on a rainforest reserve reached by boat from Iquitos, founded by American Scott Peterson and run under new management since his death in 2013.

Rio Momon, near Iquitos, Loreto

Ayahuasca and huachuma (San Pedro) sanctuary on the Momon River near Iquitos, founded by biologist Don Howard Lawler in 1995 and led since his death in 2019 by Don Rober Acho Jarama and family.

Tarapoto, San Martin

Therapeutic community in Tarapoto founded in 1992 by physician Jacques Mabit that treats addiction with Amazonian plant medicine, including ayahuasca, alongside psychotherapy. It also runs master-plant retreat/diets for visitors and is the main site of the ATOP outcome study.

Playa Blanca and Scarlet Valley, Puntarenas

All-inclusive ayahuasca retreat centre working with Indigenous Shipibo healers from Peru, with two Costa Rican locations: a seaside site at Playa Blanca on the Gulf of Nicoya and a ridge-top site at Scarlet Valley.

Santa Cruz (near Tamarindo), Guanacaste

Resort-style retreat in Guanacaste running a 7-night all-inclusive programme with four optional ayahuasca ceremonies, one of them a yage night, alongside yoga, breathwork and meditation.

Southern Costa Rica (mountains); also described as Nosara, Guanacaste

Small-group 8-day retreats with three ayahuasca ceremonies led by Shipibo-Konibo practitioners, capped at 9-14 guests, with one month of preparation and integration support.

Near San Isidro del General, Perez Zeledon

Family-run mountain retreat led by Erick Saldana and family, offering one-night ceremonies and 4- and 6-day retreats for small groups.

Costa Rica (town not stated)

Rainforest retreat house offering ayahuasca programmes from a single day to seven days.

Esterillos, Central Pacific coast

Premium operator running 7-day, 3-ceremony ayahuasca retreats for up to 11 guests at a Pacific-coast venue; also sells psilocybin and 5-MeO-DMT programmes.

Turrucares, Alajuela, Costa Rica (near SJO airport)

Family-run centre near San Jose airport offering fully private ayahuasca retreats (one person or a small private party) of one night, five days or seven days.

Caribbean coast

Seven-day Shipibo ayahuasca retreats on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast guided by Shipibo maestros, run by Alexandra and Roberto Ten; also runs a Peru retreat.

Guanacaste (near Tamarindo)

Husband-and-wife-led small-group ayahuasca retreats in Peruvian mestizo tradition, hosted in Guanacaste since 2014, now also run as a US 501(c)(3) church with retreats in Texas.

Santa Elena, Costa Rica (per third-party listings)

Jungle retreat offering ayahuasca ceremonies in Peruvian tradition alongside breathwork, sound healing and workshops, for groups of up to 30.

Piedras Blancas National Park area, Golfo Dulce (near Puerto Jimenez), Puntarenas

Rainforest retreat running 8-day programmes with three ayahuasca ceremonies led by female Shipibo healers.

Dos Brazos, Osa Peninsula (near Puerto Jimenez), Puntarenas

Small Osa Peninsula centre focused on one-to-one Amazonian master plant dietas (mapacho and tree medicines), with private or small-group ayahuasca ceremonies.

Perez Zeledon area, San Jose Province

Private psilocybin retreats for one person or two (partners or friends), run by Sebastiaan Ruigrok and Anais. Programmes of 3 or 5 days combine one or two guided psilocybin sessions with guided self-inquiry, Rebalancing bodywork, coaching and creative integration, at a villa or a jungle cabin near a river.

Puntarenas Province (Nicoya Peninsula), about 40 minutes by road from Cobano airport

Irish-founded psilocybin retreat organiser, run by psychotherapists, that holds small-group (3-6 people) and private psilocybin retreats at a rainforest villa in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, alongside its retreats in the Netherlands. The Costa Rica group format has two psilocybin sessions and two psychotherapists on site.

Near Playa Negra, Guanacaste

Netherlands-based retreat organiser that also runs group psilocybin retreats in a countryside setting near Playa Negra, Costa Rica, with two ceremonies on the 5-day format, an online preparation course and a post-retreat integration programme. It also offers ayahuasca retreats in Costa Rica and the Netherlands.

Near Santa Teresa Beach, Puntarenas

Small plant-medicine retreat run by founders Mario and Carolina near Santa Teresa, offering a 4-day, 3-night psilocybin retreat with two ceremonies for groups of up to eight, plus private retreats. It also runs ayahuasca retreats in Costa Rica and Peru and uses hape and sananga in its programmes.

Vila Camboinha, Itacare, Bahia

Retreat centre on a 39-acre Atlantic Forest property near Itacare running 9- and 11-day retreats with ayahuasca ceremonies every other night, led by psychologist Silvia Polivoy.

Vila de Abrantes, Camacari, Bahia, Brazil (near Salvador)

Ayahuasca retreats near Salvador da Bahia with English-speaking guardians, operated by a tourism services company.

Itaipava, Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro state

Monthly 7-night retreats at a mountain venue in Rio de Janeiro state with three ayahuasca ceremonies led by Yawanawa and Huni Kuin practitioners, organised by members of the Huni Kuin Guardians group.

Rio Branco and forest villages, Acre

Organiser of 5-6 day retreats in Yawanawa, Huni Kuin and Shanenawa villages in Acre with two to three ayahuasca ceremonies, plus 30-day dietas and trips to the Yawanawa Mariri festival.

Cancun, Quintana Roo

Physician-led ibogaine clinic in Cancun that opened in March 2022. It states that licensed physicians and ICU-certified nurses provide care, with continuous cardiac monitoring including QT/QTc analysis during dosing.

Playas de Tijuana, Baja California (also operates in Malta)

Ibogaine clinic near Tijuana, with a second site in Malta. Its patients made up the cohort of the 2024 Stanford study of magnesium-ibogaine in special-operations veterans with traumatic brain injury. It requires an EKG before arrival and states that it provides real-time cardiac monitoring during treatment.

San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato

Small home-based ibogaine house run by Rocky Caravelli, who founded it in San Pancho in 2005 and later moved it to San Miguel de Allende. It requires an EKG and blood work before arrival and states that a physician does a physical evaluation.

Rosarito Beach, Baja California

Ibogaine clinic in Rosarito Beach offering a 7-day programme. It states that a licensed Mexican physician is medical director and that medical supervision is available 24/7.

Between Playa del Carmen and Tulum, Quintana Roo

Women-led ibogaine clinic in the jungle about 20 minutes from Tulum, founded by Laura Shapiro. It states that emergency physicians and registered nurses are on site at all times and that it does daily ECGs and continuous monitoring on an ICU-grade cardiac monitor.

Playas de Tijuana, Baja California

Small ibogaine clinic in Playas de Tijuana that treats 2-3 clients at a time. Its site lists physicians and around-the-clock nursing. Programmes run from 5-day opiate detox to 12-day fentanyl detox.

Cozumel, Quintana Roo

Ibogaine clinic with three residences in Cozumel, treating dependency, PTSD, depression and neurological conditions. It states it provides 24/7 cardiac telemetry during treatment.

Cancun, Quintana Roo

Cancun ibogaine centre offering addiction, trauma and 'life optimization' stays of 7-18 days. Its site gives few details on staff or licensing.

Playacar, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo

Ibogaine clinic in Playa del Carmen directed by David Dardashti, which states it has operated since 2004 and treated over 3,000 people.

Tepoztlan, Morelos

Ibogaine centre in Tepoztlan, Morelos, founded in 2009, running one treatment week per month. It requires an EKG with graph and blood tests before final approval.

Tijuana area, Baja California

Clinical psychedelic programme for veterans and first responders, directed by Dr Martin Polanco. It combines a 5-day in-person ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT retreat in Mexico with online preparation and integration over about six weeks.

Cancun, Quintana Roo

Ibogaine clinic in Cancun that reopened in October 2024 as the successor to the former Clear Sky clinic. It names four physicians, including a cardiologist, and states 24/7 cardiac monitoring during treatment.

Valle de Bravo, State of Mexico

Psilocybin and DMT retreat centre on a private estate in Valle de Bravo, about 2.5 hours from Mexico City airport. It runs 5- to 8-day group programmes for about 10 guests (up to 14) and states it has a US-trained medical team on site 24 hours a day.

Sierra de Vallejo, 20 minutes north of Sayulita, Riviera Nayarit (other venues listed in Tepoztlan, Morelos and near Puerto Vallarta)

Female-led psilocybin retreat organiser running 7-day group retreats with three ceremonies at rented villas in Mexico, mainly near Sayulita. It also runs retreats in Joshua Tree, California. Screening starts with an application covering physical and mental health history, followed by a video consultation.

Central Algarve (Loule, Almancil, Tavira or Portimao, depending on the programme)

Psilocybin retreats and private sessions in the central Algarve led by Sara Ahmadi, MSc, a pharmacist and psychedelic therapist who founded the practice. Formats include a one-day group or private retreat, private 2 and 3-day health retreats and 4-day group retreats, alongside microdosing coaching and a psychotropic medication tapering programme.

Near Faro, Algarve

Edinburgh-based practice running a six-day group retreat near Faro with two psilocybin ceremonies and a breathwork session, alongside yoga, meditation, art and movement, in a renovated traditional house with a pool. The organisation also runs ayahuasca retreats in Peru and retreats in the Netherlands.