Traditional Master Plant Dietas in the Amazon 2026
This Dieta is held in one of the most untouched places on the planet:
The Cordillera Azul in the Amazon Rainforest of San Martín - Tarapoto - Perú.
Experience the Amazonian Rainforest | 15-Day and 10-Day Dietas
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15 Days: 31th March - 16th April
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10 Days: 21st April - 1st May
The Amazon Dieta takes place in March / April, deep in the Rainforest of Shamboyaku, Picota, San Martín, 3 hours from Tarapoto airport. The Chaka Runa Healing and Retreat Center stretches across 44 hectares of untouched Amazon forest, home to winding creeks, hidden waterfalls, serene Tambos, Glamping Tents, and a beautiful ceremonial Maloca.
These dieta programs are designed for people that are walking their inner spiritual path and want to go deeper into their healing and awakening process in total isolation while experiencing the beautiful and magical Nature of the Rainforest in the Amazon, the realm of The Mother.
You will reconnect with yourself while immersing in the majestic and powerful energy of the rainforest surrounded by all sorts of Palos, or Master Trees, Medicine Plants, and natural wildlife. Along with the cleansing and soothing energy of pristine creeks and waterfalls while hiking through the wilderness you will be able to feel the spirits of the land, the plants and animals that inhabit the tropical rainforest.
We invite you to join us as guests in “The Mother’s ” house.
The Master Plants Dieta Program
PRE-DIETA
Our aim as your host is to provide you with a Stress-Free experience since your arrival in Peru. There are important and needed guidelines each participant needs to consider, and follow, for your safety and comfort. For that purpose, there will be a Dieta group on Signal where the guidelines will be easily accessible.
Amazonian Plant Dieta – What to Expect
The latest day to arrive in the city of Tarapoto is one day before your Dieta begins. On the first day of the program, we will gather at 6:00 a.m. for the group welcome breakfast at the designated meeting point, which will be shared closer to the event dates. During the breakfast, Don Gino will warmly welcome you, helping you feel safe and part of our Chaka Runa family. He will also explain the logistics of traveling from Tarapoto to the retreat venue, and you will receive the safety protocol guidelines to help you prepare fully for the journey ahead.
Arrival at the Chaka Runa Healing and Retreat Center
On arrival at the Chaka Runa Healing and Retreat Center in the Amazon of Shamboyaku – Lejía – San Martín, Don Gino will receive you into your Dieta, guiding you with care so that you feel safe, oriented, and well cared for. Afterwards, in the reception area, you will be provided with rubber boots, which are to be worn throughout the entire program.
After that, the whole group of participants and staff will gather in the dining and enjoy lunch. After Lunch there will be a meeting in the Maloca where Don Gino will explain the process, you are about to go through, he will answer any questions, and you will be guided to your Tambo or Glamping. This is also where you will be able to meet the whole group and become part of the beautiful community that will support you during your entire stay.
Individual Guidance With Don Gino in English, Spanish or Italian.
Later, Don Gino will have a one-on-one conversation with the New Dieta participants in English, Spanish or Italian, as well as with returning participants when needed. The aim is to create a bond, learning about your background and life story at the same time, and understanding what you are bringing into the ceremonies. This will give him the information and tools to provide a personal healing experience, opening the right doors for the medicine to go where it is most needed. This personal approach has shown outstanding healing and awakening results on people from all walks of life around the world, while guiding you in a gentle and safe way through your process. In the evening, the group will gather in the dining to have a last supper before the Dieta opening.
Opening the Dieta
The Dieta starts in the morning of the second day when the whole group gathers around the Maloca - Amazonian Ceremonial Space, for the Amazonian Plants’ Flowering and Protection Bath, which will cleanse you from the heavy energies brought from the cities and give you energetic protection through your Dieta process. Through the use of carefully chosen plants and flowers, this ceremony awakens vitality, restores balance, and offers spiritual protection.
The first Plant Medicine ceremony will be held on the same day at night.
Sacred Plant Ceremonies Throughout the Program
The next Plant Medicine ceremonies will take place every other day throughout the rest of the program. At the very beginning of your Dieta, Don Gino will explain the Medicine Plants available and their benefits, guiding you in choosing the ones to accompany your journey. During the Dieta, one liter of Medicine / Master Plant tea will be distributed daily to each participant. Drinking this tea is an essential part of the Dieta, helping you connect with the spirits of the plants and allowing the medicine to work more deeply within you.
Kambo, Rapé & Sananga Ceremony
On the third, eighth, and fourteenth days of the 15‑day Dieta, and on the third and ninth days of the 10-day program, the Kambo, Rapé, and Sananga ceremonies will be offered as add‑on activities. These sacred practices will deeply cleanse your emotional and physical bodies, helping to reset and harmonize your energy field.
Creative Workshops - Visionary Painting, Charango, Guitar and Flute
On the 15‑day Dieta, the first of six sessions of the Visionary Painting Workshop will begin, along with classes in Charango (Andean guitar), Flute, and Guitar. For the 10‑day program, the first of four sessions will start on the third day This will spark your creativity and allow you to express yourself, helping with your transformation and healing process, while also learning to play medicine music.
Connection With Amazonian Nature
During the Dieta, we will visit the beautiful on-site creeks and waterfalls, where you will be able to have a deep cleansing and dive into natural ponds. This will help you relax and put your mind at ease while receiving the powerful healing of these crystal waters surrounded by the dense jungle, preparing you for the last ceremony.
Closing Ceremony & Cutting the Dieta
The 5th and closing ceremony is held during daytime, serving as a powerful metaphor of coming from the darkness into the light. This feels like a celebration full of joy that brings a deeper connection among the group, creating a community with a long‑lasting bond. By the end of this ceremony, Don Gino will cut your Dieta by serving you a spoon of an old Mestizo‑Shipibo recipe, a sacred offering that bursts in your mouth with rich flavors and awakens deep appreciation for the food and tastes we so often take for granted in our daily lives. This is truly an incredible and unforgettable experience to conclude a long and challenging journey.
On the same day after lunch, for the final closure, the whole group will gather in the ceremony room, where Don Gino will share the Post‑Dieta Instructions and Integration Guidelines to support you as you return home.
Accommodation in the Healing and Retreat Center
Comfortable Tambos and Glamping
The Chaka Runa Healing and Retreat Center is a raw and traditional native settlement, isolated in the middle of the vast Peruvian Amazon Rainforest. We are 15 minutes away by car to the closest town of Leija. It consists of an open ceremonial Maloca, a common dining area and 30 isolated personal Tambos and or Glamping Tents, that are spread throughout the Amazon Rainforest. The Healing Center is interconnected by enchanting long dirt trails, wooden stairs and wooden bridges.
Eco-Friendly, Raw, and Immersive Lodging
The accommodation is raw, built with local ecofriendly materials and in harmony with nature, with running water, flushing toilets, sink, and open showers. No cell service or Internet will be available during your Dieta, unless it is an emergency. Nonetheless, the Tambos and the Glamping Tents are beautiful and include only what you need: a bed with a mosquito net, a hammock, a table and chair, drawers for your clothes, a big water dispenser, a towel, a broom, toilet paper, candles, matches, mosquito spirals and rubber boots.
Sleeping Immersed in the Amazon
The Tambos have no walls and the only thing separating you from the jungle is a see-through mosquito net, as well as the Glamping Tents, which you can open all around, so in both cases you will be able to hear, feel and smell the jungle and how it talks to you through its soothing, natural sounds. Since chemical toiletry products, such as toothpaste, deodorant and shampoo are not allowed, you will be given baking soda to brush your teeth and leaves to soothe and cleanse yourself in your shower or in the crystal-clear waters of the creeks that run along the Healing Center.
A Call for Spiritual Warriors
If you are a spiritual warrior and in good health conditions, this is your chance to go back to basics, leaving behind your modern world to realize that you can also be at peace with little and in balance with Mother Earth.
Dieta Food - simple, natural and organic
The food is light, natural, fresh, organic and healthy, prepared daily from organic, pesticide-free, local sources. All meals during the Dieta are free from salt, sugar, spices, dairy and red meat. It is thoughtfully designed for the process to avoid getting in a ceremony on a heavy stomach. Two meals a day will be served (breakfast and lunch), and coca leaves and herbal teas will be available at all times. The Dieta is based on the Mestizo traditions and the menu includes rice, potatoes, quinoa, oats, dried banana, carrots, broccoli, avocado, corn and eggs.
After cutting the Dieta, we will enjoy amazing native Peruvian cuisine with vegan and vegetarian options. If you have any special dietary requirements please advise us upon receiving confirmation of your participation.
Dieta Program Details
What’s Included:
Welcome, logistics and transportation:
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Written guidelines for your arrival in Peru
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Written Tarapoto city travel guidliness
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Breakfast in the city of Tarapoto at the meeting point before departure to the Healing Center
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Chaka-Runa surprise ‘Welcome Bag’
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Local transportation Tarapoto - Healing Centre – Tarapoto
The Venue:
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Navigating the Healing Centre Protocol
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Ecovillage Project presentation
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Ecovillage Project Land Walk (tracks, trails, bridges, creeks, waterfalls)
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Access to the creeks and waterfalls of the Ecovillage during the Dieta
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Visit to the Plant Medicine area
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Visit the future residential area
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On-site Medicinal Plants walk and lecture
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24/7 on-site first aid support
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24/7 on-site security to ensure the safety and well-being of all participants
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Pair of high ankle rubber boots
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Ceremony:
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Navigating the Ceremony Protocol
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Dieta instructions and safety guidelines
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One-on-one New Timers conversation with Don Gino at the Healing Centre
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One Floral Bath for cleansing and protection at the beginning of the Dieta
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Palo Santo / Smudge personal cleansing before each ceremony
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Plant Medicine Ceremonies every other day (5 in 10 days Dieta / 8 in 15 days Dieta)
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Mapacho, Chacapa and Agua Florida cleansing during each ceremony
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Rapé servings during ceremonies
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Personal ceremony bucket
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Personal cleansing, healing and protection Arkana
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Sharing circles after each ceremony
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Daily intake of 1 liter of Medicinal Plants tea
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Participation in our music circles
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Post Dieta guidelines
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Food and accommodation:
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Accommodation in the Healing Centre during the Dieta
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Private furnished tambo or glamping with a bathroom and shower, featuring a solar-powered water heater and bio-digestor water disposal
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Tambo with balcony and hammock chair
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Glamping with front deck and terrace chair
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Rechargeable light bulbs
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Organic and bio-degradable soap and shampoo
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Bedding, blanket, set of towels for shower and creeks
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Food during the Dieta – breakfast and lunch
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5-gallon drinking water bottle that will be refilled
Activities:
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One Free Therapeutic Massage
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One Free Visionary Paint session
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One Free Charango/ Flute/ Guitar session
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Shamanic Drumming Workshop with Don Gino
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One Free Opening and Encountering Your Body, Chi Kung and Awakening The Warrior morning set sessions with Don Gino
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Yoga Classes
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One Free Group Transformation Coaching Session
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Open Artisanal Market
What’s Not Included:
Personal expenses outside the Healing Center before and after the Program, such as:
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Accommodation
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Meals
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Airfares to and from Peru and to and from Tarapoto
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Travel insurance
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Personal healthcare expenses if needed
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Legal costs if needed
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Peruvian Visa expenses if necessary
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Any kind of personal Touristic expenses while staying in Peru
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Any extra expenses due to an early drop out, such as; local transportation, flights, hotels, food, etc.
AVAILABLE "ADD-ONS"
Kambo, Rapé, Sananga Ceremony:
15 Days Dieta: 3 ceremonies US$ 250 per ceremony
10 Days Dietas: 2 ceremonies US$ 250 per ceremony
Visionary Painting Workshop:
15 Days Dieta: 6 sessions (1h each) US$ 250
10 Days Dietas: 4 sessions (1h each) US$ 200
Charango / Flute / Guitar Workshop:
15 Days Dieta: 6 sessions (1h each) US$ 250
10 Days Dietas: 4 sessions (1h each) US$ 200
Therapeutic Massage:
One session is offered freely as part of your healing journey. Additional sessions are available at $60 each.
Shamanic Drumming Workshop / Opening and Encountering Your Body, Chi Kung and Awakening The Warrior morning set / Yoga session:
One session for each workshop is gifted freely to all participants — a gesture of welcome and grounding.
Additional sessions are offered by donation, in the spirit of reciprocity and shared abundance.
Please, let us know in advance if you would like to book Add-ons.
Note: Discounts are only on Dieta prices, not applicable to Add-Ons.