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16 Day Brazilian Amazon Wellness Retreat
ENCOUNTER | EMPOWER | EVOLVE
Join us on a journey to the planet’s ultimate paradise and allow yourself to experience the penetrating embrace of the Amazon. Feel nurtured by Mother Earth, held by Father Spirit, in powerful ways only the Amazon can deliver. Sleep with the sounds of the howler monkeys and other chatty nocturnal jungle life, invigorating your sense of connection with all that is. Swim in the delicious warm clean lake. Sense the ancient-ness of the Amazon through total immersion in its powerful presence. Connect with your inner depths through an ayahuasca experience at the riverside home of an Amazonian shaman.
30 day No Risk fully refundable deposit
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Key Details
Level:
All levels
Price:
$3,333 (1-part)
$5,555 (full tour)
Nearest airpot
Manaus, Brazil (MAO)
Dates:
March 27 - April 11, 2025
Climate:
Tropical
Length:
16 Nights
Language:
English
Food:
Vegan
Where the Magic Happens...
Guests will stay in local pousadas and with indigenous communities, experiencing the raw beauty of the jungle. The tour includes unique accommodations ranging from shared rustic rooms with AC to sleeping in hammocks under thatched roofs. These serene, nature-immersed environments are perfect for relaxation, meditation, and yoga.
Basics:
- Rustic rooms
- Hammocks
- Shared or single accommodations
- AC and shower available on some nights
Features:
- Jungle and river stays
- Indigenous community stays
Accommodations
This experience really truly is very very different from the norm. It's a gentle adventure, but it's the Amazon jungle! It will definitely push you out of your comfort zone. We would never taint the primal nature of the experience with luxury. We will connect with self and with spirit. To do that, all you need is healthy food, clean water, comfy bed, indoor plumbing, compassionate leadership and solid instruction.
.......All while immersed in the most powerful nature on the planet.
Accomodations similar to pictures above on some nights during the tour. Most nights, accomodations will include indoor plumming and showers, possibly AC. Most likely no Wi-Fi
Space is limited
30 day no risk deposit when booked 90 days or more prior to the retreat
Tour itinerary
Part 1
We’ll hit the river right away with a day tour of various river attractions: pink river dolphins, indigenous community, massive Amazonian plants and cool animals, all are part of the fun. Then we’ll meet up with our ride to take us down the Rio Negro to our next spot near Iranduba.
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Guests have 2 options in Iranduba:
a pousada with a bed and AC (shared rustic rooms), or
staying with the indigenous community and sleeping in a hammock under a thatched roof. Shaman Cacique leads that tribe, and has learned his tribe’s ways as practiced since the beginning of time. You can do ayahuasca with Shaman Cacique if you like. Cacique has led hundreds of people through the ayahuasca experience. We’ll make arrangements to have our meals at the pousada.
We’ll spend 2 nights in the riverside communities near Iranduba. On Day 4, we’ll return to Manaus (about 1.5 hours distance). We’ll spend the afternoon and night in Manaus.
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This is Part I of our trip, days 1-4. Day 5 is a travel day. If you can’t join us for the full 15 days, day 5 is a good day to depart or join us (arriving day 4 for 5 am boat departure day 5).
Part 2
On day 5 we will catch a boat at 5 am that will take us up the Amazon to Santarém. We’ll arrive at night and will sleep in Alter do Chão. We’ll rest for a day in Alter do Chão.
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On the following day, we’ll go to FLONA, deep in the jungle. We’ll meet riverside communities, a small tourism economy, and a vibrant jungle filled with life. We can’t enter the FLONA reserve without an official guide, so we’ll have one with us. Our guide will show us the sites in FLONA including the latex harvesting industry. Here, you can buy items handmade with natural latex, such as purses, small bags, and shoes.
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After a few days in FLONA, we’ll go back to Alter do Chão. We’ll hang out there for a couple of days, in a small community deep in the Amazon, sleeping to the magical sounds of the night jungle. We’ll rent some adorable bungalows and a couple of lakefront rooms so everyone can have their own space here. We’ll make friends with the monkeys, relax, enjoy, swim in the lake, and appreciate the nature.
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Coming to an end, we’ll return to Santarém and spend the night to meet our early boat back to Manaus. A day’s boat journey and one last night in Manaus, and head on home on day 15.
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Manaus is a big city. We won’t be spending time in the city but we will have half-days occasionally for exploring and some shopping.
What’s Included
Bonus Activities
- Accommodations for every night for 14 nights. Accommodations are generally very simple so we can be closer to nature.
- Plant-based meals for every day between arrival and departure.
- Tour fees
- Boat fare to and from Santarém
- Transportation fees during the tour’s 15 days
- Uber to and from the airport (may delay to wait for additional guests)
Bonus Activities
- Ayahuasca with an Amazon shaman
- Healing ceremonies with medicine men & women
- Local tour guides of the forest
Optional Add-ons
Not Included
- Additional Ayahuasca experience
- Additional shopping / ceremonial experiences
Not Included
- Fees for other medicine / shamanic treatments with other medicine men or women
- Restaurant food you want to try
- Any additional excursions or outings you want to take
- Alcohol is discouraged but if you want it, it’s not included
- Insurance
- Airfare to/from Manaus
- VISA for entry to Brazil (required as of 4/24)
During the Journey...
Establish
connection with
untouched nature
Rekindle
sense of
adventure
Encounter
elusive wildlife
Cultivate
presence in
the moment
Forge
connections with new communities
Acquire
Inner peace
and clarity
Establish
connection with untouched nature
Rekindle
sense of adventure
Encounter
elusive wildlife
Cultivate
presence in the moment
Forge
connections with new communities
Acquire
Inner peace and clarity
FAQs
We all have ideas of what the Amazon is like. But is it really? Here’s a few things you can expect.
A small group. We’re taking 3-9 guests. With 2 or more leaders, this also allows for breaking up the group to do different things if desired.
A little discomfort. We are intentionally not renting out lux spaces because we want to keep things simple and have the experience be as authentic to the region as possible, without being uncomfortable. Also, deep in the jungle there are no lux spaces. If you stay with Cacique, you will definitely sleep in a hammock.
Occasional rooms that are more comfortable. When we come back from the jungle we’ll stay in a more comfortable space, with hot showers.
Noisy communities sometimes. Brazilians and their loud music at all hours sometimes… You should bring ear plugs.
Sometimes private rooms and sometimes shared rooms.
You’ll get bitten by mosquitos for sure. Also ants for sure. You’ll most likely get stung by a wasp. But hopefully that will be the worst of it. If you’re allergic, be sure to bring your medication!
Much of our sleeping is open air. So you’ll want to pay attention but not be afraid.
Not a lot of scary critters. We may come across one or two, or none at all. But don’t let your fear of snakes or giant beetles prevent you from booking this trip!
Boat rides, sometimes very wet. This is a life of the river. Put electronics in dry bags and bring large plastic bags to cover your pack.
Delicious plant-based food, but a lot of beans. Brazilians make the most delicious beans! That’s about all they do that’s plant-based though, so expect to be eating a lot of beans.
Plenty of surprising exotic fruits available only in the Amazon. Get your fill of fresh açaí!
No wifi deep in the jungle. Maybe, but probably not. Your wifi access will be irregular and not daily.
Discovering Brazillian Amazon
Enter a world of tranquility amidst the lush greenery, wildlife songs, and natural surroundings. Local tour guides will show us the way and help keep us safe in this majestic, ancient, vastness of a jungle.
Breathe in the lush rainforest, be one with the exotic wildlife, and laugh along with the local indigenous people, gaining a unique insight into their lifestyle and culture.
We are traveling to and enjoying a variety of locations, each offering different flavors of wellness experiences, mixed in with some fabulous Amazon experiences such as a day’s voyage up the Amazon River. This entire area is a river community, and travel by boat is the way of life. So, we will have a taste of that. It is these kinds of choices that help make our travel experience authentic to and most respectful of our hosts’ land.
Meet Your Facilitators
DR. MICHELE POFF, PHD
Retreat leader | Wellness leader
Michele is dedicated to wellness and living the best life possible. She travels solo a lot, and when she discovers someplace magical and exceptional, she delights in sharing it with others. Michele is a caring and attentive retreat host, with many years of hospitality and many more years of adult instruction in her background. She’s also an avid meditator and has found immense wellness through a meditation journey. She has put this package together for you to not only enjoy, but grow from — indeed, evolve. It’s meditation, yes, but you can do that anywhere. This is meditation in the Brazilian Amazon. Smack in the middle of the rain forest. With nature’s voices all around, and a human silence that is stupendous. Here, you can connect to your self. Here, you can hear yourself think. Here, you can relax, commune with Mother Nature, and learn more than you’d imagine. Here is an excellent location for focusing on wellness. Michele will take you to the best places she has discovered in the area.
ALLISON BRENNAN
Yoga instructor | Wellness leader
Allison is a tree hugger, food lover, traveler, and fitness teacher. She cares for each living being as a whole, understanding that every “body” wants to move freely, to move without pain, and to move in a way that can bring them back to witness their unique physical body through their own spirit. Allison received her mat-pilates teacher training while living in Dubai and traveled to Nepal to receive her 200h YTT. Though she was born and raised in Southern California, she has spent her last two years living in a small town in Costa Rica, embracing the pura vida lifestyle, soaking in the sea, and watching sunsets. She currently teaches pilates and yoga, as well as gymnastics for kids at a non-profit sports center in the community.
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What Our Guests Say About Us
I didn’t really know what I was signing up for but this was exactly what I needed. The perfect reset! Host was beyond accommodating and knowledgeable. The experience made me reflect on things that I find power in that I hadn’t thought of in a while and how much I love and miss kickboxing and surfing and how much fun I find in these workouts! All of the members that support Michelle’s retreat — cook / house host, surf instructor, yoga teacher and massage therapist fit perfectly with one another. The ladies I met will be people I will remember forever. I’m sad to leave the limitless coconuts in the fridge :(. If I were to have the opportunity to return, I would 100% take that opportunity! Thank you so much, Michelle, for creating this space and beautifully thought out agenda for us all to enjoy and experience. I will miss you all! xo
Yvonne M.
So so pleased I trusted to come. Michele made it easy to arrange and is incredibly welcoming and works so hard to make it an experience that fits each guest best. I’m coming away with so many new friends. Her whole team is amazing. Surfing awakened something in me I feared was lost forever. The best experience of my 39 years in so many ways!
Steph Harper
If you’re looking for a retreat to challenge yourself and your beliefs about yourself this is it. It’s a refresh for those who do this work on a daily but I guarantee the combination of mind body spirit all in one day will stretch you. I am a retreat master, mostly large, so having a small quiet intimate retreat setting was not only appealing but crucial after closing a business in Denver.
Wendy
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