A retreat we hosted

Traditional Bwiti Iboga Retreat

A traditional Bwiti Iboga retreat held in the heart of Mexico.

At a glance

Jan 5-10, 2026
arrive 3:00 p.m. · depart 11:00 a.m.
Nights
5
Group size
up to 20 (venue capacity)
Language
English
Price
via the retreat leader
Lunita Jungle Retreat Center · Ruta de los Cenotes Km 17, Puerto Morelos · 40 min from Cancun airport
Last updated August 2026

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Traditional Bwiti Iboga Retreat, Lunita Jungle Retreat, Riviera Maya, Mexico

This retreat has concluded. It is kept here as part of the story of what the jungle has held. For what is coming up, see the retreat calendar, or design your own personal retreat.

About this retreat

Traditional Bwiti Iboga Retreat in Mexico

Led by Gabonese Healers | A Sacred Bridge Between Africa and Mexico

This unique retreat brings the sacred Bwiti tradition of Gabon to Mexico, offering an authentic Iboga experience guided by Gabonese healers from the Fang lineage.

Rooted in the ancient spiritual practices of the Bwiti, the retreat provides a rare opportunity to connect with the Iboga medicine in its traditional ceremonial context, held with deep reverence, discipline, and care.

Over the course of the retreat, participants will undergo two traditional root bark ceremonies, led by experienced Nimas (Bwiti shamans) with the support of a dedicated team.

The retreat includes spiritual preparation, integration support, and a grounding environment designed to honour the sacredness of this work.

This gathering also serves as a powerful meeting point between two ancestral worlds—African and Mexican—bridging the wisdom of indigenous traditions across continents. Whether you are seeking healing, clarity, or spiritual initiation, this retreat offers a profound path back to self, spirit, and source.

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Questions

What was the Traditional Bwiti Iboga Retreat?
The Traditional Bwiti Iboga Retreat brought the sacred Bwiti tradition of Gabon to Mexico, offering an authentic Iboga experience guided by Gabonese healers from the Fang lineage, hosted at Lunita Jungle Retreat Center. Rooted in the ancient spiritual practices of the Bwiti, it provided a rare opportunity to connect with the Iboga medicine in its traditional ceremonial context, held with deep reverence, discipline, and care. The gathering also served, in its own words, as a powerful meeting point between two ancestral worlds, African and Mexican, bridging the wisdom of indigenous traditions across continents.
When did the retreat take place?
The Traditional Bwiti Iboga Retreat ran from January 5 to January 10, 2026 at Lunita Jungle Retreat Center near Puerto Morelos, Mexico, beginning at 3:00 p.m. on arrival day and closing at 11:00 a.m. on the final morning. The retreat has concluded, and its page remains on the Lunita Jungle Retreat Center site as part of the story of what the jungle has held. The five-night arc held the traditional structure the work requires: spiritual preparation first, the ceremonies at the center, and integration support before departure.
How were the ceremonies held?
Over the course of the retreat, participants underwent two traditional root bark ceremonies, led by experienced Nimas, the Bwiti shamans, with the support of a dedicated team. The retreat included spiritual preparation beforehand, integration support afterward, and a grounding environment designed to honour the sacredness of the work. This was Iboga in its traditional ceremonial context: the Bwiti tradition of Gabon carried by healers of the Fang lineage, practiced with the reverence, discipline, and care the tradition itself demands. Every sacred medicine ceremony at Lunita Jungle Retreat Center begins with an honest intake, since some health conditions and medications mean this work is not right or not safe for a particular person.
Where was the retreat held?
The retreat was held at Lunita Jungle Retreat Center, Ruta de los Cenotes Km 17, Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico, about 40 minutes by road from Cancún International Airport. The center is an intimate, fully solar-powered sanctuary for twenty guests, 5,000 square metres built inside 80,000 square metres of preserved jungle, with ceremony spaces beneath the canopy and the quiet this depth of work requires. The Mexican jungle hosting a Gabonese tradition was part of the retreat's meaning: two ancestral worlds meeting on land that has held ceremony of its own for generations.
Will the Iboga retreat return, and what can I do now?
This edition has concluded. For what is coming up at Lunita Jungle Retreat Center, see the retreat calendar, where ceremony retreats appear with their dates and traditions named. Sacred medicine work at Lunita always begins with an honest intake conversation about health conditions and medications, so if this path calls you, a free call with the team is the right first step: it covers which upcoming retreats hold ceremony, how screening and preparation work, and what integration support looks like. The newsletter, Letters from the jungle, carries announcements when new ceremony retreats open.

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