You can do an ayahuasca retreat in Mexico at Lunita Jungle Retreat, where the ceremony is held in the Crystal Shala surrounded by Riviera Maya jungle, about 40 minutes from Cancún airport. Nico and Lorenza built Lunita on land they tend themselves, and the team knows your name before you arrive. This is not a retreat factory. It is a home that has held hundreds of people through ayahuasca ceremony, and the ceremony is always part of a retreat, never sold on its own. If you are weighing whether it is the right place, the honest first step is to tell us your intention through the inquiry form.
What ayahuasca is (the short version)
Ayahuasca is an Amazonian brew of the Banisteriopsis caapi vine cooked with the leaves of Psychotria viridis, worked with by Indigenous peoples of the Amazon basin for centuries as medicine and teacher. It is not something we can summarize honestly in a paragraph, so if you are new to it, read our complete guide to what ayahuasca is before you go further.
Who this retreat is for, and who it is not for
This is for adults ready to engage seriously with inner work, not a recreational experience and not a tourist activity. The people who do the deepest work here usually arrive carrying something and ready to look at it, often after other approaches have not reached it. Prepared first-timers are welcome, and experienced practitioners find the container well held.
It is not for everyone, and we would rather say so than take a booking we should not. If you are looking for a party, a guarantee, or a quick fix, this is not the place. Everyone completes an intake before arriving, we talk with you honestly about fit, and if ceremony is not right for you we will tell you directly. Questions about your health or any medication you take are a conversation for you and your own doctor, and something to raise with us at intake.
The ceremony within the retreat
An ayahuasca ceremony is not an activity on a schedule; it is a long night that asks for a container that is safe and well held. At Lunita that container is the jungle, the people who accompany you, and the care around the ceremony nights. The ceremonies are held by Edgar, a Zapotec medicine man who carries the Amazonian medicine within his own Mexican ceremonial tradition, and who has held plant-medicine ceremonies for more than twenty years. He does not diagnose your experience or hand it a doctrine.
A ceremony evening at Lunita is long, quiet, and held close, in a small circle rather than a crowd. It happens in the Crystal Shala, the octagonal glass space whose walls open to the trees on every side, so the jungle and the dark and the night sounds are part of the room. Edgar opens with prayer and song and stays present until morning. What holds the work is as much the container as the ceremony itself: the preparation before, the way the night is carried, and the days that follow.
A small circle, not a crowd
Groups at Lunita are kept intentionally small. Ceremonies are held in a small circle rather than a crowd, so no one disappears in the back row, and every guest has a personal intake before the night. Keeping the circle small is how the work stays closely held, from the first conversation to the morning after.
The setting: jungle, cenote water, and home
Lunita is around 5,000 square meters of built space immersed in more than 80,000 square meters of preserved jungle, so the forest wraps the whole site rather than bordering it. Not a single tree was cut, and five thousand new ones were planted. The property runs on solar power and sits off-grid on the Ruta de los Cenotes. The pool is fed with cenote water, and a private partner cenote about ten minutes away, not on the property, is where guests swim and sit after ceremony. Groups are kept intentionally small, so no one disappears in the back row.
Why Mexico, and why the Riviera Maya
Ayahuasca sits in a tolerated legal grey area in Mexico, which is part of why the Riviera Maya has become an active region for ceremonial work; the honest detail is in our guide to ayahuasca's legal status in Mexico, and it matters more than a reassuring sentence would. Practically, Lunita is about 40 minutes from Cancún, so most guests from the US and Canada fly in and arrive before dinner rather than losing retreat days to travel. And the jungle here is not a backdrop: the howler monkeys at dawn, the canopy overhead, the quiet, all of it is part of the work.
What a Lunita ayahuasca retreat includes
The retreat begins the moment you book, not when the medicine is served. The team sends preparation guidance and an intake they actually read, and the traditional dieta begins at home. On site you have accommodation, plant-based meals, the shared practice and ceremony spaces, and the team around the ceremony nights. Programs vary, and both private retreats and scheduled group ceremonies run through the year with limited availability, so we shape each retreat with you rather than publishing a fixed package. The traditional dieta begins at home; our guide to preparing for an ayahuasca retreat walks you through it.
Integration is where the work lands
The morning after a ceremony is not optional at Lunita; the integration circle is where many people do the deepest work, and the slow days that follow give what surfaced somewhere to land. For a closer look at the felt experience before you decide, read what to expect in an ayahuasca ceremony, and for the medicine itself, what ayahuasca is.
Ready to begin?
If you feel the call, tell us your intention and we build the retreat with you. The best first step is the inquiry form; share what you are imagining and your dates, and we will send a proposal and hold the space. Sometimes the honest answer is "not yet," and we will say that too.
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Ceremonia de ayahuasca en México: el espacio que sostiene Lunita
Una ceremonia de ayahuasca no es una actividad; es un encuentro que pide un contenedor seguro y bien sostenido. En Lunita, ese contenedor es la selva, la gente que acompaña y el cuidado alrededor de las noches de ceremonia. Aquí importa tanto lo que sucede en la ceremonia como la preparación antes y la integración después.
Las ceremonias las guía Edgar, portador de ceremonia zapoteco que carga cuatro linajes heredados. No diagnostica tu experiencia ni le impone una doctrina; sostiene con preparación individual antes, presencia durante toda la noche e integración a la mañana siguiente. Un temazcal en la tradición mexicana y náhuatl suele cerrar el trabajo con fuego, vapor y canto.
Lunita está en Puerto Morelos, sobre la Ruta de los Cenotes, a unos 40 minutos del aeropuerto de Cancún, rodeado de más de 80,000 metros cuadrados de selva preservada, fuera de la red y con energía solar. Los grupos son pequeños, para que nadie se pierda y cada persona esté acompañada de cerca. La confianza se gana, no se declara: 4.9 estrellas en más de 140 reseñas de Google y 4.9 en más de 40 de TripAdvisor, con más de 120 retiros desde noviembre de 2022.
Si sientes el llamado, cuéntanos tu intención y armamos el espacio contigo. Puedes ver las ceremonias en nuestro menú de servicios, leer cómo la medicina acompaña procesos de sanación o conocer otra medicina que ofrecemos. Para empezar, escríbenos o agenda una llamada.