This document provides an itinerary for a week-long intensive program in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest focused on immersing participants in indigenous Shipibo culture and plant medicine practices. The program includes visits to Shipibo communities, workshops on plant medicine preparation and Shipibo art, nightly ayahuasca ceremonies, and forest walks led by a local shaman. The goal is for participants to reconnect with nature and learn from indigenous wisdom about living sustainably on Earth.

1. E N C H A N T E D
E A R T H
M A G I C A L M E D I C I N E I N T E N S I V E
A R K A N A P E R U
P R E S E N T S . . .

2. P U R E M A G I C
Join us for a life changing adventure in the Amazon rainforest!
In the course of one intense, action-packed week, we will
immerse ourselves in the fascinating culture of Pucallpa and the
Ucayali region, visit Shipibo communities, work with powerful
teachers (plant and human), and reconnect to our primordial
roots the planet on one of the most unique and ancient places on
Earth. We will discover what indigenous wisdom can teach us
about living in harmony with planet--ourselves! The results will
be pure magic!
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3. A N G E L A O ' H A R A
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Angela O'Hara, a Canadian
artist, educator, and social entrepreneur,
has been traveling to the Upper Amazon of
Peru for the past six years. Having
originally come to the Amazon to do
fieldwork for her PhD on indigenous
knowledge and visionary art practices of
Pucallpa, she has focused her work in
exploring new and visionary
methodologies in creative research and
cultural innovation.
"We need a radical change in how we
imagine our relationship to the Earth­­one
that can create a more sustainable and and
prosperous life for all of us in the
future. Indigenous wisdom can teach us
how to see and understand our world
differently. This disappearing knowledge
may hold the key to our survival on this
planet."

4. itinerary
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6 .
Day 7
Pucallpa city tour and and pusanga workshop (Amazonian flower essence magic).
Visit to Santa Clara revitalization project and evening ayahuasca ceremony.
Visit to Shipibo village San Francisco for ceramics and cosmovision workshop.
Travel to Santuario Huishtin shamanic center and visit the boiling river. Banos
floriciemonto (floral bath) workshop and evening ayahuacsa ceremomy.
Amazonian plant medicine preparation workshop with Maestro Santiago.
Botanical forest walk with Meastro santiago and evening ayahuasca ceremony.
Breakfast and gathering and return to Pucallpa.

5. DAY 1: MORNING:
PUCALLPA
Monday morning, you will be collected at the
Captain Rolden airport in Pucallpa and brought to
the Manish Ecological Hotel, a peaceful green
oasis, where you can relax after your trip. After a
delicious lunch of regional fare at the hotel
restaurant, we will meet for an orientation and to
discuss the week's itinerary. We will also have the
chance to connect and share our stories and
intentions and expectations for the week to come.

6. DAY 1: AFTERNOON
CITY TOUR
After our meeting, we will head off to
explore the bustling city of Pucallpa,
including a tour of the bustling waterfront
and central plaza. We will also visit the
shaman's market. There we will also have
a special pusanga workshop to learn the
preparation of perfumes made from
magical Amazonian plants that bring love
and luck to the wearer. Following we will
enjoy a traditional Amazonian fish supper
at a local restaurant.

7. DAY 2: MORNING
SANTA CLARA
The next morning we will gather at
for breakfast at the hotel before
heading to Yarinacocha to visit the
humanitarian organization, Alianza
Arkana, for a presentation about
their Santa Clara revitalization
project. Following we will board
peka­pekas and travel by the
Ucayali river to the Shipibo village
of Santa Clara where we will learn
about local traditions such fishing
and farming practices. We will also
volunteer on their community
permaculture gardens where we
will learn about their use of native
plants and visit their intercultural
school where children are taught
local traditions and language and
beliefs as part of their school
curriculum.

10. DAY 2: AFTERNOON
SANTA CLARA
For lunch, we will be honoured by
a specially prepared community
feast of patarasca or fresh fish
steamed in banana leaves. We
may even sample some pirahna!
After lunch we will relax and later
regroup for a meditation and
grounding practice in preparation
for our first Ayahuasca ceremony
that evening with Shipibo
shaman, Juan Rocco in the
village maloca.

12. DAY 3: MORNING
SAN FRANCISCO
The next morning, we will have
breakfast in the community center
in Santa Clara and a
group integration circle about our
experiences the night before.
After making our goodbyes, we
will then visit the neighboring
Shipibo village of San Francisco
to learn about the ancient practice
of slip cast Shipibo pottery as well
as the fascinating meanings
underlying the mysterious Shipibo
quene design patterns. We will
also have the chance to buy some
unique souvenirs there and at the
nearby embroidery market,
including materials for our “Mesa”
project.

14. DAY 3: AFTERNOON
YARINACOCHA
Returning from our boat ride from Santa
Francisco, we will have lunch at a floating
restaurant in the port of Yarinacocha. We
will also have the chance to visit other local
artisan workshops and learn about the
unique Amazonian cuisine. That evening we
will return to the Manish Hotel to relax and
recuperate with a free evening.

15. DAY 4 MORNING
SANTUARIO
We will rise early and regroup at the
hotel restaurant where we will take
breakfast before heading off to the
Pucallpa central market to purchase
supplies. Our destination: Santuario
Huishtin, a traditional plant medicine
center situated in the rainforest. This
journey will take approximately five
hours involving a 2.5 hour down a
country road to the village of Honoria.
From there we will take a 20 minute
boat ride by motorized canoe down the
beautiful Pachitea river followed by a
vigorous jungle walk to Santuario
Huishtin (45 minutes).

17. DAY 4 AFTERNOON
SANTUARIO
There we will see an extraordinary
site: the thermal river Shanay­timpiska
(heated­by­the sun), a geological
world wonder. We will be welcomed
by Maestro Santiago Enrrique Paredes
Melendez his wife and curandera,
Ayme, and the lovely family at
Santuario Huishtin traditional plant
medicine center. There we will take
lunch and relax before exploring the
river and center grounds. Later that
afternoon we will gather at the volcanic
plaza for a meditation and later to
learn how to prepare a
baño floricimiento or floral bath in
preparation of that evening’s
ayahuasca ceremony. That evening at
8pm, we will convene at the maloca to
participate in ceremony.

19. DAY 5 MORNING
SANTUARIO
The next day you are invited to rest after
ceremony. We will have breakfast of teas,
cereals and yummy rainforest fruits and relax
in the serenity of Santuario. Later that
morning, we will reconnect and have an
integration circle about our experiences the
night before and a grounding meditation.

21. DAY 5 AFTERNOON
SANTUARIO
That afternoon we will enjoy a fascinating
introduction to Vegetalismo (plant spirit
shamanism) with Maestro Santiago
Enrrique followed by a workshop to learn
the preparation of five uniquely powerful
traditional Amazonian medicines to
protect and strengthen the body. After
lunch we will gather again to have a
another workshop on how to create a
personal "mesa" (magic alter) with the
medicine materials we collected in Santa
Clara, San Francisco and the markets in
Pucallpa.

23. DAY 6 MORNING
SANTUARIO
The following morning we will gather early
after breakfast for our botanical safari in the
rainforest where we will learn to identify
many medicinal plants and trees and their
uses in traditional medicine and magic under
the guidance of the Maestro.

25. DAY 6 AFTERNOON
SANTUARIO
After our rainforest walk, we will enjoy lunch
and some time for relaxation. Later we will
connect for another meditation in preparation
for our last ayahuasca ceremony.

26. DAY 7 MORNING
SANTUARIO
In the morning, we will gather for a
breakfast integration meeting and
then we'll say goodbye to this
unique and magical place and
embark on our journey back to
Pucallpa.

27. DAY 7 AFTERNOON
PUCALLPA
After an afternoon of traveling, we
arrive back at our hotel in Pucallpa to
enjoy a little refreshment before we
will meet for lunch at the restaurant
and a final group gathering to talk
about our insights and experiences.
Finally, you will be thanked with a final
parting surprise gift to take away as a
souvenir of your adventure in the
Amazon!

28. Proceeds from our intensives will be invested
in the building of our centre and conservation of the
surrounding threatened rainforest.
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