PRICING TRANSPARENCY

We want you to understand our pricing structure. When researching Ayahuasca retreats you will find extreme cost variations from one retreat to another. These discrepancies can be confusing so we would like to make sure our guests understand why our prices are what they are. We try to keep our prices reasonable with consideration of the expense of running the retreat.

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Culturally, we’ve been programmed to believe that higher-priced items/experiences intrinsically have a higher value/quality. To some extent, the old saying ‘you get what you pay for’ is true. However, with the growing popularity of Ayahuasca, there is no shortage of places popping up that are hoping to cash in despite having very little experience or proper training. As more and more ‘luxury’ Ayahuasca retreats are opening in Costa Rica and Ayahuasca retreat prices surge, we are getting more and more people contacting us and wondering – “Why are your prices cheaper than most of the rest?”

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There are a lot of expenses that go into running a retreat and we understand that sometimes there is a bit of ‘sticker shock’ when seeing retreat prices but a large majority of those prices can be explained and justified. At the same time, when you look at places that are charging upward of $6000 and taking groups of 20 – 90 people, it’s pretty clear to see that the operation is money-motivated. You can read this blog which goes more in depth about ayahuasca pricing considerations of what to look for but here we just want to clarify and have transparency about what we charge and why we charge it.

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Simply, we do this work because we are passionate about it and we are indebted to Ayahuasca for all she has given us in our lives. We are not profit-driven, but we do need to be able to support ourselves and our staff in this work as our full-time job and sole source of income.