Expedition to the Amazon Forest
Yawanawá Brazil
Embark on an extraordinary expedition to the Yawanawá Village, nestled deep within the Amazon Rainforest of Acre, Brazil. This transformative journey offers an opportunity to engage with the rich traditions of the Yawanawá people, as we immerse ourselves in their daily lives, participate in their rituals and ceremonies, and experience the vivid beauty of nature's wilderness.
Surrounded by the lush, untamed landscape, we will connect with the spirit of the Amazon and discover a profound sense of belonging and wonder.
DATES: JUNE 6 – 14 2025
Arrival to Cruzeiro do Sul airport on June 6
Departure from Cruzeiro do Sul airport on June 14
PROGRAM INVESTMENT: $2250 USD
GROUP SIZE: 5 – 8 participants
INCLUDES:
Cruzeiro do Sul -Airport Transfer - Hotel
Cruzeiro do Sul Hotel – 2 nights of accommodation
Hotel Food: Light dinner on arrival and breakfast
Van transfer to Vila de São Vicente port
Vila de São Vicente boat to Aldeia Amparo (round trip)
6 nights of accommodation and all meals in the village
All experiences, medicines and 3 ayahuasca ceremonies.
Guide, translator and support
**Registration doesn’t include airline tickets (we offer purchase support). Food outside the hotel and village. Personal shopping at the village or during the trip.
WHERE IS THE AMPARO VILLAGE?
Aldeia Amparo is an indigenous community located within the Yawanawá territory that borders the Gregório River in the state of Acre - Brazil.
Today, a little more than 100 people live in the community.
The village is administered by chief Veera and his wife Shaya and led by the spiritual leadership of the shaman Vinnya, who keeps alive the legacy of the ancestral wisdom of the Yawanawá ethnic group.
For 18 years, Aldeia Amparo has maintained its culture through a deep connection with the Amazon Rainforest, with a community lifestyle, playing and singing the unmistakable songs of the Yawanawá ethnic group, connecting with the forest spirits, carrying out their cleaning rituals. and healing through its medicines, thus protecting its history and traditions.
They form a large family that since 2022 has started to formally welcome groups of non-indigenous people to share their ancestral knowledge.
WHO ARE THE YAWANAWÁ?
Since time immemorial, the Yawanawá, the peccary people, have occupied the headwaters of the Gregório River, a tributary of the Juruá River, geographically belonging to the municipality of Tarauacá, Acre. Their population belongs to the Pano linguistic trunk. The families are distributed in the Nova Esperança communities , Mutum, Escondido, Tibúrcio and Matrinxã. The communities are formed by the Yawanawá, Arara, Kãmãnawa (jaguar people), Iskunawa (Japan people), Ushunawa (white people), Shanenawa (blue bird people), Rununawa families. (snake people) and Kaxinawá (bat people). The predominant language in the villages is Portuguese, spoken only by the elders and some young people in the village.
Who is this journey for?
For everyone who wants to:
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Experience the beauty of being immersed in the amazon rainforest
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Learn about the Yawanawá indigenous culture, their traditions and rituals.
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Learn from the medicines and wisdom of the forest (Ayahuasca, Rapé, Kambo, Sananga) * Optional
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Deepen into self-knowledge, strengthen your spiritual path and gain more clarity about your purpose.
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Participate in various activities with the community in the forest.
FOREST MEDICINES
The Amazon Rainforest is the largest reserve of medicinal plants in the world. The Yawanawá people have extensive knowledge of the flora of their region.
The term “forest medicines” encompasses preparations derived from plants or animals such as Ayahuasca, Rapé, Sananga, Kambo and a series of plants used to heal the spiritual, emotional, physical and mental body.
The Yawanawá people have an ancient tradition of usinG Ayahuasca (Uni) to bring healing, understanding, transformation and harmonize different situations. It is a sacred medicine of great power considered a living spirit, endowed with its own wisdom and intelligence.
During the experience there will be three ceremonies with Uni guided by Yawanawá healing songs. They will be unique experiences for the awakening and expansion of consciousness.
Rape (Snuff) is a powder made from tobacco and tree bark ash. These ashes are called medicines, as snuff is not prepared with ashes of any kind of tree, but with those that have specific properties. Snuff can be used individually through a Kuripe, or blown by one person on another, with a tepi.
Sananga is considered the natural eye candy of the Amazon rainforest. It operates in two aspects of healing: physical and spiritual. One of the active ingredients in the liquid is ibogaine.
The tradition is to drip drops of the plant's root juice into the eyes
to clarify spiritual vision.
MEALS:
Let's get to know the typical forest diet with 3 meals a day. Foods such as cassava, river fish, bananas, açaí, game meat, as well as typical rice and beans, among many other delicacies from the forest.
ACCOMMODATION:
We will be sharing wooden huts, built to welcome visitors to the village.
Individual tents are set up inside the huts, some have window screens for insects.
There are two shared bathrooms with showers.
Each participant needs to bring: a small tent, sleeping mat, sleeping bag, and a hammock if desired.
ACTIVITIES:
Herbal bath
Clay bath (Mapu)
Body painting (Jenipapo)
3 Ayahuasca Ceremonies
Wheel of knowledge
Pesca do Tingui (when available)
Activities by the Samaúma
Rapé Wheels
Sananga
Kambo application (when available)
Craft fair
Traditional games
