At Los Yapas Holistic Centre we believe in ‘Nature for Healing, Healing for Nature’.
We believe humans are a part of nature, and that nature is our essence. Therefore, when we return to our essence, we heal. And by healing, we restore nature’s balance.
Botanical Garden
25 hectares of regenerated forest with over five-thousand endangered hardwood trees and a wide biodiversity
- Informative tour through the botanical park with permaculturist, PhD in molecular biology, and Los Yapas founder PhD Gabriela Aguilar (English, French, Spanish).
You will observe a great biodiversity of orchids and other exotic plants of the Amazon, a wide variety of birds (over 120 identified species), and over 100 species of medicinal plants, learning about their properties and their use 2hours
- Field work (use your hands to connect to the earth while leaving a positive print on our planet) 3hours
- Plant or adopt a tree (medicinal plant or fruit tree) 2hours
Chakana garden
Where Art meets Nature creating a magical environment perfectly suited to fusion ancestral Asian practices with ancestral Andean and Amazonian ceremonies
- Hatha Yoga 1hour 30min
- Tai Chi 1hour
- Tapping 1hour
- Minfulness (Meditation with Tibetan bowls, breathwork, sound meditation) 1hour
- Tobacco ceremony (Amazonian ancestral ceremony to clean your soul and body) 1hour
Rio Puyo
A tributary of the majestic Pastaza river, we are lucky to count on Rio Puyo flowing through Los Yapas as a natural pool
- Clay therapy session (the Rio Puyo clay is one of the best clays in the world because of its medicinal properties) 2-3hours
- Cable car ride to cross the river and discover the wilder side of our park 1hour
Lago de Los Sueños
A product of the forest regeneration and the water streams created as a result, this lake is one of the most picturesque places of Los Yapas
- Canoe ride on the lake and its canals (flowing though the Chakana garden) 1-2hours
Journey inside
Discover your inner nature
- Guayusa ceremony (ancestral medicinal plant tea ceremony) 2hours
- Field work (use your hands to re-discover your connection to the earth, feel the oneness, and heal) 3hours
- Workshops (communication, discover your inner shaman, herbalism, permaculture, arts & crafts, nutrition, vegan cooking, home-made sourdough bread baking) 1-2days
- Diagnosis based on the 5 Elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine 3hours
For our in-depth inner-self healing therapies check the "Healing" tab.
Prices
Botanical Garden
Tour $20
Field work , for 3 hours you receive a discount of $10 on your accomodation
Plant or adopt a tree $10
Chakana garden
Hatha Yoga $20
Tai Chi $10
Tapping $10
Mindfulness $20
Tobacco ceremony $10
Rio Puyo
Clay therapy $10
Cable car ride $10
Lago de Los Sueños
Canoe ride by yourself
If you want someone to drive the canoe $20
Journey inside
During the full moons or new moons we offer Guayusa ceremony as a gift
Workshops $200 each, $100 for bread baking
Diagnosis $50