Amazon Rainforest Expeditions
This journey isn’t just about visiting the Amazon it’s about entering a living world that still remembers what we’ve forgotten.
A world where medicine grows wild, untouched, and sacred.
Every year, we return to the homeland of the Matsés one of the most remote and resilient tribes of the rainforest. They are the original guardians of Kambo, Sananga, and countless forest medicines that Western science has never seen or named. This is not tourism. It’s relationship.
A once-in-a-lifetime chance to learn directly from the source guided by Matsés elders and shamans who still live in deep connection with the land.
Expedition Details
Dates: 25th August – 3rd September 2026
Location: Matsés National Reserve, Amazon – Peru
Duration: 10 days
We’ll enter the Matsés National Reserve by authorised military plane, followed by a three-day boat journey along the Yaquerana River to reach Puerto Alegré a small, traditional village deep in the forest. Here, we’ll stay in the newly built maloka, created through partnership between the Matsés and the Kambo Practitioner Alliance. The maloka is a space for teaching, storytelling, and passing on ancestral knowledge to the next generation.
Highlights
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Take part in the annual Contacto Matsés celebration, marking their first contact with the outside world in 1969
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Learn directly from Matsés shamans, hunters, and elders — the original masters of Kambo (Dow-Kiet)
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Collect Sananga from the forest — guided by the Matsés, and witness the process of preparing it fresh from the root
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Discover rare and powerful forest medicines that have never been shared outside their community
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Participate in Kambo ceremonies in their original form, with Acaté (the sacred frog) and Matsés practitioners
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Jungle treks through pristine rainforest, guided by tribal hunters who read the land like a language
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Cultural exchange and community projects, supporting Matsés education and conservation
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Drink chapo, the nourishing plantain drink the Matsés use to restore strength during Kambo
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Evenings in the maloka with storytelling, song, and laughter, sharing knowledge that’s been passed orally for generations
Purpose
This expedition is built on respect, reciprocity, and cultural preservation. We travel not as explorers, but as students — learning from the Matsés way of life and helping to sustain their traditions. The Kambo Practitioner Alliance has supported the construction of the maloka and delivered over 50kg of school supplies to the community.
Each expedition continues this exchange, ensuring the Matsés benefit directly from every visit. Through this journey, participants experience the living lineage of forest medicine — from collecting Sananga to working with powerful plants that have never left the jungle before. It’s a chance to reconnect with something ancient, honest, and alive.
Join the Next Expedition
25th August – 3rd September 2026
Matsés National Reserve, Peru
Spaces are extremely limited.
If you feel called to walk with the Matsés, to learn their ways, and to experience the medicines of the forest in their true form, we welcome your enquiry.
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It is a path of truth, courage, and transformation. For over eleven years I have guided people to release what holds them back, step into their potential, and reconnect with the deeper essence of who they are.
Whether you are called to work with Kambo, to train as a practitioner, to explore advanced healing through NEOSH, or to join me on retreat or in the Amazon the invitation is the same: step into the next chapter of your journey.
Lewis Powell | 2026