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Atmosphere and feature ratings above are based on Best Retreats research (November 2026). They will be updated if La Tribu Ayahuasca submits its own information.

La Tribu Ayahuasca: An In-Depth Review for Ayahuasca Retreats in Tarapoto, Peru

La Tribu Ayahuasca is a new organizer run by coach and NLP trainer Milagros Cabello Vita that sells ayahuasca and master plant dieta retreats in Tarapoto, ayahuasca weekends in Lima and kambo sessions, for groups of up to 25, with six-day Tarapoto retreats from $990, per its Tarapoto program page. Against that, its kambo listing claims to help with cancer and HIV and tells clients to drink more than four liters of water first, a Lima weekend stacked ayahuasca, tepezcohuite and Bufo alvarius on consecutive days, no contraindications or medical staff are published, and it has no reviews, website or company.

🎯 At a Glance

• Locations: Retreats in “Tarapoto, Peruvian Amazon” with no venue or district published, weekends at a venue called Suti Wasi in Cercado de Lima, and kambo in Miraflores, Lima, Peru; its Retreat Guru center page lists an address in Santa Rosa, California, per its Retreat Guru page.
• Approach: Three ayahuasca ceremonies with a master plant dieta over six days in Tarapoto, plus integration circles; separate weekends have combined ayahuasca with “Satori” (tepezcohuite), Bufo alvarius (5-MeO-DMT), kambo and rapé.
• Suitable For: Experienced adults who screen themselves thoroughly and verify the venue before paying. Not suitable for people taking antidepressants or with heart or psychiatric conditions.
• Costs: $990 for a shared cabin and $1,200 for a private cabin in Tarapoto in February 2027, though the description also gives $1,200 for shared; Lima weekends $900 to $1,200; one-to-one kambo $250. The deposit is refundable until a day before and full payment until 30 days before. Tarapoto airport transfers are included.
• Overall Assessment: Clear refund terms and a dieta format, offset by unsupported disease claims, mixed-medicine weekends for large groups, no published medical safeguards and no track record. Directory evaluation: D+.

💬 What Guests Are Saying

No reviews were found: Retreat Guru shows none for the center, its events or its facilitator, and no listing was found on BookRetreats, Tripadvisor, AyaAdvisors or Trustpilot. If you have attended, we encourage you to share your experience through our submission form.

🚩 Incident Report

We searched review platforms and English and Spanish-language news for reports involving La Tribu Ayahuasca, Milagros Cabello Vita and its Lima venue.

• Deaths and serious injuries: None found.
• Sexual misconduct: No allegations found.
• Theft and fraud: None found.
• Legal action: None found.

The facilitator has almost no presence outside Retreat Guru, which limits this search. In December 2025 a Tarapoto court sentenced a man to 15 years for a 2024 killing at a different ayahuasca center on the Yurimaguas road, per Andina; that case does not involve La Tribu.

If you have experienced or witnessed an incident with this center, please report it confidentially.

🔍 Critical Notes

Who runs it. Milagros Cabello Vita, the only person named, describes 22 years in personal development as an ontological coach, NLP trainer and constellations facilitator and calls herself a “Master of Ceremonies of Amazonian Traditional Medicine”, per her profile. She names no lineage or teacher; she dates her first ayahuasca to 2010 and her calling to the plant to 2023, while the Lima listing claims “over 15 years” of lineage. No curandero is named. Contact is a Gmail address, and no website, social account or Peruvian company was found.

Health claims. Its kambo listing says kambo helps with “Cancer, vascular insufficiency, migraines, and organ diseases” and “Arthritis, hepatitis, and HIV”, and asks clients to fast and drink “more than 4 liters of water” beforehand, with no contraindications listed.

Screening and medical support. A “pre-retreat health screening” is mentioned but not described, and no contraindication list, medical staff or emergency protocol is published for groups of up to 25 with one named facilitator. Its Lima weekend scheduled ayahuasca, then “Satori (Tepezcohuite)”, then Bufo alvarius on three consecutive days; Peru’s health institute has warned against combining ayahuasca with other substances, per ANSA. With the Tarapoto venue unpublished, the distance to Hospital II-2 Tarapoto is unknown.

Listings. Prices conflict on the same pages, a duplicate listing still carries “Copy” in its title, the “6 day” retreat runs seven days, and a “free” webinar costs $1.

Status. Bookable, with Tarapoto retreats listed for February 2027.

Legal context. Ayahuasca is legal in Peru, where its traditional use was declared national cultural heritage in 2008, and there is no licensing regime for retreat centers, per ICEERS. DMT is a controlled substance in Peru, per DIGEMID.

🆘 Screening & Mental Health Risks

Stacking ayahuasca with tepezcohuite and Bufo alvarius on consecutive days, without published screening, adds to the risks below. ICEERS notes that ayahuasca’s MAOI component makes it dangerous with SSRIs and other serotonergic drugs and that it is contraindicated for people prone to psychosis. Never stop a psychiatric medication to qualify for a ceremony without your prescriber’s guidance.

🧪 Brew Substance

Ayahuasca of unpublished source, served alongside an unnamed master plant dieta. Ayahuasca combines the Banisteriopsis caapi vine with a DMT-containing leaf such as chacruna, as Erowid explains.

📍 Location, Setting & Style

• Setting: Lowland Amazon around Tarapoto, plus city venues in Lima.
• Rooms: Shared and private cabins with en-suite bathrooms in Tarapoto, per its program page.
• Style: Coaching-led ceremonies that mix ayahuasca with other medicines.

Practical guidance: Fly to Tarapoto (TPP); group transport from the airport is included.

Should You Book?

Not recommended in its current form. Anyone considering it should ask in writing for the Tarapoto venue address, who serves the medicine and their training, the contraindication list, who on site is medically trained and how a guest reaches the hospital, and should not rely on kambo or any plant medicine to treat a serious illness. Read our guide to verifying retreat facilitators.

The Team & Story

La Tribu appeared on Retreat Guru in 2026, with its first dated event in Lima in October 2026. Our profile of Katari Center notes an earlier program description shared with La Tribu. We did not independently verify anyone’s training.

Prep & Integration Tips

Before you go: Disclose every medication and condition in writing and plan any change with your own doctor. After you return: Arrange support from a qualified therapist at home. Our guide on how to research ayahuasca incidents can help you check any center.

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Last reviewed November 2026.

This article is for informational purposes only and is not medical advice. Consult a qualified medical professional.