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Lila Medicina: An In-Depth Review for Ayahuasca Ceremonies in Punta Hermosa and Contamana, Peru

Lila Medicina is a small Peruvian operator run by Reiki and crystal therapist Alejandra Rubio (“Lila”) with Shipibo-Conibo healer Ordoño Pérez that sells four-ceremony ayahuasca series at a beach house in Punta Hermosa, south of Lima, for $300, and week-long jungle retreats at Ronin Koshi Bai near Contamana, Loreto, for $780, per its Retreat Guru page. It is inexpensive and led by a named Shipibo healer. Against that, it has no reviews anywhere, no screening, contraindications, medical staff or emergency plan are published, the healer claims to treat “all kinds of diseases” including at a distance, and its gallery includes stock images.

🎯 At a Glance

• Locations: A beach house in Punta Hermosa, about an hour south of Lima, and Ronin Koshi Bai, a jungle center beside a lagoon near Contamana, Loreto, Peru, with the group traveling from Pucallpa.
• Approach: Ayahuasca ceremonies with plant baths and integration talks; jungle retreats add a purge and rapé.
• Suitable For: Budget travelers wanting ceremonies near Lima who can arrange their own lodging and screen themselves. Not suitable for people taking antidepressants or with heart or psychiatric conditions.
• Costs: $300 for four ceremonies or $180 for two in Punta Hermosa, excluding lodging, daytime food and transport, per its Punta Hermosa program page; $780 for the jungle retreat. The deposit is refundable until a day before and full payment until 30 days before.
• Overall Assessment: Low-cost ceremonies with a Shipibo healer, offset by no track record, no published medical safeguards, unsupported healing claims and unreliable listing content. Directory evaluation: C-.

💬 What Guests Are Saying

Lila Medicina has no reviews on Retreat Guru, and none were found on Google, Tripadvisor, BookRetreats or AyaAdvisors. 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 Lila Medicina, Alejandra Rubio, Ordoño Pérez and Ronin Koshi Bai.

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

The operator has almost no online presence, so this absence offers limited assurance.

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

🔍 Critical Notes

Who runs it. Alejandra Rubio describes herself as a holistic therapist, crystal healer and Reiki practitioner with more than 15 years in Amazonian medicine, per her teacher profile. Ordoño Pérez describes himself as a Shipibo-Conibo vegetalista who has treated “all kinds of diseases in person and long distance” for more than 20 years, per his profile (both unverified). No company or tax number is named.

Screening and medical support. A pre-ceremony consultation is mentioned, but no medical questionnaire, contraindication list, medical staff or emergency protocol is published. Punta Hermosa is served by a regional emergency hospital in Lima’s southern districts, and the jungle site by Contamana’s small hospital; travel times are not stated.

Listings. The Retreat Guru profile gives three different locations, program titles say three or four ceremonies, amenity tags show a pool, spa and gym for a program that excludes lodging, and the gallery includes stock images.

Status. Operating, with Punta Hermosa ceremonies listed for 13 to 22 November 2026; the most recent jungle retreat was in July and August 2026.

Legal context. Ayahuasca is legal in Peru, and in 2024 Peru’s health ministry issued a safe-use guide urging health screening and warning against untrained facilitators, per Gestión.

🆘 Screening & Mental Health Risks

Claims to treat any disease, with no published contraindication list, may lead vulnerable guests to underestimate real risks. 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 served by Ordoño Pérez; its source is not published. Ayahuasca combines the Banisteriopsis caapi vine with a DMT-containing leaf such as chacruna, as Erowid explains.

📍 Location, Setting & Style

• Setting: A coastal desert beach town near Lima, or a lagoon in the lowland rainforest near Contamana.
• Rooms: No lodging in Punta Hermosa; shared rooms at the jungle center.
• Style: Shipibo ceremony with plant baths, organized by a Lima-based therapist.

Practical guidance: For Punta Hermosa, book your own lodging nearby and arrange a taxi from Lima; for the jungle retreat, fly to Pucallpa (PCL).

Should You Book?

Only with caution. Ask in writing for the screening questions and contraindication list, who on site is trained in first aid, the emergency plan and nearest hospital, where exactly ceremonies are held, and the legal entity you are paying. Read our guide to verifying retreat facilitators.

The Team & Story

Lila says she met Ordoño Pérez in 2016, and the jungle center opened in 2021. 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: Use the follow-up offered and 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.