AMAZON EXPEDITION

Inner restoration for outer regeneration
with Amazonian Communities and Ecosystems

A unique two-week experience curated to take participants on an immersion into Amazonian cultures, traditions and ecosystems, while also directly contributing to local community projects supported by El Puente. Expeditions are currently offered twice a year.

Upcoming Expedition: Dec 1-15, 2024.

Join the El Puente Team

You are warmly invited to join El Puente on our upcoming expedition where we’ll enter the landscapes of our four Pilot Projects. Step into these diverse, vibrant territories of the Amazon, share sacred spaces of ceremonies, and stimulate your senses in feasts with the local communities, while exploring the nourishing forests that sustain them.

The expedition is an opportunity for you to form a relationship with the communities and projects we are currently focused on, connecting with various Indigenous peoples and local communities, meeting their elders and leaders, while taking an active role in the biocultural preservation and regeneration of these invaluable territories.

The experience will also offer an opportunity to form deeper connections between El Puente and our supporters, our first step towards a thriving, interdependent bridging ecosystem.

Time is of essence

With the expansion of popularity in psychedelic healing and sacred plant medicines, it has become ever more obvious that the voices of our planet’s indigenous populations must be heard and respected as we move into the future. Held within their cultures is a deep wisdom and understanding of what it means to live in balance and harmony with the natural world. In times of such harrowing and alarming planetary need, we need this wisdom more than ever.

We invite you to be a part of El Puente’s intercultural bridge, making a meaningful impact on the planet’s health and one of its most delicate life-support organs: the Amazonian rainforest and her resilient populations.

December Expedition Highlights

  • A celebratory ceremony with Mapu Huni Kuin on his birthday at the Huwa Karu Yuxibu Centre 

  • Intercultural exchanges with Rio Branco’s indigenous youth at our urban sanctuary, the House of Cultures

  • Traditional forest feasts in partner communities as we travel along the Purus and Mapiá Rivers 

  • The AnnualQueen of the Forest Ceremony in Céu de Mapiá, Purus National Forest

- Anne Rossignol

“a mindblowing
experience”

“Life changing trip that realigned me with what matters in life: family & friends, nature and enlightenment. A trip everyone would benefit from where we experienced how life can exist in a truly harmonious and sustainable manner.”
- Rupert Hayward

“This is the path for making more global projects and engagement, based on the lessons learned from these remote communities, with a deeper level of mental and communal wellness.”
- Hernan

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 FAQs

  • Our expeditions are designed for small groups, with a maximum capacity of 20 participants, plus the accompanying El Puente team. As spaces are limited, we encourage early registration to secure your place on an upcoming expedition.

  • Expeditions usually happen every May and December.

  • Our standard fee is 10k USD, where 2.5k covers the individual expedition costs and the remaining supports the IPLC (Indigenous People and Local Communities) that will be visited so that you know the cultures you visited are being nourished by your visit just as you are by their hospitality.

    According to our pillar of reciprocity, we offer a discount to those who can contribute relevant quality services in support of our mission and projects in the Amazon. To inquire about this discount, please contact us at bridging@foundationelpuente.com.

  • While we aim to accommodate individual needs, the expedition is designed as a complete, immersive experience over two weeks. We strongly encourage participants to stay for the full duration to fully benefit from the journey. However, if your circumstances require a shorter stay, please contact us so we can discuss your options.

  • During the expedition, we visit two lineages of ayahuasca ceremony practice: Santo Daime and Huni Kuin. We will be visiting the original settlements of Santo Daime in the Brazilian Amazon, where the leaders and communities of these communities lead the Santo Daime ceremonies.
    The Huni Kuin ceremony is led by the young, renowned indigenous leader, Mapu Huni Kuin, and accompanied by other Huni Kuin family members.