- Individuals, couples, and small groups
- Guests seeking an immersive wellness experience featuring authentic Andean Ceremonies
- A fully inclusive, expertly curated seven-day retreat
- Comprehensive offering of authentic Andean ceremonies, guided by Q’ero Shaman
- Daily yoga, meditation, and mindfulness practices to support reflection and integration
- Therapeutic spa treatments and nature-based healing experiences
- Organic, vegetarian farm-to-table cuisine, fresh juices, and bespoke herbal preparations
- Guided exploration of the Sacred Valley and immersion in the Seven Chakra Gardens
Day 1: EARTH CHAKRA
Reconnect
Day 2: WATER CHAKRA
Flow
Day 3: FIRE CHAKRA
Ignite
Day 4: HEART CHAKRA
Nurture
Day 5: THROAT CHAKRA
Express
Day 6: THIRD-EYE CHAKRA
Envision
Day 7: CROWN CHAKRA
Integrate
Seven Days. Seven Chakras. A Complete Wellness Reset.
Rooted in the rhythm of the seven chakras, each day unfolds through ceremony, movement, self-care, and guided exploration. These experiences create a layered and immersive journey designed to support clarity, balance, and a deeper connection to self. Connect with your highest level of physical, mental, and spiritual wellness.
K’intu Blessing
K’intu Blessing
Forge a deeper connection with Pachamama (Mother Earth) by participating in a K’intu ceremony. Often paired with Despacho or Fire Ceremony, this offering explores the healing and ritual nature of the coca leaves. Guided by our pakko – a very special Q’ero healer, visiting from the high Andes – you will set intention for your journey and transfer them to the coca leaves.
Floral Bath
Floral Solar Bath
Soak under the stars in our Andean Flower Baths. Aromatic blends created from blossoms in the Willka T’ika gardens infuse the water, the air, and your spirit. The unique solar baths, created from stone and set in secluded garden spots, are heated by the sun during the day. At night, the water is infused with fragrant flowers, healing herbs, and mineral-rich Maras salt. Unwind under the Milky Way and experience bliss.
Coca Leaf Reading
Coca Leaf Readings
Explore ancient ceremonial practices with Layka, a traditional Andean healer. Layka will read the coca leaves and tell you about your health, relationships, family, and career. This intensely personal reading will help guide you on your journey of transformation. Her coca leaf readings have been called “soul-revealing” and we know you will benefit from her insights and guidance.
Ollantaytambo
Ollantaytambo
Visit the ceremonial site of Ollantaytambo and its famous Sun Temple and ritual fountains. This archaeological site boasts a massive Incan fortress with large stone terraces expertly constructed into the hillside. Enjoy walking the cobblestoned streets of this quaint picturesque town filled with adobe buildings.
Fire Ceremony
Fire Ceremony
Participate in an authentic Andean offering and fire ceremony with our pakko, a very special Q’ero healer visiting from the high Andes. After dinner, our pakko guides guests through a transformative offering to honor Pachamama, yourself, and your loved ones. The ceremony clarifies your intentions for this journey and serves as a powerful preparation of mind, body, and spirit—whether you are preparing for your pilgrimage to Machu Picchu or deepening your retreat experience at Willka T’ika.
Despacho
Andean Despacho
Despacho is a sacred ceremony of gratitude and reciprocity rooted in the Q’ero lineage of the high Andes. In this communal ritual, you are invited to participate in the creation of a prayer bundle—an intricate mandala of flowers, coca leaves, and symbolic offerings.
Guided by our visiting Pakko, the Despacho becomes an expression of ayni, sacred reciprocity: an exchange between ourselves, the Apus (mountain spirits), the Cochás (lakes), and Pachamama herself. As the bundle is woven together and ceremonially offered, participants are invited to release grief or burdens, clarify intentions, and realign with a deeper sense of harmony and belonging.
Maras Salt Mines
The Salt Mines of Maras
Explore this otherworldly terraced landscape and UNESCO World Heritage Site. The archeological evidence suggests that this has been an active mine since pre-Incan times. Today, the site is still active, and each salt pan is owned and mined by a local family. Option to hike a zig-zag trail into the Sacred Valley on your way to Willka T’ika.
Andean Massage
Andean Massage
Willka T’ika offers a range of therapeutic, Andean-style spa treatments to restore the body and rejuvenate the spirit including various massage modalities and reflexology. Massage styles include Andean massage, aromatherapy massage, hot stone massage, and shiatsu. Our reflexology treatments revitalize the body through pressure applied to reflex zones on the feet. Our reflexology treatments incorporate the healing benefits of salt from the nearby Maras salt farms, or traditional aromatherapy essential oils.
Crystal Light Therapy
Crystal Light Therapy
This unique and subtle therapy uses calibrated light frequencies, crystals, and sound to support energetic balance and nervous system regulation. The treatment encourages alignment across the body’s energy centers, leaving a sense of ease and clarity. Many guests describe a feeling of spaciousness and renewed balance following the session.
Sound Healing
Sound Healing
Sound healing has the power to gently dissolve habitual thought patterns, quiet the mind, and guide you into a state of deep relaxation and expanded awareness. Using a collection of resonant instruments from around the world, our gifted luthier and musician creates an immersive vibrational journey that restores energetic balance, harmonizes body and mind, and invites you to release what no longer serves and embrace a renewed inner rhythm.
Sweat Lodge
Sweat Lodge & Plunge Pool
Spend a morning in ceremony with a complete detoxification experience in our authentic Sweat Lodge or Umpina Wasi. Restore body and soul with this purification ceremony while gazing at the stunning Pumahuanca mountains. After this profound perspiration and inner cleansing, cool off in our medicinal plunge pool or Hampi Yaku. We can infuse your restorative bath with the sacred plant essence of your choice. Our homemade hydrosols include Lavender, Eucalyptus, Muña, Ruda, or Molle, all grown, harvested, and distilled at Willka T’ika.
Plunge Pool
Plunge Pool
The plunge pool offers a simple yet powerful way to support the body. Immersion in water—whether a cool plunge or a warm soak—can quiet mental activity, deepen the breath, and bring awareness back into the body. Guests often experience a sense of release, clarity, and recalibration as the body shifts from exertion into recovery.
The plunge is a natural complement to a day of yoga practice, hiking, or cultural and ceremonial immersion. Set within the fragrant gardens, the experience offers an opportunity to pause, reset, and integrate.
Sacred Valley Hike
Sacred Valley Hike
The Sacred Valley landscape has been shaped by the hands of Pachamama and its ancient cultures. Exploring the valley offers an invitation for deep nature connection, introspection, and a sense of awe. Wander the highland trails of Maras, passing shimmering salt terraces and traditional farmlands; or follow quiet paths to the Chulpas, ancient stone towers set along the hillsides, offering expansive views across the valley.
Along the way, pause to enjoy a thoughtfully prepared picnic featuring local ingredients. Ranging from gentle walks to more invigorating routes, these hikes offer mountain vistas, cultural insight, and the opportunity to be fully present within the landscape.
Yoga
Yoga
Willka T’ika welcomes all levels and expressions of yoga practice. Experienced teachers offer both classic and contemporary forms, providing a restorative complement to hiking and exploration. Classes are held in spacious shalas with large windows overlooking the Seven Chakra Gardens, or within the gardens themselves, where practice unfolds in connection with the surrounding landscape.
Farm-to-Table Cuisine
Farm-to-Table Cuisine
At Willka T’ika, food is a foundational part of your healing experience—one that is deeply grounded in the regenerative energy of Pachamama. Our chefs create organic, vegetarian meals using ingredients harvested each morning from our gardens, where nutrient-rich Andean superfoods, medicinal herbs, and local vegetables thrive in the mineral-rich soil. Every dish is designed to support metabolic balance, reduce inflammation, and inspire your senses.
* We welcome vegan, gluten-free, and special dietary requests.
Cacao Ceremony
Cacao Ceremony
In Andean tradition, cacao is revered as a sacred “teacher” plant that helps us open our hearts and connect with our higher selves. Shared in ceremony, this delicious chocolate elixir serves as a bridge between body and spirit, self and the natural world. Our resident shaman will guide you through a musical and meditative ritual that allows you to reconnect with yourself and with presence, gently inviting you to open your heart. As its spirit moves through you, it may evoke deep relaxation, emotional release, joyful movement, or quiet reflection. This ceremony offers an opportunity to soften and open yourself.
San Pedro
Ceremony
San Pedro Ceremony
Willka T’ika was founded to honor Quechua culture and preserve authentic Andean ceremonial traditions. Our ceremonies reflect the wisdom and unique spiritual heritage of the Quechua people and the natural world of the Sacred Valley.
San Pedro ceremony is available as an optional add-on for guests participating in the Essential Wellness Retreat. For Group Leaders interested in plant medicine, It also may be added to our fully inclusive Lucuma and Pachamama Retreats. While Willka T’ika is a holistic wellness retreat rather than a plant-medicine center, this sacred ceremony is offered with care and intention under the guidance of our resident shaman, Samer Mouawad.
For those who wish to learn more, we invite you to explore our plant medicine blog post and visit Samer’s website.
*This ceremony may be added to our Essential Wellness Retreat. It may also be added to our fully inclusive Lucuma and Pachamama Retreats for group leaders.
Seven Chakra Gardens
Seven Chakra Gardens
The world-renowned Seven Chakra Gardens winds through the grounds of Willka T’ika. The gardens contain symbols, shapes, sculptures, and medicinal plants which resonate with one of the seven major energy centers of the body. Each garden offers a uniquely charged sacred space for group or personal work. Voted as one of the top experiences during a stay at Willka T’ika, guests enjoy the gardens’ rejuvenating energies and exploring the healing connection with Pachamama, Mother Nature.
One of the garden’s most ancient residents is the 1,000+ year-old Lucuma tree which transmits its tremendous healing earth energy from a pre-Inkan era. The tree grounds and inspire guests in need of integrating their body, mind, and spirit. Some believe Willka T’ika’s Lucuma tree is one of approximately 365 shrines located along the Inkan Empire seques or arrow straight lines. These forty or so lines emanate from Cusco’s Korikancha Temple and run for hundreds of miles toward celestial points on the horizon.
Guests can align with the powerful Sacred Valley energies in the Spiral Garden of the third eye Chakra Garden. Walking the Spiral invites the release of unwanted energies and a shift toward expanding consciousness. Opening the third eye chakra to intuition and higher reflection can open the personal path to greater awareness and wellness.
In the crown chakra garden, the thousand-year-old Lucuma Tree connects guests to the energy and wisdom of the ancient Incan civilization. The grassy area beneath the Lucuma Tree is a perfect place for meditation. Winding paths lead from one garden to the other, reminding us to slow down and enjoy the journey.
The gardens heal and balance by encouraging a direct connection to the wisdom of Nature. Walk, meditate, write, paint, or simply relax in the chakra garden of your choice.
Willka T’ika’s Seven Chakra Gardens were a labor of love, which you can read more about in our founder Carol Cumes’ book Chakra Gardens: Opening the Senses of the Soul.
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Day 2: Saturday
Day 3: Sunday
Day 4: Monday
Day 5: Tuesday
Day 6: Wednesday
Day 7: Thursday
June 12 – 18,
2026
$2470
The winter months are sunny and dry. After sunset, it gets cold enough for a sweater or jacket. Frost occurs only rarely.
This specially themed program will focus on Integration Coaching
August 21 – 27, 2026
The breezy, winter months are sunny and dry. After sunset, it gets cold enough for a sweater or jacket. Frost occurs only rarely.
This retreat will include a special focus on ‘Life by Design: Navigating Your Path with Shamanic Wisdom’ led by our resident shaman, Samer Mouawad.
October 9 – 15, 2026
The Andean spring sees warmer nights and much fewer tourists. Soft rains may come in October and the valley becomes green again.
The retreat includes a special workshop on Bio-codification Techniques led by Verena Velazco and Willka T’ika Director, Terry Cumes.
March 19 – 25, 2027
The end of the Andean fall brings sunny days and cooler nights. The valley is still green and the rivers are full from glacier melt.
June 18 – 24,
2027
The winter months are sunny and dry. After sunset, it gets cold enough for a sweater or jacket. Frost occurs only rarely.
August 13 – 19, 2027
The breezy, winter months are sunny and dry. After sunset, it gets cold enough for a sweater or jacket. Frost occurs only rarely.
November 12 – 18, 2027
The Andean spring sees warmer nights and much fewer tourists. Soft rains may come in November and the valley becomes green again.
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