• Talks and walks to study the Kambo frog, it’s habitat, habits and personality, with expert talks from the Matses and Kambo context from the crew
• 3 Kambo sessions, with fresh medicine taken straight from the frog, as well as experiencing nasal application of Kambo - an unusual technique used by this tribe.
• Night hunts for Kambo - learning the call of the frog to locate it. 
• Exploration of the 21,000 hectares of wild and beautiful jungle cared for by the community
• Learning about, and experiencing Matses and Ibama culture, history and cosmology 
• Workshops in bow and arrow hunting, paletas (kambo stick) crafting, sananga and nene (matses rapeh) making
• Arts and crafts workshops with the women of the tribe, making bracelets
• Learning jungle herbalism and medicine from the tribe medicine man
• Creating connection with the community through song, dance and sport
• Daily movement practices

Since starting to serve Kambô I’ve always wanted to be able to take people out to the jungle and to be able to give people there opportunity to connect with not just the incredible Sacred Tree Frog, but also the Matses, from whom my Kambô sticks come. 

This pilgrimage is designed for both practitioners and the Kambô-curious alike. We aren’t teaching people how to serve the medicine on this trip - it’s created to creating authentic connection with our jungle brothers and sisters, learning from their wisdom, connection to nature and jungle medicines, and to immerse ourselves in its culture. 

It feels very important to me to have this direct line of connection to the roots of Kambo. This is why I’ve sought to create this real connection - not just for myself, but for many. Daniel and the Ibama tribe of Matses welcome us with open arms and through this pilgrimage we are really able to honour the source and give back to them in a significant way which will improve their lives considerably.

The Ibama tribe consists of 149 children and adults, some of whom have left the community base to study, and the others live in about 30 houses in a community which is reached by a 4.5 hour boat ride from Iquitos in Peru. 

The community were once part of the Matses, and most of them only speak the Matses language. A couple of them, fortunately, speak Spanish and so through our Spanish translator Lucia, who is also a Kambo practitioner, we will be able to communicate and spend time in the community immersing ourselves in their land, culture, crafts, song and games. 

Our visit will have a significant positive impact for the whole community. They won’t have welcomed a group like ours before, and are creating the space for us to be able to stay. 
 

Creating Connection and support for the whole community

Things can take a while to negotiate and implement but plans are afoot to create a sustained mutually-beneficial relationship with the tribe. Buying their Kambo products and taking groups is one thing, but creating prosperity for the whole community is another. 

Negotiations are taking place to be able to offer help for them to transition to producing to begin with some, and then hopefully most if not all their crops and produce in a sustainable and permaculture way, replacing the existing ‘slash and burn’ traditional method which creates short-term soil fertility and holes in the jungle. This allows us to be able to offer sustainably sourced rainforest products, and create prosperity for the men and women of the community. This also helps to alleviate power-differential issues which can arise from bringing money to communities. We are taking advice from local and international experts on how to minimise harm and maximise benefit based upon the aspirations of the community themselves. 

• Travel from Iquitos airport to the community and back
• All food and meals and water throughout the pilgrimage
• Accommodation at the community
• All workshops, talks and acitivities
• 3 Kambo sessions with the Ibamino Kambo Masters

• Flights to and from Iquitos airport
• Travel Insurance
• Optional tips to the tribe