Pachamama Journeys

Step into the Amazon. Learn from the people who call it home.

Pachamama Journeys invite travelers into the Ecuadorian Amazon alongside Indigenous communities who have stewarded it for generations. Explore the rainforest, discover its cultures and traditions, and deepen your relationship with the living world.

More than a trip. A different way of seeing the world.

Pachamama Journeys are immersive experiences in the Ecuadorian Amazon, created in close partnership with the Indigenous communities who have stewarded the rainforest for generations.

Travel deep into the heart of the Amazon rainforest where you’ll explore one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, deepen your relationship with the natural world, and learn from the ancestral wisdom of its Indigenous communities.

Each Journey is designed around cultural immersion, personal transformation, and travel that creates real, lasting benefit for the people and places you visit.

Whether you're seeking a first step into the Amazon or a deeper experience into ancestral wisdom, every Journey shares the same intention: to reconnect you with yourself, with nature, and with what it means to live in right relationship with the Earth.

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The invitation from the Achuar

Pachamama Journeys grew out of an invitation from Achuar leaders to partner with them to protect their land and culture—and to help change the dream of the modern world.

It was an invitation to stand with them in partnership: one rooted in respect, reciprocity, and a shared commitment to protecting the rainforest and supporting Indigenous sovereignty.

Over 30 years later, that invitation continues to shape Pachamama Journeys. What began as a partnership between Achuar leaders and Pachamama Alliance has grown into an ongoing relationship, grounded in cultural exchange, mutual learning, and a shared commitment to protecting the forest and the cultures that have protected it for generations.

Travel beyond the destination

What if travel could change the way you see the world?

Every Journey is designed to offer more than a destination. It brings together meaningful encounters, space for reflection, and a chance to participate in something larger than yourself.

Experience the Amazon Through Indigenous Eyes: A rare opportunity to go beyond simply visiting the Amazon and experience it through the knowledge, stories, and traditions of the Indigenous communities who have stewarded this living ecosystem for generations. Build meaningful relationships and gain a deeper understanding of the rainforest, its people, and the wisdom that sustains them.

Reconnect with Yourself: Step away from the pace and patterns of everyday life to reconnect with yourself, your wellbeing, and what matters most. Through experiences guided by skilled practitioners and time immersed in the natural world, create space for reflection, healing, and a shift in perspective that can stay with you long after you return home.

Create Positive Impact: Your Journey can be part of something bigger than your own experience. Your participation helps generate direct economic benefit for the Indigenous communities who steward the Amazon, while connecting you to a growing network of people committed to protecting this extraordinary place and creating a more regenerative future.

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Is a Pachamama Journey right for you?

For some, the call of the Amazon begins with curiosity about a place they have never experienced. For others, it is a desire to step away from the familiar and make space for something deeper. There is no single reason to make the journey, and no single way of experiencing it. Whatever brings someone to the Amazon, a Pachamama Journey may offer a way to explore that longing.

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A Deeper Connection to Place

You are curious to learn from Indigenous communities—their way of life and their relationship with the rainforest. You approach new experiences with respect, openness, and humility.

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An Immersive Experience

You are drawn to places that are off the beaten path. You are willing to step away from convenience and embrace the unknown in exchange for something more authentic.

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Meaningful Travel with Purpose

You want your travel to have a positive impact—becoming part of Pachamama Alliance’s network and supporting Indigenous-led initiatives and contributing to the protection of the Amazon rainforest.

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Personal Growth and Transformation

You seek experiences that invite reflection and a shift in perspective. You are not just looking for a destination—you are open to discovering how a Journey might change your worldview.

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Shared Experiences that Matter

You may be traveling alone, with a partner, with family, or as part of a small group—and you value connection, learning, and meaningful moments that foster a commitment to a thriving future for all life.

Does this sound like the journey you've been looking for?

Share a few details with us and we'll help you find the right fit.

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2027 Pachamama Journeys

With more than 30 years of partnership with Amazonian communities, Pachamama Journeys offer a rare opportunity to witness their work, support their vision for social and environmental stewardship, and become part of a global effort to protect the forest and its guardians.

DISCOVERY

Explore the Amazon Rainforest

 

Experience Ecuador’s largest area of remote Amazon territory alongside the Achuar Indigenous people and guardians of the rainforest.

IMMERSION

Journey to the Source

 

Learn from the ancestral wisdom, traditions and ceremonies of the Achuar and Sápara Indigenous cultures.

FAMILY TRAVEL

The Family Adventure

 

Discover a new way of seeing the world together, learning from the rainforest and the Achuar people who call it home.

DISCOVERY

Explore the Amazon Rainforest

Embark on an 8-day journey through Ecuador’s remote Amazon rainforest alongside the Achuar and Sápara Indigenous people. Discover the deep relationship between culture and environment while directly supporting Indigenous-led conservation and sustainable development efforts.

Dates → January 10–17, February 21–28, June 20–27, July 18–25, August 1–8, October 3–10

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IMMERSION

Journey to the Source

Spend 11 days immersed in the ancestral wisdom, traditions and ceremonies of the Achuar and Sápara Indigenous cultures. Hosted by Indigenous leaders, this is our deepest Amazonian experience, designed for travelers seeking meaningful connection, reflection and transformation.

Dates → August 12–22, September 9–19, November 4–14

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FAMILY

The Amazon Family Adventure

Explore the Amazon as a family. Over 12 days, venture into the rainforest, take part in the rhythms of life in an Indigenous community, with opportunities for forest hikes, river excursions, community visits, and shared meals.

Dates → December 22–January 3

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Interested in joining a 2027 Journey?

Let us know and we'll help guide you to the right experience.

TAKE THE FIRST STEP

What you carry home.

A Journey to the Amazon doesn’t end when you leave the rainforest. The places you visit, the people you meet, and the ways of seeing you encounter can continue to shape how you move through the world when you return home.

You may come back with a deeper connection to nature, a new appreciation for Indigenous knowledge, or simply a different perspective on what matters. For some, the Journey becomes the beginning of new relationships, new choices, or a renewed sense of purpose.

However the experience stays with you, the hope is that something does: a question, a connection, a new way of seeing—and a desire to carry it forward.

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“The Journey was absolutely amazing—transformative in a cellular sense for which I am profoundly grateful. My sense of connection, and interconnection with our Earth, has been multiplied, deepened, expanded.”

NEW ZEALAND  Crea Land, Psychologist
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“This Journey was about rediscovering purpose, passion, and possibility in everyday life. I am re-inspired and recommitted to making a difference, and profoundly aware of how we are all connected in ways we cannot imagine.”

VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA Jim Selman, Organizational Change Consultant
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What would it mean to see the world differently?

Reach out and take the first step toward your own Pachamama Journey.

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Giving via Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD)

To make a QCD from your IRA, please have your administrator send it to:

  • Organization Name: Pachamama Alliance
  • Tax ID (EIN): 94-3249793
  • Mailing Address: P.O. Box San Francisco, CA 94104

Please notify us at donations@pachamama.org so we can acknowledge your gift.