Lizzie Sheehan, an Arvada native, landed in Lima, Peru, on March 9, and hopped on the next available flight to Iquitos, a city that sits on the Amazon River in the northeastern part of the country.

The psychedelic powers of a traditional Amazonian plant medicine called ayahuasca are attracting more and more tourists. It's said to bring spiritual enlightenment and to help with addiction, ...

IQUITOS, Peru – The wooden path through the resort curves its way into the jungle, branching out into side trails that lead to huts with names like “Anaconda” and “House of Dreams.” The centerpiece of ...

Answers remain elusive in the case of a Sebastopol teen who died at a Peruvian jungle retreat, even after his body was brought back to Sonoma County for a second examination. Kyle Nolan, 18, died in ...

THEY say you should follow your dreams — but should you follow your hallucinations? A Perth couple has thrown it all away to run a drug retreat in Peru. One Perth couple has done quite literally that, ...

Tilda Cobham-Hervey's Apple Cider Vinegar character, Lucy Guthrie, goes to an ayahuasca retreat in Peru in the new Netflix series. (Netflix) Ayahuasca (ai-uh-wa-skuh), also known as yage, is a ...

An American tourist has died after taking a hallucinogenic herbal tea at a spiritual retreat in the Peruvian Amazon. Aaron Wayne Castranova, 41, died on Monday in Loreto, a region on the border with ...

Sitting on a mattress strewn across the floor with white sheets, Pamela Moronci closes her eyes while a traditional healer starts to chant in the indigenous Shipibo language. In a straw hut, engulfed ...

Rebekah first tried ayahuasca on a "complete whim" when she was travelling in Peru in 2015. "I thought it sounded interesting and I thought I might as well give it a try," says Rebekah, a New ...

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