Camino al Sol – Yaogará

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • Spiritual
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2008

What we do

Camino al Sol – Yaogará is a Colombian-owned medicine community and nature reserve in the mountains of El Retiro, Antioquia, approximately 45–60 minutes from Medellín. Several families live and work here, caring for the land and welcoming small groups into a traditional Colombian yagé retreat process.
Our life is rooted in family, service, collective care, spiritual practice, and respect for Colombia’s living medicine traditions. Yaogará includes homes, shared cabins, a communal kitchen, gardens, forest paths, a bohio, and a dedicated Medicine House. Daily life includes caring for the reserve, preparing food, maintaining buildings, raising children, making music, supporting guests, and stewarding community projects.
Camino al Sol offers structured five-night retreats with three guided yagé ceremonies held by experienced Colombian taitas. The process includes bilingual facilitation, medical screening before acceptance, preparation, meals, accommodation, transport from Medellín or the airport, integration, and aftercare. Standard groups are limited to 12 people. We do not offer drop-in ceremonies or psychedelic tourism.
We also welcome grounded volunteers who want to contribute practical time and skills to the land and community. Volunteer placements are arranged individually according to current needs, availability, experience, responsibilities, and accommodation. Volunteering is separate from residential membership, and participation in yagé ceremonies is never required. Ceremonial suitability is evaluated separately.
Visitors and volunteers must arrange their stay in advance; please do not arrive without confirmation. We are not currently accepting new residential members.
Yaogará is intentionally simple and rural, with mountain weather, shared spaces, internet, electricity, running water, and proper sanitation. We welcome people who value humility, honest communication, respect for Colombian culture, practical service, and responsibility toward land and community.
Retreat information and applications: https://caminoalsol.com/apply
Volunteer enquiries via WhatsApp: +57 310 443 0683

Our Mission

Camino al Sol – Yaogará exists to protect a living Colombian yagé tradition, care for the land and community that hold it, and support sincere personal healing through preparation, ceremony, integration, and everyday responsibility. We are guided by family, collective care, ecological stewardship, humility, and service. We welcome visitors and volunteers into a grounded community environment where what is learned can be carried into relationships, work, family, and care for the wider world.

  • Purpose
  • Spiritual
  • Community type
  • Spiritual Retreat Centers
  • Activities
  • Experiences
  • Networking

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2008
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2020
  • Started living together

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  • 15 Total members
  • Not open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
24

Basic expectations or agreements for members

Retreat visitors should review current dates and apply at https://caminoalsol.com/apply. Volunteers should contact us via WhatsApp at +57 310 443 0683 with a short introduction, relevant skills, preferred dates, and intended length of stay. All visits must be confirmed in advance; please do not arrive without prior arrangement.

Primary decision-making authority

  • Small Leadership Group

A few people (not elected by the broader community) make the major decisions.

Decision-making process

  • Full Consensus

Everyone must agree before moving forward.

Governance structure

  • Collaborative/Horizontal

Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.

Economic model

  • Partial Income-Sharing

Members contribute a percentage of income to community funds.

Economic scenarios for this community

  • Members need to pay fees, dues, or similar to live there on a per month or per year basis
  • There is a labor obligation

Additional economic information

Regular fees: Yes
Labor: Encouraged or suggested

Shared resources and amenities that are accessible to everyone in the community

Common House, Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Outbuilding(s), Large Scale Kitchen, Fire pit, Internet

Frequency of communal meals

  • 1-3 times per month

Dietary restriction

  • People can cook and eat what they want in their own residence

Community activities and engagement

  • Volunteer, Internship, or Apprenticeship, or WWOOF’ing
  • Organization, Resource, or Network

Substance use culture

  • Substance use appears in public spaces but no pressure
  • Substance use occurs primarily at celebrations or ceremonies

Gender composition

  • Roughly balanced (no group over 60%)

Age demographics

  • Family-focused (many children and parents)

Property status

  • Privately owned

Property owner

  • By a single individual, couple, or Family Trust

Setting

  • Rural

Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.

Community type

  • Spiritual Retreat Centers

    Residential communities focused on providing space for meditation, spiritual practice, and personal growth retreats.

Self-produced energy

  • Up to 33%

Self-produced food

  • Up to 33%

Local, organic, or fair trade food

  • 33 - 66%

Food systems

  • Community garden
  • Greenhouse / aquaponics
  • Land area size
    28 hectares

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Location

  • Antioquia, Colombia

Camino al Sol – Yaogará

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