Align. Transform. Sow.

What it is1/2

An experiential retreat in the sacred territory of Thunupa.

Why2/2

To honour life, let go, and sow new intentions.

Friday 23 OctoberDay 1 of 3

Arrive

Meeting at the salar and travel to Coqueza, at the foot of Thunupa. A shared lunch, asking the land for permission, and building the offering together.

Saturday 24 OctoberDay 2 of 3

Offer

The climb up Thunupa to greet the sun at sunrise. Lunch and rest, then a cacao ceremony at sunset on the shore of the salar.

Sunday 25 OctoberDay 3 of 3

Sow

A closing circle, the salar on the way back and its sunset. Arrival in Uyuni around 8 pm.

Ancestral Expedition

Three days at Thunupa.

Dates
23 to 25 October 2026
Where
Coqueza, at the foot of Thunupa
Places
Limited
Per place
1,881 Bs
To reserve
A 50% deposit

23 to 25 October 2026, at the foot of Thunupa.
1,881 Bs per place, limited places, a 50% deposit holds yours.

Included Stay at Rumi Wasi · Meals · Transport from Uyuni · A mountain guide · Ceremony · Care · A bilingual team · Workshops · Insurance

Not included Travel to Uyuni · The first breakfast · Personal expenses

  • Included
  • Stay at Rumi Wasi
  • Meals during the retreat
  • Return transport from Uyuni to Thunupa
  • A mountain guide and walking poles
  • Ceremony and materials
  • Facilitation and care
  • A bilingual team, Spanish and English
  • Experiences and workshops
  • Basic group insurance
  • Not included
  • Travel to Uyuni
  • Breakfast on the first morning
  • Personal expenses

The climb to greet the sun asks for good general health. Tell us about any heart condition or past altitude sickness. A mountain guide walks with us, with walking poles for everyone.

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23 to 25 October 2026 · Limited places

More than a journey. A seed for your life.

Three days at the foot of Thunupa, on the edge of the Salar de Uyuni. Ceremony, silence and the fire, shared with a small circle.

A 50% deposit holds your place

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Bolivia · 23 to 25 October 2026

Thunupa

Ancestral Expedition

A three-day experience to return to the earth, to offer and to sow.

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The ceremony

The offering

The offering to the Thunupa volcano is a sacred ritual of reciprocity and gratitude known as a despacho or pago.

The despacho, or pago to the Pachamama (an Andean ritual of reciprocity), means building an offering, a structured “mesa” of sacred elements, to give thanks and to ask for a prosperous harvest.

Apu Thunupa

The Thunupa volcano is one of the most revered deities of the Bolivian altiplano, traditionally held to be an Apu, one of the protective spirits who dwell in the mountains.

The ceremony Tata Estevan offers to Apu Thunupa is a personal expression of a relationship built over the years as protector and guardian of this sacred place, a source of powerful energy.

Three days at Thunupa

Dates
23 to 25 October 2026
Where
Coqueza, at the foot of Thunupa
Places
Limited
Per place
1,881 Bs
To reserve
A 50% deposit
  • Included
  • Stay at Rumi Wasi
  • Meals during the retreat
  • Return transport from Uyuni to Thunupa
  • A mountain guide and walking poles
  • Ceremony and materials
  • Facilitation and care
  • A bilingual team, Spanish and English
  • Experiences and workshops
  • Basic group insurance
  • Not included
  • Travel to Uyuni
  • Breakfast on the first morning
  • Personal expenses

The climb to greet the sun asks for good general health. Tell us about any heart condition or past altitude sickness. A mountain guide walks with us, with walking poles for everyone.

Who we are

Thunupa is a shared effort. Each of us brings a different part, and we hold the retreat together.

Kevin Garnica (Rio)

Creator of experiences, building bridges between ancestral knowledge and a contemporary way of living well. A nomad who connects with ancestral cultures to remember and recover their knowledge, and to pass it on from a contemporary point of view. His path has led him to train in meditation, yoga, tantra, breathwork, conscious touch, coaching and neuro-linguistic programming, among other practices. The retreat began as his vision: he organises the logistics and, together with his team, guides the meditations.

Casa Pueblo

Tata Estevan

Tata Estevan, originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico, has lived in Bolivia for the last 36 years and has worked on several cultural and environmental programmes. Today Tata Estevan is the host of Casa Pueblo, a centre in Sucre, Bolivia, dedicated to spiritual growth. Tata Estevan has received two karpay initiations from Q’ero priests in Peru and is a member of the Consejo Amawtico of Tawantinsuyu, which preserves and passes on ancestral Andean knowledge.

Susana Barrero

Susana Barrero has a personal connection with Andean traditions. She trained and worked in Amsterdam as a guide for deep inner journeys, and spent ten years in conscious wellness, from organising conscious events to running a superfood shop. At Thunupa she supports the group as part of the team that guides the spiritual experience, and through Spectralmoon Studio she takes care of the digital side: this website and the digital materials.

Next edition

The next circle.

A small group, with limited places. Dates, place and what each day holds.

The salar at dusk under the volcanoLimited places

23 to 25 October 2026

Ancestral Expedition

Coqueza, at the foot of Thunupa

1,881 Bs

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23 to 25 October 2026 · Limited places

Ancestral Expedition

Three days at Coqueza, at the foot of Thunupa, on the edge of the Salar de Uyuni. 1,881 Bs per place, a 50% deposit holds yours.

  • Included
  • Stay at Rumi Wasi
  • Meals during the retreat
  • Return transport from Uyuni to Thunupa
  • A mountain guide and walking poles
  • Ceremony and materials
  • Facilitation and care
  • A bilingual team, Spanish and English
  • Experiences and workshops
  • Basic group insurance
  • Not included
  • Travel to Uyuni
  • Breakfast on the first morning
  • Personal expenses

Request a place