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	Peru Jungle Trips with Shipibo Shamans Next Trip 2008 (6 days and 5 nights) : Departure from Pucallpa to the village on July 6th / return to Pucallpa on July 11th Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of indigenous Amazonian people Puerto Nuevo is an Amazonian village where you will live with the Shipibo-Conibo people as well as the Ashaninka people whose history reaches back over a thousand years. You will have the chance to live as they do, with the natural rhythms of the rainforest where you will have the opportunity to experience: Rainforest Expeditions, Ayahuasca ceremony’s, Natural herb baths, searching for River Dolphins, Spiritual healing, a trip to Botanical gardens, as well as a chance to purchase unique pottery, textiles , original arrows & more!
		Our Mission Connecting conservation, communities, and sustainable travel. The Masha association is between the Shipibo & Ashaninka villagers of Puerto Nuevo & Runcato company which is a collective of dedicated people in Peru. We are proud to offer the opportunity to experience the Amazon jungle from a refreshing perspective that works with the harmony of the village to preserve and maintain their cultural identity with the upmost respect. Providing positive experiences for both visitors and hosts. We are especially careful to run all expeditions with conservation of the environment in mind. Groups are small usually made up of 4-6 persons and with a maximum of 8 people.
	The Shipibo-Conibo Indians live along the Ucayali River in the Peruvian Amazon and number about 35,000 in about 120 communities. Their linguistic family is Pano. In the past there were Shipibo, Shetebos, Conibos, Setebos and others but the most of them dissapeared or got into a fusion process such as the current Shipibo-Conibo people. By the other hand the Ashnaninka people inhabit mainly the Central Forest in the Amazonian part of the eastern Andean foothills in Peru. Their communities also stretch across the easternmost Peruvian Amazon to the state of Acre in Brazil and number about 50,000 . Their linguistic family is Arawak that they share with the Machiguenga , Nomatsiguenga and other ethnic groups. For more information about the Shipibo-Conibo and Ashaninka people : http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=shp http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=cni
	YOUR STAY IN THE JUNGLE & EXCURSIONS Our excursions include the days we travel on the boat from Pucallpa to Puerto Nuevo and back to Pucallpa again . We will travel six hours upstream on the Ucayali river to the Shipibo-Conibo village of Puerto Nuevo. We will be hosted by the village for the duration of our stay. You being there is a great support to them not only economically but also because your presence helps to re-establish and encourage the significance of their cultural heritage.
	Through a united knowledge it also reintroduces the importance and application of the medicinal and botanical plants that have so often been disregarded and undermined by the modern Peruvian society..Our philosophy is to create a universal consciousness that supports ecological sustainability and the preservation of the Rain forest which is paramount to our future generations. The first step towards this is to open our hearts, as this is not only a realization of the mind but that of our mind, body and spirit combined. Now more than ever is a time for recognition and change, to free ourselves from the structures and systems that bind us to a selfish way of living that is destroying our planet, our mother earth, our Pachamama.