Ikara Iboga Testimonials

People ask why we do not have many testimonials? To be honest, we are a relatively new centre - but our Nganga Makonza has been working and training with Iboga for many years In the meantime, we will continue to collect more and add them here. An Iboga transformation can be a very personal experience so we do not always request testimonials or reviews from our guests.

For us personally, we do not believe in testimonials. You need to trust. Trust in us. Read and get to know us. If you are looking for recommendations from people that you do not know, you are not trusting in the experience.

Dr Michael Posner shares his thanks with us. A beautiful message from a person who was brave enough to commit to healing himself with Iboga, Bassé Dr Michael!

My Experience with Ikara Retreat Center, was a very positive experience. Jaime and Melinda, the owners are very nice and very humble. They are with you every step of the way. The food was delicious and very healthy. The property is very beautiful! And the Iboga experience with their Iboga provider Luis Makonza is a very positive experience! A challenging plant-medicine. But a plant-medicine that wants the best for you. Don't be scared of Iboga. Just embrace it. I highly recommend anyone who wants to do Iboga. Go to Ikara Retreat Centre. You are definitely in great hands with Jaime and Melinda. Go in peace!

Guillermo DeLeon

I can't express enough how you already helped us by having two team members contact me, I really connected with Jamie. He helped me process and understand. You too, Melinda, you have been very caring and helpful since the first day you even went above and beyond and even arranged for a baby sitter for us to be able to have a healing experience together. Thank you to you and your wonderful team!!! "

Wish you the best and thank you Melinda and Jamie for being so special and taking a life of healing others, it is not an easy job and requires a lot of commitment on your part and your family. Especially as it requires a week at the time plus the aftercare of the people you healed and pre-care of new people that seek your healing like us. You're very special!!!

Once more, I appreciate your time and your care, our conversations also helped me integrate my first iboga experience and I realized it recently, not right away. Therefore, I wanted to share that with you as sometimes we don't realize that just being ourselves helps people immediately and also in the future.
Thank you for being your awesome self Jamie!!!

Miguel

I want to thank you, Melinda and Jamie, for being such a wonderful host and hostess to us Iboga seekers while we were in Costa Rica. You couldn't have been more gracious, Melinda and Jamie, and your property was so breathtakingly beautiful. I'll never forget all the pretty birds I saw just on my ride with Jamie from the bottom of your hill to the top of it. And I'll never forget what a great group of people you all were!

Jane Tracy

From the initial contact with amazing hosts Jaime and Melinda through six days of a full immersion escape from the pressures of daily life and clean living, my Ikara Retreat experience was truly transformative. I began a skeptic, and I left a changed person, truly healed, and transformed. I say don't waste your time or money on traditional western medicine mental health meds or endless talk therapy, instead go see these amazing people and spend time in their little slice of paradise. The Iboga experience - delivered through a wise and qualified provider like Luis - will challenge your preconceptions and leave you humbled, but if you go into it open, on the other side you'll find the gifts of true healing, serenity, and deep connection with your life's purpose and journey.

Michael Garbarino