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Iboga Wellness Institute vs Sayulita Wellness Retreat

Iboga Wellness Institute and Sayulita Wellness Retreat side by side: setting, medical team, screening, what is given, length of stay, aftercare, published price and public record. See also the questions to ask.

	Iboga Wellness Institute	Sayulita Wellness Retreat
Category	Physician-led ibogaine program in private retreats	Private villa retreat with on-site medical facility
Location	Cozumel, Mexico	San Pancho, Mexico
Setting	"Private medical facility" operating in retreat villas.	Private oceanfront villa; ibogaine is given "in a therapeutic medical facility onsite".
Medical team	Physician-led: a chief medical director (anesthesiologist), a psychiatry and addiction consultant, a sports-medicine physician, a head nurse and an RN coordinator; "physicians on-site 24/7" and "ICU-trained nursing". A cardiologist is not mentioned.	"Full evaluation by Doctor and Nurse Supervision", EKGs on site, licensed doctors on site (site).
Screening before treatment	Baseline 12-lead EKG, echocardiogram if warranted, electrolyte labs 48 hours before, blood chemistry, and a post-treatment EKG within 24 hours. Fasting rules. SSRIs, SNRIs, MAOIs, tricyclics, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines and stimulants are tapered; opioid-dependent patients are "stabilized onsite". A methadone or Suboxone taper rule is not stated.	Not stated beyond the evaluation.
What is given	Not specified; "verified suppliers", tested for purity.	Not stated.
Who it is for	Opioids, alcohol, stimulants, PTSD, depression, anxiety, grief, TBI and post-concussion syndrome, CTE, Parkinson's, MS, neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, CRPS.	Trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, addiction (alcohol, nicotine, sleep medication, antidepressants); also psilocybin.
Protocol and length of stay	5 to 30 days.	5-day and 7-day programs.
After the treatment	Check-in calls at one week, one month and three months; integration therapists; peer groups; booster sessions.	4 weeks of aftercare included; psychologist integration.
Published price	Not on the pages we read. recovery.com: "From $7,500". Financing via Affirm and Credit Karma is offered.	5-day $7,997; 7-day $11,997 (site). recovery.com: $3,000 to $14,997 for 7 days.
Licences and accreditations stated	None stated; physicians list board certifications.	None stated for ibogaine.
Founded / history	Not stated; claims 3,000+ treatments.	Not stated.
Rating (as shown on the cited page)	5 from 16 reviews (recovery.com, 2026-10-20)	5 from 63 reviews (the program site, 2026-10-20)
Public record	None found.	None found.
Status	Operating. Site updated October 2026, phone listed. Note: Blossom's directory conflates this program with the Iboga Wellness Center in Costa Rica, which is a different, root-bark retreat.	Operating. Site copyright 2026, updated September 2026, phone listed.

From each program's website and the sources on its profile, checked 2026-10-20.

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