How we research, review, and correct our content

For medical and scientific subjects, we prioritize peer-reviewed research, primary studies, clinical guidance, public-health institutions, and appropriately qualified professional review.

For Colombian legal, environmental, tourism, geographic, and climate information, we look first for official institutions and primary public datasets.

We link to external sources when they help readers examine the evidence for themselves. We do not add citations simply to make a page appear authoritative, and we do not treat every published study as conclusive.

Research can be limited, preliminary, or contradictory. When the evidence does not support a firm answer, we say so.

Our health and safety information is educational. It does not replace individual medical advice, diagnosis, or emergency care.

Content involving medications, contraindications, physical health, mental health, or emergency planning must use appropriate sources. A professional is identified as a medical reviewer only when that person has reviewed the relevant content and approved the attribution.

We do not claim that yagé is safe for everyone. We do not describe it as a treatment or cure, and we do not guarantee healing, transformation, or any other outcome.

Screening helps us assess whether it is responsible to continue an application. It cannot remove every risk, predict every response, or replace care from a person’s own medical professional.

Do not stop or change medication in order to attend a retreat without first speaking with a qualified medical professional.

More information about our approach is available in our safety and medical guidelines.

Dates, prices, program inclusions, team roles, transport arrangements, and other practical details are checked against Camino al Sol’s current operational records.

These details can change. When they do, we update the relevant page rather than relying on an older article or announcement.

The information shown on the current retreat page and during the application process takes priority over outdated social posts, cached search results, or third-party listings.

Yagé traditions are specific to people, places, and relationships. We avoid describing Colombian, Peruvian, Brazilian, and other traditions as though they were interchangeable.

Claims about Indigenous communities, lineage, training, ceremonial authority, or cultural relationships require a clear basis. Depending on the subject, that may include direct knowledge, consent, interviews, named sources, or review by the people represented.

We do not use cultural identity as decoration or make a claim stronger because it is commercially useful.

Language also varies between regions and communities. When a term or practice does not have one universal meaning, we try to explain the context rather than declare a single definitive account.

Reviews and participant accounts describe individual experiences. They are not evidence that another person will have the same experience or outcome.

Testimonials are attributed to their published source or shared with permission. We may correct spelling or shorten a quotation for clarity, but we do not rewrite someone’s words to create:

• A medical claim
• A guaranteed result
• A stronger outcome than the person described
• An endorsement of something they did not endorse

When an excerpt has been shortened, its original meaning must remain intact.

Camino al Sol may use research, transcription, translation, drafting, editing, and artificial intelligence tools during content production.

These tools are not treated as authorities. They can omit context, misread evidence, introduce errors, or make uncertain claims sound more confident than they are.

Responsibility for published content remains with Camino al Sol and the named author or reviewer where one is shown. Medical, operational, cultural, and safety claims must still be checked against the appropriate source before publication.

We do not create participant experiences, professional credentials, cultural relationships, retreat details, or research findings that cannot be verified.

Pages should identify Camino al Sol or a named person as responsible for the content.

A reviewer’s name appears only when that person has reviewed the relevant claims. A professional title is included only when it is verified and relevant to the material being reviewed.

We update the date on a page when its substance changes. This may include:

• A meaningful correction
• New or materially different evidence
• Revised medical or safety guidance
• A change to retreat operations
• A substantial rewrite that changes the reader’s understanding

Minor spelling, formatting, design, or link changes do not necessarily result in a new review date.

We maintain an internal record of substantive editorial changes so we can distinguish factual updates from search, design, and conversion experiments.

We correct material errors when we find them.

A material error may include an inaccurate health claim, a misleading summary of research, an outdated operational detail, incorrect attribution, or wording that misrepresents a person, community, or tradition.

Depending on the seriousness of the issue, we may:

1. Correct the passage directly.
2. Add missing context or attribution.
3. Replace an unreliable source.
4. Add a correction or clarification note.
5. Remove content that cannot be responsibly supported.
6. Update the page’s review date.

Minor typographical corrections may be made without a public notice.