AWAKEN Sanctuary
A fully built private sanctuary in the Peruvian Amazon — for sale at construction cost, delivered restored.
There is a line in the Amazon where primary rainforest ends and cleared land begins, and every year that line moves inward. AWAKEN Sanctuary sits on that line by design — built to stop the destruction at the frontier by making a protected, living forest worth more than a cleared one. It is not a concept. It is a built asset: 29 villas and buildings — 35 units for up to 76 guests — on 26.83 hectares of titled land in five parcels, 16 km from central Iquitos, built 2021–2024 for $2,617,268 by 45 shareholders, and proven with 96+ guests before climate damage closed it. It is now for sale at $2.7M for 100% — with the climate damage restored by the seller inside the price.
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The sale memorandum & the operating model
The whole property at construction cost: no premium for land, time or risk. The founder hands over with up to 6 months of transitional support — community, regional government, team and contractors.Restoration (~$270k) included in the price.
The founder keeps 30% and stays on as a partner inside the team, supporting development — the relationships a remote property depends on stay in place; operations as the buyer decides. For a buyer who wants a working model, not real estate alone.Restoration (~$270k) included in the price.
The 2024 storms damaged 12 villa roofs, the yoga hall and two pumps. The seller restores all of it inside the price — a climate-resilient rebuild — and hands over a property in operating condition. Working capital and operating costs after handover are the buyer's.
What a new owner inherits: a premium private sanctuary at healthy occupancy with its own private reserve expanding from 26.83 ha toward 52,000 ha (adjacent parcels available on request), in a forest regenerated to the point where the jaguar is permanently present and neighboring communities earn their living from protecting the forest rather than clearing it.
A profitable private sanctuary with its own conservation zone.How the resort is laid out
Download the site plan in A3 (PDF) ↗Each zone has its own colour on the plan; the numbers of each building are given in brackets.
- Jungle villas. Twelve individual villas in the forest, north of the lake (23–34).
- Lake & River and Deluxe villas. Twelve villas by the entrance and by the water: eight Lake & River villas and four Deluxe villas (4–9, 16–21).
- SPA villas. Two villas with private pools (35–36).
- Apart-hotels. Two buildings of four rooms each, booked individually, with a shared lounge and terrace (10 and 15).
- Tree house. A 320 m² tree house for up to four guests (14).
- Common core. Restaurant with reception and kitchen (11–12); yoga hall on the lake (13); gathering and conference hall with its own restrooms (22).
- Services. Storage, laundry and solar station (37); security and staff houses (38, 40); own vegetable garden (39); potential helipad (2) and volleyball court (3).
- Access and security. The whole property is fenced, with three control posts. The access road ends at the entrance post (1), across a small bridge; a branch of the road leads to the east post (41); the north post (42) opens onto the jungle trails.
- Trails. From the entrance to the restaurant along the lake shore; bridges to the yoga hall and the villas; paths between villas.
The resort and its camp zone in the jungle
The property does not end at the main zone. Linked to it by tourist trails, about 1.5 km on foot from the north post, lies a second zone of the property deep in the jungle: parcels 45 and 46 (13.42 ha), where we run the jungle camp.
| Parcel | Registered area | Zone and use |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 6.93 ha | Main zone: restaurant, yoga hall, lake |
| 97 | 5.48 ha | Main zone: villas |
| 99A | 1.00 ha | Main zone: villas |
| 45 | 5.01 ha | Jungle camp zone |
| 46 | 8.41 ha | Jungle camp zone |
| Total | 26.83 ha | Five private parcels registered with SUNARP |
Santo Tomás–Mazán: a projected road 400–500 m from the property
- Project: Bellavista–Mazán–Salvador–El Estrecho road, section II Santo Tomás–Mazán (route PE-5NI, CUI 2192666, 35.6 km, MTC / Provías Nacional).
- Preliminary alignment (SENACE, 2024): it passes between the main zone and the camp zone, 465 m from the works strip measured from parcel 100 and about 400–500 m from the centre of the property; no parcel lies within the works strip or the direct influence area.
- Status: citizen participation plan of the detailed EIA approved (RD 00103-2024-SENACE-PE/DEIN, August 2024); final engineering file under preparation, with October 2026 and March 2027 cited in Congress as targets; no confirmed start of works.
- Owner's estimate: the road could be built within the next two to four years; this is the owner's own estimate, not an official timeline.
- Access today: by land and river from the Nanay port, about one to one and a half hours depending on the route and conditions, or 10 minutes by helicopter. The property lies about 12 km from the Nanay bridge and 16 km from central Iquitos, in a straight line.
- If the road is built: the property would have direct road access from Iquitos. Until then, current access applies.
Already operating, and proven
Before the 2024 climate closure, the Sanctuary operated the 2023/24 season — listed on Booking.com as AWAKEN Yoga Eco-resort, hosting 96+ guests from 15+ countries at premium rates, with top ratings on Airbnb and Booking.com. The buyer reopens a property that already proved guests will come.
A perfect 10 Location score and a Travel Sustainable certification — as a brand-new listing, before any marketing.
In guests’ own words
Real bookings, real prices
Guest video testimonials
Watch the Dance Retreat film.
A 20-person wellness retreat at the Sanctuary, filmed on-site in June 2024.
Watch on YouTube ↗Watch the Yoga Retreat film.
A 40-person yoga retreat at the Sanctuary, filmed on-site in February 2024.
Watch on YouTube ↗
The hard part is done. The seller restores it. The buyer reopens it.
Inside the data room
A group, not a single company
Founded and led by Olga Sytnyk — co-founder and CEO of Unique Ukraine, one of Ukraine's largest domestic tour operators, then advisor to the Office of the President of Ukraine on forestry and ecological reform. AWAKEN runs as a regional group in Loreto, with its own science institution TERI and institutional standing across the Peruvian environmental state. Under structure B the founder keeps 30% and stays on as a partner inside the team, supporting development; under structure A she hands over with up to 6 months of transitional support.
Memoranda of understanding and collaboration with Peru's Ministry of the Environment (MINAM), the Regional Government of Loreto (GOREL), national forestry and protected-area agencies, the Indigenous Chamber of Commerce of Peru, and the universities UNAP and IIAP.
Everything is already in place
This is not a green-field project. The team, the programs, the contractors, the community and government agreements, and the full legal, licensing and tax stack are already done — and transfer with the property.
You don't start from zero. You buy a restored property — and reopen it.
Built, proven and legally clean: titled land held by the company, licences, the tax regime, contractors, and community and government agreements all in place. $2.7M for 100%, or $1.89M for 70% with the founder staying in the team — restoration included, completed within 3–5 months.
Confidential. All forward-looking figures (revenue, costs, occupancy, valuation) are management estimates based on current assumptions, not forecasts or guarantees. Historical figures and guest records trace to company records, the property’s Booking.com account, and the SUNARP-registered company valuation. This data room describes the seller’s offer; binding terms are set only in a signed share purchase agreement.