Skylodge Adventure Suites - 2 Days

The Cusco Region is home to many excellent hotels, but the most unique, and by far the most adventurous accommodation option is, without doubt, the Skylodge Adventure Suites. The luxury Skylodge capsules hang like condor nests from a cliff face in the Sacred Valley. You’ll sleep in your transparent bubble, with amazing views along the Sacred Valley below. This is the first-ever hanging hotel in the world and is perfect for those looking for something a little different on their way to the iconic Machu Picchu!

The transparent suites are the brainchild of adventure company Natura Vive,  who want their guests to embrace their inner adventurer. To enter the capsules, you must either climb p the Via Ferrata, or hike using a number of ziplines. Once you’re ready to leave your suite, you can zip-wire down to the ground below.

For those travelers to Peru who like to live life quite literally on the edge, why not spend a night in one of the Skylodge Adventure Suites on a  Sacred Valley tour from Cusco? Built into the side of a mountain of  Cusco’s Sacred Valley, these transparent lodges offer spectacular views of the surrounding valley. This distinctive accommodation option in The Sacred Valley of the Incas, perfectly combines luxury and an adrenalin-filled adventure, before or after your Machu Picchu visit. The cliff-hanging hotel, which features four transparent pods secured to the mountainside, was the idea of Ario Ferri, a Peruvian project developer and mountain climber. He wanted people to experience what it was like to spend the night on the side of a mountain, so he created Skylodge, one of the most amazing and unique hotel experiences in the world. 

Getting to Skylodge is not for the faint-hearted it requires climbing and a solid sense of adventure. Guests can choose their route, each of which takes about an hour. You can hike up the entire 1,200-foot "Via Ferrata."  This a path used to climb a mountain with a safety system permanently installed, or choose a hike-zipline combo and climb a Via Ferrata at the end, both options are accompanied by professional guides. Once you have arrived in The Sacred Valley, there are two ways to climb up to the hotel, both of which take an hour or two depending on your pace. You can either climb up the 400-meter Via Ferrata, a metal staircase used to climb the mountain with a safety system permanently installed. Alternatively,  you can choose a hike and zip line combination followed by a climb up a much shorter Via Ferrata at the end. Whichever route you choose, you’ll be accompanied by professional guides all the way!

Once you’ve made it to the capsules, you’ll be shown to your bubble-like suite where you can enjoy a well-deserved rest as you marvel at the stunning views across The Sacred Valley. From your transparent room,  not only will you be in awe at the vast Sacred Valley below you and the dramatic mountain peaks surrounding you. You’ll have wonderful views of the night sky over the Sacred Valley. Your room will have four beds, a private bathroom, and solar-powered lighting. At around 8 p.m., you can enjoy a gourmet dinner cooked with traditional Andean ingredients and accompanied by Peruvian wine. Afterwards, you can fall asleep beneath the stars and about 400 meters above the ground, in The Sacred Valley of The Incas!

This unique accommodation option is an excellent vantage point to watch a spectacular sunset, as well as the nighttime skies where you can marvel at the constellations of the Southern hemisphere as well as the Inca Constellations for the ultimate stargazing experience. In the morning, you can see the sunrise while wrapped up in a cozy duvet and keep an eye open for hummingbirds, native Andean birds, and if you are lucky, an Andean condor gliding by. After a delicious breakfast, you will take the zip line back down, which takes guests safely on the descent to Terra Firma!

If you would like to book this "out of the box" Sacred Valley tour from Cusco with The Sky Lodge Suites as a complement to your Machu Picchu visit, contact us here!

Note: The Skylodge has a minimum age requirement of 18 years old.