The Cusco Region is home to many excellent hotels, but the most unique – and 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, with four transparent pods secured to the mountainside. It was the idea of Ario Ferri, a Peruvian project developer and mountain climber, who wanted people to experience what it was like to spend the night on the side of a mountain, and so he created Skylodge, one of the most amazing hotel experiences in the world.

Our full-day Skylodge experience doesn’t include an overnight stay in one of the suites. Instead, it takes us to the Skylodge for a day of adventure and a delicious lunch in the dining capsule. To get to the dining capsule, you’ll first have to scale the side of a mountain until you reach the Skylodge – at 400 meters above the ground! This is done by the via ferrata (a path used to climb the mountain with a safety system permanently installed), or by a combination of hiking/climbing and zip line!