Don a climbing harness for the trip to this high mountain resort, where guests sleep in transparent pods attached to the edge of a high cliff above the Peruvian landscape. The only way to the Skylodge Adventure Suites is a combination of zip lines and hiking trails, or by climbing a 1,312-foot via ferrata, a[…]
Natura Vive Skylodge Adventure Suites – Peru This thrilling hotel is definitely not for those with a fear of heights. After climbing 400 metres up Peru’s Via Ferrata you’ll be rewarded with a comfortable suite suspended on the dramatic cliffside and, of course, picture-perfect views. What these vertically-hanging transparent capsule suites lack in space they[…]
Looking for somewhere different for your next getaway? If you are allergic to bland apartment hotels and Holiday Inns then there is no better time to spread your wings and stay somewhere slightly different. How different? Well, this list of 10 of the world’s most unusual hotels includes a sewage drainage pipe (we kid you[…]
This is perhaps the most unique hotel we’ve ever come across and one that won’t be for everyone. Hanging from the side of a cliff in Peru’s beautiful Sacred Valley are several clear Perspex capsules called the Skylodge Adventure Suites. To access the pods, visitors must first climb up vertically up almost half a kilometre[…]
Perched high above the Sacred Valley of Cuzco in Peru, you will find the Skylodge, a totally transparent capsule suspended nearly 400m above the valley floor. Getting to your bed is an adventure in itself. Climb the 400m via ferrata to the sleeping capsule which has its own private bathroom and dining room. You’ll be[…]
On an Andean cliff overlooking Sacred Valley, there are three ovular glass pods dangling from the rock face. They’re not art, nor are they UFOs. They’re hotel rooms. The “Skylodge” is owned by a tourism company called Natura Vive, and these three suites comprise the entire luxury hotel. The three pods are the size of[…]
How on earth do we find ourselves hanging off a cliff-face, in a glass-bubble bedroom, suspended on wires above Peru’s Sacred Valley? Well, it is just the small matter of a 400m rock-climb via-ferrata and a 200m high hanging wire-bridge to reach said bubble, then a six-stage zip-wire descent to return to terra-firma next morning.[…]
Sacred Valley is pegged as one of the best hikes in the world and the area is quickly gaining notoriety for its cliffside escapes too. Whimsically billed as the only “million-star hotel” the glass pods at Skylodge Adventure Suites are suspended 400 feet above ground, giving overnight guests amazing views of the Andes cliffs and[…]
Leave your acrophobia at the bike rack because the Natura Vive Skylodge in Peru is made up of three clear-walled capsules positioned to hang from a cliff in Peru’s Sacred Valley. Fearless travelers can spend the night dangling precariously 400 feet over the heartland of the Inca Empire, or they can recover from the 400[…]