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Sacred Valley Peru Cliff Hotel

Sacred Valley Peru Cliff Hotel

The Skylodge Adventure Suites project emerged in June 2013: three transparent capsules attached to one of the mountains of the legendary Sacred Valley, in the Cusco area of ​​Peru. It is about three rooms hanging on the rock with capacity for 8 people. 

To sleep in Skylodge Suites you have to climb 400 mt. by a route of via ferrata or walking on a winding but safe path. Designed by Ferri and manufactured by hand with aerospace aluminum and polycarbonate sheets resistant to the elements, each suite has four beds, a dining room and a bathroom. 

The access is at the top of the ship. The design and features of each suite offer first class services and comfort. An alternative lighting system with four interior lights and a reading lamp, powered by solar panels. 

Each suite has a private bathroom separated from the bedroom with an insulating wall, a dry toilet and a small sink. It could not be otherwise: sleep in the mountains as they do, in the most unusual ways, professional mountaineers.

 

Quick Itinerary: 

Day 01: Skylodge Hotel Peru

Pick you up from your hotel in Cusco City and transfer to Pachar

Ascent (Zip Line hike or climbing Via Ferrata depending on the package) 

Arrive to SkyLodge Adventure suites 

Dinner 

 

Day 02: Sacred Valley Tour

Breakfast at the Skylodge

Descent (rappelling or Ziplining) 

Visit Pisac

Visit Chincheros

Lunch at Urubamba

Visit Ollantaytambo

Train to Machu Picchu town

Dinner at Machu Picchu town


Day 03: Machu Picchu Guided Tour 

Wake up early and bus to the citadel 

Guided tour of Machu Picchu 

Lunch in Machu Picchu Town 

Train return to Ollantaytambo 

Private transportation to Cusco


Interesting Information 

 

Day 1: Skylodge Hotel peru
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We pick you up from your hotel in Cusco at 2 pm, to go to Pachar, the trip takes about one and a half hour. 

Upon arrival at the base of the Skylodge, we will have a talk on safety and we put on the necessary equipment to climb the Via ferrata or hiking the Zipline. 

Upon arrival at our lodge, we will enjoy a hot drink while the guide explains everything about our hotel 400 meters high. We will have an hour and a half to rest a little before enjoying dinner with a panoramic view of the beautiful Urubamba Valley. 

We spend the night in this wonderful hotel, with transparent capsules that allow us to appreciate the sky full of stars.

 

Day 2: Sacred Valley Tour
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We get up at 7 am enjoying the beautiful view of the Valley and the Uurbamba River, for breakfast. Then we start the descent at 9:30 (rappeling or ziplinnig) until we get back to our base. 

Once on the mainland, we begin the tour of the Sacred Valley. We will visit the archaeological complex of Pisac, located at the top of a mountain from where a good part of the Sacred Valley is dominated. This wonderful place is formed by groups of platforms and architectural structures scattered on the slopes and at the top of the mountain, Pisac is one of the most beautiful monumental centers of the valley because it combines the landscape with the impeccable finish of its buildings.  

We make a stop at the Handicraft Market of Pisaq, where the most famous Cusco handicrafts made by Andean hands are exhibited, among the handicrafts, textiles, ponchos, bags, etc., and ceramic handicrafts, which are reproductions of archeological pieces. Inca, like the queros (ceremonial vessels), necklaces, etc. This fair is attended by traders and indigenous craftsmen from many villages, dressed in their typical costumes.  

We will also visit the picturesque town of Chinchero, where the remains of the royal treasury of Túpac Inca Yupanqui are found. Admire its well preserved Inca Wall in the main square and visit the beautiful colonial temple with interesting frescoes in the portico, built on the foundations of an Inca building. 

Back to Urubamba, we breathe a bit to have lunch and recharge our batteries for a visit to the last archaeological complex of the Sacred Valley: Ollantaytambo.  

Finally, we visit the Ollantaytambo Fortress and Citadel, built to guard the entrance to this part of the valley and protect it from possible invasions by the inhabitants of the jungle. We will have the opportunity to walk through the streets of the town and thus have a clear idea of ​​how this military, religious and cultural center was during the Inca Empire.  

Finishing the tour through the valley, the transport will take us to the station to take the train to Machu Picchu town, where a manager awaits us who will take us to the hotel to rest.

Day 3: Machu Picchu Tour
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We woke up early and we moved to the bus station, where we will take a bus that will take us directly to the citadel of Machu Picchu. 

After 25 minutes, your tour guide will assist you to enter the citadel, you must not forget your passport. You will have a guided tour that will last approximately 2 and a half hours, then you will have free time to explore the complex on your own, climb the Huayna Picchu or the mountain of Machu Picchu to take some panoramic pictures of the citadel. 

After the visit, you should take a bus back to the town of Machu Picchu, where you can rest a little and then have the lunch before taking the train back to Ollantaytambo. Another option is to visit the thermal baths of Aguas Calientes or the Site Museum. 

Finally, we go to the station to take the return train. In the station the driver will be waiting for move us to Cusco.

Included
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  • Pre-trip briefing (our guide will visit your hotel one day before the tour for your information session)  
  • Transportation from Cusco to Pachar the first day and transport to the station of the train station the second day 
  • Transport and pick up from the train station to Cusco. 
  • Safety equipment for via ferrata and zipline  
  • Meals: Dinner the first day and breakfast the second day in the Skylodge, 400 meters high. Lunch in Urubamba the second day. Dinner the second day and breakfast the last day in Machu Picchu town 
  • Accommodation: Skylodge (01 night), Hotel in Machu Picchu Town (01 night) 
  • Entrance to Machu Picchu 
  • Professional guide 
  • Train ticket to Machu Pichu and back 
  • Bus up and down to Machu Picchu

Not Included
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  • Entrance fee to Huayna Picchu Mountain ($80) or Machu Picchu Mountain ($80)
  • Others not mentioned
  • Tips

 

Adventure Suites Peru
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If you do not suffer from vertigo and you like adventure tourism, this is the right hotel for you: the Skylodge Adventure Suites offers you sleep in a completely transparent capsule, hanging from a mountain 400 meters high. 
It is true, reaching this refuge on the mountainside requires time and a certain physical state. But once the guest is inside the capsule-room, the panoramic view of the Sacred Valley of the Incas will be priceless, as well as silence and starry nights. 
Measuring 7.5 meters long and 2.6 meters high and wide, each module was made of aero-space aluminum and high-strength polycarbonate. It also has 4 beds, a dining room and a private bathroom, as well as 6 windows and 4 ventilation ducts. The only exit is the hatch located at the top, the lighting is ecological and the curtains can be closed (although there will be no neighbors other than some birds). 
There are two ways to climb up to the hanging hotel and it is always necessary to put on your helmet, gloves and harness. The first option is via ferrata (this is the name given to the type of climbing route in the mountain, with a security system that is permanently installed for people without experience in climbing). The second alternative is a zip line, so you have to "fly" through the different stretches of the "zipline" (there are 7 cables with a length of between 150 and 700 meters). Which prefer?

 

Reccomendations
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  • Please wear comfortable clothes, pants no shorts, hiking shoes or running shoes, a thermal jacket to wear under a dawn jacket and warm (thermal) clothes.  
  • Bring your personal hygiene items, there isn´t a shower at the Skylodge hotel.
  • Bring a small and light bag.  
  • Bring at least 1 lt. of water. You can bring your empty bottle, we do have purified water at our base so you can refill it.

 

Hotel on Cliff in the Sacred Valley of Cusco
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At more than 100 meters high, intrepid tourists have the option to stay in the three transparent capsules that have been installed on the steep cliff of the Sacred Valley of the Incas, in the Cusco region.

Its spectacular view of Sacred Valley, which snatches breath with its small towns and dangerous roads, is experienced with even more excitement inside these small showcases. The price you will have to pay to admire these landscapes is to climb a steel staircase of 400 steps, almost on the edge of the cliff. Or if you prefer, you can climb the mountain or arrive by zip line. 

These Skylodge Adventure Suites are clinging to the surface of the rock, have six windows that show the entire landscape of the Sacred Valley and four ventilation ducts, which allow a pleasant atmosphere. 

 

Cliffside Hotel Peru  

Skylodge Adventure Suites is a "floating" hotel located in the Sacred Valley, in Cusco Peru the rooms are more than 400 meters high, and also have transparent walls which makes it an unforgettable experience. 

These rooms will make you feel that you are properly floating, with capacity for four people will make you feel that you are literally floating. The hanging accommodation has, in addition to all the comforts of a common hotel, with ecological light, because it uses photovoltaic panels that store energy. In order to arrive it is necessary to climb, and to make the check out and to arrive to earth, to realize an adrenalitic zip line. 

 

Hotel on Side of Cliff 

The hotel is located about 400 meters high, which must be raised by people interested in staying at its facilities. 

It has altogether three spectacular capsules Suite, made by hand with polycarbonate and aerospace aluminum, which manages to resist perfectly the atmospheric inclemencies. 

These capsules can accommodate a total of 8 people, where it is distributed inside: 

  • A dining area: from where you can access an outdoor terrace to create an atmosphere full of romance. Rest area: including four beds with excellent quality mattresses, down comforters and feather pillows. 
  • A bathroom: private and separated from the rest of the suite by an insulating wall, being the only non-transparent area of the ship. This has an ecological sanitary. 
  • A scrubbing area: from where you can also appreciate amazing views of the surroundings. 

Each capsule is 24 feet long and 8 feet wide. In its structure it has four ventilation ducts and six windows, which maintains a very pleasant atmosphere inside. 

The exit door was created in the upper part of the structure, which provides greater security to the guests. 

 

Illumination

The hotel during the day remains perfectly lit naturally, and at night has an alternative lighting that consists of a reading light and four interior lights. This alternate lighting is charged through photovoltaic panels, which manage to store energy perfectly during the day. 


Elements that provide privacy in the ships 

The privacy in these transparent ships is achieved through curtains that can be controlled from inside, at the time of the guests isolated from their other neighbors. 

 

Peru Rock Climbing Hotel 

To be able to enter the capsules, which remain suspended to the great mountain of the Sacred Valley, the hotel offers three different options and full of excitement to climb the ranch:

  • The first option is to climb an immense steel staircase that has 400 steps, which is located near the edge of the cliff.
  • The second option to access the ships is climbing the mountain, where guests must have knowledge of mountaineering
  • The last option is to resort to the zip line, a rope suspended by cables that carry people through the air from one place to another. Which will turn out to be an unforgettable experience and full of challenges for the guest.
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