That luxury extended into their amazing dining experience. Having said that, I was stunned by the level of luxury Natura Vive has achieved.Įating and Sleeping at the Skylodge Adventure Suites Of course, water has to be carried up the mountain and waste has to be carried down, so visitors have to be realistic about the limits of living on a cliff. Honestly, it’s almost worth the entire trip just to experience the bathrooms. There’s a small sink and a very cleverly designed dry toilet unlike anything I’ve seen before. The bathrooms are also very intelligently designed to maximize views and minimize embarrassment. (Good pillows are worth their weight in gold to full-time travelers.) Each suite sleeps up to four people in very comfortable beds with bizarrely luxurious bedding and spectacular pillows. The capsules of the Skylodge Adventure Suites are fascinating feats of engineering and surprisingly comfortable considering that you are dangling off a thousand-foot wall. Curtains are provided to block the sun and the views of fellow guest, but we kept them open to fully enjoy this once-in-a-lifetime view. The ceiling and walls of the Skylodge Adventure Suites are all transparent providing what has to be the most insane hotel view on the planet. Clinging to the cliffs a thousand feet above the valley floor, the Skylodge Adventure Suites are actually three space-age capsules manufactured out of aluminum and polycarbonate.Īpproaching our capsule at sunset, we inched along the cliffs to the entry platform and descended into our suite through a submarine-like door in the roof.

The via ferrata was a total blast! But as crazy as it might sound, the accommodation felt like an even bigger adventure. Arriving at the Skylodge Adventure Suites

As you can see in the video, those cable attachment points were a big part of the trip: each time we got to one, we had to de-couple and then re-couple the carabiners that secured our safety lanyards to the cable. Indeed, it was quite a thrill as we moved up sheer rock faces, inched along narrow ledges, and made our way over a tightrope-like cable bridge.Īlong the route, we stepped across 1,400 iron stepping rungs and passed around 400 cable attachment points. Natura Vive’s via ferrata route was actually the perfect level of difficulty: not too hard for newbies, not so easy that it would bore experienced climbers. The climb was exhilarating with views out over the Urubamba River as well as the surrounding mountains. Starting was a cinch: we got harnessed up, listened to a quick introduction from our guides Micher and Guillermo, and off we went up the cliffs toward the Skylodge Adventure Suites. I had done one via ferrata before in Catalonia, but this was Thomas’ first time (although he did just recently do the canopy climb in Tambopata National Reserve, which uses similar equipment).

Adventure suites