Cliffhanger in Peru

Cliffhanger in Peru

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Guests with a head for heights climb 400 metres of via ferrata (steel cable and rungs) up the sheer face of a valley or use zip lines to reach the Skylodge Adventure Suites in the Sacred Valley near Cuzco, Peru.

Spending the night in transparent mountaintop sleeping pods gives breath-taking - or nerve-wracking - views over the mountains and valley below. It’s an experience, the pod-hotel says on its Airbnb page, which is the next best thing to sleeping in a condor’s nest.

. Cuzco, Peru. Reuters/Pilar Olivares

A video posted online by Natura Vive, the company that operates the hanging bedrooms attached by wire to the cliff face, has gained more than 1.7 million views since it was published in June.

. Cuzco, Peru. Reuters/Pilar Olivares

Checking out of any other hotel room isn’t usually followed by a ride on a zip line. That’s part of the experience for these guests, who see a patchwork of fields and the river on the valley floor as they leave the hanging pods behind.

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Guests ride a zip line as they leave the Skylodge Adventure Suites in the Sacred Valley.
. Cuzco, Peru. Reuters/Pilar Olivares

Guests ride a zip line as they leave the Skylodge Adventure Suites in the Sacred Valley.

Ario Ferri, creator of the Skylodge Adventure Suites, climbs to reach the hanging bedrooms of the hotel.
. Cuzco, Peru. Reuters/Pilar Olivares

Ario Ferri, creator of the Skylodge Adventure Suites, climbs to reach the hanging bedrooms of the hotel.

A guide waits for guests above one of the hotel’s sleeping pods.
. Cuzco, Peru. Reuters/Pilar Olivares

A guide waits for guests above one of the hotel’s sleeping pods.

A guide cleans one of the sleeping pods.
. Cuzco, Peru. Reuters/Pilar Olivares

A guide cleans one of the sleeping pods.

A guide takes a rest as he cleans a sleeping pod.
. Cuzco, Peru. Reuters/Pilar Olivares

A guide takes a rest as he cleans a sleeping pod.

A guest rests after climbing.
. Cuzco, Peru. Reuters/Pilar Olivares

A guest rests after climbing.

A guest smiles as she leaves the Skylodge Adventure Suites.
. Cuzco, Peru. Reuters/Pilar Olivares

A guest smiles as she leaves the Skylodge Adventure Suites.

A guest does yoga above a sleeping pod.
. Cuzco, Peru. Reuters/Pilar Olivares

A guest does yoga above a sleeping pod.

A guest looks out at the landscape from inside a sleeping pod.
. Cuzco, Peru. Reuters/Pilar Olivares

A guest looks out at the landscape from inside a sleeping pod.

Guests ride a zip line as they leave.
. Cuzco, Peru. Reuters/Pilar Olivares

Guests ride a zip line as they leave.