Vlog by Nate and Kara Buchanan documenting their Sky Lodge stay in the Sacred Valley, Peru. They arrive late afternoon, climb ~400 meters (about 900 steps) up the cliff to reach the hanging Sky Lodge pods, have dinner, sleep on the cliffside, describe the toilet system and morning routine, then descend via multiple ziplines (including a ~700 m line). The video mixes practical details (safety briefing, harness capacity) with family reactions and recommendations: they call the experience worth the price and recommend the Sky Lodge as a highlight of a Peru trip.
Questions this video answers
Approximately 400 meters.
About 900 steps.
About 700 meters.
Harness supports 2,000 kilograms.
They woke up at about 7:00 and by ~8:30 had climbed to the dome for breakfast.
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4:30Pm we just arrived in the Sacred Valley. And tonight we're staying in one of the most unique accommodations in the entire world.
We're starting by climbing 400 meters straight up a mountain because that's the only way to get to the Sky Lodge.
Nervous?
Yeah, pretty excited. 900 steps to the top.
Feeling good.
Ready to go.
We just got our safety briefing. It's time to start climbing. Can't believe we're actually doing this. They're so tall. I think it's going to take an hour and a half.
Who wants to go first?
Kind of up.
Go ahead.
Here we go.
Come on. We gotta get up before midnight.
Hello, Nate. What's your name?
Nate.
Nate, what is your carabiner? There you are, Nate.
Way to go, mama. Merry Christmas.
How you doing, Daddy? Have you looked backwards? No. I haven't either.
How you doing, cat?
This is so good.
This is the greatest thing I've ever done. That was really, really, really cool.
That was crazy.
I had no clue.
She was like, okay, we're at the swinging bridge. And then I was like, what?
Why are you going so slow?
This one's a doozy.
I'd say we're three fourths of the way.
Don't do that. Move your clips right now.
We just got to the first pod. I am officially Uncle No.
Okay.
I have to get in.
Okay.
Excellent.
Girl, give me five.
That was crazy. Perfect. This is one of the most accomplished I've ever felt. Yeah. Going up that. Because it was so scary, but so fun.
You did it, mom and Daddy. Yep.
Yes. We are in the pod. That wall is the mountain. We're gonna have dinner in here and then we're going to the pod that we're gonna sleep in.
We just finished dinner. I'm very impressed with the quality of the food up here because I know somebody had to carry all this up here and cook it in this tiny kitchen. It was excellent. And now we get to go see our.
Bye, guys.
Here we go.
Too cool.
We're closed in. Oh, God. I got silver.
We just got our toilet briefing. There are lots of steps. We're about to open up all the curtains and hopefully see some stars tonight.
Good morning.
How'd you sleep, mama?
This look great.
Breakfast is up there.
Smells like coffee.
Our one night in the sky lodges was amazing.
Totally worth it.
We didn't talk much last night because it got really dark and we were just enjoying our time here. But we were greeted with a huge thermos of hot water and these local tea bags. They were so Delicious. We had three cups.
There's no heat in this thing, but we stayed surprisingly warm. Heavy down comforters, warm teeth.
These warmth are awesome.
Made for a perfect night. We were sleeping great until I think like 3 o' clock in the morning. I rolled over, knocked one of these babies off the shelf. It shattered all over my bed and we had to clean that up. But besides that fantastic night, we have.
A deck right here that we hung out on last night and took pictures of the stars. It wasn't cloudy for the first time in five days.
We were able to see a few stars last night, which was awesome. And then this morning we woke up at about 7 o' clock and climbed up to the dome for breakfast. It is now almost 8:30 and it's almost time to leave the Sky Lodge and go down. I'm sad, but at the same time I'm really excited because we're going down in a very fun way.
Sleeping on the side of a cliff was excellent.
That is definitely the best view from the toilet I've ever had.
So we've watched a few videos about the Skylodge on the Internet, but nobody ever really explains the toilet situation. It's actually a really good system. There's one toilet for number one. Boys go number one. And this little tube, it just goes straight down to somewhere. For number two.
You just go right into a trash bag and drop it down the hole.
What's the pot for?
This is for girls. And then you dump it in the tube. You finish off with a little squirt of bleach to keep it smelling fresh. And then you have a sink with fresh water.
Great.
Time.
Time.
It's this adventure made possible by mom and Daddy.
First you need to put left hander on top the pulley and right hander on top the leg.
Okay.
This is the fly position. All your weight in your harness. Your harness support, 2,000 kilograms.
Okay. Going down via the flying.
One, two, three.
How is it?
Great. She's gonna smash it to the rocks. That was perfect.
How do you think Daddy's feeling right now?
I think he's a little scared to go off the platform.
Yeah.
First one's a Disney.
Nice.
Did you have your eyes open? Yeah, of course.
Bunny.
She's crazy. Crazy.
We've made it about halfway down the mountain. I think we just did the longest zip line that I've ever done in my entire Life. It was 700 meters. Like you could barely even see the other sign of it.
The GoPro died, so I didn't get to film it. But it's been so cool zigzagging down the mountain. Climbing up was super fun, but ziplining down is way better than climbing down.
It's the way to go.
Last one.
Coming in hot. Unfortunately, this concludes our Sky Lodge adventure. Now the bus is heading back to Cusco, where my parents are going to head to the airport and go home. But we're getting dropped off in Urubamba because we're staying here for two more days in the Sacred Valley.
This is the best way I could ever imagine ending such a great trip with family.
It was so like the Sky Lodge. Probably better than Machu Picchu. If you come to Peru, forget Machu Picchu. Go to the Sky Lodge instead. If you had to pick between the.
Two, one of the coolest things we've ever done.
When you see the price tag, you're like, I don't know if it'll be worth it. It's worth it. Do it.
I'm sad it's over.
That was awesome, though.
Love you.
See, buddy. See ya. Thanks for coming. Thanks for everything. It's been a blast.
