Rumi Wilco Ecolodge & Nature Reserve-Cabañas & Camping

Great rustic treehouse feel but with comfortable amenities. Trails provided opportunities for birding and nature watching.

Outdoors. Away from people. People suck. Except Alicia.

Mosquitoes. No one likes them. They're worse than people.

The cabin is in an amazing location in the forest next to the river. The river is perfect for playing and swimming in all day, and the cabin is dark at night and has everything you need during the day.

When you arrive in town at the bus station, you must take a truck taxi from the street alongside the bus station. This lodging is called Rumi Wilco, and if you tell the taxi driver to take you to Rumi Wilco, you will get to the right place. There are no other spots in Rumi Wilco, except hiking trails.

The cabins are situated in a beautiful space, right by the river. You are trully in nature, whilst being a short, beautiful walk from amazing Vilcabamba. The cabins are beautifully designed, and have everything you require to be comfortable - kitchen equipment, comfortable beds, delicious water. The hosts are really friendly and responsive. I recommend staying here.

If you want serenity, this is the place. Owner passionate, very well informed, great conversationalist, perfect English. Amazing setting. A most interesting town.

Climbing down the external stairs to the bathroom underneath, not great fun at night! The long walk in. Somewhat distant from town.

A special and exceptional property The location is spectacular

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We loved Rumi Wilco. The whole project is done with a lot of attention and care. You can sense the love that Alicia and Orlando have for their land and the project in the details. There is small letter signs with the names of the plants of the area, all the paths are well cleared from herbs and plants, there is cute designated bathing spots that connect the path with the river that goes along the whole terrain. In the room itself you will find a simple but very careful environment made of wood entirely. The wood is from local forests, it is all very precise. In the kitchen each cup has a hook to hang from. It has the precision of a camping gear, or the sensibility of a father that loves to build. Everything was very clean, there is hot water for the shower, there is hooks to scroll, there is a map to visit the reserve, there is recommendations on how to heal somethings with local herbs. There is also a small selection of things that are made by them. Locally grown, dried and grinded coffee. Some jams with fruits from their land. Around the cabins there is grass to allow for camping. This also allows for star gazing. The area has lots of butterflies. Is a perfect place to stay for a long time, to enjoy the cabin and the reserve. To mix both resting and active visits.

There is a tiny hill to enter/exit with the car. Regarding comfort I really didn’t mind going through it, but I realize later on that the car got exhausted and it stayed with a strange sound after we went out. I might need to take it to the mechanic :(