Oasis Paraiso Ecolodge

Dark, dusty floored veranda style ( open to the elements) reception/ dining room/bar with dusty plastic garden chairs at dining tables Friendly staff. Fluent English speaking friendly waitress. Delicious vegetable soup but bland unappertising tomato sauce on good sized pasta meal. Bedroom is a wooden cabin. Clean comfy bed. Clean bathroom including toilet , wash basin & shower tray. Shower head grubby but not filthy. Reception/dining room/ bar needs a deep clean & then constant cleaning to keep on top of dust that settles on floor & chairs.

This is a rustic but comfortable lodge at the bottom of Colca Canyon. We had everything we needed for an overnight stay in the canyon. Meals were simple but adequate. The owner was always available and helpful. They seemed to operate in an environmentally friendly way. We spent one night here after hiking down from Cabanaconde and returned to the top the next morning. The easiest and quickest way to get to Cabanaconde from Arequipa is by taxi. We hired Guillermo Farfán in Arequipa at 988858855 or guillermo.farfan76@gmail.com. He is very friendly and helpful and speaks very good english.

This place would have enormous potential but looks like the project was abandoned mid way. The lodge is dirty, the shared bathroom looks like it has not been cleaned in the last 2 years, pathways leading to the rooms are half finished. The sheets in our bed were dirty, the room was filty. We have been traveling south America for 2.5 month and this was by far the dirtiest place we have seen. Also the staff was not friendly at all which did not help. The food and the pool were good.