Mashpi Lodge

Staying at Mashpi Lodge was absolutely amazing experience 🌱 From the moment we arrived we felt like on different planet 🌱 Everything about the lodge was perfect , beautiful rooms exceptional food and stunning nature around. All the staff and guides were always ready to help us with anything we needed. On walks through the Mashpi cloud forest guides would answer all our questions about all the animals 🌱. Our family had such a nice time in Mashpi. Especially thanks to Anddy from the office who helped us to organise our stay planning. As we were travelling from Australia not knowing much about beautiful Equador. Thank you Mashpi for beautiful memories for our family🤗🌱🌱

The most amazing experience in my life. Beautiful hotel, fantastic staff and service and a fantastic guide who took us around the rain forest. So glad I experienced it.

We had such an amazing time visiting your lodge. Our guides, Fernando and Nixon were incredible. They were so patient with my children. It’s such a beautiful place. Hiking around and seeing the animals was such fun thank you so much for having us.

Travel agency MetroJourneys did a fabulous job offering ‘The Golden Triangle, experience, which includes this 3-day trip to Mashpi Lodge in the Choco rainforest of Ecuador. Our Destination Expert, Maria Emilia de los Reyes (her name says it all!), expertly managed our trip to Quito, Mashpi and The Galapagos. So worth the effort to research Metro Journeys because it is a COMPLETE package. Locations, hotels, transportation, excellent, constant communication (KEY!) was provided. Mashpi Lodge is deep in the rainforest and is magical, truly. The lodge is a beautiful, quiet, relaxing place that you don’t want to leave. Rooms are wonderful and all face the rainforest where you can watch for special birds and animals (we saw a Toucanet and a Tyra right from our window!) from a comfortable couch or chair - you pick! A guide plans your days and nights with you on the first day, so you know what to expect. They outfit you with your own assigned boots, they have rain ponchos, walking sticks, water bottle, all ready for you. Their guides are experts. Ours, Fernando was a blast! Always thinking about our wants and looking for those special experiences for us - and they were! We even found the elusive Ornate Hawk-Eagle which he’d never seen in his 11 years there!! How exciting! So many new birds to see. We took a night hike and it was SO COOL! I HIGHLY recommend you to visit Mashpi, BUT, plan it with MetroJourneys and Maria Emilia. Why? Because the man that built Mashpi is the owner of MJ and Casa Gangotena Hotel in Quito and Finch Bay Resort in the Galapagos, so you KNOW you will be well looked after. It was very well down, well thought out, someone with us every step…and an absolutely beautiful experience 😊

What a fantastic lodge up in the sticks of the Quito cloud forest. Loved every minute there. Great birding and the butterfly breeding area is amazing. Special thanks got top all the staff there but especially in the restaurant Fabricio, Jorge, Xavier, and our guide Andreas who was great at his job and so knowledgable. Would have liked to see some bird feeders closer to the lodge but maybe that would spoil the enjoyment of tracking the them. The cable car and bike ride (Dragonfly) also fantastic to see and do across the forest canopy. All incredible , thanks again for a great 3 nights there. Roger and Denise Sargent.