Name: Gea Lodge
Address: Kilometro 114.3 Linea Ferrea Cusco - Mandor, Machu Picchu, Peru, Machu Picchu, MACHU PICCHU, Peru, Machu Picchu, Machu Picchu, Machu Picchu, 08781, Peru
Rating: 9

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Machu Picchu

Only the proximity of the railways with trains that only pass from time to time and from 7 am comes to disturb the calm of this campsite. We are in the middle of the jungle and fruit trees. At night the clapotis of the river comes to lay you. Super alternative to the city of Água Calientes. The owners are welcoming and offer a visit to a botanical garden. Possibility of restaurant on site, the cuisine is good especially soups. Wifi but limited.

Beautiful flowering and tree-lined place in the middle of the jungle

We stayed on a campsite and it's really beautiful, and cheap only 10 soles per person, in addition to being in front of the botanical park, which is incredible, the place is comfortable and cozy, if you can make a small house and has a hot water shower system, the staff is friendly at all times, we stayed 4 days and never were molested or said anything that we are uncomfortable.

Excellent and highly recomdable.

The hotel is located on the road leading to Machu Pichu from hydro so excellent for those who come by bus to hydro + march. It is an excellent alternative to Aguas Caliente, a noisy city and not closer to Machu Pichu. You sleep well, calmly, in the middle of nature and the cuisine is very good with a friendly and helpful manager. Exactly what it takes to be an attacker to climb Machu Pichu the next day.

Calmness and Nature

I really liked Gea Lodge and its hospitality, you can feel at home. The gardens of Mandor are lovely and the feeling is to be taken care of in every need. The shower is warm, the space is pleasant and the view is wonderful. It is certainly an experience outside the most commercial and tourist tracks..and I hope you keep it clean in time! Thank you! :)

A wonderful experience.

We were visiting Machu Picchu for two days but wanted to avoid Aguas Calientes. Gea Lodge was an inexpensive alternative, and was situated on some beautiful (and peaceful) grounds. The staff was nice and super accommodating (we were waking up at 4 AM to walk to Machu Picchu, so they made us lunches the night before). The only downside is the walk to/from Aguas Calientes. It's ~2.5 miles to/from the bus, and adding that onto a long day was a lot. Note also that Gea Lodge is cash-only. Would probably stay again, but I might pack a little lighter so that I didn't have to lug my bag there when I arrived.

Worth the walk

Good attention, good people, although somewhat distant. Prices somewhat expensive. But it is VERY recommended, especially for the backpacker who wants to get to Machu Picchu on foot and not pay the, with all due respect, Perurail thieves.

Gardens of the Mandor of the Dream

Gea Lodge is a lovely simple lodge surrounded by a roaring river and botanical gardens. The gardens and waterfall are beautiful. Erwin, the lodge owner, was really helpful. Dinner was delicious! The only issue was the shower didn't have the hottest water. Great place to stay if you're walking along the tracks from Hidroeléctrica and hiking up to Machu Picchu. It's only 2km from the start of the (very steep) hike up. To get to the hike up, turn right at a small train platform, go down a path and some stairs, and cross a bridge.

Lovely stay

A totally different experience, with respect to the all-hotels-and-restaurants Machu Picchu Pueblo, if you don't mind walking for 4 km in the forest along the railway,
An ideal choice if you are doing the "alternative" way to go back to the Sacred Valley or Cuzco (walking + bus instead of the expensive train):
Clean, quiet, simple, relaxing, with a beautiful botanic garden just in front.
Bad Wi-Fi

In the forest, instead of the crowded village

This place was great. It is around 1,5 km from Agua Calientes. That means if you walk the train tracks, you have this distance shorter on both ways. It is a great position if you walk up the steps to Machu Picchu. Owners are very nice, and the rooms are good. Eat at the lodge they serve great food, for a very reasonably price of 15 soles. Basic spanish is a good idea. 

A hidden gem

As a family with 2 kids (7 and 8 years old) Aguas Calientes didn't sounded like a place where we could find something quiet, decent, reasonable priced to sleep.
But then I found the website of Gea Lodge (same owner as the Mandor Gardens)!
It sounded great and it was! 
Erwin picked us up at the train station in Aguas Calientes and we had a nice walk along the railway to the lodge. The kids were very excited when a train passed by. 
We ate a early diner (especially for us), had a nice shower and slept well in the basic but comfortable family room with 4 seperate beds.
The next morning Erwin made a lot of effort to get us on an early bus up to Machu Picchu. He went into the long line of people in aguas calientes for us early in the morning so that the bus could pick us up near the bridge. In that way we didnt had to wake up the kids in the middle of the night to get to machu picchu early in the morning!
Excellent service!
Erwin also provided packed brackfast/lunches for our day at machu picchu.
When you sleep at the gea lodge the only thing you hear at night is the train....

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