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Mashpi Lodge

A glass lodge sealed inside its own cloud-forest reserve on the western slope of the Andes, where the guides are biologists and the fog writes the schedule.

A lodge inside the cloud
Mashpi · Chocó, Ecuador 0° 09′ 57.6″ N  /  78° 52′ 41.6″ W
Satopia Travel presents A cinematic travel experience In partnership with Mashpi Lodge
The Lodge

A contemporary glass box in primary forest, three hours and one world from Quito.

The drive from Quito climbs over the Andes’ western shoulder and drops into the Chocó, one of the most biodiverse forests on earth. At the end of the last track, improbably, stands Mashpi: steel, glass and warm light, sealed inside its own private reserve.

The lodge works like a field station with room service. Biologist guides lead the trails, a laboratory sits off the lobby, and floor-to-ceiling glass keeps the forest in view from bed, bath and dining table alike.

Overview Mashpi · the Chocó
Setting
A private cloud-forest reserve in the Ecuadorian Chocó
Accommodation
A contemporary glass lodge, rooms facing the canopy
Your rooms
Rooms taken together for your party, or the lodge exclusively
Getting there
About 3 hours by road from Quito airport
The stay
Stay 3 nights or more, and we plan your whole experience
Satopia experience
Tailor-made for you: biologists, canopy flights and Quito, arranged end to end
Glass against the green · 4:5
Enquire

Every experience begins with a single click. Tell us when and with who and we'll design a world around you.

Guests From 2 to 20 guests
2
Nights Minimum 3 nights stay
3
WhatsApp Email Satopia reservations
The Lodge

The reserve holds species found nowhere else; the lodge exists so you can meet them.

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01 Accommodation

Rooms of glass, with the forest as the fourth wall.

Rooms run minimal and warm, timber, wool, deep beds, because the drama is beyond the glass: hummingbirds at eye level, mist moving through the canopy, rain arriving like weather you can watch approach.

Held together, the lodge’s two floors take a family or expedition party easily; taken entirely, the reserve becomes a private world.

Rooms
On confirmation
Sleeps
On confirmation
The view
Canopy, every room
Use
Your rooms, or the lodge
The fourth wall · 4:5
02 Culinary

Ecuadorian cooking, fed by the forest’s edge.

The kitchen cooks Ecuador’s remarkable larder, palm hearts, river fish, highland grains, fruit that has no export name, refined but not fussy, served against the glass with the forest going dark outside.

Picnics go out to waterfalls, and hot chocolate, from beans grown down the valley, ends the wet days properly.

The table
The glass dining room
The source
The Chocó’s larder
Dinner in the cloud · 4:5
03 Experiences

Canopy flights, waterfalls, and a lab off the lobby.

The Dragonfly cable car runs guests slowly across two kilometres of canopy; the Sky Bike pedals a cable over a ravine for the braver. Trails drop to waterfalls where swimming is encouraged and towels appear.

Guides are working biologists, and the lodge’s lab and hummingbird stations turn every walk into a masterclass. New species have been described from these trails.

Above the trees
Dragonfly & Sky Bike
On the trails
Waterfalls & the lab
Over the canopy · 4:5
04 Wellness

A spa that borrows the forest’s own remedies.

The small spa works with cacao, coffee and forest botanicals, and its best treatment is prescribed free of charge: the sound of rain on primary forest, taken from a heated pool or your own bed.

Yoga looks into the green each morning, and the air itself, washed by fog, does quiet work on city lungs.

The spa
Forest botanicals & pool
The cure
Fog, rain & green
The forest cure · 4:5
05 Service

Biologists, hosts, and one designer over the whole stay.

The lodge staffs from the villages around the reserve and pairs every group with its own guide team, people who can name the frog calling through dinner and mean it.

Behind them sits your Satopia travel designer, who holds the rooms, arranges Quito and the Andes either side, and stays one call away throughout.

At the lodge
Biologist guides & hosts
Behind it
One Satopia travel designer
The field team · 4:5
06 Setting

The Chocó: the other rainforest, rarer than the Amazon.

The Chocó runs down South America’s Pacific slope and holds life found nowhere else on earth, most of it already lost to clearance. The Mashpi reserve protects a surviving heart of it.

The lodge was built to fund that protection. To stay is to keep the forest standing, in the most comfortable way conservation has yet devised.

Around you
A private Chocó reserve
The point
Staying protects it
The Chocó, kept standing · 4:5
Moments

The lodge, in motion.

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Image slot Mist filling the valley at first light.
Image slot A hummingbird pausing at eye level.
Image slot The Dragonfly sliding over the canopy.
Image slot The lodge glowing as the fog closes in.
Plan your Experience

What's the forecast?

Everything here is to help you picture it. Your travel designer handles the arranging: the flights, the cars, the guides, the tents held for you alone.

When to go
Best · June – September · the drier window; the forest is green and dramatic all year
25°
Jan
25°
Feb
25°
Mar
25°
Apr
25°
May
24°
Jun
24°
Jul
25°
Aug
25°
Sep
24°
Oct
24°
Nov
25°
Dec
Rainfall Driest August · wettest March
Drier window · ideal Rainy season · dramatic skies Rainfall trend
For the curious

A field station with sheets.

Biologist guides, a working lab and species with no English name yet. Curiosity, rewarded hourly.

For families

The best classroom alive.

Canopy cable cars, waterfall swims and frogs after dark: children leave changed.

For two

Mist and glass.

A room facing the canopy, rain on the roof and nowhere to be. The romance is built in.

For the list

Birds, properly.

Toucan-barbets, club-winged manakins and thirty-odd hummingbirds, with guides who know each voice.

Plan your journey

How far is it from you?

Choose where you would set out from. We'll estimate the flight and how much the time change is likely to ask of you.

The Satopia Advantage™

You choose the place.
We'll do all the planning.

We hold the relationship with Mashpi Lodge, so we can hold your rooms together on your dates, or take the lodge exclusively. From there a single travel designer composes every day around you. You simply arrive.

What we secure

The right rooms, glass to the canopy, matched to your party and the season. The access a direct booking rarely reaches.

What we arrange

Every day composed by one travel designer: the guides and the canopy flights, Quito and the cars, present when wanted, unseen when not.

People we bring to you, on request
Biologist guides
Drivers, Quito to lodge
Spa therapists
Birding specialists
Childminders
Photographers
Satopia Insider

A few things worth knowing.

Drawn from recent guests.

Plan for a rough final hour from Quito

Allow around three hours from Quito, with the last stretch on an unsealed, pothole-strewn road that can feel slow going. Build this into your day rather than scheduling anything tight either side, as the drive itself becomes part of the arrival experience. The route rewards you with sweeping views over the forest as you approach the lodge.

The dragonfly gondola through the cloud forest canopy

The Dragonfly gondola glides through the misty canopy, providing a striking viewpoint even when it rains. This experience pairs naturally with evening walks to spot frogs and vine snakes, as well as morning bird-watching for photography enthusiasts. These quiet observations in the forest are the moments guests recall long after checkout.

Extend your stay

Want to stay a little longer?
We'll plan that too.

Ecuador packs continents into a small map. A few we would pair the lodge with, each arranged as one seamless experience.

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The gateway

Quito’s old town

Two nights in the Americas’ best-preserved colonial centre: monasteries, plazas and Andean light.

Add to your enquiry
Image slotGalápagos · 9:16
The islands

Galápagos, by yacht

The natural pairing: a small-yacht week among the islands Darwin made famous.

Add to your enquiry
Image slotThe Andes · 9:16
The highlands

Haciendas of the Andes

Volcano country by horseback and hot spring, staying in centuries-old working haciendas.

Add to your enquiry
Enquire · The Privé Collection 2026

Every experience begins with a conversation.

Tell us who is coming and your dates. We will shape the rest around you. Nothing is booked yet, and we reply within a day.

01

When would you like to come?

Choose one or more months, or tell us you're flexible on dates.

Ideal season · June to September

02

What's the occasion?

Choose any that apply.

03

An indicative budget?

An estimate of your budget for the whole stay helps us plan your experience. Below is an estimated nightly rate, excluding experience budget, to help you plan.

04

Who shall we reply to?

Included in your experience
  • All meals
  • Guided excursions
  • Quito-lodge transfers
  • Wi-Fi
Arranged separately
  • Flights
  • Spa treatments
  • Premium wines
  • Laundry

Mashpi Lodge is priced by the room, by night, with meals and guiding included, and a two-night minimum applies. The figures shown are indicative. Once we check live availability we confirm an exact, all-in quote for your dates, and nothing is booked and no payment taken until you approve it in writing. A deposit then secures your dates, with the balance due before arrival. The full booking terms, cancellation policy and any security deposit are set out in your confirmation.

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