I do not like heights,
so this is not a holiday for me!, but if you do want to stay somewhere completely different, this could be the place for you! photograph Casa en el Aire/Facebook, La
Casa en el Aire (literally ‘The House in the Air’ in Spanish) is a unique
hostel perched on a cliff face, about 30 meters above ground, in the Colombian
mountains, and it is remote, because
La Casa en el Aire is located in a remote area of Abejorral, with no easy
access to food an water, visitors are urged to bring canned and long lasting
foods (dry bread, cookies, etc.), as well as a five litre bottle of water with
them, which I guess just adds to the adventure, built
primarily out of wood and featuring a tin roof, Casa en el Aire is attached to
Cerro San Vicente, a monumental rock formation that rises up among the coffee
landscape in rural Abejorral, Colombia’s Antioquia region. It is held in place
by several steel wires connected to the cliff and supported by a long wooden
pole also placed against the cliff. It stands about 20 meters above ground, at an
altitude of about 2,500 meters above sea level. It is connected to a more
stable-looking cable via a hanging bridge along the cliff face, La Casa en el
Aire is the brainchild of Colombian mountain climber Nilton López,
He
is most proud of the fact that his creation is sustainable, with electricity
being produced by solar panels, and all generated trash being collected and
transported to Medellin, apart from staying and sleeping in a cabin suspended
on the side of a giant rock, visitors of La Casa en el Aire can also engage in
a variety of thrilling activities, such as zip-lining over a large valley right
across from the cabin, bungee jumping out of the cabin, or spending the night
in hammocks suspended on steel cables above the cabin, I am sure this will appeal to many people who really do wat to get away from it all, but for myself a 5* hotel on terra firma please!
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