The Madre Tierra (‘Mother Earth’) Hotel Spa, Restaurant and Conference/Theater/Yoga/Exercise/Dance/Meeting Center is located on a beautiful mountainside in lush tropical gardens (including an orchid garden) overlooking spectacular views of the majestic Andes Mountains and the sacred Inca El Mandango Mountain. Madre Tierra is one of the most magical and beautiful hotels and locations on Mother Earth. People come for a few days and often cancel the rest of their trip to stay longer. You will love the incredibly delicious organic gourmet food right out of the gardens, about the purist water left on the planet, the clean air, and the sweet people as you are pampered in this peaceful, relaxing environment.
From the moment you arrive and walk up the river rock path, you will feel something special in the place travelers call “paradise,” in the natural healing negative ions of the Madre Tierra. You’ll walk through lush tropical gardens hearing the waterfalls as you pass the swimming pool (candlelit at night) to the tropical patio restaurant where you’re handed a glass of fresh horchata (15-20 healing herbs tea of the famous old people) as you head for the Reception area to check into your room. “Yes” you’ll say, “we’ve landed in paradise!” You’ll be taken through more gardens to your beautiful, comfortable, hand built and hand painted room, each of which is different and unique from the others. You will be hosted and pampered so you can finally really relax and renew in this romantic, tranquil setting.
And then there is the spa…cave-like, tranquil, and that reportedly has the best spa treatments in Latin America…already inexpensive and half price for hotel guests. No wonder Madre Tierra is one of the most famous and popular hotels, spas, restaurants in all Ecuador, Latin America, indeed on this planet. You may want to just sit under beautiful skies enjoying Vilcabamba’s perfect year round temperature looking at the majestic scenery or stars you’ll feel you can touch on the viewing deck or from your room, deeply at peace in the bosom of Mother Earth. The clean air, perfect year round temperatures, pure water and organic food, the tranquility of the atmosphere and sweetness of the people in this no stress environment where you’ll be pampered and can totally relax, is what helps the famous old people in this well known Valley of Longevity live so long. All day you can have complimentary fresh horchata, coffee and teas, and popcorn. Relaxing in the spa jacuzzi and experiencing one of the many kinds of massages, the incredibly wonderful organic deep earth Vilcabamba clay treatments and baths, a facial or hair/head treatment, foot and hand/arm massage, steam bath, colonics, reflexology, and more…you can spend an hour or hours or days in the spa and only want more. Soon you will know why people come from all over the world to the Madre Tierra. You can ride wonderful horses or hike many trails in the most beautiful scenery on Mother Earth. Horseback riding is for beginners to advanced riders; your guides and their horses will meet you right at the hotel. Birdwatch, hike, have a coffee on the plaza in Vilcabamba village, visit other surrounding villages or explore nearby Podocarpus National Park and the sacred El Mandango Mountain and other interesting sites. Or…do nothing!
The Madre Tierra Hotel Spa Restaurant Gardens and Conference Center (with theater, ballroom dance floor, beautiful viewing deck and exercise/yoga areas) is situated on a gorgeous mountainside in the beautiful Valley of Vilcabamba, Ecuador, known as the Valley of Longevity and the Window to the Cosmos. (Vilca Bamba means “Sacred Valley.”)
NEW: Madre Tierra has the only special garden built by the famous old people of Vilcabamba to teach children and world travelers about the medicinal plants and herbs that helped them heal themselves naturally for centuries so they could live so long. You can sign up for seminars, private consultations, and conferences and meet some of these famous old people who love to share their knowledge, wisdom, and stories. Dr. Carol Rosin, owner of the Madre Tierra, is the official Coodinator of the “Asociacion Pro Defensa del Anciano de Vilcabamba (The Association for the Protection of the Ancient Ones of Vilcabamba.)
