Los Faiques Lodge "Hogar Botánico" — Hotel in Salas

Through the services of Los Faiques, we enjoyed a 6 day trip from Chiclayo to Cajamarca, which included a stay for 1 night at this lovely farmstead. The rest of the time was spent travelling by car with a driver and guide to see impressive sites and museums; the fantastic Fort at Kuelap; condors if weather permits and through some steep,narrow mountain passes to view great Andes scenery.We enjoyed local food at restaurants we would never have found and all at prices somewhat lower than the more travelled routes to the south. With its long Inca history, Cajamarca is not (in our view) a one night stop and needs a day to explore the side streets etc.. North Peru is far less travelled by visitors to Peru and yet is an equally attractive destination. All the arrangements made with Los Faiques were good, including transfers to and from the airports. Tours as required are individually tailored and whilst we made our own flight arrangements to and from Lima, this could probably have been arranged by them. You will set your own budget for the type of tour, quality of accommodation and transport required,||||Los Faiques is a small farm, offering a number of clean and modern en-suite rooms and all sited around an attractive, adjacent courtyard area, The extensive gardens and surrounding farmland were a mass of colour when we visited .......the owner is a botanist and will happily show you around. We are not bird-watchers, but it was hard to miss them. All meals are prepared and eaten on site with the owner/chef and were excellent, relaxed affairs.||||With no previous trip advisor reports available, our knowledge of Los Faiques came via a UK Travel company, but for those wishing to travel independently around North Peru on a tailor made basis, Los Faiques offers a reliable and very cost effective service.for a wide range of holiday options. ||||Oaklyn, Cheshire,...

Los Faiques is a rare gem just 1 hour from Chiclayo where Manuel Gonzalez has created the most idyllic setting, leveraging traditional Peruvian adobe architecture and local plants. ||||The house is organized around two patios ensuring privacy and calm for visitors. The rooms are large, bright and simply but tastefully furnished and thanks to the adobe structure, the temperature adapts so that they are fresh during the hot day and then warmer at night. Throughout the house, there traces of Manuel’s horticultural training, with flowering plants spilling down the walls and spreading across the lawns - trumpets of Jericho, bougainvillea, (lots of others I didn't know the names of ) and not to mention the very impressive cactus forest by the entrance of the house ||||Manuel is also a wonderful cook and will adapt the menu according to your tastes / requests. He prepared a feast of grilled vegetables on our request and also engaged the children to make a home made pizza. ||||Los Faiques has something for many tastes – it is great for relaxing, you can sit and read on one of the many patios or take a walk through the forest down to the river (where there are lots of birds to be spotted). If you are feeling more energetic, it is also worth organizing a vist to one of the many archeological sites in the area such as the Leymebamba Museum or the Tucume pyrmamids ||||While Los Faiques may be a little off the main road, it is definitely worth the effort to get there and should be an integral part of journey for any traveler taking the overland road from Chiclayo to Chachapoyas and the...

We had planned to visit some pre-Inca sites in Northern Peru (Sipan, Tucume) and the associated museums in Lambayeque and we were unsure where to stay. An archaeologist friend recommended the quiet Los Faiques lodge located in a dry forest near Salas. It was central to our itinerary and relatively convenient to the Chiclayo airport. Our three night stay there turned out well and, surprisingly, turned out to be the culinary highlight of our four week trip to Peru.||||The rooms are large and well maintained and the gardens are luxurious, especially considering that many of the plants get by on very little water. They are an avocation of the owner, Manuel, who is also a master of the culinary arts. Every meal was a delight, especially the creative salads.||||In addition to the ruins we also went looking for birds. At the nearby reservoir at la Viña we saw the rare Comb Duck and on the road up into the hills behind Salas we encountered many varied species attracted to the small perennial water...