Award-winning Ecolodge for Sale in the Ecuadorian Andes

Lodge Name (Location):
Black Sheep Inn (Ecuador)

Sale Price & Currency:
Serious Inquiries Only: Sale includes business BlackSheep Inn CIA LTDA – a legal Ecuadorian company, 10 acres of land with 7 major adobe buildings and several other outbuildings, pick-up truck and all infrastructure of appliances etc. Most of the 9 staff members have been working for over 10 years and are extremely reliable and know how to run the Inn.

Sale by owner?
Yes

Is the lodge currently in operation?
Yes, Black Sheep Inn averages over 5000 people nights per year

Double Occupancy Rate:
US$ 100

Number of Rooms:
Black Sheep Inn has 9 private guestrooms with wood burning stoves and 3-story A-frame bunkhouse with a total capacity for 30 to 35 guests. Black Sheep Inn averages 14 people per night. There is also an owners house, a large guest lodge/restaurant, kitchen, office, cold food storage room with wine and cheese rack, tool and hardware bodega, laundry storage room and laundry area with roof water collectors and wastewater tanks, 5 composting dry toilets, 6 hot showers, gravity run water system, a greenhouse, wood storage shed, a bus stop, tree-house and suspension bridge, 100-meter zipline, sheep corral, guinea pig shed, lots of firewood, fish/duck pond, and raft.

Year of Construction:
Construction began in 1995 and continues to this day. Black Sheep Inn is a successful work-in-progress, constantly improving, moving, breathing, maintaining and bettering the facility. Price may increase as facilities expand and improve.

Reason for Sale:
There are more things in life than earning money. The ecolodge is highly successful and sustainable, but the owners want to move on to something a little bit more low key. Black Sheep Inn is an excellent award winning ecological business that is profitable, low impact and educational for its guests and the local community.

Materials of Construction:
Homemade Adobe blocks, eucalyptus wood beams and ceilings, rock, Spanish tile roofs, straw roofs, some cement block construction.

Property Features:
Black Sheep Inn has been designed using Permaculture philosophy, which includes: organic gardens, buildings made with renewable natural resources and materials, composting toilets, reforestation with native trees, terracing, roof-water catchments, gravity fed water systems, renewable energy and recycling. Permaculture Design connects features to make them multi-functional, resilient and sustainable. Ecotourism has a low impact on the land, educates guests and gives back to the community: Black Sheep Inn does all of this and more.

Energy-Saving Features if applicable:
All lighting at the Black Sheep Inn is with compact fluorescent light bulbs. Several automatic sensors exist on the property for lighting. Most lights have 3 or 4 way switches for convenience in turning them on or off. Water is provided from 3 sources, including roof-water catchments. Wastewater is reused for irrigation. Pond water is lifted for irrigation using a solar direct submersible pump. There are plans to install a hybrid solar/wind alternative energy system and be completely energy self-sufficient.

Environmental Conservation Features:
Black Sheep Inn conserves energy and resources in every aspect of its operation.

Description of Location:
Black Sheep Inn is perched on a hillside at 10,500 feet in elevation with fantastic views of the Rio Toachi Canyon and high Andean patchwork fields. It is a day hikers paradise offering several climates to explore all within a 5 km radius.

Distance in Km from nearest Beach:
n/a. (Laguna Quilotoa has a sandy beach less than 7 km away but it is a beach on the edge of a volcanic crater lake at 12,000 feet in elevation - cold swimming! The high Andes of Ecuador have a year round temperate climate: an eternal spring.)

Type of Beach (sandy, rocky etc):
n/a

Nearby Attractions (within 50 km):
Attractions include: the Iliniza Ecological Reserve with several endangered species in Andean Humid Forest (Cloud Forest), Laguna Quilotoa - a spectacular emerald volcanic crater lake, the Rio Toachi Canyon (which some people call the Grand Canyon of  Ecuador), a locally cooperatively owned Swiss-Style cheese factory, 3 pre-Incan ruin sites, and several small indigenous markets all within a 35 km radius. Location is everything, and the Black Sheep Inn is in a perfect location, one of the most beautiful spots in the world, with plenty to do or see nearby.

Accessible by public transport:
Yes. Black Sheep Inn is located only 85 km (directly) from Quito, but approximately 4 hours driving on rough windy roads, 3 hours from Latacunga and the Pan American Highway. There are 2 daily buses in and out of the village of Chugchilán; private transportation is also available.

Airline connections:
Quito (the capital of Ecuador) is the closest international airport.

Any other points:
Black Sheep Inn is well known with a fantastic reputation, listed in guidebooks for over a decade. It is an award winning world-renowned ecolodge, eco-certified by the Ecuadorian Ministry of Tourism.

Black Sheep Inn has satellite internet, two land phone lines and cellular reception, Ozone water purification, a wood-fired sauna, and 100-meter zipline, a glass house and a tree house. Black Sheep Inn actively helps the community with several projects including: a public library and computer centre, recycling centre, teaching English and computer skills, and helping the local schools and health clinic with infrastructure needs.

Other tourist activities include horseback riding, mountain biking and climbing. Potential business growth projects are downhill mountain bike tours, llama trekking, spa and healing lifestyle centre, alternative energy learning centre, conference centre for ecotourism, artists, musicians, and yoga enthusiasts.

PERSONAL NOTE: We built the Black Sheep Inn in a location where there was no prior tourism, let alone ecotourism. We were young, energetic, hard working and focused. Our labours, vision and persistence have realized this dream. We have created a successful sustainable tourist destination in the rural village of Chugchilán and have set an example of what real ecotourism can accomplish. Black Sheep Inn is a unique place with the potential to flourish and make dreams come true.

RECOGNITION includes, but is not limited to: Top 10 Ecolodge in the World Outside Magazine 2003 Winner! Sustainable Tourism Award in Conservation - Smithsonian Magazine/Tourism Cares for Tomorrow 2005 Highly Commended: Best in Mountain Environment - First Choice Responsible Tourism Awards 2005 Finalist for Tourism for Tomorrow Award - World Travel & Tourism Council 2005 Short-Listed - Responsible Traveler Award 2004

This type of recognition will guarantee tourists coming to this location for the next decade. Black Sheep Inn is outstanding in its flock and makes for a great investment opportunity and sustainable lifestyle change.

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