Black Sheep Inn, Ecolodge (0 testimonials)

In business since 2000

Our Mission Statement & Vision - Black Sheep Inn aims to provide a comfortable, educational experience for guests, teaching them about the local area, local customs and Permaculture, while contributing to and improving the local community and the natural environment. Our goal is to be a leader in environmental stability and ecotourism. - Internationally Acclaimed - Award Winning EcoLodge - "Top 10 Eco Lodge in the World" * Outside Magazine - Eco Permaculture Features include: solar panels, adobe construction, composting toilets, recycling, roof water collectors, gray water systems, organic gardens, community education & aid work, reforestation, erosion control and more. - Visit Our website and find out why the Black Sheep Inn is a fantastic sustainable vacation destination: a Day Hikers & Walkers Paradise - www.blacksheepinn.com

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Prominent affiliations & awards

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• The International Ecotourism Society
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• Tourism for Tomorrow Award

Other affiliations & awards

Top 10 Ecolodge in the World - Outside Magazine 2003 Smithsonian Magazine/Tourism Cares for Tomorrow Sustainable Tourism Award 2005 First Choice Responsible Tourism Awards Highly Commended in Mountain Environment 2005 Skål International Ecotourism Award 2006

Our commitment to sustainable travel

Black Sheep Inn aims to provide a comfortable, educational experience for guests, teaching them about the local area, local customs and Permaculture, while contributing to and improving the local community and the natural environment. Our goal is to be a leader in environmental stability and ecotourism.

Eco-Permaculture Features include: solar panels, adobe construction, composting toilets, recycling, roofwater collectors, graywater systems, organic gardens, community education & aid work, reforestation, and erosion control.

Ecological/Environmental Impact

Black Sheep Inn strives to live in harmony with nature and the community, without negatively impacting the environment. Projects on the property are reforestation with native species planted in swales to prevent erosion, solar water pump, composting toilets, roof water collectors, recycling of grey water, building out of local natural materials and more.

Sociological Impact

We are integral members of the local community and contribute to its development regularly. This includes, but is not limited to: teaching in the local school, helping with infrastructure such as computers, a copy machine and telephone lines, giving no interest loans, creating a small community public library - computer learning center and a local recycling center.

Economic Impact

The village of Chugchilan has become revitalized with the new economy that tourism brings. There are now economic incentives that work against the typical youth migration to the city, for both education and jobs. Chugchilan has been put back on the map, due to the influx of ecotourism.

Best Practices

Black Sheep Inn is most well known for its composting toilets with a view. People feel good about recycling (even their own wastes) when they see that it can be comfortable, with no smells and even with a view. Our toilets have also incorporated collecting roof water for hand washing and small self irrigated gardens. The composting toilet whole structure and system is completely self sufficient and waste free!

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Walking in the Andes	Walking in the Andes Quilotoa, Cotopaxi, Ecuador for 8 Days • from $1,088* per room Provider: Black Sheep Inn, Ecolodge A DAYHIKERS PARADISE: Black Sheep Inn offers affordable lodging in the heart of the rural Ecuadorian Andes. Truly off the beaten path, you can enjoy horseback riding, mountain biking, & day hiking. Our hotel has spectacular views, delicious vegetarian cooking, home baked deserts, sauna, zipline cable swing, family fun, adventure & budget vacation. Enjoy our comfortable chalet-like lodge, relax around our self-designed woodstove fireplaces, play scrabble and sip a glass of Ecuadorian Rum or a hot chocolate, pamper yourself with… more	Offered November-February, June-September Exertion level: 3 Comfort accommodations Max group size: 10 people Must form your own group? No
Black Sheep Inn Ecuador	Black Sheep Inn Ecuador Quilotoa, Cotopaxi, Ecuador for 7 Days • from $952* per room Provider: Black Sheep Inn, Ecolodge The charm of the Black Sheep Inn is in its size. We cater to individual travelers, not to tour groups. The hotel is intimate, with eight private rooms, each with two double beds (some rooms have more beds) and one bunkhouse. All private rooms have woodstove fireplaces.  You will notice personal touches all over the place. Enjoy home baked chocolate brownies, banana bread and oatmeal cookies and always free tea and coffee. We’ve tried to do everything possible to make your… more	Offered November-February, June-September Exertion level: 3 Comfort accommodations Sleeps: 15 people Must form your own group? No