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Cannúa Lodge
Rionegro, Colombia · Independent · High Luxury
Cannúa Lodge, opened in 2023 in the cloud forest between Rionegro and Marinilla, is billed as the world's first hotel built entirely of compressed-earth bricks made on site, stacked with guadua bamboo. Architects Lucas Henquin and Federico Cairoli designed the 18-room lodge for founders Santiago Giraldo, Brian Schon, and Nathan Rodgers; it holds two MICHELIN Keys on nine-to-eleven hectares of protected highland forest about 45 minutes from Medellín's airport.
- 18 rooms
- Opened 2023
- Neighborhood: Vereda Gaviria
- Architect: Lucas Henquin & Federico Cairoli
About Cannúa Lodge
- Press describes Cannúa as the world's first hotel built entirely of compressed-earth bricks, formed and sun-baked on site from excavated earth and combined with guadua bamboo.
- The earth-brick walls absorb heat by day and release it at night, cutting the need for mechanical heating and cooling.
- Opened in 2023 as Colombia's first high-end ecolodge, it holds two MICHELIN Keys on a protected cloud-forest tract with permaculture gardens.
History
Cannúa Lodge opened in 2023 in the highlands of Antioquia between Rionegro and Marinilla, roughly 40–45 minutes from Medellín's airport, as Colombia's first high-end sustainable ecolodge. It is described as the world's first hotel built entirely of compressed-earth bricks — made on site — combined with guadua bamboo, and was designed by architects Lucas Henquin and Federico Cairoli.
Founded by Santiago Giraldo, Brian Schon and Nathan Rodgers (Caimo Collection), the lodge offers 18 rooms (including six cabañas and two junior suites) plus a spa and restaurant, set within 9–11 hectares of protected cloud forest with permaculture gardens. It has been awarded two MICHELIN Keys.
Amenities
- Spa
Awards
- MICHELIN Two Keys (2026)
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