Towering Magic Mountain Lodge is a Hill-Like Hobbit Highrise Straight Out of Middle Earth

When we first came across this green, mountain-like resort, we had to do a double take to see if it was for real! Called the <a href="http://www.huilohuilo.com/alojamiento/montana-magica-lodge">Magic Mountain Lodge</a>, the 13 room hotel looks like it came straight from <a href="http://inhabitat.com/extraordinary-off-grid-hobbit-home-in-wales-only-cost-3000-to-build/">middle earth</a>. The lodge sits in the private Huilo-Huilo Biological Reserve in northern Chile's Patagonia and is a celebration of the rich natural heritage that the preserve aims to protect. And get this-- visitors enter the establishment on a suspended rope bridge and are greeted by a cascade of water coming down from the cone shaped green roof.

The Lodge sits in a diverse forest region in northern<a href="http://inhabitat.com/glaciarium-new-iceberg-shaped-glacier-museum-opens-in-patagonia/"> Patagonia</a> and is base camp at the Hulio Hulio preserve for ecotourists looking to spot a puma or explore the local waterfalls.

The hotel is cone shaped with dormer windows peaking out of its vegetated façade.

A water spot on top pores over the roof, drenching the plants and anyone at the base of the building.

The whimsical design is intended to evoke the ancient legend which spoke of a magic mountain that granted wishes.

Outside are hot tubs made from the hollows of tree stumps.

If you don’t get your wish fulfilled there is a least a bar, restaurant, and sauna inside.

The lodge is designed using local building materials and labor.

All the wood was carefully harvested locally as well.

The reserve is a privately held 600 square kilometer park dedicated to the preservation of the region's biodiversity and fauna. The northern edge of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/5-gyres-report-sampling-chilean-water-for-plastic-pollution/">Patagonia</a>, right in the center of Chile, sees all four seasons and is a very wet region.

The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_R%C3%ADos_Region#Geography">rich diversity of land types</a> and the relatively undeveloped region is a huge draw for international tourist seeking some of the wildest places left on the planet.

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