Kokopelli's Cave Bed and Breakfast in Farmington, New Mexico

Kokopelli's Cave Bed and Breakfast is near Farmington, New Mexico, carved into a sandstone formation 280 feet above the La Plata River. Farmington is about 3 hours and 15 minutes northwest of Albuquerque.

One bedroom is available for guests at Kokopelli's Cave Bed and Breakfast, although you are really renting the entire facility.

The cost of staying at this unique New Mexico bed and breakfast is $240 per night for 1 or 2 guests; $280 per night for 3 or 4 guests.

Meals are not served at Kokopelli's Cave Bed and Breakfast. However, the refrigerators and cabinets are stocked with breakfast foods and fruit.

The cave that now serves as a B&B was blasted out of the sandstone in 1980, and was ready to be lived in by the fall of 1996. It features plush carpeting, Southwestern-style furniture, hot and cold running water, a well-appointed kitchen including microwave and washer/dryer, a cascading waterfall-style shower, and a flagstone hot tub.

The cave was originally intended to be a unique geologic office for Bruce Black who is a consulting geologist. It served as a residence for about a year before being used as a bed and breakfast.

As their web site says, "You really have to want to come to Kokopelli's Cave." Getting here is not particularly easy. On the night they arrive, guests check in at the innkeeper's home so they won't get lost walking to the cave.

The cave itself is 70 feet below the surface. The entrance is located in a cliff face. To reach it, guests must walk down a sloping path with intermittent steps cut into the sandstone. A short ladder at the bottom of the path lands you on the flagstone porch, which is the front entrance to Kokopelli's Cave.

Guests who are not in shape should not stay at Kokopelli's, and all guests are required to sign a waiver of liability against potential accidents -- remember that this B&B really is carved into the face of a cliff. And packing light never made more sense than if you're staying here.