Six of the Best Australian Glamping Camps

Camden Courier has named 6 of the best Australian glamping camps.

According to the Courier, Flash Camp, Nightfall Wilderness Camp, The Escape, Paperback Camp, Ikara Safari Camp and Tanja Lagoon Camp are the the 6 best locations for glamping camps in Australia.

The Flash Camp offers mobil safari tents that go where you want them to be, the four person tent will be set up and waiting when a guest arrives at any festival. In addition, the Flash Camp experience includes a private bar and cafe, toilets, showers, make-up room, massages and bedoiun communal tent for the perfect VIP feel.

The Nightfall Wilderness camp located in Lamington National Park offers a carbon- neutral rainforest retreat for 6. Three architect-inspired safari tents offer king sized beds, a fireplace, rain shower, vintage-tin bath and organic toiletries. In addition, the camp offers organic meals prepared and served.

The Escape offers two luxury tents on the 4.9 acre property fronting the Clyde River. With just an over night bag, the hotesses’ will do the rest with amenities that include breakfast, gourmet lunches by the river and three course dinners by the resident chef. Also, this destination offers many scenic activities such as bushwalking, swimming, birdwatching and surfing.

The Paperback Camp offers a king deluxe tent that can sleep six, this eco friendly tent includes solar lighting, bamboo-cotton linen and outdoor bush shower. Guest can enjoy a new wood fire oven pizzas at the Paperback Treetop Restaurant as well as an included breakfast the following morning.

The Ikara Safari Camp along the Wildman Wilderness Lodge, just opened 15 new spacious safari tent. Each tent, air conditioned, offers a king size bed, zip open windows and a timber deck.

The Tanja Lagoon Camp located on a old farm, is located just behind the beach at Tathra. Each tent includes a handmade timber queen bed with an adjoining suite and kitchenette.

For more information on these awesome Australian glamping camps check out the Camden Haven Courier article: Six of the best: Australian glamping camp.

Travel Pulse’s 4 Best Glamping Destinations

Travel Pulse has named the 4 best glamping locations around the world, and the reviews are in.

The four best locations for glampers are, The Resort at Paws up in Montana, Whitepod in Switzerland, Longitude 131 in Australia and the Hobbit House in England.

Each glamping destination has a unique touch of the outdoors with the luxury of a hotel.

The locations will offer varying amenities, but the goal of glamourous camping is to provide a real experience in nature, with the comforts of the indoors and these places do just that.

Check out Travel Pulse’s article: The 4 Best Glamping Locations Worldwide for more information on these luxurious resorts.

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The Resort at Paws Up, Montana

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Whitepod, Switzerland

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Longitude 131, Australia

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Hobbit House, England

Jaw-Dropping Stay in the Heart of the Serengeti

It’s like watching a huge panoramic IMAX movie, except this is no film. This is the Serengeti.

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The Four Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti sits right in the heart of the world famous national park with stunning wildlife just off the deck as entertainment. It’s truly incredible.

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Four Seasons Serengeti puts the “glamour” in glamping. In fact, let’s be honest, you’re not camping at all. This is pure luxury in the heart of Africa.

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Our first night, we sit outside at dinner at the main restaurant and hear a roar from a herd of elephants not far in the distance. Since it’s pitch black out (no city light pollution anywhere here), we can’t see them, but the sounds are incredible and just add to the magic of this place.

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After dinner, I head to my room—a huge suite designed with local materials of wood and natural stone tile. With a rustic yet luxuriously modern feel, it has a large sitting room and closet, a table area, a huge bathroom with soaking tub offering views right out the window of the animals and a large balcony with sofas. I’m sure to lock my screen door as I’m told the baboons are known to open them and fall asleep to the sounds of the savanna. Oh, and although the watering hole is within view from my window, there is even a live animal cam 24/7 tuned to a channel on the TV in my room, so I can see who’s coming and going.

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The property has been open for just four years, and just the last two years under the Four Seasons name. This is no small “campground.” There are 77 rooms, 12 suites, and five villas including an enormous presidential villa with its own watering hole. Of course, the hotel has a fitness center, a spa with six separate pavilions for private treatments and a new yoga room, a kids’ playroom, a comfy den-like TV room, and even a discovery center with information about the landscape and wildlife.

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Nearly everything is centered around the outdoor deck and pool where you’ll just want to sit and take in the view of the watering hole. It’s so nice to get out of a dusty, jostling safari vehicle for a day (or three!) and sit here while the animals come to you. The water attracts elephants, zebra, wildebeest, antelopes, baboon, lions, and giraffes.


The hotel also offers:

  • Honeymoon packages
  • VIP baskets
  • Packages for safaris including a balloon safari over the Serengeti
  • Bush dinner by candlelight

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    There are three different restaurants to choose from, Maji, overlooking the watering hole with outdoor dining where you can hear lions roaring in the darkness; Boma Grill, the traditional African restaurant and Kula’s with international and African-inspired fare. My first night I enjoyed the grilled octopus and a fillet of beef with truffled mashed potatoes.

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    In the morning, I awake and head straight to my balcony. A baboon is eyeing me from the adjacent balcony while six giraffes and a family of five elephants saunter by on their way to the watering hole. Every time I try to leave my room to head to breakfast, another group of animals catches my eye and I head back out to the balcony with a huge grin plastered on my face. I think I try to leave a half a dozen times.

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    Just down a few steps from the main indoor/outdoor restaurant is an infinity pool literally overlooking the watering hole. You feel like you’re right there with the elephants. Although there is a drop in height between you and them, the wonderful thing is, there are no fences, no boundaries, no limits. This is not Disney World. It’s open land for all.

    Lisa Lubin is an established travel/food writer, three-time Emmy®-award winning TV producer, and travel industry expert. After a decade in broadcast television she took a sabbatical, which turned into three years traveling around the world. She documents her (mis)adventures on her blog, LLworldtour.com. You can follow her adventures on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.