Illustration: a small timber cabin with lit windows at the edge of a forest

Stay in Nature

Glamping tents, cabins, treehouses and eco-lodges close to the trails, so the nature starts at your door.

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Where you sleep can make a nature trip. These guides explain where to base yourself in each destination, which kinds of nature stay exist there — from canvas safari tents to glass-roofed cabins — and how to book them.

Every guide links to the matching Easy Hikes guide. Some links to booking sites may earn us a commission; they are always marked as sponsored, and we don't accept payment to feature a property.

Main street of Springdale, Utah, with Zion National Park cliffs behind

Stay in nature: Zion National Park

Glamping tents, covered wagons and cabins around Springdale, Virgin and East Zion.

Rows of white canvas tent cabins among pines at Curry Village, Yosemite

California, USA

Stay in nature: Yosemite National Park

Canvas tent cabins in the valley, Airstreams and cabins outside the park gates.

Banff townsite in the Bow Valley below Cascade Mountain

Alberta, Canada

Stay in nature: Banff National Park

Parks Canada oTENTiks, historic log cabins and mountain lodges in the Bow Valley.

The village of Vík í Mýrdal with sea stacks off the coast

South Iceland and beyond

Stay in nature: Iceland

Glass-roofed lodges, bubble domes and countryside cabins along the Ring Road.

Stone buildings on a street in Ambleside, Lake District

Cumbria, England

Stay in nature: Lake District

Camping pods, shepherd's huts, yurts and cottages around Keswick, Ambleside and Coniston.

Chalets and hotels of the car-free village of Wengen

Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald

Stay in nature: Swiss Alps (Jungfrau Region)

Mountain guesthouses, car-free villages and valley campsites with huts.

Lupins on the shore of Lake Tekapo with the Southern Alps behind

Aoraki/Mount Cook, West Coast, Fiordland, Abel Tasman

Stay in nature: New Zealand South Island

Department of Conservation campsites, dark-sky cabins and eco-pods.

Loch Morlich with the Cairngorm mountains behind

Stay in nature: Scottish Highlands

Glamping pods, cabins and remote bothies across the Highlands and islands.

Photo credits

Zion National Park: Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Yosemite National Park: Photo: MiguelVieira, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Banff National Park: Photo: Oreo Priest, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Iceland: Photo: Efrainlarrea, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Lake District: Photo: Alex Liivet from Chester, United Kingdom, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Swiss Alps (Jungfrau Region): Photo: chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
New Zealand South Island: Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Scottish Highlands: Photo: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons