I've been wanting to stay in a yurt for some time now. Tent camping at it's finest, I've seen stylishly decked out yurts featured in magazines, as well as right here on Apartment Therapy. Perhaps my desire to camp out in a yurt is purely for the novelty of it, but whatever the reason, sleeping in a yurt has made it onto my bucket list. So for anyone out there with the same yearning, here are five yurt vacations up for consideration.
Shown above, left to right:
1 Kona Hawaii Yurt Vacations, Hawaii
2 Normandy Farms, Massachusetts
3 Adirondack Vacation Rental, New York
4 Conchise Stronghold B&B, Arizona
5 Ignacio Springs, Mexico
For a comprehensive yurt rental listing, here's a pretty extensive list by by Pacific Yurts.
Still unsure if a yurts for you? Check out the links below for more inspiration.
- Living in a Yurt
- Romantic Bedrooms: Best Yurt Resources 2009
- Yurts: Instant Rooms for Rooftop or Seaside
- Look!: Camping in a Yurt
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Sarah Richardson designed a Yurt on her show Design Inc. and it was so beautiful it says on my wish list.
http://www.designinc.ca/tr/tr.php?id=3&season=01
We stayed at Treebones Resort in Big Sur a few years ago. Were there during a HUGE rainstorm and it was so cozy inside our yurt. And there were seriously amazing views from our balcony.
Treebones Resort photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ext212/3443828088/in/set-72157615602606998/
I've always wanted to do something like this with a Navajo hooghan but rarely are they built so huge.
a TV?!?!?!?! seems a bit beside the point.
Oregon also offers yurt camping in their state parks, including on the coast.
I've been dying for this post for ages. I lived in a yurt village designed for winter Nordic skiing vacations in the Tug Hill Region of NYS for five winters. It was the best 5 winters of my life. We had 7 of them in various sizes, I was the Yurt Mama. Each time I walked into the main (30') one I knew someday I'd be living in one. I completely designed the floor plan and now have a blog showing my intentions. I'm just a few months away from realizing my dream. I highly recommend yurt living and/or vacationing. The only drawback: each and every sound transmits (loudly) through the yurts very thin walls. http://yurtinforcertain.blogspot.com/
Okay, so let me share the magic. My very first night in a yurt a huge thunderstorm blew in. I could hear rumbling from far away, and saw lightning through the dome. The rain pelted the roof and I could hear every drop. I woke up smiling from ear to ear. After it all calmed down there was a massive peace that surrounded me and I was back to a heavy sleep.
Morning dawned with soft light filling the yurt, again from the skylight dome.
Clear nights I could see stars out of the dome. Windy days were loud (read: wonderful) with the sounds of leaves rustling but the yurt never moved. The wind just flows around them.
In winter the snow builds up (and it's nothing to get a 4' dump overnight in the Tug Hill) but it slides off when it hits critical mass. Sounds like drunks falling off the roof, their fingers loosing their grip, as one child put it.
The warmth in a yurt is gentle and constant, it swirls around the circle. No obstructions.
Occasionally coyote groups would trot past, yipping and yelping. Saw their tracks in the morning. I once heard a feeding frenzy down in the woods where they'd taken down a deer. It went on for ages. Strange but natural. My dog's ears were up and he had a look in his eyes but he didn't budge nor growl. I felt strangely safe.
There's something wonderfully sensual about a round space but I'll leave it at that.
Yes, by all means stay in a yurt...winter, summer, warm climate, cold. Arrive with an open mind and heart.
Massachusetts also has yurts in some of their state parks, but they do get pretty booked up in the summer - especially the ones on the cape.
again, AT failed to mention El Capitan Canyon. Amazing.
http://www.elcapitancanyon.com/yurts.html
There are also several yurts for summer vacation rent at Kingtown Beach, Trumansburg, NY.