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Markus Görtz/Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts
Accessible only by riverboat, Golden Triangle's 15 tents are all about jungle immersion—minus the wet shoes and bug-infested beds, of course. Learn to pilot an elephant through the dense palms and vines, or just opt for a Thai massage in the open-air spa and evening cocktails in the thatched bar on stilts. Three nights from $2,270; fourseasons.com/goldentriangle 5. LONGITUDE 131°AUSTRALIA Press one button next to your king-size bed and the blinds of your safari tent rise to reveal the sun over Uluru, the Outback’s oft-photographed monolith. Aboriginal guides lead walks around this sacred site, and chefs serve multi-course dinners al fresco under a sea of stars. Two nights from $1,710 per person; longitude131.com.au 6. SERRA CAFEMA NAMIBIA With retractable glass walls, these eight minimalist-chic canvas-and-thatch tent-chalets, which opened last July, blend into the vast, silent desert of northwestern Namibia. Local Himba people, who live as they did centuries ago, inspired the woven headboards and chairs. Activities include visits to Himba communities. From $760 per person; serracafema.com Superlatents The Real Dome Deals STRONGEST Shelter Systems’ 40-pound, 14-foot-diameter disaster-relief domes are built of PVC poles and ripstop film to withstand 60 mile-per-hour winds. From $640; earthquaketents.com BIGGEST In 2006, the government of Kazakhstan unveiled plans to build a 500-foot-tall tent over its capital, Astana, to house a covered district that will offer residents a respite from the Central Asian steppe’s minus-20-degree winters. LIGHTEST At two pounds, 15 ounces, GoLite’s Xanadu 1 single-wall shelter has 19 square feet of space inside—just enough room to sit upright. $325; golite.com LUXEST Abercrombie & Kent promises tented stays on its iconic safaris, but these aren’t flimsy pop-ups. On Kenya's Laikipia Plateau, for instance, you’ll sleep under Egyptian cotton, surrounded by custom-made rugs. aandk.com
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