Can “Glamping” Truly Be Considered Nature Travel?
by Candice Gaukel Andrews | September 15th, 2009 | Comments (6)
topic: Eco Travel, Green Living | tags: camping, conservation efforts, cruise, glamorous camping, glamping, Internet, luxury camping, National Park Service, national parks, Nature Consservancy, nature travel, Patagonia, yurt
“Glamping” is camping in high style. ©Wilderness Safaris.
There used to be two opposite ends on the travel-comfort continuum: Starting on the left, there were those who didn’t mind camping out in the backcountry. And at the far right terminus were those who preferred a private cabin on a luxury cruise, complete with a bed dressed in Egyptian cotton sheets and a down blanket. Never, it seemed, would the two types of traveler meet. The new trend of “glamping,” however, has changed all that.
