Fed up of visiting congested cities and resorts and fancy going on a holiday with a difference? Well, the opportunities are endless and there are plenty of websites like wish.co.uk that specialize in making dreams become a reality. The following are a few out-of-the-ordinary suggestions to help get your creative juices flowing.
Go storm chasing in Tornado Alley
What can be more exhilarating than joining a team of experts and roaming around the American countryside searching for some truly remarkable acts of nature in all their glory? Storm chasing may not appeal to everyone, but those people that fancy seeing severe storms and tornadoes will probably never experience anything like it ever again. An average ‘chase’ day involves reviewing a range of different weather data and then heading off across a variety of states including Kansas and Texas to catch a glimpse of a tornado in action and capture some unique footage in the process.
Live like an Eskimo
In the Slovenian ski resort of Krvavec is a hotel complex with a difference. Igloo Village, as the name would suggest, is a series of small snow mounds connected by a tunnel system that are crafted to form a very unorthodox form of accommodation. The temperature inside these snug little hidey holes ranges between zero and four degrees Celsius, but fear not as you’ll be oblivious to the cold while you sleep in your special expedition sleeping bag that can withstand temperatures close to minus 30. There’s a bar and restaurant on site and even a sauna, but don’t ask us how that one works!
Fly through the tree tops in Costa Rica
Okay, so you don’t actually ‘fly’ through the tree tops of Costa Rica, but the 727 Fuselage Home is a hotel suite formed in and around an old Boeing 727 that offers stunning ocean and jungle views. The aeroplane itself gives the illusion that it has just landed on top of the jungle canopy and has been kitted out with two bedrooms, a luxurious bathroom, a kitchen, a dining room and a terrace balcony that overlooks the surrounding Manuel Antonio National Park. Staying here will come at a price, but if money is no issue then this could be precisely what you’re looking for.
Return to the cave-dwelling days
Like something straight out of a James Bond film from yesteryear, Beckham Creek Cave Lodge in Arkansas gives you the opportunity to spend a few nights in a natural cave. If you’re immediately picturing it being dark, damp and extremely small, then think again because it’s spacious and modern, while at the same time blended brilliantly with the natural surroundings and cave walls. Here you’ll find “true inner peace” if the publicity material is to be believed.
Stay in a tree house in the Swedish wilderness
Just when you think you’ve seen every different type of accommodation available, along comes the Treehotel in Sweden. This is a series of eco-friendly capsule-like dwellings built in the trees that showcase only the very best in modern architecture and design. The pick of the bunch is undoubtedly the Mirrorcube, which is a lightweight aluminium structure covered in mirrored glass that appears, as part of a clever optical illusion, to be invisible.
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