Love the Outdoors? Try a Camping Yurt!
What is a Yurt?
Camping yurts are a new variation on a traditional structure
Merriam-Webster describes yurts as, "a circular domed tent of skins or felt stretched over a collapsible lattice framework and used by pastoral peoples of inner Asia; also : a structure that resembles a yurt usually in size and design."Traditional yurts are homes built by nomadic herders of Mongolia. They have a lattice-wall framework with a covering of felted wool.
The modern canvas yurt is an adaptation of the traditional structure that incorporates nontraditional elements, but keeps the traditional flavor.
Rent a Yurt!
You don't have to visit the steppes of Mongolia to sleep in a yurt.
Oregon State Parks
Washington State Parks
Delaware State Parks
Idaho State Parks
Kachemak Bay State Park in Alaska
Ocoee Yurt Company - Tennessee
Idaho State University
Books About Yurts
Yurts: Living in the Round
Amazon Price: $16.49 (as of 11/09/2009) 
The Complete Yurt Handbook
Amazon Price: $16.50 (as of 11/09/2009)
Mongolian Cloud Houses: How to Make a Yurt and Live Comfortably
Amazon Price: $12.71 (as of 11/09/2009)
Circle Houses: Yurts, Tipis and Benders (House That Jack Built)
Amazon Price: $12.71 (as of 11/09/2009)
Simple Shelters: Tents, Tipis, Yurts, Domes and Other Ancient Homes (Wooden Books)
Amazon Price: $8.64 (as of 11/09/2009)
Yurt Videos
Learn more about yurts with these videos
yurt tour
24' yurt construction
Yurt Up!
Suburban Yurt
Setting up a Colorado Yurt
Trekking to a mountain yurt
Yurts 1
Building a Yurt
The Colorado Yurt Company and ...
Sites About Yurts
More Unusual Hotel Options
Out 'n About Treehouses in Oregon will let you spend the night in one of several (pretty fancy) treehouses.
At Jules Undersea Lodge in Florida, you can sleep in an underwater hotel - if you're a certified scuba diver who can dive 21 feet underwater to reach it.
In Idaho, you can bed down in a beagle. Yes, a beagle. Dog Bark Park Inn is a hotel shaped and painted to look like a giant beagle. Just don't tell your cat where you spent the night.
Yurt Photos
Don't know what a yurt looks like and whether you'd really want to sleep in one? Check out these photos for some yurt pics that'll show you what to expect.
Blue Wolf Ger Camp
In the Ger
Airag Party!
Satellite Ger
Tapping Local Knowle...
inside a yurt
Yurt Camping
Yurt, inside
Yurt, outside
Sunshine Coast Kayak...
Sunshine Coast Kayak...
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Shoemaker's yurt
Judy receives smicha
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Have You Stayed in a Yurt?
If you're a yurt fan, please sign the guestbook!
blue22d wrote...
Well, seen them and did not know they were called a Yurt. Learn something new. Five stars and a favor.
Posted March 03, 2009
GypsyPirate wrote...
I hadn't heard of them before. But, I got to tell you that now I would really like to stay in a yurt just to say I did. Thanks for a great read.
Posted January 11, 2009
Ramkitten wrote...
My husband really wants a yurt to use as an art studio. So this is a great resource to stumble upon as we search for the right yurt and a good price. Thank you for the information!
Posted December 11, 2008
ngio64 wrote...
I have loved the idea of a Yurt for years. Good lens. I will check out your links!
Posted September 25, 2008
Tiddledeewinks wrote...
As Eelkat mentioned, our town won't allow us to have them, but we were forced to live in the back of a pick-up once when Eelkat was just two years old!
Posted September 23, 2008
by lisadh
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