For a New Camping Experience, Stay in a Yurt
Yurts were invented thousands of years ago by nomadic Mongols, but the circular homes are seeing a modern resurgence with campers. You can now live like a Mongol and stay in a yurt at private and state parks throughout the country.
What is a Yurt?
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: $16.47 (as of 10/07/2008)
The Complete Yurt Handbook
Amazon Price: $16.50 (as of 10/07/2008)
Circle Houses: Yurts, Tipis and Benders (House That Jack Built)
Amazon Price: $11.53 (as of 10/07/2008)
Mongolian Cloud Houses: How to Make a Yurt and Live Comfortably
Amazon Price: $11.53 (as of 10/07/2008)
Tipis & Yurts: Authentic Designs for Circular Shelters
Amazon Price: (as of 10/07/2008)
Yurt Videos
Learn more about yurts with these videos
Suburban Yurt
Kazakh Yurt
Yurt Up!
Hooe's Yurts - The Yurt Palace...
Yurt, My Obsession
Mongolian Ger (Yurt)
Sustainable Green Buliding: Yu...
Yurt Stories
Turan Yurt - Kaya Kuzucu
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.
Hampshire Yurt still...
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Room with a view
Rest stop
Yurt ceiling
Another Yurt
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Babayurd Yurt Camp
The Yurt
Sky!
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Rough plywood door
Nice at night.
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Night time
Tono ring
Kamalashila and Yash...
Kamalashila and Yash...
Kamalashila
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Have You Stayed in a Yurt?
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ngio64
I have loved the idea of a Yurt for years. Good lens. I will check out your links! Posted September 25, 2008 |
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Tiddledeewinks
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 |
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EelKat
I lived in a tipi a while back, more recently I lived in a shelter made out of a tarp and some cinder blocks. I'd like to live in a yurt, but the town says yurts are illegal here :( Posted September 20, 2008 |
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EverythingMouse
I am hoping to find a yurt for my next vacation - just need to find the right one! Your lens really helped with resources. I will check out tree houses too. Posted July 27, 2008 |
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WesJefferson
My crazy uncle had one of these things. He was just an old hippy and we never went out to visit him. However, he dragged us out there one day and we absolutely loved it. It was way back in the woods and he could set it up and take it down very quickly. Great lens! Posted July 11, 2008 |
