EcoCamp

Rooms

Your room is a geodesic dome, inspired by the circular dwellings of the region’s native Alacalufe people. The outside of each tent is brightly painted - some might say too brightly - with different natural motifs referencing those early inhabitants; it's a useful way of identifying your tent if you forget!

There are 15 standard tents in all - 4 doubles, and all the rest twins or triples - so ask in advance if you want a double. Single travellers will normally share a tent with another of the same sex. This small number of tents not only limits environmental impact, but creates an intimate feel - far from the overcrowded atmosphere in the rest of the park’s campsites. Tents are well spaced out over open ground so that you have plenty of privacy, and they’re connected by wooden walkways to both the dining room tent and the shared bathroom block.

Inside, tents are spacious and tall enough so that you can stand comfortably: 2m high, and 4m in diameter. There are wooden floors with sheepskin rugs, and sturdy wooden beds with lots of warm linen: fleece sheets and feather duvets keep you snugg, despite the lack of heating. But as with normal camping, you’re still exposed to the elements. EcoCamp tents are designed to be stronger than the usual tents, but can be noisy when the wind blows.

The bathroom block is divided into male and female communal areas, where there are flushing toilets and hot showers. Environmental credentials are impeccable: no fossil fuels are used to heat the water, and the block uses an ecological waste management system. Wrap up warm to go to the bathroom!

A swankier option is one of the 10 Suite Domes. These are more spacious than the standard domes and come with a private bathroom and a compost toilet. The suites are heated by the low-emission wood stove and are situated in the Lenga Forest, close to the standard domes but still far enough away to provide an intimate feeling.