![]() You would think each tent would have a picnic table and a grill, but they do not. (Photo: Bonnie Gross) Eco-tents need to offer better ways to prepare mealsīut the biggest issue is that in the planning of the eco-tents, little consideration appears to have been given to how people staying in them in are going to eat. We heard EVERYTHING happening in the neighboring tent - when they sneezed I was tempted to say god bless you.Īlso, the restroom facilities are campground-standard - not particularly new or nice not especially clean not in keeping with the $95/night glamping concept.Ĭarts helped us haul our gear to your eco-tent in Flamingo at Everglades National Park, as parking is some distance away. It’s strange having front-row seats to somebody else’s Thanksgiving dinner. When a large group of friends and family celebrated together on Thanksgiving, our eco-tent was so close that we directly overlooked their outdoor party while we sat on our porch enjoying sunset. The next night, however, half the eco-tents were booked and the atmosphere changed dramatically. Our first night, we were the only visitors to the eco-tents and we soaked up the solitude and views we felt like explorers who had discovered the place. Those expansive screened windows mean that you are in close communion with everyone staying in nearby tents. ![]() I still have an issue with how close the tents are built together with a buffer of trees ore vegetation. Sunset from the porch of our eco-tent in Flamingo at Everglades National Park. You can choose eco-tents with queen beds or two double beds. There are director’s chairs that can be used on the porch, a fan, end tables, a dresser and some storage shelves. We left the canvas flaps down the first night and awoke to the sherbet colors of sunrise wrapped around us in the sky as we sat in our bed.Įach eco-tent is stylishly furnished. With three walls essentially screens, you are open to the breeze off Florida Bay and the screens are like picture windows on three sides. Three sides of the structure have large canvas flaps that unzip to reveal mesh screening. They feel more like portable cabins than tents. These clever structures look like the sort of place you saw in old movies about rich people on African safaris. We marveled at the bird life – vultures perching on a waterfront tree, hawks and ospreys hunting overhead and, early one morning, six bright pink roseate spoonbills flying directly over our eco-tent. (Photo: Bonnie Gross)įirst, what a location! Our tent was about 50 feet from Florida Bay and we enjoyed watching the changing sky and clouds. By unzipping the canvas, the opening behind the bed (and on three of the walls) can become floor-to-ceiling screen windows. I was anxious to try them out and reserved an eco-tent for two nights over Thanksgiving.Ī comfy bed with linen is one of the great things about the eco-tents in Flamingo at Everglades National Park. They provide a dry, mosquito-free overnight stay with electric lights, a fan and outlets. ![]() ![]() These 186-square-foot structures are canvas houses built on platforms with comfortable beds and linens and a small covered porch. Motel rooms and cabins were once located here, but were destroyed in Hurricane Wilma in 2005.īeginning November 2019, the first new accommodations in decades came to Everglades National Park - 20 new eco-tents in Flamingo, operated by a concessionaire. Flamingo is so far from everything else that it is hard to experience it without an overnight stay, but not everybody is equipped to camp or desires to. That’s why I was thrilled to learn about the addition of eco-tents in Flamingo, the only accommodations other than camping. I love Flamingo, that end-of-the-road place surrounded by Everglades National Park wilderness, where the Florida peninsula ends and Florida Bay with all its abundance of wildlife begins. ![]()
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