The Journal
Stays & architecture.
15 guides in this collection.
15 guides in this collection.
How a fast-growing grass became the most beautiful building material in the tropics — the story of bamboo architecture and where to sleep in it.
From childhood forts to seventy-foot canopy suites — how the treehouse grew up, and what makes a great one to stay in.
The room that floats — how raft houses and overwater bungalows are built on jungle lakes and rivers, and the best places to sleep on the water.
A lodge gives you guides and dinner; an Airbnb gives you the place to yourself. An honest comparison to help you pick the right jungle stay.
Where the power and water come from when there is no grid for miles — a clear look at the solar, battery and rainwater systems behind off-grid stays.
The triangle that framed a thousand forest photos — why the A-frame keeps coming back, and the best ones tucked into the tropics.
Floor-to-ceiling glass turns the forest into the fourth wall. The appeal, the trade-offs and the most spectacular glass stays in the canopy.
The infinity edge dissolving into the canopy is the single most-booked feature in the jungle. How they work, and where the best ones are.
Life happens in the top layer of the rainforest, and canopy walkways are how you get there. The best walkways, and the stays built around them.
The windows, nests and pools that broke the internet — the jungle stays behind the images you have definitely scrolled past, and whether they deliver.
The framed valley, the volcano at dawn, the river gorge below the bed — the jungle stays built entirely around a single unforgettable view.
Earth, clay, straw and stone — the natural-building movement has quietly produced some of the most characterful stays in the tropics.
When a whole resort climbs into the trees — the canopy hotels where every room is a treehouse, and how they compare to renting a home.
Sleep under the stars without the bugs — how transparent domes and bubble tents work, whether they get too hot, and where to try one.
Raised above the flood, the mud and the snakes — the stilted house is the oldest jungle design there is, and it is having a moment.
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