Blog & Tentsile, the Portable Treehouse

Want to go camping, but afraid of bugs, snakes, or bears? Pitch your tent in the air, above the forest floor and away from critters and potential predators, with Tentsile, "the world's most versatile tent." The portable tent-hammock hybrid can be used in nearly any environment, anchored to trees in the heart of a forest, hovering over shifting beach sands, pitched above the plains for a brief respite on a safari, or even suspended over disaster and flood zones. Add To Collection Save this image to a collection Handmade in the UK, the tents are fire retardant as well as UV and water resistant. Tentsiles are available in a variety of colors and in three sizes, each one with its own special features ranging from a cozy two-person with a covered porch, a roomier three-to-four person with built-in windows, and a huge five-to-eight person with a central gathering space that may prove better than a dingy room in any hostel.

Best adventure travel ideas If you're after an outdoor adventure, look no further. In this excerpt from Lonely Planet's 1000 Ultimate Experiences, we bring you the white-knuckle tour of six continents. 1. Ski touring the Haute Route, France and Switzerland Strap on the skins for one of the world's great ski experiences as you tour between the famed Alpine resorts of Chamonix and Zermatt. 2. Stretching 230km between Jasper and Lake Louise and following a lake-lined valley between two chains of the Rocky Mountains, the Icefields Parkway is considered one of the world's most scenic roads. 3. They call it the Golden Eye jump, as it was on this Ticino dam that Pierce Brosnan, aka James Bond, fell so far that in order to recreate the stunt you must submit yourself to the world's highest commercial bungee jump, a leap of 220m. 4. Moab is the mother of all mountain biking destinations, its fame riding on the slickrock (smooth, wind-polished rock) that makes mountain biking in this Utah town unique. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.