9 Places to Sleep in Luxury under the Stars
At one, you can press a button and the roof over your four-poster bed will slide back to reveal the night sky.
1. SkyLodge Adventure Suites, Cuzco, Peru. Climb 400 feet or hike an intrepid trail to transparent capsules that hang from a cliff at the top of a 1,200-foot mountain, offering a vast view into Sacred Valley.
2. Linkwasha Camp, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. Sleep in a sumptuous bed on a wooden platform in the African bush. It’s alongside a pan where elephants drink through the night.
3. Bangkok Tree House, Bangkok, Thailand. With a mangrove forest for walls, the “View with a Room” at Bangkok Tree House offers a tranquil night under the stars in one of Asia’s busiest cities.
5. Skyscape, Omahau Hill Station, Twizel, New Zealand. The glass roof and walls at Skyscape reveal your closest—and farthest—neighbors: tufts of native scrub bushes on the grassy plains and distant hills of Mackenzie Country.
6. Tinyeleti Treehouse, Lion Sands Game Reserve, South Africa. This romantic open-air “treehouse,” alongside the Sabie River, is like a luxurious hotel room—minus walls and a roof.
7. Soneva Jani, Maldives. Private villas, built on stilts over an impossibly turquoise lagoon, offer daytime views of the reefs below; at night, the villas’ roofs slide open to reveal a universe of stars.
8. Cabriolet Suite, L’Albereta, Erbusco, Italy. At the touch of a button, the roof over the four-poster bed in this boutique hotel suite slides back to reveal starry, starry nights.
9. Doro Nawas Camp, Damaraland, Namibia. Suites are snuggled around a rocky outcrop in the dramatic and rugged Damaraland, one of the best areas in the world for stargazing.