Red Kite Tree Tents

Dragon’s egg | Ynys Affalon

Location: Forest riverside

Sleeps: 2

Bedrooms: 1

Top Features: wood burning stove with logs provided, kitted-out field kitchen, private loo cabin, hot shower on deck, NEW for 2024 barrel hot tub/cold plunge – fill up with crystal clear mountain waters

 

What people love…

The egg is a very unique experience, and once we got our ‘egg legs’ it was easy to navigate. Don’t bring much so you can enjoy the space fully, but then again, you won’t need much: there’s books and playing cards and nature to occupy you.
— Andrea, staying at the Dragon's Egg Tree Tent
WOW! Going off grid for the first ever time to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary & being total ‘townies’ was such a liberating experience! We barely left the estate & didn’t see a single person = heaven! Pigs, horses, sheep & amazing birds were aplenty. DO IT. You won’t regret it.
— Clare W on Trustpilot (5 star review)
 

Outdoors…

The two tree tents, Ynys Affalon and Dragon’s Egg, both hang in our private forest. Chill next to the river or spot the wild ponies, Huckle, Berry and Flynn, in the woods. New for 2024 is the barrel tub: fill it yourself and light the fire for a hot tub soak, or cold plunge in bone-shatteringly fresh mountain water. Then warm up with a hot shower on the deck.

 

Indoors…

Inside your cosy, insulated tree tent you will find a wood-burning stove (logs provided) and a comfy double bed. Cross your drawbridge to the fully kitted-out field kitchen. The private loo cabin is just up the hill from your tree tent.

 

INTO THE WOODS IT’S TIME TO GO

The original Red Kite Tree Tent, Ynys Affalon, was the first Tree Tent glamping pod ever installed in the UK. Since it was featured on Channel 4 on George Clarke's Amazing Spaces, and in Condé Nast Traveller, the forest green orb has had twelve rocking seasons with thousands of happy glampers. In Summer 2018 we launched Dragon's Egg, nesting even more mystically high up in the canopy.

Enjoy remote glamping in mid Wales. Cocooned in your own peaceful private forest, both Red Kite Tree Tents offer a magical escape for those seeking a break surrounded by nature.

Owner Anjana says, "I love picking up a newspaper, cooking a wood-fired bacon sandwich on the fire pit and spending the morning relaxing on the deck reading and listening to a nest of hatching birds on the trees beside."

The two tents are a couple of hundred metres away from each other. Each has its own access track, log bridge and facilities so you can be completely private. Yet there is also potential to book both tree tents for a unique couples' or friends' retreat.

ESCAPE IN COMFORT

Staying at the Red Kite Tree Tents allows you to enjoy the the escapism of the wilderness without the punishment of camping! Enjoy the simple things in life, without compromising on basic comforts.

Both of our globe-shaped pods were built using materials and techniques borrowed from the aviation industry: steamed ash, aluminium, lightweight insulation. You will find your tent hanging in the canopy, suspended by high-tensile wires and ropes from mature trees.

The tents are covered with thick canvas and are fully insulated. Both are equipped with soft foam mattresses and a double bed which folds into a sofa during the day. Inside there is a cosy wood-burning stove (fully fire-proofed of course).

Cross the drawbridge to the deck and you will find a well-equipped outdoor kitchen with gas hob and cooking utensils. Your hot water shower is alsoon the deck; just up the hill is a separate cabin with flushing toilet.

 

 

'Everything except the sky is green. There must be 10,000 shades of green...'

Sankha Guha, The Independent

 
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THINGS TO DO

The Red Kite Tree Tents are about unplugging and escaping everyday life.

Listen to the river tumbling over the mossy rocks and gliding beneath the log bridge. Watch red kites rising on the thermals above and the hares boxing in the valley below.

You can jump straight from the office into the wilderness without spending hours fighting with tent poles and guy ropes. These pods are ideal for wildlife watching – hanging in the canopy gives you a unique perspective on your private forest. And the nearest mobile signal is a ten minute walk away; this is about being fully present, opening yourself up to your surroundings. (You could even unwind with some yoga on the deck...)

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YOU WILL FIND

On arrival you will find fresh bed linen, towels, dry wood and kindling for the stove.

You can walk straight up into the hills behind the forest: the Chillderness Red Kite Estate lies on the edge of the remote Elenydd region of mid-Wales’ Cambrian Mountains.

The nearest shops are about 10 minutes' drive away in Newbridge-on-Wye, where you will find a well-stocked post office convenience store, artisan butcher, and the charming local. There is a large 24 hour supermarket in Llandrindod Wells.

 

Find the Red Kite Estate

 

Location and getting there

The Red Kite Tree Tents, Ynys Affalon and Dragon’s Egg, are situated on our private conservation estate in Powys, near Builth Wells and Newbridge-on-Wye.

Access to the Tree Tents is via a private track off the B4358 road at the village of Llanafan Fawr between Newbridge-on-Wye and Llanwrtyd Wells.

You can walk straight into the Cambrian Mountains, a nature park and internationally recognised Dark Skies reserve, right behind the estate.