Furnished with a distinctly Moroccan feel with woollen rugs, bright colourful throws, twinkling fairy lights, solar lighting and large skylight, our Yurts are cosy, comfortable and definitely different, guaranteed to make you feel completely relaxed and away from it all.
Sit back, take a deep breath and relax. Feel the warmth of the wood burning stove, look up and let your eye be drawn up the roof poles, past the Moroccan lantern and through the large skylight where you will see the stars twinkling in the night sky…
Endless possibilities await on the holiday that lies ahead you.
Modelled on the ornate Turkmen Yurt and made in the U.K. from light coloured ash sourced from sustainable woodlands, our Yurts are extremely strong and are capable of withstanding anything the British weather can throw at them. The outside cover is made from a thick water tight poly cotton canvas. High enough, so you don’t have to bend down when walking around and set on a raised wooden floor. Come and enjoy a back to nature family friendly glamping holiday without compromising on the usual luxuries you would expect from your holiday.
Wood burning stove with large hot plate and small integrates oven – ideal for additional cooking.
Raised wooden floors covered in woollen Moroccan style rugs to keep the warmth in. Solar lighting. Twinkling solar fairy lights.
A fully equipped and functional kitchen, including all the things you are likely to need to cook, bake and dine in style. Gas hobs, no charge for gas.
Comfortable futon style beds consisting of a double and single futon style beds which conveniently turn into seating during the day. We also provide freshly laundered linen for all beds including cotton sheets, feather pillows and duvets.
Large central skylight, to bring the inside to life and for amazing stargazing when the lights go out.
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Availability
For selected mid-week stays. See our special offer page for further information
A Yurt, üi or kiz üi in Kazakh or ger in Mongolia as they are known are portable, felt covered wooden structures traditionally used by the Turkic and Mongolian nomads in the Steppes of Central Asia. It is a herder’s most important possession and upon marriage a family will build or buy the newlyweds their own Yurt.
It is fundamentally designed to be portable and carried using Camels, Yaks or in the back of a truck! It usually takes about six camels or one truck to move an entire families belongings and about an hour to pack everything. Our Yurts take a little longer, we could learn a lesson or two I suspect!
Still today, even in the towns and cities many people still live in Yurts preferring to move from a regular house which they use in the summer to a Yurt in the winter. Sounds mad! But the Yurts are extremely thermally efficient and are easier to heat than a house. Usually they will build a fence around the yard, in which people may have some livestock or even a garden.
Mongolian herders lives are an interesting blend between thousands of years of history and tradition and the new, modern 21st century. Some Yurts have wind turbine generators and satellite dishes to beaming TV directly into their Yurts in the middle of the Gobi desert.
From the outside they may look small, but Yurts can easily accommodate a large party. The Yurt is traditionally heated using a wood burning stove standing in the centre of the Yurt. Although due to the lack of wood in the treeless Steppes animal dung is the fuel of choice the wood burner. You may be glad to know Long Valley Yurts use wood for ours!
If you would like to book a yurt for a party size greater than 7 then please contact us on 01539 267 030 to arrange a multi-yurt booking.
For availability and booking on our new location at Moss Howe Farm please contact us on 01539 267 030. Online booking will be available soon.
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