4 Floating Lodges Around the World

4 Floating Lodges Around the World

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From the Canadian wilderness and lakes to the tropical waters around the Maldives and Australia, your next travel vacation could be spent in a lodge that floats on the water. These floating lodges and hotels have become a bit of a trend over the last few years, with architects clamoring to one up the next with a new design in floating lodging. Some of the results would do a James Bond villain proud.

Lac Seul Floating Lodges

The Lac Seul Floating Lodges are big oversized house boats with bedrooms, galley, bathrooms (heads), showers, bathtubs, fishing rigs and setups, and docks for swimming and casting.



The staff at Lac Seul Floating Lodges helps set up GPS units with preprogrammed waypoints for choice fishing locations as well as navigation to hidden inlets and islands where you can moor and anchor to spend your evenings.



Lac Seul is on Northern Ontario. Keep your eyes on the shore for moose, black bear, wolves and fox and your eyes in the sky for eagles, osprey, heron and water fowl.



Lac Seul Floating Lodges

#5 Lakefront

Hudson, ON P0V 1X0

Canada

807-582-3284

lacseulfloatinglodges.com

Dragon Inn Floating Hotel

The Dragon Inn is built on the sea near Semporna, Malaysia. The hotel uses floats and stilts to achieve being a floating lodge. Dive off right from the lodge and then sleep in your room complete with real palm thatch roofs.



The floating lodge is designed to blend in with the traditional Bajau water villages of the area. There are private bathrooms, a bar and restaurant, SCUBA pros, snorkeling, kayaking and boats for hire out of the lodge.



Dragon Inn Floating Hotel

1 Jalan Kastam

Semporna, Sabah

Malaysia

+01-089-781088

dragoninnfloating.com

Six Senses Malé Maldives

Take a water taxi or float plane out to the private islets and floating bungalows of the Six Senses Mala Maldives. These floating rooms and bungalows rest on the azure waters of the Indian Ocean.



Spa services, massage, gourmet dining, and private water-side porches compliment your stay. SCUBA dive out of the bungalows or go for guided dives at the many atolls and reefs around the Maldives.



Private suites, bathrooms and showers keep you refreshed and clean after a day spent swimming in the salty waters. Packages for SCUBA, eco-tourism, honeymoon or romance, and Asian fusion are available.



Six Sense Malé Maldives

Lankanfushi Island

North Malé Atoll

Republic of Maldives

+01-960 664 0304

sixsenses.com/soneva-gili

Article Written By Eric Cedric

A former Alaskan of 20 years, Eric Cedric now resides in California. He's published in "Outside" and "Backpacker" and has written a book on life in small-town Alaska, "North by Southeast." Cedric was a professional mountain guide and backcountry expedition leader for 18 years. He worked in Russia, Iceland, Greece, Turkey and Belize. Cedric attended Syracuse University and is a private pilot.

Write for Trails.com
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