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Modeled after luxury safari camps in Africa, Longitude 131° aims to bring guests face-to-face with nature. The rooms are individual tents on stilts, with glass doors that look toward Uluru—the massive block of stone formerly known as Ayers Rock—and slide open to the desert.

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From Travel + Leisure , NOV 2007

The retreat's elevated canopy tents have solar-heated showers, a switch that lets guests control the floor-to-ceiling window blinds from the comfort of their king-size beds, and expansive views of Ayers Rock....MORE>>

– Yolanda Crous Our 20 Favorite Green Hotels

From Travel + Leisure , SEP 2006

A camp of 15 linen-canopied tents. ...MORE>>

– Christopher Petkanas Sleep in the Desert

From Travel + Leisure , JUN 2005

And don't forget about Australia's Bedarra Island, on the Great Barrier Reef, or Longitude 131°, in the outback, or New Zealand's Lodge at Paratiho Farms: all three will take your breath away, as will their rates—more than $1,500 a night....MORE>>

– Michael Gross The New Luxury

From Travel + Leisure , JUN 2003

The rooms are individual tents on stilts, with glass doors that look toward Uluru....MORE>>

– Erik Torkells Rock On

Last updated November 2007