7 peaceful stays in charming cabins
These aren't exactly traditional cabins or trailside shelters. They're simply beautiful, comfortable cabins with many amenities except running water.
There are beds and everything you need to cook on site. Compared to camping, it's a luxury. Depending on the location, a portable camping toilet may be useful.
Peaks and roots
photo provided by Anaëlle Victor-Demers
Near Magog, the estate features a dozen unique cabins, each one unique. Lighting: candles or headlamps. Composting toilet. Shower and Wi-Fi available at reception.
Hiking. Overnight stay: from $165.
Kabania
photo provided by Kabania
South of Saint-Donat, near the Ouareau Forest, are perched beautiful cabins on stilts and more compact cabanitas. A communal building with a kitchen, bathroom, and showers.
River tubing. Swimming. Hiking. Overnight stays: in a cabin, starting at $125 for two people; in a cabanita, starting at $90 for two people.
Omega Park
photo provided by Anaëlle Victor-Demers
In addition to the chalets, the animal park includes eco-chic cabins. A community pavilion with a kitchen is also available. Solar-powered lighting is also available.
Deer frolic around. Access to the wolf lookout. Overnight stay (entrance fee extra): from $225 for a prospector's cabin and $285 for a log cabin.
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Mont-Tremblant Perched Shelters
photo provided by Les Refuges perchés Mont-Tremblant
At Parc Éco Laurentides, 20 cabins are perched in a tree or on a rock. A cart is provided to transport your luggage. A battery pack is provided for lighting and charging your phone. Showers are available at the reception desk.
Swimming, hiking, and fishing. Boat rentals. From $109 to $199 per night.
EST Eco-Cabins
Photo provided by The Storytellers MTL
In Nouvelle, Gaspésie, six two-person Thuya cabins are nestled in a cedar grove. The site also includes two larger Ublo cabins near a cliff overlooking Chaleur Bay.
Comfortable beds. Composting toilet. Sanitary facilities. Internet. Private Nordic spa (extra). Overnight stay: approximately $202 in a Thuya cabin and approximately $322 in a Ublo cabin (up to five people).
High Shelters
photo provided by Tourisme Charlevoix-Hauts Refuges-Boran Richard
The Owl. The Firefly. So many evocative names for the cabins on stilts in Les Éboulements, one of the most beautiful spots in Charlevoix. Comfortable beds. Wood stove. Sanitary facilities.
Capacity: up to six people. Starting at $170 per night.
Cap Jaseux Adventure Park
photo provided by Cap Jaseux - Boran Richard
In addition to the chalets, domes and pods, the territory on the north shore of the Saguenay, in Saint-Fulgence, is also welcoming with its suspended houses ($273 per night) and its log cabins (from $111 per night).
Treetop adventure trail. Via ferrata overlooking the fjord. Giant zip lines. Hiking and sea kayaking. Beach.
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