You Can Actually Spend the Night in These Weird Hotels

Today’s hotels strive to offer more of an experience than simply a place to rest your head. Luxurious touches and unique attributes in intriguing locations have graduated many hotels to a destination all their own. And some aren’t even situated within confined buildings at all! 

This roundup of weird hotels features prisons, planes, trains, igloos, caves and more unusual experiences that today’s traveler is guaranteed to find cool.

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Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Best time to visit: Come during the dry season, which is from late June to October. These months are also considered the best for viewing wildlife throughout Kenya. 

Stay at: Giraffe Manor

A resident herd of Rothschild giraffes welcomes guests morning or evening, poking their heads into the 1930s manor house in hopes of a treat. 

The boutique hotel is set on 12 acres of private land within 140 acres of indigenous forest in the Langata suburb of Nairobi.

Location: Manaus, Brazil

Best time to visit: Come in May or June, which is midway between the rainiest months (February to April) and the hottest driest months (September to November). The Amazon River’s water level is also at its highest at this time. 

Stay at: Amazon Jungle Palace

This unique hotel is located on the waters of the Rio Negro, with the entire complex a floating structure that’s fully integrated into the Amazon rainforest.