Staying in The Bushel: first impressions of our family safari tent in the woods
- Jul 5
- 2 min read
Updated: Jul 16
The Bushel is a spacious safari tent for four at The Firs, tucked into its own woodland clearing with a superking bed, two single cabin beds for children, and orchard views all around. It's our safari tent built for families — the lodge that lets parents and children share the adventure of canvas living with room for everyone.
Here's what staying here is like.
The first thing you notice is the space and the seclusion. The Bushel sits in a woodland clearing, a little world of its own, with orchard views through the trees and the kind of quiet that lets children's imaginations run. For families, that combination — space outside to roam, nature pressing right up to the canvas — is exactly the point. This is the stay where the kids remember sleeping "in the woods," and the grown-ups remember actually relaxing.
Inside, it's properly thought through for four: a superking bed for the parents and two single cabin beds for the children, so everyone has their own proper place to sleep rather than a compromise. Safari-tent living here means the romance of being under canvas with the comforts of a real bed and a warm space — you'll hear the rain and the dawn chorus, and stay cosy throughout, with a wood-burning stove for the cooler evenings.
And like every lodge at The Firs, the Bushel has its own private wood-fired hot tub — which, with children safely tucked into their cabin beds, becomes the parents' reward at the end of a long day of fresh air and adventure.
Days here are made for it: explore the grounds, light the firepit, fire up the pizza oven, splash about, then come back to your clearing in the trees. The Bushel is the lodge for the family that wants the outdoors without the camping faff — all the wild, none of the discomfort.
The Bushel at a glance:
Sleeps 4 · spacious safari tent
Superking bed plus two single cabin beds
Set in a woodland clearing with orchard views
Private wood-fired hot tub
Wood-burning stove
Ideal for families wanting a safari-tent stay
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