Village Huts
Cozy studio and one-bedroom huts at the quiet edge of the village, a short stroll from the Sky View Pavilion and the café. Wood stove, outdoor shower, and a porch made for sitting still. Sleeps two.
From $1,060 a night
Stay
Eleven cabins between the lake and the meadow.
We keep the rooms few on purpose. Eleven is the number of cabins this estate can hold while still feeling, at seven in the morning, like it belongs to the herd — and that feeling is exactly what you're coming for.
Where you'll be
150 acres of oak hammock, grassland and water in central Florida.
The property backs onto a national forest, so the horizon behind the herd is protected land and always will be. Live oaks, palmetto, a spring-fed lake, and that golden light Florida saves for six in the morning.
The cabins
Built low, built quiet, built to disappear into the treeline.
Cedar, lime plaster, stone floors, deep windows. Linen and wool. No televisions, no minibars, no noise — just a porch that faces the water or the meadow, and time to use it.
Six huts
Four bungalows
Water Bungalows
One- and two-bedroom bungalows right over the water — more apartment than cabin, with a living room, a private dock, and a deck with a soaking tub. The far shore belongs to the herd, so the view changes all day and sometimes has elephants in it. Sleeps up to four.
From $1,960 a night
One house
The Long House
Four bedrooms, a kitchen, a long table and a fireplace. Perfect for families, retreat groups and wedding parties who want a place all their own. Sleeps eight.
From $2,400 a night
Two-night minimum. Rates include breakfast, all pavilion practice, and the meadow walk. A conservation levy of $40 per night goes directly to the care endowment. Questions about how a stay works — including the one about seeing the elephants — are answered plainly here.
A day here
Your day here is completely your own.
Wake when you wake. Classes run from before sunrise until after dark, and you're welcome at all of them or none of them.
Breakfast is served at the café from seven. Lunch is a long table at one. Dinner is at seven-thirty — four courses, mostly grown within an hour of here. Then an evening talk in the pavilion, and then the whole property settles into quiet.
Included
Breakfast, all group practice, boundary walk with a keeper, evening talks
Extra
Treatments, private instruction, lunch and dinner, cellar list
Evenings
The Sunset Dock from six; fire pit and stargazing from nine, unhosted and entirely optional
Quiet hours
21:00 to 07:00, property-wide
Not permitted
Drones, amplified sound outdoors, vehicles past the village, crossing the habitat line
Children
Welcome from twelve, in the Long House or by full buyout
Dogs
We can't welcome them here — the herd needs the property to stay predictable and calm
The whole place
Private buyout
All eleven cabins, the Sky View Pavilion, the café and the full team, for up to twenty-two guests. Used for family gatherings, company retreats and the occasional wedding weekend.
One thing a buyout doesn't buy: different rules. The habitat stays closed, quiet hours still start at nine, and the sound limits at the boundary stay right where they are. The elephants' home comes first, even when the whole place is yours.
From $16,500 a night, two-night minimum
- Exclusive use of the wellness village
- Dedicated chef and dining program
- Private practice schedule built around your group
- Keeper-led interpretation and a private evening talk
- Ten percent of the buyout fee goes to the care endowment