Gallery: To the ends of the Earth – the most remote hotels on the planet

An isolated island off the east coast of Africa, Pemba Island is accessed generally by chartered seaplane from Zanzibar. The stunning underwater room, part of The Manta Resort, is a private, three-story floating island with the bedroom sitting completely under water

The Manta Resort

An isolated island off the east coast of Africa, Pemba Island is accessed generally by chartered seaplane from Zanzibar. The stunning underwater room, part of The Manta Resort, is a private, three-story floating island with the bedroom sitting completely under water

The Manta Resort

An isolated island off the east coast of Africa, Pemba Island is accessed generally by chartered seaplane from Zanzibar. The stunning underwater room, part of The Manta Resort, is a private, three-story floating island with the bedroom sitting completely under water

The Manta Resort

An isolated island off the east coast of Africa, Pemba Island is accessed generally by chartered seaplane from Zanzibar. The stunning underwater room, part of The Manta Resort, is a private, three-story floating island with the bedroom sitting completely under water

The Manta Resort

An isolated island off the east coast of Africa, Pemba Island is accessed generally by chartered seaplane from Zanzibar. The stunning underwater room, part of The Manta Resort, is a private, three-story floating island with the bedroom sitting completely under water

The Manta Resort

Located north of the Arctic circle in Finnish Lapland this hotel offers a variety of amazing accommodations, including see-through glass igloos letting you watch the northern lights from bed or classic snow igloos for the brave

Kakslauttanen

Located north of the Arctic circle in Finnish Lapland this hotel offers a variety of amazing accommodations, including see-through glass igloos letting you watch the northern lights from bed or classic snow igloos for the brave

Kakslauttanen

Located north of the Arctic circle in Finnish Lapland this hotel offers a variety of amazing accommodations, including see-through glass igloos letting you watch the northern lights from bed or classic snow igloos for the brave

Kakslauttanen

Located north of the Arctic circle in Finnish Lapland this hotel offers a variety of amazing accommodations, including see-through glass igloos letting you watch the northern lights from bed or classic snow igloos for the brave

Kakslauttanen

Located north of the Arctic circle in Finnish Lapland this hotel offers a variety of amazing accommodations, including see-through glass igloos letting you watch the northern lights from bed or classic snow igloos for the brave

Kakslauttanen

On the southern glacier of Mount Elbrus, in Russia's Caucasus mountain range, is this remarkably isolated hotel, a remote and energy-efficient building that sits 3,912 m (12,834 ft) above sea level, hence its name: LEAPrus 3912

LEAPrus 3912

On the southern glacier of Mount Elbrus, in Russia's Caucasus mountain range, is this remarkably isolated hotel, a remote and energy-efficient building that sits 3,912 m (12,834 ft) above sea level, hence its name: LEAPrus 3912

LEAPrus 3912

On the southern glacier of Mount Elbrus, in Russia's Caucasus mountain range, is this remarkably isolated hotel, a remote and energy-efficient building that sits 3,912 m (12,834 ft) above sea level, hence its name: LEAPrus 3912

LEAPrus 3912

On the southern glacier of Mount Elbrus, in Russia's Caucasus mountain range, is this remarkably isolated hotel, a remote and energy-efficient building that sits 3,912 m (12,834 ft) above sea level, hence its name: LEAPrus 3912

LEAPrus 3912

Hanging off the edge of a mountain in Peru is the Natura Vive Skylodge, three transparent capsules that are available for those wanting to spend a night in something akin to a bird’s nest. Access via a hiking trail, or more intrepid travelers can climb the 400 meters up the mountain to reach the capsule

Natura Vive Skylodge

Hanging off the edge of a mountain in Peru is the Natura Vive Skylodge, three transparent capsules that are available for those wanting to spend a night in something akin to a bird’s nest. Access via a hiking trail, or more intrepid travelers can climb the 400 meters up the mountain to reach the capsule

Natura Vive Skylodge

Hanging off the edge of a mountain in Peru is the Natura Vive Skylodge, three transparent capsules that are available for those wanting to spend a night in something akin to a bird’s nest. Access via a hiking trail, or more intrepid travelers can climb the 400 meters up the mountain to reach the capsule

Natura Vive Skylodge

Hanging off the edge of a mountain in Peru is the Natura Vive Skylodge, three transparent capsules that are available for those wanting to spend a night in something akin to a bird’s nest. Access via a hiking trail, or more intrepid travelers can climb the 400 meters up the mountain to reach the capsule

Natura Vive Skylodge

Hanging off the edge of a mountain in Peru is the Natura Vive Skylodge, three transparent capsules that are available for those wanting to spend a night in something akin to a bird’s nest. Access via a hiking trail, or more intrepid travelers can climb the 400 meters up the mountain to reach the capsule

Natura Vive Skylodge

This eco-lodge called Adrère Amellal sits in the middle of the desert in Egypt, near the Siwa Oasis. With no electricity and no cell phones allowed outside of the rooms, this hotel is the closest you can come to actual time travel

Adrère Amellal

This eco-lodge called Adrère Amellal sits in the middle of the desert in Egypt, near the Siwa Oasis. With no electricity and no cell phones allowed outside of the rooms, this hotel is the closest you can come to actual time travel

Adrère Amellal