Cream teas, pounding surf and awe-inspiring beaches: Cornwall is home to some of the best things in Britain. On the north coast, you’ll find another treasure: Kudhva, an off-grid glamping site featuring tree tents, architectural wooden hideouts (aka “kudhvas”) and a six-person cabin in the woods.

Captivating coastal views aren’t the only draw of this remote outpost. Go wild swimming in the on-site reservoir, forage for food, or set up an easel to paint your surroundings. And when night falls, it’s a perfect spot for stargazing. From £95 a night for a two-person kudhva

Tucked beneath rolling hills in Herefordshire is Brook House Woods: part glamping site, part open-air adventure playground. The imaginative accommodation (think tree cabins, yurts, and even a Hobbit house) is just the beginning of the experience, as the site also offers a wide range of green activities.

Try your hand at woodwork or make your own gin infusion using ingredients plucked from the hedgerows. There’s luxury here, too, with a wood-fired hot tub, tennis court and yoga sessions. Explore the orchards, stroll by the sparkling river Frome, then retire to your room for a beauty treatment. From £180 for two nights in a two-person yurt

It’s not often you get woken by the sound of birdsong. But at Elmley National Nature Reserve on the Isle of Sheppey, it’s another day, another dawn chorus. The only nature reserve in the country where you can stay overnight, Elmley hosts regular wellbeing-focused retreats, and has six cosy converted shepherd’s huts looking out across miles of breathtaking wetlands (cottages and a farmhouse are also available, if that’s more your style).

By day, watch lapwings, buzzards and flocks of migrating geese fly over the windswept marshes. By dusk, marvel at the resident barn owls gliding over the reeds. Pure magic. From £85 a night for a two-person hut

The spirit of conservation is built into the brickwork at Old Lands, a family estate in Monmouthshire that’s more eco sanctuary than posh country pile. The cottages, complete with woodburners, Welsh blankets and upcycled furniture, are charming – but the real draw is everything you can see and do.

Wander the yew-tree walk; row around the island on the lake; and learn about local wildlife and food foraging from Sam, the estate’s resident naturalist. Cook using delicious seasonal produce from the walled garden in the estate’s ‘honesty shop’, then book yourself in for a massage. You’ll never want to come home. From £395 for five adults for five days

The word ‘safari’ probably makes you think of big cats, giraffes and elephants in Kenya or Tanzania. But British wildlife is beautiful enough to be safari-worthy, too. At Knepp Safaris, a rewilding project in West Sussex, you’ll spot red deer, Tamworth pigs and herds of Exmoor ponies – as well as nightingales, birds of prey and elusive Purple Emperor butterflies.

You don’t have to stay to take a safari. But with a range of shepherd’s huts, yurts and treehouses in the ancient woodland, you’ll probably want to. From £190 for two nights in a two-person hut