Glamping has been on my to do list for a while. Huttopia, is a Canadian based company that has locations in Maine, New Hampshire, New York and Canada. We wanted a last minutes weekend get away and decided to give them a try. We tried New Hampshire first, but they were booked. The Maine location had sites available.
Located in Sanford Maine one of the Huttopia glamping resort compiled of tiny homes and canvas tents. When you arrive you check in at the office, which also has a small store and a restaurant. After check-in you park in a large parking lot and carry your items to you tent/tiny home as there is no vehicles allowed in the campground. There are wagons if needed. I would say the furthest you have to walk is about a quarter of a mile.
Our tent was fairly close to the parking lot. It had a nice little porch with a gas camp stove and a couple chairs.
We had two bedrooms with a kitchenette area. Some tents have bathrooms, but ours did not.
The bathrooms were close to our tent and very clean. The tent was equipped with everything we needed; linens, kitchenware, camp stove, mini fridge, a fire pit, picnic table and two camp chairs. Our only complaint was the fire pit and picnic table where located behind the tent. It would have been nice if they were in front of the porch, most tents had the fire pits and picnic tables in the front.
We walked around the campground to explore the amenities, which are…
pool
playground
various outdoor games
hammocks
pond and beach area with canoe and paddle board rentals
fishing
restaurant
We enjoyed dinner at the restaurant, which was pizza and beer.
The outdoor dining area is very relaxing with tables, chairs, lawn chairs and hammocks.
We brought our own kayak and spent the evening paddling around the pond and swimming.
We wrapped up the evening with a camp fire and s’mores. My daughter liked that there were no cars in the campground so she could freely ride her bike everywhere.
Saturday morning we got up and had a yummy breakfast of smoothies, croissants and crepes.
After breakfast we took a nice hike around Bauneg Beg Mountain Conservation Area, which is less than five minutes from the resort.
After our hike we decided to head towards the ocean. Wells Beach is only about 25 minutes away from the resort. This is a great beach to spend a few hours.
After the beach we stopped for a late lunch at Food For Thought in Ogunquit. My husband had a beer and I had an adult capri sun, which was so good. Our food was amazing, my husband had a lobster roll, my daughter a salad, I got Nashville Chicken Sandwich and we split an order of street corn. The service was fantastic as well.
Next we stopped for a round of go-carts and mini golf at Wonder Mountain Funpark.
On the way back to the resort we stopped at Shain’s of Maine for some delicious ice cream. We spent the rest of the evening hanging around the tent. My husband said that I should not lie as I feel asleep at 7pm. The resort did have a band playing for a couple hours. We did not mind the music, but if you were looking for peace and quiet during your stay you may not have enjoyed it.
We left early Sunday Morning. Overall, we really enjoyed our stay. It was so nice not to have to pack everything for camping. If you are looking for an outdoor experience without having to buy all the camping gear this is the perfect place for you. We did feel that the price was a little expensive at around $250 a night. We would love to check out the other locations to see what they were like.
