You mean you didn’t have a camping butler to make your s’mores last time you slept under the stars? No luxury safari tent with a real bed or ensuite bathroom with a jetted tub? Obviously you weren’t glamping at Paws Up, also known as The Last Best Place. Glamping is glamorous camping and Paws Up is where you want to go for nature served on a silver platter!

The Resort at Paws Up is a premier luxury guest ranch in the unspoiled wilderness of Montana’s Big Sky country.  This is the area that inspired “A River Runs Through It” but before Brad Pitt was there, legendary explorers Lewis and Clark were the very first campers to be awestruck by the majesty of the area.

Glamping at Paws Up

[youtube Xu2YjOTWxS8]

Glamping at Paws Up is roughing it, redefined. The resort has five luxurious tented camp areas: Moonlight Camp, Creekside Camp, River Camp, Pinnacle Camp and the newest, most exquisite Cliffside Camp that will open June 1, 2013. 

Each area features spectacular views and superb amenities to create the ultimate glamping experience. The tents are generously sized with one or two bedrooms. Guests sleep in real beds – the Last Best Beds®, at that. Two-bedroom tents have one king and two twins, perfect for families. There’s no walk to the bath house in these camps – ensuite master baths have a Montana-sized rain shower, double vanity and heated slate floors. The one-bedroom honeymoon tents even have a copper tub for two! Comfort amenities include terry robes and slippers and organic spa products. The luxury safari-style tents have electricity, heating and air conditioning, cell and internet service. Doesn’t quite sound like roughing it, does it?

If the opulent accommodations and stunning views aren’t enough, add the treat of a camp chef and your own camp butler. Relax in the grand dining pavilion and enjoy the camp chef’s delectable cuisine while the camp butler prepares a roaring fire complete with divine s’mores. Seriously, it just doesn’t get any more luxe than glamping at Paws Up! Connect with nature without giving up any of the amenities of a luxury resort. If you’re still not convinced about glamping, the Resort at Paws Up also has five exquisitely rustic vacation homes – no two are alike – with kitchens, hot tubs, flat screen TVs and more. But could you really turn down your very own camping butler?

What is there to do in the middle of all that wilderness?

37,000 acres of Resort, 100 miles of trails, 10 miles of the Blackfoot River and 1.5-million acres of the nearby Bob Marshall Wilderness combine to make the ultimate wilderness playground. You can cowboy up for a definitive western-style equestrian excursion, take your best shot at a world-class sporting clays course or cast a fly with an expert guide for the most exciting fly-fishing in Montana. You can even discover your inner wrangler as you team up with the seasoned ranch hands on the working cattle ranch or dine al fresco from an authentic chuck wagon. And if that doesn’t satisfy your adventurous appetite, there’s also lake swimming, boating, hiking, mountain biking, rafting, tubing and nearby championship golf.

The Paws Up “Kids Corps of Discovery” programs offer supervised, age-appropriate activities including horseback riding, nature education, feeding the baby animals, hiking and fishing. Spa Town at Paws Up is a haven of relaxation – a group of oversized tents situated at the edge of an expansive meadow where talented therapists provide healing treatments for mind, body and spirit. There is an outdoor activity for every age and interest at Paws Up.

If you want to upgrade from do-it-yourself survival camping to pampered glamping at Paws Up, contact Covington Travel and we’ll make sure the butler knows you’re on the way!

All images courtesy of the Resort at Paws Up.