Incredible Places to Stay

Incredible Places to Stay

Introduction Get ready to go on a tour of some of the world's most unusual and amazing hotels. You'll spend nights on three continents. You'll swim to the bottom of the sea, sleep in a cave, and meet endangered animals. As different as these hotels are, they all share one thing: each offers you an incredible experience. Pack your bags and let's go!

Sliding with Sharks The first stop on your tour is the Golden Nugget, a hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. A unique 30-foot (9 m) waterslide winds its way through a 200, 000-gallon (757, 082 L) water tank filled with sharks! During your quick minute-long ride, you'll shoot past the sharks and splash into a giant pool. After your ride, you can take a tour of the shark tank. A guide will show you how the different types of sharks that live in the tank are cared for and fed. At the end of the tour, you will receive a real shark's tooth to help you remember your adventure.

A Cool Place to Stay From Las Vegas, you'll travel to the H´tel de Glace (O-tel DEH GLAHS). It is a cool hotel located just a few minutes outside of Quebec City, Canada. How cool is it? It's a work of art made of ice! The rooms, halls, and most of the furniture are carved out of ice. Artists and workers spend about forty days every winter building the hotel because it all melts away in warm weather.

You'll need to wear your heavy winter clothes during your stay. The temperature in the hotel is only 23°to 27°F (-5°to -3°C). It's as cold as a freezer in there! You'll sleep in a special extra- warm sleeping bag because the beds are made out of thick slabs of ice.

Breakfast with Giraffes The next stop on your tour is Nairobi, Kenya. There, at Giraffe Manor, you will share breakfast with some very special guests. The forests around Giraffe Manor are home to Rothschild's giraffes. These giraffes are some of the tallest in the world. Adults can measure up to 20 feet (6 m) from their hooves to the tops of their heads.