The Old Vicarage, St Clether PL15 8QJ England
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Glamping site in North Cornwall. 7 Beautiful glamping units set in 5 acres of wildflower meadow. Ekopod comprises of two safari tents, four geodomes and a glamping pod. Set on the edge of Bodmin moor all units have beautiful views of the surround countryside. Bodmin moor has European Dark Skies status as there is little light pollution giving stunning views of the stars on clear nights. We are a 20 minute drive to the North Cornwall coast, 50 minute drive to the South Cornwall coast and 15 minutes from the historical capital of Launceston. The Eden Project, Tintagel, Boscastle, Port Issac and Padstow are all easy drives from Ekopod. All pods have crisp white linen provided, cosy goose down duvets, a wood burning stove and a private terrace with your own BBQ. The the units have ensuite bathrooms (with flushing toilets and unlimited hot water) and private kitchens. All the utensils and crockery are provided.
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The Old Vicarage, St Clether PL15 8QJ England
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This was our second visit & won’t be our last! We booked last minute, & stayed in Ebron with our 12yr son & dog (although it can sleeps 8). The safari glamping is incredible, EVERY amenity & the welcome box even included dog treats/water bowl, beautiful fluffy towels, dining area, sofa, toiletries, log burner, storm lanterns, bbq, swing chair & fairy lights on the veranda….I could go! Most enjoyable is the peace & tranquility, you can lay in your super cosy large bed & listen to the stream, & wake up to the birds. Could not recommend it any higher, 10/10 - Thank you!
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Date of stay: September 2023Trip type: Travelled with family
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Room Tip: Don’t forget your torch!
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Response from Rachael Ekopod, Owner at Ekopod
Responded 28 Sept 2023
Thank you so much for coming to stay again and for your lovely review of Ebron. We're so glad that you and your family enjoyed your stay with us. The peace and tranquillity of our site is our favourite thing about it too! Hope to see you again Matt and Rachael x
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We’ve just enjoyed 4 nights in Kensa, myself, wife & 2 daughters (4&7). We greatly enjoyed our time here and was something very different from our normal type of holiday. We loved the pod, it was very cosy and everything that you need is thought of. Our girls loved going to bed at night with the provided hot water bottles and we would relax in the evening by a fire. The breakfast basket is very good and would recommend it. The kitchen was well equipped and we cooked a couple of nights. Beds were very comfortable, with nice feather pillows. I would imagine this kind of break without kids would be wonderful! I would highly recommend the Rising Sun pub, the food and service was exceptional. I would avoid the Jamaica Inn! Tourist trap. terrible deep fried or microwave food. Widemouth bay was a great beach! The only thing I would suggest that could be improved on was the bathroom sink. Might sound petty, but it is very high and too small for children to reach. Ours kids our self sufficient, but would need help to brush their teeth or wash their hands. It’s also a bit awkward and small for adults as well, it’s a cloakroom sink, not ideal for bathrooms. There’s room for a bigger one 🙂 Thanks Ekopod…
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Date of stay: August 2023Trip type: Travelled with family
Room Tip: Some of the pods are a fair walk from the carpark, take easy to carry bags or rucksacks and...
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Response from Rachael Ekopod, Owner at Ekopod
Responded 23 Aug 2023
Thank you so much for your lovely review, we really appreciate it! We're so happy you and your family enjoyed your stay in Kensa and our breakfast hamper! Sounds like you saw a lot of the local area as well, so glad you enjoyed Widemouth it's one of my favourite beaches. Thanks for staying with us and for the feedback on the sink, we hope we can welcome you back in the future. Rachael and Matt x
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2nd visit to this lovely glamping site, this time staying in Kensa, last time in Steren, both absolutely fabulous! The accommodation is so comfortable and well thought out, from the wood burner to the kitchen and bathroom area. Having a bubble bath with a glass of wine and gorgeous views was one of the highlights of our stay! We ordered the breakfast hamper, which was delicious and plentiful, and easy to cook in the well equipped kitchen. Having stayed here twice, it’s fair to say we’d easily stay again! Tip - if you’re looking for privacy, all accommodations are great, but I would say Kensa is definitely the most private / not overlooked. We were lucky enough to have great weather for both of our stays and had some beautiful clear nights to see the stars, great spot for stargazers! Thank you for another fantastic stay!…
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Date of stay: June 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip: Kensa is the most private.
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Response from Rachael Ekopod, Owner at Ekopod
Responded 28 Jun 2023
Hi, Thank you so much for your lovely review. It was lovely to have you back and very pleased that you've enjoyed both your stays with us :-). We're also glad you liked our breakfast hamper - we'll pass on your compliments to the farm shop that we get the meat and veg from. We look forward to welcoming you back, especially as you seem to bring the sunny days and clear nights with you! Rachael and Matt xx
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Just back from a week long stay at Ekopod (we were in Ebron, one of the glamping tents) and I do not have the words to say how brilliant it was. This is glamping done to perfection. Absolute peace - other than the running stream. Great kitchen set up with all you need to feed a family of 3 monsters (8, 11 & 12) - bbq well used - full bathroom set up, and three brilliant bedrooms - awesome 4-poster set up for me & hubby, double bed in wall for almost teen & double bunks for the other, so no arguing over who got top bunk! Comfy mattresses, super soft duvets, blankets galore and hot water bottles available! Awesome! We rushed nowhere, we sat & did a lot of not a lot, the kids loved being able to wander around freely and play games in the barn - and then we made our way through the twisty, turns north Cornwall roads and visited beaches and coves and little towns and and… We could have spent way longer here & loved every minute. Not sure I’ve stayed at more lovely places around the world. I loved it. Truly magical… (& even the hubby loved it… and he’s a proper hotel kind of guy.) Do it. Stay here. You will not regret it!…
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Date of stay: June 2023Trip type: Travelled with family
Room Tip: Drive slowly! And eat ice cream!
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Response from Rachael Ekopod, Owner at Ekopod
Responded 15 Jun 2023
We're so glad you enjoyed your family holiday in Ebron. Thank you for taking the time to leave such a wonderful review. Reading it made my day! Knowing that people love Ekopod as much as we do means so much to myself and the team here! Rachael and Matt x
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We love it here!! Arrived in the rain and it has pretty much been raining the whole time, but if you ask me, it made the experience even more cosy and we were forced to relax! The woodburner is amazing and adds to the atmosphere and the pod really comes into it's own at night with the fire and candles for light. Having a candlelit bath at night was lovely and we had a breakfast hamper delivered which was very tasty. At least next time we come we will have someting new to experience hopefully, the sun and stars, as we saw a few but it was pretty cloudy during our stay. Can't wait to stay again and hopefully for a little longer.
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Date of stay: May 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Responded 15 Jun 2023
Thank you for leaving us such a lovely review! I really wish it had been a bit better weather for your, but glad that you got to properly relax. We always hope that people go away from Ekopod feeling fully relaxed! I'm so pleased you enjoyed the candle lit bath experience and our breakfast hampers. Hopefully we get to welcome you back soon and I'll keep all my fingers crossed that you get the milky way views next time! Rachael and Matt x
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Just got home from an amazing 3 night stay in nessa pod. This place is amazing never felt so relaxed the super king size bed is so comfy and we slept like babies, every little detail has been thought of down to the tea/coffee/hot chocolate jars as-well as the app you can download before your stay which gives recommendations of different walks/pubs/beaches etc . The fairy lights inside and outside made the perfect cosy night setting we can’t wait to stay again and already looking at dates to come back.
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Date of stay: April 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from Rachael Ekopod, Owner at Ekopod
Responded 15 Jun 2023
We're delighted that you found your stay in Nessa so relaxing and that you slept well, that's exactly what we hope to be able to provide for our guests! Thank you for taking the time to leave us such a lovely review, it makes such a difference to small businesses like ours. We look forward to welcoming you back in the future! Rachael and Matt x
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The location was lovely and peaceful. Very comfortable bed. Enjoyed the little extras of tea/milk/coffee/hot chocolate. This place could of been better tho… when we arrived the pod was very very cold, it took us ages to get it at a comfortable temperature to be able to take are coats off, also the door gave a lot of draft so we ended up using pillows to block the draft out. On arrival solar lights were not working but we’re replaced the next day. The bathroom doors were not secure and woke us on many occasions swinging in the wind. We also found the bath could of done with a scrub. Overall this place seemed very tired and damp and very overpriced. It was definitely a different experience but had a few things letting it down.
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Date of stay: March 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from Rachael Ekopod, Owner at Ekopod
Responded 15 Jun 2023
We were so sorry to receive your average score, it's the first 3* we've had across any review platform in the 5 years we've been in business, so we were so disappointed. We run this business with the hope to provide an excellent experience for all our guests. I obviously spoke to your partner as soon as I got this feedback and was really relieved to hear he thought the pod was lovely as I didn't get that impression from your review! I completely understand that going glamping for the first time, during the mini beast from the east on a weekend where it rained the whole time and had 70mph winds must have been a bit different and a bit disappointing! However, I really don't think are overpriced. Our product is very high quality and we try to source everything as ethically and responsibly as we can so our price is reflective of this. I spend a lot of time on our prices trying to balance our costs with the experience and we're really transparent in our offering. I don't think you'll find many, if any, glamping sites, of the same quality, to be cheaper than us. We frequently get comments on what good value for money we are and that people have booked us because of our price! With regard to your other comments we've taken them on board and hopefully made improvements. As the pods are off grid and use the wood burners in the winter it can take an hour to bring the pod up to temperature. Unusually Eyl had been empty for that week, when it had dipped down to minus six, so with hindsight what we should have done was light it during the day so that when you turned up it wouldn't have taken so long to heat up. This was something your partner suggested on our call and going forward we have been doing this, so your feedback on this was very helpful. Our normal guest feedback in storms is that it's really cosy sitting in front of the fire with a hot chocolate/ glass of wine watching mother nature do it's bit outside. So hopefully it was just the time that it took on your stay and the changes we made will stop that happening for future guests I'm really sorry that the bath wasn't clean enough. We have a double check system - so our cleaners (who have all been with us for years) have their check list then we double check everything. So we normally have nothing about positive comments about our cleaning. So I want to reassure you that your experience here wasn't normal and I'm so sorry that was the case for you. We have discussed our checking processes and updated our checks list to hopefully ensure this doesn't happen again. Finally with the door, we hadn't tested that bolt in such extreme conditions. We changed it on the Monday after we got this feedback. I really wish you had told me when I saw you when I was changing the lights as I could have done it for you for your stay as well! Once again I'm so sorry that you didn't have the excellent experience we hope to provide. Our whole motivation for Ekopod is provide a wonderful stay for our guests. Hopefully you're happy with the changes we've made following your stay and you may want to give us another try in the future! Best wishes, Rachael
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We really could not rate this place high enough. We arrived in the pouring rain to a roaring wood burner and lit candles, after Rachel adapted things to secure our Houdini of a dog..The bed was one of the most comfortable we had ever slept in, the location gorgeous and the Pods warm and relaxing. We will be back asap, if you fancy something slightly different that still delivers on comfort book here. 5 stars all the way!!!!
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Date of stay: December 2022Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from Rachael Ekopod, Owner at Ekopod
Responded 15 Jun 2023
Thank you so much for your lovely review. I'm so pleased that we were able to sort everything for your dog :-). It was lovely to have you stay and so glad that you liked our beds. We get them from Mattisons and love them! Hopefully see you and the dogs again in the future! Rachael and Matt x
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anne b wrote a review Nov 2022
Stayed in kemper. One of the safari tents. My daughter and I clean these throughout the year and we're kindly offered by Matt and Rachael to stay there. Seven of spent Saturday night there and we had the most amazing experience. With no electric we entertained ourselves with old fashioned board games and a pack of cards. The fire was loved by us all!!! Proper family time Thankyou Matt and Rachel you have a site to be super proud of.
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Date of stay: November 2022
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Response from Rachael Ekopod, Owner at Ekopod
Responded 8 Dec 2022
So glad you guys enjoyed your stay :-) Thank you for leaving such a lovely review - and for the wonderful job you do for us looking after the tents throughout the year! X
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We just got back from an amazing weekend here and there is nothing you could fault. The pod was incredible. The weather was awful but it was so cosy and warm with the log fire! We cannot wait to stay again!
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Date of stay: November 2022Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from Rachael Ekopod, Owner at Ekopod
Responded 8 Dec 2022
Thank you so much for leaving us such a lovely review! We're so happy you enjoyed your stay with us and hope to welcome you back to Ekopod again soon!
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Frequently Asked Questions about Ekopod
Which popular attractions are close to Ekopod?
Nearby attractions include Davidstow Airfield & Cornwall At War Museum (4.3 miles), Hidden Valley The Puzzle Park (4.4 miles), and Davidstow Moor RAF Memorial Museum (4.3 miles).
What are some of the property amenities at Ekopod?
Some of the more popular amenities offered include free parking, kids activities, and barbeque facilities.
Which room amenities are available at Ekopod?
Top room amenities include a kitchenette, a fireplace, and a seating area.
What food & drink options are available at Ekopod?
Guests can enjoy barbeque facilities during their stay.
What are some restaurants close to Ekopod?
Conveniently located restaurants include The Coffee Cup At Altarnun, Rising Sun Inn, and The Kings Head.
Is Ekopod located near the city centre?
Yes, it is 0.4 miles away from the centre of St Clether.
Are pets allowed at Ekopod?
Yes, pets are typically allowed, but it's always best to call ahead to confirm.
Are there any historical sites close to Ekopod?
Many travellers enjoy visiting Wesley Cottage (2.6 miles), Warbstow Bury (3.8 miles), and Isbell Cottage (2.7 miles).