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The La Piantata (left), a tree house in Italy and tree house at the Xigera Safari Lodge in Botswana.

The La Piantata (left), a tree house in Italy and tree house at the Xigera Safari Lodge in Botswana.

PHOTOS: LA PIANTATA, THE RED CARNATION HOTEL COLLECTION

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UNITED STATES – Sleeping in the treetops is a childhood fantasy of many travellers and adventure seekers.

For some, it looks like the Adventureland Treehouse at Disneyland, an attraction inspired by the 1960 film Swiss Family Robinson. For others, the dream is the tree house at Pitchford Hall in rural Shropshire in England, which claims to be the world’s oldest, dating to 1692.

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