Perfect for families and groups of up to eight, each safari tent combines rustic chic with practical comforts, giving you a taste of camping without having to sacrifice those all-important luxuries! Make yourself at home on the comfy sofas and in the spacious bedrooms, cook up a storm on the log burning range cooker before setting up the firepit for a relaxed evening just beyond your private decking area. Each safari tent has its own private shower and toilet, fridge, BBQ, electricity and plenty of board games and outdoor space to keep everyone entertained! Electric blankets will keep you cosy and warm in the cooler months too! During your stay you’re very welcome to explore the farm and try your hand at making pizza in one of our wood fired, outdoor ovens. Guests at Tapnell Farm will also have access to the Farm Park Shop - stocked with holiday essentials and tasty local produce, including fresh eggs from our chickens! We offer up to 50% discount on the ferry. After booking, please contact us to inquire about the discount.

Our family has been in farming for over one hundred years and we took over the care of Tapnell and East Afton Farms in 1982. At its peak, the farm milked 800 cows and produced 24,000 litres of fresh wholesome milk 365 days of the year, no exceptions! Today, (run by brothers-in-law Tom Turney and Tom Honeyman-Brown) we no longer milk cows at Tapnell, but the Farm has become the Isle of Wight’s leading eco-tourism business and home to award-winning Tom’s Eco Lodge and farm accommodation, Tapnell Farm Park, The Cow Restaurant & Bar, Isle of Wight Aqua Park, Isle of Wight Football Golf and Archery & Axe Throwing. Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do, whether taking water from our bore hole to supply the farm, using the sun to make electricity for hundreds of homes, powering our heating systems with our biomass boiler or growing over 30 acres of new woodland and hedgerows. It’s ingrained in everything we do. The golden rule for us is to pass on our farm in better environmental and productive health than it was at the beginning of our life’s tenure. There’s still much to do and we are certainly up for the challenge!