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Shinta Mani Wild - A BENSLEY Collection 

Architect Bill Bensley, who designed Shinta Mani Wild, which opens at the end of December 2018, created luxury tented camps hidden on a pristine wildlife corridor in Cambodia’s South Cardamom National Park. After purchasing more than 1,000 acres of land at an auction a few years ago, complete with a wild river, rapids, and three mammoth waterfalls, he wanted “a way for this land to stay untamed.” The result is a truly sustainable solution, with a high-yield, low-impact camp of 15 tents inspired by the spirit of the Golden Age of Cambodia during the 1950s and ‘60s. “The 1962 Phnom Penh Jackie Onassis state visit hosted by King Sihanouk is well documented, but lesser known are the details of their royal glamping safari into the wilds of the Cardamons,” says Bensley, who re-created what he envisioned the Cambodian sovereign would have provided for Onassis’ life-changing experience. Guests can now enjoy what Bensley describes as his most ambitious project to date and can take heart in the resort’s own private army committed to protecting the private nature sanctuary