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2 Read. Where are these tree houses? Write the location.
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1. You can live with parrots in a tree house in .
1 Listen and read. TR: 9.8 2. You can vacation in comfort in a tree house in .

Tree House Vacation 3. You might see monkeys looking for food in .

Are you ready for a great eco-adventure? Have your 4. A bamboo elevator carries you to your tree house in .
vacation in a tree house! You can find them all over the
world. Tree house vacations are in places such as Peru, 3 Listen and write. Work with a partner. Compare places for a tree house
Kenya, Belize, and India. There’s a lot to do in nature! vacation. Your partner will listen and complete the first two rows. Then

In India, there are tree house bedrooms from 10 to listen to your partner, and fill in the last two rows.
25 meters (35–80 feet) up a tree. There’s a bamboo
elevator to carry you up. It’s powered by water! The Watching wildlife

electricity you use comes from the sun. And there are
trails to hike and natural swimming pools to swim in. Living in comfort
You can visit your neighbor by walking on a bridge
made of rope! Walking on tree bridges

You can stay in comfort at a tree house in Kenya. Using power from nature
It has two floors, and the rooms have big beds. The
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windows have colored glass, and the bathrooms have 4 Rank the vacations. Places for a vacation. Rank the vacations in order
showers. There’s a small kitchen, too. The hotel serves
food in your room! And if you get tired of living in of preference (1 = most favorite). Work with a partner. Compare and

nature, the city of Nairobi is about 30 minutes away. explain your choices.
In Belize, you can live with parrots under a

Guanacaste tree that is about 30 meters (100 feet) tall. Rank Vacations Why you want to go there
The parrots make good neighbors because they eat the
insects! There are other birds, too. It’s a great place for Ice hotel
bird-watching. A river runs around the tree house on Underwater hotel
three sides. The clear water is good for swimming!
Sports camp
In Peru, you can stay in a bungalow, or a lodge,
near the Yarapa River in the Amazon rain forest. Martial arts camp
The main lodge connects to the other 10 bungalows
by passageways and steel cable bridges. One of the Make-a-movie camp
bungalows has a view of the Yarapa River. You can Astronaut camp

watch people fish in the river and you might even see
a river dolphin. Sometimes you can see monkeys pass Tree house
by your room as they look for food!
A company is planning future vacations
on the moon! Some tourists have already
Iquitos, Peru visited the space station. But it’s expensive!
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