What could be more relaxing than hearing the waves rolling onto the beach from your hotel bedroom than perhaps hearing the waves rolling underneath you or around you?

Floating hotels have become a trend in recent years, and men’s website AskMen.com has compiled a list of the top 10 floating hotels, or hotels on water, that are already open or that are being planned.

1. King Pacific Lodge, British Columbia, Canada

Built atop a floating barge, King Pacific Lodge enables guests to experience pristine wilderness without sacrificing five-star comfort. The hotel is accessed via a floatplane, and is towed in to Princess Royal Island from May to October.

Get Hooked in Northern BC: At King Pacific Lodge, the catch of the day might prove a whole lot bigger than you expect. Indeed, for those looking to combine a shine of the line with an adventure or two in the kitchen, an outing with the Chef promises the ultimate angling opportunity to forage and feast. With this Northern BC gem’s own Chef’s Catch experience, it’s all about sampling a bit of outdoor fun before taking it inside to craft something scrumptious.

To paraphrase the ancient proverb, “All wolves and no Chardonnay make Jack a dull boy.”

So the management of King Pacific Lodge, in the wilderness of the Great Bear Rainforest on Princess Royal Island, British Columbia, offers its well-heeled guests a balance of the two. And infinitely more.

Besides the world-class fishing and wolves, bears, eagles and humpback whales that practically pose in front of your lens, you can try heli-yoga (yoga in extreme places, like snowy mountain tops, reached by helicopter), kayaking, hiking and heli-hiking.

There’s spa pampering, too, high-powered telescope star gazing, and world-class cuisine centered on salmon, scallops and other bounty from the sea.

The lodge is every sportsman’s dream, without sacrificing the posh. All 17 rooms and suites are sublime, but when none but the best will do, go for the two-level Princess Royal Suite, with views of the wilderness, the ocean and a waterfall.

Canadian Catch

For prime freshwater fishing for Pacific salmon, anglers head to the western coast of Canada in British Columbia. The area is reachable by floatplane only and is surrounded by the Great Bear Rainforest, mountain streams and lakes. Here, both Coho salmon, a more elusive fish, and pink salmon, which is found in schools of 400, swim the streams.

Anglers often choose to stay at The King Pacific Lodge, a Rosewood Resort in British Columbia, Canada. The lodge flies guests in a helicopter to spots such as the Kootz River. At day's end, anglers bed down in one of hotel's 17 guest rooms--each has a king-size bed and a deep soaking tub. The grounds also boast hiking trails and streams for kayaking.

King Pacific Lodge, a floating wilderness resort anchored off British Columbia’s Princess Royal Island, has designed a customized wellness program for guests.

The luxury wilderness lodge, located in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest in Gitga’at territory along the central coast of British Columbia, is situated in the midst of the 21-million acre Great Bear Rainforest. A maximum 34 guests have intimate access to the largest remaining temperate rain forest in the world. It’s all about rejuvenation.