As people become more and more conscious about eco travel and vacations, many are starting to re-think one of the biggest vacations of their lifetime...their honeymooon. Now there is a plethora of options when it comes to eco hotels and resorts in amazing destinations getting honeymooners one step closer to having a complete carbon neutral vacation experience.
Maho has offered its “Total Eco Experience” for nearly 30 years. Stay in any of 114 oceanside tent-cottages that are the ultimate in environmental retreats. Built by hand to avoid disturbing the natural environment, the tent-cottages are connected by elevated walkways that are raised to prevent soil erosion. While there is electricity, trade winds — not AC — cool the rooms. And you’ll bathe in a bathhouse, using biodegradable soap and pull-chain showers that drain into surrounding vegetation.
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2. Fiji Resort, Savusavu
Ranked as the #1 Most Environmentally Friendly Accommodation by Trip Advisor for 2007, this out-of-the-ordinary destination is owned by the son of the late Jacques Cousteau. Jean-Michel is dedicated to sharing his father’s and his own love of land and sea, and to sustaining the indigenous people of Fiji, their culture and their natural sense of hospitality. Green amenities include the first recycling program on Savusavu, meals created from the property’s organic gardens and edible landscaping, marine-life protection programs, and a new wastewater system using coconuts and recycled bottles to produce clean water in the property’s picturesque lagoons.
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3. Eden Beach Hotel, Bora Bora, Tahiti
Share an island-garden bungalow 200 feet from the water in the shade of coconut palms. This iconic resort on a private stretch of white-sand Eden Beach in Bora Bora’s turquoise-water lagoon is both pampering and planet-friendly. Opened in 2001 with just 15 bungalows, the small, environmentally friendly operation maintains a progressive recycling program, sea-life conservation programs, and 432 solar panels that run low-consumption lights, water heaters, water pumps and appliances.
4. Yacutinga Lodge, Argentina
Recognized by the World Tourism Organization as one of the 60 model ecotourism enterprises in the world in 2003, Yacutinga Lodge boasts a private nature reserve in the heart of the Argentinean rainforest. Surrounded by the Iguazú National Park, this 1,400 acre wildlife and nature reserve area is part of the protected rainforest shared by Brazil and Argentina known as the “green corridor.” Native materials such as stones and large logs from fallen trees are used in architecture designed to integrate with the natural environment. Unique guest suites feature private views of the rainforest, and the restaurant features local, organically grown foods. The resort’s unique “Biological Station” supports rainforest preservation research.
5. Six Senses Spa and Resorts
With more than 35 resorts around the world, many concentrated in Southeast Asia and parts of Europe, Six Senses’ extensive environmentally and socially responsible programs include water conservation and towel-reuse programs; extensive recycling and composting programs; use of energy-saving light bulbs; sustainably managed and certified timber sourcing; and use of renewable energy including biodiesel, biogas, solar and wind power, and even deep-sea cooling. Spa products are made only from natural ingredients, and the company reduces “food miles” by using fresh produce grown in on-site organic gardens. Six Senses also supports environmental programs that help offset the carbon emissions from its operations — as well as reef preservation initiatives to help protect the environment that makes many Six Senses locales so spectacular.
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