What are we doing for our tenth 12 months on honeymoon? We’re happening a quest for the world’s most romantic and sustainable locations! Places that aren’t simply attempting to be inexperienced, however those that’ve made it their compass. Tourism that actively makes the encompassing atmosphere and communities stronger, all whereas inspiring their company to do the identical. We know romance and sustainability are the right pair and we will’t wait to see the place this subsequent chapter takes us. See our extremely coveted locations up to now…
Tetiaroa, French Polynesia
First up on our year-long quest to search out the world’s most romantic and sustainable locations…Tetiaroa, French Polynesia! For centuries, this attractive atoll north of Tahiti was a sacred assembly floor for Polynesian royalty. In the Nineteen Sixties, Marlon Brando got here to those coral islets to movie Mutiny on the Bounty, fell in love together with his main woman, and made Tetiaroa their house. They had a dream to make use of tourism, science, and the area people to protect the island. Decades later, that has been fulfilled by The Brando Resort & the Tetiaroa Society environmental and cultural nonprofit. The Society’s initiatives, from inexperienced sea turtle conservation to The Blue Climate Initiative (a UN Ocean Decade undertaking), are 70% funded by the resort and furthered by visiting researchers from around the globe.
Though sustainability might be not the principle motive Kim Kardashian or Leo DiCaprio stayed right here. It’s a personal island and probably the most luxurious resorts on the planet, with ocean-view villas, private infinity swimming pools, a lavish spa, gourmand delicacies, and five-star service. And all that decadence is supported by solar energy, seawater air con, a permaculture backyard, in depth recycling, and French Polynesia‘s first LEED-Platinum building. To perceive each side of this gold coin, we spent two days working alongside the researchers on the Tetiaroa Society and two extra dwelling the luxe life at The Brando. Both have been equally inspiring and the mixture took our breath away. Watch this video to see how attractive sustainability will be.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
The nation itself is a shoe-in for its progressive environmental insurance policies, with 25% of their land protected as nature reserves, 53% of the nation coated in forest (after a decades-long reforestation effort) and 99% renewable power. Costa Rica is stuffed with attractive seashores, volcanoes, rainforests, and swank resorts that might match the invoice for a sustainable honeymoon vacation spot, however none greater than the Osa Peninsula. National Geographic ranked it within the high 5 most romantic locations on the planet, and with 2.5percentof the Earth’s biodiversity (in lower than one-thousandth of a % of its complete floor space), additionally they known as it “the most biologically intense place on earth.” It’s probably the most important wetland ecosystem and mangrove forests in Central America and the most important remaining tract of lowland rainforest in Pacific Mesoamerica, no to say attractive seashores…rely us in! We spent per week on this magical nook of southwestern Costa Rica…climbing, birding, kayaking, swimming, and assembly the stewards serving to make Osa such a dream vacation spot. Read on for our Osa Peninsula sustainable journey information and plan your getaway.
Watch our Osa video to see this magical place come to life.
The Kingdom of Bhutan
A Himalayan Kingdom that has solely been open to the skin world since 1974, and a rustic that measures success by Gross National Happiness, Bhutan has all the time fascinated us. Adding to the intrigue of “The Land of the Thunder Dragon,” they took pandemic precautions to a brand new stage and closed their borders for the final 2.5 years. The nation lastly opened to guests on September twenty third, 2022…however by way of a sequence of governmental hoops and a stroke of magic, we have been invited in early to assist present that Bhutan is again and higher than ever. During the 916 days with out guests, the dominion took that quiet time to shine each aspect of its tourism sector, together with countrywide resort renovations, transportation enhancements, and personnel coaching. They additionally furthered their dedication of being a carbon-negative nation with a slew of latest sustainability initiatives—from an electrical taxi fleet to the Million Tree Project. It was an unimaginable honor to be among the many first vacationers to expertise the “New Bhutan” and canopy the story for Travel & Leisure, and now (in juicier element) for our HoneyTrek followers. From trekking to the well-known Tiger’s Nest to flying within the cockpit over Mount Everest, becoming a member of a masks dance pageant, glamping at 12,000 ft, river rafting previous Seventeenth-century fortresses, sleeping in Buddhist temples, planting timber, to sharing tea with nomadic cow herders, we’ve obtained quite a bit to share in our Bhutan journey information. For the visible highlights see this IG Reel.
This is a ever-growing listing of the world’s most romantic and sustainable locations…keep tuned for what’s subsequent on HoneyTrek’s Instagram. Have a rustic, area, resort, tour operator, or clothes shop that involves thoughts? we might LOVE to listen to them!