While we firmly believe that we should celebrate Earth Day every day, the official holiday occurs every year on April 22. In typical HAP style, we’ve rounded up eight boutique hotels worldwide with impactful sustainability initiatives.
Botánika Osa Peninsula (Puerto Jiménez, Costa Rica)
| Key Points: • Website • 4 Stars • Rooms: 43 • Airport: Puerto Jimenez Airport | Amenities: • Outdoor swimming pool • Spa • Fitness center • 2 Bars & Restaurants |
Botánika One Peninsula — located beside Corcovado National Park and the Golfo Dulce tropical fjord — is a luxury resort within Costa Rica’s jungle-laden Pacific Coast. The tropical rainforest embeds the hotel from the inside out: sophisticated guestrooms fringe nature, and organic wood-centric architecture packs the hotel’s build. Worth mentioning, you’ll also love their lagoon-style pool.
Sustainability Initiative:
Partnered with the non-profit foundation BioSur, Botánika Osa Peninsula hosts the largest insect museum in southern Costa Rica, with over 6,000 species of butterflies, beetles, and moths endemic to the area. Not to mention, National Geographic referred to the hotel’s motherland — Osa Peninsula — as “the most biologically intense place on earth.”
Clayoquot Wilderness Lodge (Tofino, Canada)
| Key Points: • Website • 5 Stars • Rooms: 25 • Airport: Vancouver Airport (YVR) | Amenities: • Free WiFi • Spa • Jacuzzi • 1 Bar & Restaurant |
Enclosed by the UNESCO-listed Clayoquot Sound Biosphere, the Clayoquot Wilderness Lodge is off-the-grid luxury at its finest. Twenty-five canvas tents boast upscale amenities: expansive living rooms, posh king bed accommodations, and private outdoor decks equipped with Adirondack chairs allow guests to enjoy forest views.
Sustainability Initiative:
The hotel works with the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the First Nations People of Ahousaht to create & restore salmon habitat channels within the Bedwell River Watershed.
Mahali Mzuri (Kenya, Africa)
| Key Points: • Website • 5 Stars • Rooms: 12 • Airport: Ol Kiombo Airport | Amenities: • Outdoor swimming pool • Spa • Guided wildlife tours • 1 Bar & Restaurant |
Mahali Mzuri means “beautiful place” in Swahili — and that’s exactly what Sir Richard Branson’s 12-tented luxurious safari camp nestled in the Kenyan bush embodies. The eco-conscious campsite presents “tented” guestrooms dressed to the nines: colorfully-patterned trappings, bespoke artwork, and posh furnishings decorate each room with views of the unbelievable safari landscape.
Sustainability Initiative:
Focused on increasing farm-to-table habits, Mahali Mzuri’s onsite eco-garden supplies currently 5% of the camp’s fresh herbs and vegetables — soon to be 15%.
Our Habitas Tulum (Tulum, Mexico)
| Key Points: • Website • 5 Stars • Rooms: 35 • Airport: Cancun International Airport | Amenities: • Outdoor swimming pool • Private beach area • Spa • 1 Bar & Restaurant |
Sandwiched between the Mexican jungle and the Caribbean Sea, Our Habitas Tulum is a true sustainability sanctuary. In addition to the 35 individual guestrooms built with raw materials, guests will be engulfed in the surrounding lush terrain via private open-air terraces and outdoor rain showers.
Sustainability Initiative:
With Habitas RISE, the hospitality group’s global impact initiative, Our Habitas Tulum invests in several sustainable tactics year-round, including Plastic Hunters: an organization that places garbage receptacles at non-invasive sites while educating the local community about best eco-friendly practices.
Rancho Santana Nicaragua (Tola, Nicaragua)
| Key Points: • Website • 4 Stars • Rooms: 17 • Airport: Augusto C. Sandino Intl. Airport | Amenities: • Outdoor swimming pools • Private beach area • Spa • 4 Bars & Restaurants |
Rancho Santana Nicaragua is a resort sprawling over 2,700 acres of Nicaragua’s pristine Emerald Coast. The 17-key boutique stay is a haven for nature lovers: minimalist motifs and wraparound private decks spill sunlight into these nature-centric quarters.
Sustainability Initiative:
Sustainable practices are an integral part of Rancho Santana’s identity. This includes utilizing its solar park to power resort facilities daily, constructing five onsite water wells, and hosting a two-acre garden producing 2,500 pounds of fresh produce every month.
Casetta Firenze (Tuscany, Italy)
| Key Points: • Website • 5 Stars • Rooms: 5 • Airport: Florence Airport | Amenities: • Outdoor swimming pool • In-house Chef • Fitness activities • 0 Bars & Restaurants |
The 270-year-old Casetta Firenze sports a cypress tree-lined grand entrance that eventually reveals a Florentine villa with modern splendors: simple, neutral-colored suites; a refreshing saltwater pool; and an onsite olive grove make this a beguiling stay.
Sustainability Initiative:
It’s no secret that Italian cuisine is some of the world’s best (if not the very best). Both tasty and eco-friendly, Casetta Firenze’s Secret Sustainable Food Tour shares the stay’s green-forward, storied culinary traditions with guests.
The Datai Langkawi (Malaysia)
| Key Points: • Website • 5 Stars • Rooms: 121 • Airport: Langkawi International Airport | Amenities: • Outdoor swimming pools • Private beach area • Spa • 4 Bars & Restaurants |
Part of the Leading Hotels of the World and tucked on the surreal white-sand shores of Langkawi Island Datai Bay, the 121 guest accommodations here allow guests to soak in the surrounding landscape’s beauty.
Sustainability Initiative:
The resort has implemented five artificial reefs and rehabilitation devices to help conserve Datai Bay’s coral reefs and endangered marine life.
The Twin Fin (Oahu, Hawaii)
| Key Points: • Website • 4 Stars • Rooms: 645 • Airport: Honolulu International Airport | Amenities: • Outdoor swimming pool • Beachfront • Fitness center • 2 Bars & Restaurants |
Just steps away from Honolulu’s picturesque Waikiki Beach, the Twin Fin honors the area’s storied surf history by imbuing a surfer-chic stay in every way. The oceanfront hotel boasts an ensemble of midcentury modern styled guestrooms and suites with colorful beach-inspired interiors, ideal for taking in views of the city, ocean, or Oahu’s Diamond Head State Summit.
Sustainability Initiative
The Twin Fin partnered with Parley Oceans to take the Parley AIR pledge — which includes a five-part beach cleanup series comprising environmental specialist guest speakers hosted at the hotel — to eliminate single-use plastics from the resort. In an effort to spread ubiquitous awareness for protecting mother earth, the lobby hosts an unmissable wave-like art structure highlighting the island’s ocean plastic and post-consumer plastic use.
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