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Easter is behind us, this means that if you haven’t finalized your summer travel plan yet, you’ll end up with two alternatives:
- Get the leftovers, that is: not exactly the destination/room/experience that you were planning
- or be prepared to spend a lot of $ to get the destination/room/experience you want.
Spending a lot of money and getting the leftovers is also a possibility, but we’re trying to keep things positive here. The gist of it is: it’s time to plan summer vacations!
Whether you are a jetsetter or a backpacker, if you plan to have an eco-friendly vacation, on Wajay you’ll find the ideal destination. Here are a few suggestions based on travel types, fashionable, active, with kids, splurge and budget , to help you planning your perfect earth friendly beach escape.
Glitz and glam: Grand Hotel Cannes
Since the Belle Epoque, when it was the favorite summer destinations of aristocrats from Europe and beyond, Cannes has been the summer playground of the rich and famous. At the center of all the action, on the famous Croisette, the palm-lined boulevard that runs along the shore, the Grand Hotel Cannes offers the perfect balance of old-time glamour and modern sustainable luxury. Not only the hotel offers organic and/or locally produced food, ecolabel or natural cleaning products and participates in a carbon offset program, but it also supports several humanitarian charities and actively promotes the welfare, diversity and development of its employees. Knowing this can only enhance the pleasure of drinking a glass of organic wine on the hotel’s private beach or enjoying a sustainably produced meal in the Michelin-starred restaurant.
Active: Tranquilseas Ecoresort
If vacation means indulging in your favorite sports and activities in every waking hour of the day, then head to the Tranquilseas Ecolodge, where the only quiet thing around you is the sea. A Green Star certified PADI center, this ecoresort offers a variety of excursions aimed at appreciating the beauty of the ocean and of this Honduran island. Scuba diving in one of the largest coral reefs in the world is the main attraction, but yoga, deep-water fishing, golf, ziplining and numerous excursions keep guests busy between dives.
With Kids: Puri Dajuma
Beach and kids is always a winning combination, especially if your destination has specific facilities for them as does Puri Dajuma. Throughout the beautifully landscaped grounds of this eco-resort in West Bali, guests can enjoy 2 infinity pools, 20 km of pristine beaches, waterslides, 3 kid pools, for swimming and several relax areas. To restore energies between adventures, 3 restaurants and 4 bars, serving international cuisine as well as vegetarian menus, can satisfy every taste.
The hotel has a babysitting service and it offers several kid-friendly excursions like the visit to the Pulukan Ecotourism State Plantation to learn all the secrets of rubber trees, and to a local turtle conservation program run by the WWF.
Splurge: Bawah Island
If you plan to vacation like an eco-queen, Bawah is the place to choose. Indeed, this award-winning private archipelago epitomizes the definition of ecoluxury, as far as beach destinations go.
6 Virgin islands, 3 crystal-clear lagoons, 13 powder white beaches, 150m high primary forest, that’s what Bawah Island resort offers to the lucky 70 explorers who can afford the min. $1,780 a night (min. 3 nights) on this unique resort. The price includes full round-trip (including flight) transfers from Singapore, daily meals (breakfast, lunch and a-la-carte dinner), full unpacking service, soft drinks, wellness center and surface water sports.
The resort offers a variety of accommodations: from the romantic Garden Suites, immersed in the lush tropical greenery, to the cabins over the water, ideal to enjoy the unadulterated energy of sun & sea around the clock.
Budget: Tinos Ecolodge
Located on the namesake island, one of the lesser known, and therefore still peaceful, Cyclades isles, Tinos Ecolodge offers a full immersion in authentic Mediterranean lifestyle. Two stone houses, off-the-grid and built according to local traditions and sustainable architecture principles, on a promontory facing the sun rising on Mykonos the Aegean, accompanied by the soundtrack of the bells, goats, birds, cicadas and bees. Those are real priceless eco-luxuries and you don’t need a big budget to enjoy them!
We hope that this post helped you to find ideas and inspiration for your next green vacation, if you need more download Wayaj and you’ll discover many more breathtaking sustainable beach resorts from all around the world!
