World’s Most Romantic and Sustainable Locations

What are we doing for our tenth yr on honeymoon? We’re happening a quest for the world’s most romantic and sustainable locations! Locations that aren’t simply making an attempt to be inexperienced, however those that’ve made it their compass. Tourism that actively makes the encompassing setting and communities stronger, all whereas inspiring their friends to do the identical. We all know romance and sustainability are the proper pair and we will’t wait to see the place this subsequent chapter takes us. See our extremely coveted locations to this point…
 

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 hundreds of years, this attractive atoll north of Tahiti was a sacred assembly floor for Polynesian royalty. Within the Nineteen Sixties, Marlon Brando got here to those coral islets to movie Mutiny on the Bounty, fell in love along with his main girl, and made Tetiaroa their residence. That they had a dream to make use of tourism, science, and the local people to protect the island. A long time later, that has been fulfilled by The Brando Resort & the Tetiaroa Society environmental and cultural nonprofit. The Society’s tasks, from inexperienced sea turtle conservation to The Blue Climate Initiative (a UN Ocean Decade venture), are 70% funded by the resort and furthered by visiting researchers from all over the world.
Although sustainability might be not the principle cause Kim Kardashian or Leo DiCaprio stayed right here. It’s a personal island and one of the luxurious resorts on this 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 grasp either side of this gold coin, we spent two days working alongside the researchers on the Tetiaroa Society and two extra residing the luxe life at The Brando. Each have been equally inspiring and the mixture took our breath away. Watch this video to see how horny sustainability could 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 lined in forest (after a decades-long reforestation effort) and 99% renewable vitality. 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. Nationwide Geographic ranked it within the high 5 most romantic locations on this planet, and with 2.5percentof the Earth’s biodiversity (in lower than one-thousandth of a % of its whole floor space), additionally they referred to as it “probably the most biologically intense place on earth.” It’s probably the most vital 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 every week on this magical nook of southwestern Costa Rica…mountaineering, birding, kayaking, swimming, and assembly the stewards serving to make Osa such a dream vacation spot. Learn on for our Osa Peninsula sustainable travel guide 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 surface world since 1974, and a rustic that measures success by Gross Nationwide Happiness, Bhutan has all the time fascinated us. Including to the intrigue of “The Land of the Thunder Dragon,” they took pandemic precautions to a brand new degree 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 collection 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. Throughout the 916 days with out guests, the dominion took that quiet time to shine each side of its tourism sector, together with countrywide lodge renovations, transportation enhancements, and personnel coaching. Additionally they 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 Challenge. It was an unbelievable 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 bushes, to sharing tea with nomadic cow herders, we’ve received so much to share in our Bhutan travel guide. For the visible highlights see this IG Reel.

 
This can be 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, lodge, tour operator, or clothing store that involves thoughts? we might LOVE to listen to them!