From our guide to Green Places to Stay
Balamku combines North American style with eco sense – thanks to the Canadian owners, warm, engaging and passionate about how responsible tourism should be done. This is a chilled retreat and one of a new breed...
Kerosene lamps in the relaxation rooms, torches in the bedroom and river water (warmish!) for showers. Nudging the Tahuayo river, in a clearing in the forest, are six thatch and stilt buildings...
To stay in a hotel that makes imaginative efforts to reduce its impact on the environment is like meeting an interesting and worthwhile fellow-traveller. Who would choose to swim in an oil-heated pool if there was a solar-heated alternative? To eat imported food if the local food was equally delicious? To stay in a hotel that ill-treated its staff if another, nearby, belonged to the community? Each of those alternatives, when chosen, adds something special to a holiday.
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