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TOKA LEYA, ZAMBIA Worms and clingfilm probably won’t make it to the top of your sales pitch when recommending this Wilderness Safaris camp, which overlooks the Zambezi River and is a half-hour drive from Victoria Falls. But knowing the company has eliminated 1,800 miles of plastic food wrap across its properties – in favour of ‘buzzy wraps’ made from beeswax by local villagers – just might. Guests can take a ‘back of house’ tour to see the camp’s worm farm, where waste is broken down into compost to feed saplings for a reforestation


programme, and can also make use of solar-powered water heating. Book it: Rates start at $767 per person per night for stays from November 1 to December 19. wilderness-safaris.com


JADE MOUNTAIN, SAINT LUCIA This luxury Caribbean resort is famous for its dramatic views of the Pitons and distinctive no-fourth- wall design, but guests might not realise how much goes on behind the scenes to keep it sustainable. Its 600-acre organic estate grows 40% of the produce served here and at sister resort Anse Chastanet, plus there’s a rainwater purification plant and recycled water is used to grow tropical plants in its gardens. Guests who wish to get involved can pick organic cocoa beans for the hotel’s ‘chocolate laboratory’ or try spear-fishing to curtail the invasive lionfish species that is disrupting the area’s delicate


marine ecosystem. Book it: A Sky Sanctuary starts at $1,080 per night based on two sharing, plus tax and service charges. jademountain.com


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ISLAS SECAS, PANAMA When you sail to a remote archipelago 37 miles off the Pacific Coast of Panama, you’ve got to be willing to embrace nature, but tiny private-island resort Islas Secas takes it a step further. Accommodating just 18 guests across four casitas, this is true off-grid living, with all energy derived from solar power, all water captured and reused, food waste composted for fertiliser and three-quarters of land left undeveloped. Guests can hike past plant species now extinct on the mainland, look out for migrating humpback whales in its waters, or go snorkelling in Coiba National Park to spot yellowfin tuna and


giant mantas, all without a hint of a guilty conscience. Book it: Islas Secas opened last December, with all-inclusive rates from $2,000 per night for one-bedroom Casita Mirador, including activities and transfers from David airport. islassecas.com


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