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SHINTA MANI WILD, CAMBODIA This 15-tent camp set at the edge of Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains owes its origins to its founder’s environmental ambitions, as designer Bill Bensley chose this spot in a bid to protect nearby wildlife from poaching, and the local area from logging or mining. In fact, some staff – 70% of whom are from nearby villages – were previously illegal loggers and poachers. The resort, which opened at the end of 2018, runs a foundation to fund health and dental care among local communities and support a team of Wildlife Alliance rangers carrying out


conservation work in the surrounding area. Book it: Hayes & Jarvis offers a seven-night trip to Cambodia including four nights’ full- board at Shinta Mani Wild (with unlimited spa treatments) and three nights’ B&B at Raffles Le Royal Phnom Penh, plus flights to Phnom Penh and transfers, from £4,999 per person. hayesandjarvis.co.uk


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SINGITA KWITONDA LODGE, RWANDA If you’ve got eco-conscious neighbours who guilt-trip you into upping your recycling game, spare a thought for the team behind Singita Kwitonda Lodge, which opened on the edge of Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park last August. They live next to the natural habitat of 320 endangered mountain gorillas, offering a daily reminder of why being eco-friendly is so important. Environmental considerations were built into the lodge’s very foundations, using local rock and steel rather than concrete, natural ventilation rather than carbon-generating air conditioning, and solar-powered


water heaters. Plus, a huge reforestation programme has already given rise to 250,000 shrubs, trees and bamboo shoots in the lodge’s tree nursery. Book it: The Inspiring Travel Company offers three nights at Singita Kwitonda Lodge, where meals, local drinks and one gorilla trek are included, plus one night on a B&B basis in Kigali, from £7,580 per person. The price also includes all transfers and flights from the UK, via Brussels. inspiringtravelcompany.co.uk


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PICTURES: Jack Johns; Dana Allen; Lucas Gilman


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