6. Campi Ya Kanzi, Mount Kilimanjaro



The Campi Ya Kanzi is a private reserve at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro. Not only is the entire luxury camp built out of local materials, the camp’s designers didn’t cut down trees in establishing the camp, either. All food on the camp is cooked with eco-friendly charcoal; water is heated with solar power and so on.

8. Six Senses Hideaway, Bangkok



Six Senses Hideaway is a spectacular nature resort about 160 km south of Bangkok. Everything that you dine on at this resort comes from the in-house vegetable garden and orchard. They even grow their own mushrooms. The Six Senses Hideaway resort is more than just environmentally conscious – the management is socially aware, too. The resort only employs local folk.

10. The Siwa Oasis, Egypt



The Siwa Oasis resort in Egypt offers an even more authentic Arabian Nights experience. The Siwa is a desert oasis that’s been inhabited for millennia. The quarters that the resort offers couldn’t be more environmentally friendly – they are set in the ruins of buildings that have been around practically forever. It uses no new construction. The resort uses very little electricity and most of the lighting comes from candles.