Each top rated stay in Aruba is hand picked and checked for sustainability features.

We look at how the property actually sources its energy, like Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort running the island’s largest private solar power array.

We analyse the water conservation, like Boardwalk Boutique Hotel Aruba running an onsite reverse osmosis plant that covers up to 30 per cent of its water supply.

We verify where the food comes from, like Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa drawing herbs from an onsite herb house for its farm to table kitchen.

We also look at the property’s wider impact, like Agua Clara Eco Suites being a small, owner run property built around Aruba’s only saltwater swimming pool in keeping with its low impact ecological vision.

The resorts, boutique casita hotel and eco suites on this list of best places to stay in Aruba have proven they are making a real effort to protect the island while taking care of its guests.

If One Happy Island has left you craving more of these sun baked southern shores, our guide to the best sustainable hotels across the Caribbean gathers the whole region in one place, or stay close to home and explore the rest of the ABC chain with the eco stays of nearby Curacao and its dive mad sister island Bonaire, before sailing east to Trinidad and Tobago.