Best Nature Sustainable Hotels and Eco Friendly Stays in Curacao
Where to stay for nature in Curacao
The 3 best nature stays in Curacao keep wildlife close, from the lush native gardens of Villa San Sebastian that pull in wild birds, to the family run grounds of Mondi Lodge in Klein Sint Michiel, to the house reef and PADI five star dive base fronting LionsDive Beach Resort on Mambo Beach. From Sint Willibrordus to Willemstad these stays are top rated for putting Curacao’s birdlife, gardens and underwater world within walking distance, each one locally owned and run by the people who know the land and water best.
How we choose the best nature stays in Curacao
What earns a place on this list is how these Curacao nature stays protect the wild habitat and the creatures around them, like LionsDive Beach Resort, the only stay here with Green Key certification, which fronts its own house reef so the island’s marine life sits a few steps from your room. Because Curacao’s coral and the fish that depend on it suffer fast when a resort lets run off, anchors and crowds reach the water unchecked.
LionsDive Beach Resort earns that Green Key for the way it runs its house reef and shoreline, so a snorkel or dive into Curacao’s marine life stays good for the coral and the creatures it shelters and for the guests who come after you.
We look for that same instinct inland and at the garden edge, like Villa San Sebastian Curaçao, where owners Mary and Huib keep lush native gardens that draw in wild birds so the island’s ecology starts at the property line, and Mondi Lodge, a locally owned, family run eco lodge in Klein Sint Michiel. Because Villa San Sebastian and Mondi Lodge are run by people raising families on this island, protecting the gardens, birds and bush around them is protecting their own future, and yours. See more in our guide to the best nature eco stays across the Caribbean.
Top Nature Picks in Curacao
- Villa San Sebastian Curaçao: lush native gardens in Sint Willibrordus that draw wild birds right to your door.
- LionsDive Beach Resort: Green Key certified, with its own house reef and a PADI five star dive base on Mambo Beach.
- Mondi Lodge: a locally owned, family run eco lodge in Klein Sint Michiel near Willemstad.
Mondi Lodge is a locally owned, family run eco lodge in Klein Sint Michiel near Willemstad, founded in 2014 by the de Haseth family with daughter Danita at the helm after she returned to her birth island.
Its six wooden palapas sit on poles under thatched palm roofs, water is heated by solar panels and the garden irrigated with groundwater, the lodge grows its own fruit and vegetables, and a chlorine free magnesium pool sits in a tropical garden alive with iguanas, hummingbirds and parakeets.
LionsDive Beach Resort is a Green Key certified dive resort on Mambo Beach near Willemstad, fronted by its own house reef and the PADI five star Ocean Encounters dive centre.
An 864 panel solar array supplies roughly 70 per cent of the resort’s daily energy, treated wastewater nourishes the gardens, and guests dive and snorkel for a purpose with the Reef Renewal Foundation Curaçao, touring the coral nurseries it maintains on the reef.
Villa San Sebastian Curaçao is an eco lodge in Sint Willibrordus owned and run by Mary and Huib, with lush native gardens drawing in wild birds.
The studios run on solar energy with solar heated water on the roofs, draw on deep well water and rainwater collection, separate and recycle their waste, and feed greywater from the kitchens and showers to a small forest of banana trees beside the villa.
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