Best Eco Stays in Curaçao
Where to stay in Curaçao
The 5 best places to stay in Curaçao are sustainable and all run on solar power, recycle their greywater back into the gardens and lean on native island planting. From Jan Thiel and Mambo Beach near Willemstad out to the wild west coast at Sabana Westpunt, these eco lodges and resorts are top rated for low-impact eco friendly comfort that keeps guests coming back for the reef-first, Green Globe and Green Key certified hospitality Curaçao does so well.
How we decide the best place to stay in Curaçao
Each top rated stay in Curaçao is hand picked and checked for sustainability features.
We look at how the property actually sources its energy, like LionsDive Beach Resort running an 864 panel solar power array that supplies roughly 70 per cent of its daily energy.
We analyse the water conservation, like Villa San Sebastian Curaçao drawing on deep well water and rainwater collection, then feeding greywater from its kitchens and showers to a small forest of banana trees.
We verify where the food comes from, like Mondi Lodge growing its own fruit and vegetables in a tropical garden alive with iguanas, hummingbirds and parakeets.
We also look at the property’s wider impact, like Morena Eco Resort holding Green Globe, Green Key and Travelife certification while preserving 80 per cent of the native vegetation on its site.
The eco resorts, eco lodges and villa on this list of best places to stay in Curaçao have proven they are making a real effort to protect the island while taking care of its guests.
If the colourful Dutch charm of Willemstad has only whetted your appetite for the wider Caribbean, our guide to the best sustainable hotels across the Caribbean gathers the whole region in one place, or hop along the ABC chain to the eco stays of nearby Bonaire and Aruba just to the west, then drift south towards the lush twin islands of Trinidad and Tobago.
Top Picks, Where To Stay in Curaçao
- Morena Eco Resort: Green Globe Gold, Travelife, farm to table
- Mondi Lodge: Female and locally owned eco lodge
- LionsDive Beach Resort: Green Key and Travelife Gold
Morena Eco Resort is the pioneering eco resort on Curaçao, set in Jan Thiel near Willemstad and certified by Green Globe, Green Key and Travelife.
A solar water heater on every room generates a full day of hot water from one hour of sun, a greywater system recycles waste water into the garden, and 80 per cent of the native vegetation was preserved during a build made from regionally sourced fair trade materials, with Restaurant Fuego leaning on fresh tropical produce.
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.
Best West Eco Lodge & Leisure is a small, oceanfront eco lodge on the wild west coast at Sabana Westpunt, built primarily from certified sustainable TLC hardwood for a low impact footprint.
Each room is fitted out with organic toiletries from the local aloe farm, solar panels carry the lodge toward fully sustainable power, and the sea terrace gives direct access to the water below sweeping sunset views.
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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