Best Sustainable Hotels, Resorts and Eco Lodges in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Each top rated stay in Saint Kitts and Nevis is hand picked and checked for the sustainability features that actually set these islands apart.

On a twin island where the grid still leans on imported fuel, we start with the stays that make their own power. Oualie Beach Resort is the clearest example, a solar powered beachfront resort where panels blanket the cottage roofs and restaurant and solar heated water reaches every room, so the morning shower runs on Nevisian sunshine rather than diesel.

Rainfall here is seasonal and freshwater is precious, so we look hard at how a property holds onto what falls. Montpelier Plantation & Beach earns its place on water conservation alone, catching rainwater in two cisterns to feed the laundry and gardens while its old breeze catching plantation architecture keeps the rooms cool without leaning on air conditioning.

We trace where the food comes from, because a true farm to table kitchen on Nevis keeps money and miles on the island. At The Mount Nevis Hotel the chef cooks from his own organic gardens and from local Nevisian farmers, then bakes the bread, cakes and muffins in house, which is about as short as a supply chain gets out here.

Finally we weigh a property’s wider impact on the land and the wildlife it sits among. Golden Rock Inn is the standout, an artist owned hideaway whose rainforest trails double as wildlife habitat for the native green vervet monkeys and hummingbirds that share the gardens with guests.

The resort, inn, hotel and plantation hotel on this list of best places to stay in Saint Kitts and Nevis have each proven, in their own way, that they are making a real effort to protect these islands while taking care of the people who visit them.

If these twin volcanic peaks have lit a slow burn for the wider Caribbean, our guide to the best sustainable hotels across the Caribbean brings the whole region together in one place, or drift northeast to the eco stays of Antigua, follow the volcanic chain south to Montserrat and slip further north to Anguilla.