Best Eco Stays in Saint Lucia
Where to stay in Saint Lucia
The 3 best places to stay in Saint Lucia are sustainable and all run on solar power, grow farm to table food on their own estates and are built or worked by local hands. From Laborie to Soufriere these heritage estates and eco resorts are top rated for low-impact eco friendly comfort that keeps guests coming back for the rare chance to sleep between the twin Pitons and World Heritage rainforest.
How we decide the best place to stay in Saint Lucia
Each top rated stay in Saint Lucia is hand picked and checked for sustainability features.
We look at how the property actually sources its energy, like Balenbouche Estate running its rooms on solar power through solar heated showers.
We analyse the water conservation, like Fond Doux Eco Resort harvesting rainwater in tanks for its cottages.
We verify where the food comes from, like Ladera Resort growing most of the fruit and spices for its farm to table Dasheene restaurant on site and sourcing around 70 per cent of its kitchen from local farms and nearby waters.
We also look at the property’s wider impact, like Balenbouche Estate working in partnership with the Saint Lucia National Trust to protect its 200 year old aqueduct, Amerindian petroglyphs and river as a recognised nature heritage site.
The guest house, eco resort and luxury resort on this list of best places to stay in Saint Lucia have proven they are making a real effort to protect the island while taking care of its guests.
Once the twin spires of the Pitons have worked their spell on you, our guide to the best sustainable hotels across the Caribbean gathers the whole region in one place, or drift south down the chain to the eco stays of St Vincent and the Grenadines, slip north to nearby Martinique and carry on east to Barbados.
Top Picks, Where To Stay in Saint Lucia
- Fond Doux Eco Resort: Green Globe, organic certified estate
- Ladera Resort: Green Globe Gold under the Pitons
- Balenbouche Estate: Solar powered heritage estate
Balenbouche Estate is a family run, women led 18th century heritage plantation on 70 acres at Laborie, owned by the Lawaetz family since 1964 and run by mother and daughters Uta, Verena and Anitanja as a guesthouse, organic farm and retreat.
Solar heated showers serve the rooms, no chemical fertilisers or pesticides have touched the land since 1987, and the estate is a recognised nature heritage site working in partnership with the Saint Lucia National Trust to protect its 200 year old aqueduct, Amerindian petroglyphs and river.
Fond Doux Eco Resort is a Green Globe member and certified organic estate, 100 per cent Saint Lucian owned, managed and staffed by the Lamontagne family, set on a 135 acre working cocoa plantation inside the UNESCO listed Soufriere World Heritage Site.
The cottages run on solar water heaters, low energy lighting and rainwater harvesting tanks, the Bamboo restaurant serves farm to table food harvested on the plantation, and the family restores 18th century colonial houses while lending land to local farmers and running student internships.
Ladera Resort is a Green Globe certified luxury eco resort perched on the volcanic ridge between the twin Pitons, the only property set on its UNESCO World Heritage Site, with open fourth wall suites hand built by local artisans from local hardwoods, stone and clay.
Its farm to table Dasheene restaurant grows most of its fruit and spices on site and sources around 70 per cent of its kitchen from local farms and nearby waters, with a head gardener leading garden tours and community work supporting island children.
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