Best Sustainable Hotels, Resorts and Eco Lodges in the US Virgin Islands
Where to stay in the US Virgin Islands
The 4 best places to stay in the US Virgin Islands are sustainable and all run on solar power, harvest their own water and grow or source food close to home. From Frederiksted on St. Croix to Coral Bay and Cruz Bay on St. John these eco inns and resorts are top rated for low-impact eco friendly comfort that keeps guests coming back to live gently on islands worth protecting.
How we decide the best place to stay in the US Virgin Islands
Each top rated stay in the US Virgin Islands is hand picked and checked for sustainability features.
We look at how the property actually sources its energy, like Feather Leaf Inn running as a 100% solar powered eco inn on its restored 1760 sugar plantation estate.
We analyse the water conservation, like Concordia Eco Resort giving each tent its own cistern, solar heated shower and hybrid composting toilet as it works towards running fully off grid.
We verify where the food comes from, like Ridge to Reef Farm growing acres of vegetables, orchard and pasture across its 100 acre site and serving it through a CSA and farm to table dinners.
We also look at the property’s wider impact, like Garden by the Sea Bed & Breakfast being female co owned and feeding its surplus solar power back to the island grid while harvesting rainwater into an underground cistern.
The farm stays, eco inns, eco resorts and bed and breakfasts on this list of best places to stay in the US Virgin Islands have proven they are making a real effort to protect the island while taking care of its guests.
If America’s Caribbean playground has whetted your appetite for more island air, our guide to the best sustainable hotels across the Caribbean gathers the whole region in one place, or hop east to the sister cays of the British Virgin Islands, sail west to Puerto Rico and drift further east along the chain to Anguilla.
Top Picks, Where To Stay in the US Virgin Islands
- Ridge to Reef Farm: Green Globe, USDA organic, off grid
- Feather Leaf Inn: Eco certified, off grid, farm to table
- Concordia Eco Resort: Solar powered, off grid on St. John
Founded by Dr Nate Olive on a 100 acre site with a gravity fed water system and structures built from on farm bamboo, it grows acres of vegetables, orchard and pasture, runs a CSA and farm to table dinners, and hosts the nonprofit Virgin Islands Sustainable Farm Institute for hands on agricultural education.
Feather Leaf Inn is a 100% solar powered eco inn set on a restored 1760 sugar plantation estate on the secluded southwest coast of St.
Croix, run by marine scientist Corina and historic restoration specialist Ryan. The grounds hold a growing food forest of more than 100 fruit and nut trees feeding an all plant based, locally sourced kitchen, and the owners run coral restoration, coastal resilience and environmental education work alongside the National Forest Stewardship programme.
Concordia Eco Resort is a pioneering, light on the land cluster of soft sided eco tents and studios built into a 51 acre hillside above Salt Pond Bay on St.
John’s rugged southeast coast, working steadily towards running fully off grid. Photovoltaic arrays power the fans and lights, each tent has its own cistern, solar heated shower and hybrid composting toilet, and the resort was built from recycled materials to minimise impact and protect the surrounding habitat.
Garden by the Sea Bed & Breakfast is a female co owned, solar powered guesthouse tucked into a lush garden in Estate Contant just above Cruz Bay, billed as St.
John’s only true bed and breakfast. More than 70 roof panels run the power and hot water with surplus fed back to the island grid, rainwater is harvested into an underground cistern and purified through a three stage ultraviolet system, and guests wake to a hot homemade breakfast served on the terrace amid the greenery.
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Travel is a wonderful opportunity to connect with Mother Earth.
However, it is also frequently undermined by reckless development and disrespectful tourism practices.
This directory is a curated, verified list of hotels, lodges, and resorts that honour our planet and are led by visionary stewards of the environment.
From farm-to-table culinary experiences to dedicated ocean conservation efforts, such as marine protection and coral restoration, these establishments are redefining hospitality.
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