Animal Friendly

There are hotels that let wild animals on their doorstep and also lets you rescue precious lives inhabiting Mother Earth.

- Eugénie Adda

It’s not a secret anymore that the animal population is gravely decreasing worldwide. The list of endangered species is increasing, thanks to the destruction of natural habitats and over-exploitation in the last 50 years. What do we do about it, as fellow earthlings? The response is not simple, but every small initiative can ultimately multiply in our globalised societies. Even when we are travelling? Given the number of travellers and hotels that accomodate them, can be a good start. Luxury hotel sensitise their guests about threatened, hunted or overexploited specie, especially the ones close to wildlife sanctuaries and national parks, giving a new and more respectful direction to caring for the environment. It also offers animal lovers to get closer to nature and their preferred species, to help them in their capacity.

Helping rescued elephants

Perched on stilts, at the edge of a narrow forest of bamboos along a tributary of the Mekong, there are 15 tents by Four Season Golden Triangle in Chiang Rai, Thailand. It is giving a new dimension to the trend of a little overuse glamping. There is nature, the foggy one and infinitely fertile north of the country, to be exact, the borders with Laos and Myanmar, where the eye is inevitably lost. Despite the post-colonial sophistication of these five-star camps, the largest of which is 230 square metres. There are dinners under the stars, meditation sessions in the face of immensity, the excursions in open vehicles in nearby villages and open air spa treatments.