We're always delighted to hear of any of our travel partners who are going that extra mile for the environment, and the latest one to score extra ecological points for the world is the Indian Ocean paradise that is Beach House Maldives, A Waldorf Astoria Resort.
The Beach House is a superb island hideaway that attracts those wishing for luxurious Maldives holidays away from the rat race, or simply some time to reflect and unwind, enjoying first class service and accommodation in awe-inspiringly beautiful surroundings.
But enough of the jaw-dropping resort itself…
Guests visiting the island are now being offered the chance to take part in an extensive reef regeneration project, which is seeking to right the wrongs done to the environment by negative human intervention over the years.
Each person is being given the opportunity to sponsor the replanting of precious coral in the resort's protected lagoon by marine biologists. This careful procedure involves the transplantation of damaged but still living coral to Manafaru Island's Haa Alifu atoll to allow it to regenerate and flourish, repopulating the area with coral and maintaining the local ecological marine system for many years to come.
Named ‘Adopt a Coral Reef', the project aims to educate visitors about local marine life and how fragile and important the coral system really is, highlighting it as being a crucial feeding and breeding ground for so many different types of marine life as well as protecting the shoreline and offering a natural barrier against the sea levels rises that we are warned will start to occur in future years.
With many sponsorships being taken out by those romantic souls who are enjoying their honeymoon, supporting the scheme is proving to be ever-popular, and allows guests to really feel that they are giving something back to these beautiful Maldivian islands.
Its always nice to read about hotels getting involved with environmental projects - and due to the make up of the Maldives there does seem to be more of an emphasis on this as a best practice kind of approach is adopted to preserve everything that is wonderful about these harmonic islands.
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