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At this Daintree luxury accommodation the business has remained at the forefront of sustainable ecotourism development in Australia and overseas, with particular attention to integration of Aboriginal culture. The vision of the property is to ensure that the natural and cultural environments are managed and operated according to the highest possible international standards, practices and guidelines in environmental sustainability and sustainable tourism.
We have replaced most of the light bulbs where practical to the energy saving fluorescent bulbs, we also have replaced all of the air conditioners to split system air conditioners however we encourage all guests to not use them and open all of the windows in their room to really experience the rainforest environment. All department supervisors are trained to minimize the amount of solid waste matter as possible in each of their departments. Staff are also encouraged to introduce new ways of reusing products where possible and limiting the amount of garbage as possible. All of our plastics, glass, paper and cardboard is separated and sent to a recycling plant.
All staff members are trained upon employment with the local environment and how fragile it is, the practices we use to ensure that it is not damaged and all staff are made to do the local Aboriginal tours on the property to ensure they have an understanding of some of the local social issues in the local area.
In addition, all guests are encouraged to participate in many of the local tours we have on offer where guests can experience and learn about the rainforest eco systems and the surrounding environments. In all of the villas we supply a very informative compendium folder which also has a lot of information for guests to learn from as well.
Most of the staff are local community members and we are making larger efforts to employ local Aboriginal people from the local Aboriginal community. We have a working plan that we have put in place to train local Aboriginal people from the community to help reduce the unemployment rates in their community. We also support local aboriginal artist by allowing them to showcase and sell their work in Julaymba Gallery. All staff are trained to bulk purchase when possible, and source new green suppliers in line with the business. In the local area most of the service providers up here are environmentally accredited and most of our visitors actually ask for environmentally accredited operators. Because of our remote location most of the products we use are locally sourced.
We invite every traveller who books a holiday via us to send in a review. Because we don't run the holidays they're completely independent and unedited... remember to read between the lines though, as two people on the same holiday can have different views!
