Thailand luxury honeymoon

Planet

The Tubkaak Resort has a permaculture organic garden supplying the restaurants and food-waste is used as fertiliser to improve soil health. Water is reused and the treated resort water is used for landscaping/irrigation. Solar lighting is used on walkways to lower electricity demand. It is built with eco-conscious design, preserving mature trees and natural mountain water flow; uses ingredients from its own organic garden.

Our Jungle Resort is built using regrowing natural materials (open vernacular design) to avoid heavy A/C and pump loads. There is an on-site organic farm and food forest, recycling & composting hub. Forest protection/reforestation: ~80 rai protected rainforest; 40 rai replanted with indigenous trees; experimental reforestation of a rubber orchard.

Banyan Tree Bangkok has an annual target of 5% reduction (vs prior year) in energy, emissions, water, and waste.

Khao Sok activities has a strict no riding policy for elephants, supporting sustainable sanctuaries for retired and rescued elephants from logging/entertainment industries.

Our guides in country encourage single-use plastics reduction. We encourage travellers to carry refillable bottles and support them with refill access on programme. Internally we replace plastic-wrapped wet tissues with biodegradable, bamboo-based alternatives and continue to scale reductions destination-wide.

Thailand teams participate in our company-wide Responsible Travel Committee, which designs and implements destination-level initiatives to minimise environmental impact while growing positive outcomes for host communities.

People

Elephant Sanctuary: supports local guides with over three generations of experience working with elephants, providing education to visitors about the role of elephants in Thai culture.

Tubkaak Resort: provides local employment and training, showcases local architecture and culture through design and cuisine.

Banyan Tree Bangkok: Seedlings Project: sponsorship of 60+ students for educational support, local procurement and ethically sourced food (e.g., MSC-certified seafood, cage-free eggs); plastic-free amenities, surplus food redistribution to nearby communities; active anti-food-waste programme.

Our Jungle Resort: 95% local staff; above-average pay, insurance, and ongoing vocational training (First Aid, English, H&S, hospitality), 4× monthly environmental education camps for local schoolchildren; holiday programmes (nature skills, farming, recycling), Andaman Center for Migrant Education: opt-in guest donation of THB 100 matched by the resort, Support for Women’s Weaving Collective; organisation of CBT activities in nearby villages.

Our local agents has a long-term community partnership in Om Koi District, Chiang Mai. Since 2016 we’ve supported clean water storage and filtration, basic health outreach, school infrastructure and early-years learning resources. Recent outcomes include water storage and filtration benefiting hundreds of local residents across multiple villages and health education activities delivered via mobile clinics, as well as early-learning playground and classroom improvements for local schools.

We do not include orphanage tourism or disruptive school visits in itineraries, and all teams complete child-safeguarding training supported by clear internal policies.

Staff volunteer day. Every DMC employee has one paid day per year to support an approved local charity that aligns with our responsibility pillars, which regularly channels additional hands-on support to Thai community partners.