Top 3 Green Hostels

The Island Accommodation, Philip Island, Australia.  Photo credit: HostelBookers.com

Tara Sena-Becker wrote this post and works as a travel writer for HostelBookers specializing in budget travel solutions. HostelBookers is an online booking service offering youth hostels and cheap hotels across 3,500 destinations worldwide.

Looking for ways to travel round-the-world (RTW) greener?  Then think about staying at green hostels like the ones featured by HostelBookers.

Green hostels, once limited, are now popping up in all corners of the world, says the company.

Here are HostelBooker’s Top 3 Green Hostels:

1. The Island Accommodation, Phillip Island, Australia (shown above).  Architecturally designed with eco-friendly features, the Island Accommodation is a front runner of the green hostel movement. Key elements include rainwater tanks, double glazed windows and shading devices, low-pressure showers and water-saving taps. Even the landscape gardens are specifically designed to minimize water use. While the building faces north to gain maximum sun benefits  in winter months.

2. Anak Ranch of Mongolia, Orkhon, Mongolia. An authentic experience if ever there was one, Anak Ranch will have you sleeping in a traditional Mongolian nomad ger. While there is no Internet or TV on site, travelers are welcome to engage in some quality horse riding, mountain hiking, livestock herding, cow milking and bullwhip cracking.

3. Loch Ossian Hostel, Edinburgh, Scotland. Located high on the Rannoch Moors, this rustic eco-hostel is perfect for those seeking total isolation…particularly considering it can only be reached on foot! Boasting wind and solar power, composting toilets and grey water filtration, it’s no wonder Loch Ossian scored a Gold Award under the UK Green Tourism Business Scheme. It even uses bat-friendly paint!

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