Travel For Good Beckons works to enrich our team members, our local communities, and our guests, with purposeful growth, conscientious stewardship, and genuine and re-energising connection to unique landscapes, peoples, and cultures.
Sustainable Luxury at Silky Oaks Lodge Tropical North Queensland is a remarkable region where Australia’s celebrated Daintree Rainforest meets the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef. At an estimated 180 million years old, the Daintree is regarded as the world’s oldest living rainforest with a fascinating ecosystem revealing ancient plants as well as hundreds of species of birds and wildlife. It’s also home to the First Nations Kuku Yalanji people, the Traditional Owners of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area whose history dates some 50,000 years. The broader Beckons’ commitment to sustainable luxury travel is best expressed by the lodges’ interactions with the natural environment, the local community and its culture. The protection and preservation of each lodge’s natural and cultural surroundings is a firm priority. The Beckons’ approach to sustainability is essential to lodge operations both to ensure the well-being of the destinations it operates in and to enhance the guest experience. Natural Environment Dynamic environmental management plans for each property embrace advanced and emerging technology and work alongside local organisations including government agencies, national parks and conservation sanctuaries, ensuring all activities are in line with each region’s broader conservation goals. Local Community Active engagement with local communities includes establishing supportive supplier relationships with food and drink producers, with Indigenous artists and designers and supporting local charities, education initiatives, community events and work experience programs. Culture & Heritage Beckons provides guests with a chance to connect with the destination’s culture and heritage. This approach encompasses all aspects of the lodge experience, from the design to food and drinks and signature guest tours. People Beckons’ own team of people is its greatest asset, and the company carries a ‘family’ style culture with a commitment to the long-term development, retention and wellbeing of every member of its team.
SILKY OAKS LODGE / RESERVE@BECKONS.COM / +61 2 9918 4355 / SILKYOAKSLODGE.COM.AU / BECKONS.COM
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