Leonardo DiCaprio Builds An Eco Resort
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Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio plans to build an eco-resort on the Caribbean Sea Island, reported the New-York Times.
"Blackadore Caye Island" owned by DiCaprio located off the coast of Belize in Central America. It is a 15-minute boat ride from the nearest big town. The total area of the island is about 42 hectares. A well-known environmental activist and actor bought this island with partner Jeff Gram in 2005 for US$ 1.75 million. According to New-York Times Gram is the owner of "Cayo Espanto Island Resort", a luxury vacation spot on another private island in Belize, where prices in April for two guests ranged from about US$ 1,6 to US$ 2,2 a night.
Now Mr. DiCaprio has joined with Paul Scialla, the chief executive of Delos, a New York City-based developer, to create an eco-conscious resort there. When it opens to guests in 2018, "Blackadore Caye, a Restorative Island" will feature the trappings of many luxury resorts, with sprawling villas, infinity pools and stunning sunset views. But the "Restorative" in the title refers not just to the impact the island might have on visitors, but to the island itself. Blackadore Caye has suffered from overfishing, an eroding coastline and the deforestation of its mangrove trees, and the partners mean to put it back to rights.
This island also was a popular spot for fishermen, who would stop on their way to markets in Mexico and cut mangrove, using the wood for fires to smoke their catch and the conch that they took from the reef, littering the island with thousands of empty shells.
The villas for guests on "Blackadore Caye" will be built atop a massive platform that stretches in an arc over the water, with artificial reefs and fish shelters underneath. A nursery on the island will grow indigenous marine grass to support a manatee conservation area, and mangrove trees will be replanted, replacing invasive species. A team of designers, scientists, engineers and landscape architects, some of whom have spent more than 18 months studying "Blackadore Caye", will monitor the resort's impact on its surroundings.
Almost 45 percent of the island will be designated a conservation area. The resort will be built using as many native materials as possible, and the developers hope to rely on local laborers, who will be trained in green-building techniques.
The 68 guest villas will have access to nearly a mile of secluded beach, grassland and jungle. Prices for a stay at the villas have not been announced. For those vacationers who prefer their own houses, 48 will be built on the island, with price tags ranging from US$ 5 million to US$ 15 million. Some of the houses will boast both a sunrise and a sunset beach, and homeowners will pay a monthly fee for housekeeping, meals and other services.
Each building will have several functions, with the platform, for example, not only sheltering guests on top and coral and fish underneath, but also harnessing the breeze that comes off the water to keep the villas cool.
"Blackadore Caye Island" owned by DiCaprio located off the coast of Belize in Central America. It is a 15-minute boat ride from the nearest big town. The total area of the island is about 42 hectares. A well-known environmental activist and actor bought this island with partner Jeff Gram in 2005 for US$ 1.75 million. According to New-York Times Gram is the owner of "Cayo Espanto Island Resort", a luxury vacation spot on another private island in Belize, where prices in April for two guests ranged from about US$ 1,6 to US$ 2,2 a night.
Now Mr. DiCaprio has joined with Paul Scialla, the chief executive of Delos, a New York City-based developer, to create an eco-conscious resort there. When it opens to guests in 2018, "Blackadore Caye, a Restorative Island" will feature the trappings of many luxury resorts, with sprawling villas, infinity pools and stunning sunset views. But the "Restorative" in the title refers not just to the impact the island might have on visitors, but to the island itself. Blackadore Caye has suffered from overfishing, an eroding coastline and the deforestation of its mangrove trees, and the partners mean to put it back to rights.
This island also was a popular spot for fishermen, who would stop on their way to markets in Mexico and cut mangrove, using the wood for fires to smoke their catch and the conch that they took from the reef, littering the island with thousands of empty shells.
The villas for guests on "Blackadore Caye" will be built atop a massive platform that stretches in an arc over the water, with artificial reefs and fish shelters underneath. A nursery on the island will grow indigenous marine grass to support a manatee conservation area, and mangrove trees will be replanted, replacing invasive species. A team of designers, scientists, engineers and landscape architects, some of whom have spent more than 18 months studying "Blackadore Caye", will monitor the resort's impact on its surroundings.
Almost 45 percent of the island will be designated a conservation area. The resort will be built using as many native materials as possible, and the developers hope to rely on local laborers, who will be trained in green-building techniques.
The 68 guest villas will have access to nearly a mile of secluded beach, grassland and jungle. Prices for a stay at the villas have not been announced. For those vacationers who prefer their own houses, 48 will be built on the island, with price tags ranging from US$ 5 million to US$ 15 million. Some of the houses will boast both a sunrise and a sunset beach, and homeowners will pay a monthly fee for housekeeping, meals and other services.
Each building will have several functions, with the platform, for example, not only sheltering guests on top and coral and fish underneath, but also harnessing the breeze that comes off the water to keep the villas cool.
