Looks nice. Anyone been?
Acclaimed as one of the world’s finest eco-resorts, it opened in 2018 and sits at the centre of a protected 350ha parcel of land which, 12 years ago, was anything but protected. In 2010, the Cambodian government put it up for auction to the highest bidder. Logging companies wanted to get at its old-growth trees. Mining companies wanted it for the titanium in its rocks. You know how it should have gone. But this time there was a wildcard. Bill Bensley wanted it, too.
Miraculously, the good guys won. He freely admitted to having no idea what he’d do with his new acquisition and its estimated 875,000 trees. He had no business model, no grand plan. Only to keep it from the hands of others. In time, he would take a government not noted for its environmental smarts with him in the embracing of a truism: that conservation is always better than extraction. And so, what did he do here in just nine years that led Time magazine in 2019 to call Shinta Mani Wild “one of the world’s greatest places”? He built a utopia. Fifteen private tents, five-star dining, impeccable service. Cambodia’s longest zipline, an old jeep. And a beacon of hope.
EDIT: Forgot to add this part
Accommodation starts at $US2345 a night ($3300) for a “Wild” forest tent, with a three-night minimum stay. Transfers included in the price; this means collection by private vehicle from Phnom Penh or Sihanoukville, depending upon which you fly into.
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