Mu Cang Chai Ecolodge was not the most luxurious stay of 2019. But it was the most memorable. Glorious setting, lovely people and a real effort to make the place part of its setting, all make Mu Cang Chai Ecolodge special. It’s located in fragile Yen Bai province north of Hanoi – an up-and-coming destination that needs low-impact accommodation models. We loved it so much, we inaugurated the Busted Compass awards.
Busted Compass’s will be awarded on an ad-hoc basis to people, places, and ideas that make tourism better – design, sustainability, low impact, heritage and cultural stuff. These are places you’d happily be stranded with a busted compass. Or people doing cool things. And they’ll often be off the radar of the big corporate awards.