Four Seasons has long set the standard for immaculate service and breathtaking locations. Now, in partnership with WiseOceans, it is setting a new standard for something more rare — luxury resorts where vacationing means actively protecting the world we live in. There is a particular kind of morning available only in a handful of places on earth, one where you slip beneath the surface of a warm lagoon and find yourself in the company of a marine biologist who knows every coral head by name. They can point to a fragile staghorn branch and share how it grew over the last year. This is not an excursion. This is what Four Seasons and WiseOceans have quietly built across some of the most extraordinary properties in the world.
WiseOceans is a global marine conservation company that embeds resident marine biologists inside resort properties, creating curated ocean programs that connect guests with living ecosystems. The partnership with Four Seasons spans continents, reaching from the Indian Ocean to the South Pacific, the Red Sea to the coast of central Vietnam. What unites them is the conviction that genuine luxury and genuine conservation can work hand in hand. The scale of what has been achieved is striking. At the flagship Seychelles property, the partnership there recently celebrated eleven years, a milestone in conservation work of any kind, let alone within the hospitality industry.
Four Seasons Resort Seychelles — Indian Ocean
Launched in 2015 in collaboration with the Seychelles Department of Environment, the Coral Reef Restoration Project at Petite Anse Bay was the flagship property. Over 6,000 corals have been grown, restoring 5,000 sqm of coral reef, and more than 20,800 guests have been actively involved in restoration efforts. A dedicated Coral Cabana serves as the on-site hub for guided snorkeling, reef education, and hands-on planting. In a world where 90% of coral reefs are at risk of extinction, this reef has survived three global bleaching events. The program has protected the beach from increased erosion and maintained biodiversity in waters that might otherwise have been lost. A marine scholarship program further invests in local youth, equipping the next generation of Seychellois with the knowledge and skills to become future ocean stewards. Today, the focus is pure restoration: nurturing coral fragments, maintaining nurseries, and carefully outplanting corals to help rebuild a thriving, biodiverse reef.
Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora — French Polynesia
Set against the most photographed lagoon on earth, the WiseOceans program in Bora Bora is anchored by resident marine biologists whose office is, quite literally, the water. Complimentary group snorkels offer an accessible entry point, but the signature experience goes deeper. Guests can plant coral fragments that are nurtured and tended for two full years before being permanently placed on the natural reef. The result is a living legacy that outlasts any stay. Long after checkout, your coral continues to grow. The community dimension is equally part of the program, in February 2026 the team hosted Pu Turu Tama Here, a Bora Bora-based educational association supporting young people with special needs, for an afternoon of lagoon discovery, coral planting, and a private Discover Scuba Dive. The lagoon, it turns out, is for everyone.
Four Seasons Resort The Nam Hai — Hoi An, Vietnam
One of the most recent programs in the portfolio takes the broadest view of what conservation can mean in a luxury travel context. Located near the UNESCO World Heritage city of Hoi An, the Nam Hai program integrates marine and land-based conservation, recognizing that the ocean and its river basin are not separate systems and that protecting one means supporting the other. In partnership with Green Youth Collective, a local social enterprise, WiseOceans launched a Riverbank Restoration Project along the Thu Bon River. Climate change has brought more severe weather events to central Vietnam, and rapid erosion is consuming the banks — roughly 100 meters of land fall into the water on each side every year in Go Noi Village, devastating the farming communities that depend on it. Resort staff are participating directly by planting native casuarina trees and reeds to hold the riverbank during the rainy season.
In 2025, WiseOceans teams added 1,972 corals to nurseries across their restoration projects and successfully outplanted 1,680 corals back onto natural reefs. 2026 has begun with the launch of a new Discovery Program at Four Seasons Resort AMAALA at Triple Bay in Saudi Arabia, which incorporates marine, terrestrial, and cultural activities. The trajectory is clear. What began as a single project in a bay in Seychelles has become something larger: a model for what it means to build a resort program that takes its location seriously — not as backdrop, but as responsibility. The most beautiful places on earth are worth protecting. These resorts have found a way to let their guests be part of that, taking memories home and the feeling of helping support the stunning places we are lucky enough to visit.