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Description
ENG:
Our biological reserve is located 1hour from Santa Marta and 1 hour and 30 minutes from Tayrona Park in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. The Reserve covers an area of 30 hectares of protected forest. We are a successful reforestation project and now we dont need to reforest anymore but work on preservation, conservation, sustainability and tourism.
We are also a lodge with restaurant. Here you can find parrots, caimans, turtles and fish from the amazonas, including the huge arapaima. For recreation we have a river, hikes, meditation areas etc
ESP:
Nos encargamos de la conservación de plantas y arboles nativos.
Nuestra reserva biológica está situada a 1h de Santa marta y 1h30 del Parque Tayrona en las faldas de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. La Reserva tiene una superficie de 30 hectáreas. Fue creada con el objetivo de crear un banco de plantas (acuáticas, terrestres y medicinales). La reserva cuenta también con animales en protección (guacamayas, zainos, babillas, tortugas, arapaimas). Tambien somos una eco-lodge con un restaurante. Por la Reserva pasa el río manzanares con una cascada donde se puede bañar y relajar. Es un proyecto exitosos de reforestacion y trabajamos hacia la conservacion, preservacion y sostenibilidad. Ya no necesitamos reforestar mas.
Ven a ser parte de nuestros voluntarios para descubrir y ayudar a preservar este mágico lugar.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
The reserve offers a lot of information and a good working experience in tropical nature. If you wish to learn something, you are always welcome to ask. Depending on the time of the stay, the responsibilities will be more and also the knowledge. Here you will interact most of the times with locals.
Help
We are looking at the moment for:
- Yoga
We are looking for a volunteer who can help us for a season with the Yoga and meditation classes on site.
- Garden and maintenance
Here you will help us with our plant nursery, helping us with our plant collections, maintaining the garden and keeping the reserve suited for visitors walking through it.
- wood work.
These tasks are the main ones we need at the moment, but we like to mix those with other tasks in the reserve, like gardening, English teaching, maintenance, a bit of construction, etc… whatever is needed during the day.
- Hospitality
Sometimes give a hand to our staff by translating what the guest needs (not all speak english). Also helping them with english lessons. Helping wherever the work is necessary. No worries! you will not be cleaning toilets or helping in a kitchen!!!
- If you like painting murals, please let us know =)
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Accommodation
At the moment we have a shared room for volunteers with a shared bathroom located outside. They use a volunteer kitchen.
Depending on the lenght of the saty and if you are a couple or a single traveller, we have different options for staying. Please be aware that during the rainy season it is a bit humid, as it is the jungle.
What else ...
Within the Reserve there are some ancient Tayrona trails and a river where you can swim and relax.
Around the reserve there are many waterfalls and also the opportunity to discover more trails and terraces.
The Reserve can be reached by foot from Minca walking 5 hours.
It is very important to have BASIC SPANISH understanding because the tasks in the reserve are going to be guided by a person who does not speak any english.
Also important is that the volunteer travels with health insurance.
We supply rice, beans, salt sugar and oil. We recommend the volunteer to bring the food for a week (like vegetables, fruits, eggs, animal protein, etc that the volunteer usually eats). There are options to bring food up without having to go to the city, so no worries. We have a kitchen that has all the necessities for the volunteers to cook.
We kindly appreciate you commit to the time you are planing in coming.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have starlink in the reserve, however not great for ppl that need to have conference calls because of the interruptions. However is good for other kind of work.
Space for parking camper vans
We have a space where we can accommodate 1 van max.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
5 hours per day, 5 days per week
Feedback (38)
También el lugar tiene mucho mucho amor ! Que triste de deber quitar este paraíso...
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También el lugar tiene mucho mucho amor ! Que triste de deber quitar este paraíso...
I appreciate the time you spent helping us with our project. The truth is that you are a very dedicated person to what you do and you become more interested every day in learning about what is around you.
It's good to know that you felt welcomed by the Profe and Mrs. Gloria, the truth is they are a… read more
Gloria and Eberhard have created such a beautiful space and brought the natural forest back to life, their knowledge of native plants and animals, strong relationships with the indigenous community and attitude to life in general is really special.
I was the… read more
Actually we extended our stay because it felt Like being with Family. :D
The Work was as stated in their Page and during your freetime there ist much to do (Finca der Cacao, Santa Marta, Walterfalls, hiking to Minca etc.).
We miss the dogs and all the people who work and partly live there!!
If you want… read more
it was my first Workaway experience in Colombia and it was just awesome, I planned a two week stay in the beginning and stayed for one month.
it's a little Paradies with stunning nature and surrounding, the work connditons are absolutely fair and… read more
The place is a… read more
Sin embargo, nos ha parecido que habià un falto de comunicacion entre nosotros y el equipo del hostal, los dueños,...
Teniámos la… read more
I don't know where to start...
The reserve has 5 ha open to human visitors only and another 25 ha open to wildlife.
It has beautiful gardens, a medicinal plant labyrinth, some animals, Kogui houses and an incredible spot to swim at the river. The owners are wonderful people; very knowledgeable, wise and… read more
I had a wonderful time in the forest here.
Doing nice fisical work in the morning, taking a bath in the river and taking in the nature in the evening. Just sitting, watching and listening to the sounds of the forest.
The people are the best to. I will surely come back one day.
It's a rare chance to be able to work towards the upkeep of something that will definitely turn into… read more
The animals are great, the plants and nature is great and overall just a really… read more
The work is fair and easy . Evelyne is a lovely host who care of you and love the nature. It was more dificult with his 4 years old… read more
Ser uno solo con la naturaleza... yo lo recorde aqui. Un lugar lleno de tranquilidad, entre plantar arboles, cuidar los estanques y alimentar algunos de los diversos animales asi como mantener el aseo, logras valorar lo que la naturaleza nos comparte, puedes visitar cascafas cercanas, hacer caminatas por tu… read more
We would love you to stay longer and we hope you can find lots of interesting places to visit.
best regards
La experiencia era muy buena : es un lugar de oportunidades para las personas que quieren aprender sobre las plantas, la biologia de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
El trabajo era simple : sembrar, cuidar las plantas, limpieza. La vida es muy sociable ahi : compartemos las comidas (muy internacional!), las experiencias… read more
