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Hello, Bom dia dear people.
★★★ WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO ACTIVE SUPPORT AND INSPIRING EXCHANGES. ★★★
Are you looking for a beautiful and inspiring place in the middle of the untouched nature of the Algarve/Portugal? - then you have come to the right place!
We are Markus and Janina and we're living on this beautiful 6 hectare + property.
The property has no neighbours in sight and you can enjoy absolute relaxation and peace here.
We opend a retreat centre this year and season ends in october.
therefore we need active support to preapare everthing for the winter.
--> for more infos about the work, scroll down :)
On the land we have a large garden, we grow a foodforest, we try to live as close with nature as possible.
Two fluffy donkeys live with us, we have some chicken and peacocks and two cute dogs.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
If you like, we are of course happy about your interest in the following topics, from which you can benefit in the long run, if you consider living alternatively yourself, against the current and having a small farm. If you want to learn more about growing food and sustainable agriculture, if you want to learn more about regeneration, reforestation, water management, organic food production, animal welfare, permaculture, cheese production, self-sufficiency, ecotourism, and so on.
We are happy to introduce you to some things, but we are also just starting out ourselves and learn a lot by trying.
Help
All this tasks below are not business related:
We are looking for motivated, humorous, active, hard-working, outdoor people to help us build our habitat.
Tasks: gardening, allrounder, cooking, constructionsite, ... Details further down:
- We do need active support from you to lend us a hand when in comes to everything around:
(cutting planks, mixing cement, carring wheelbarrows, digging holes, ...
If you`d like to learn more about building, working with wood, landscaping and more, come by!
Work will be tough, but you`ll for sure learn a lot.
Furthermore we do need help with the following tasks:
- Garding: we´re looking for someone who`d like to take care of the veggiegarden and everything that belong to this such like:
spread manure, create new beds, Renew bed borders, pruning trees, compost controlling, control vermicompost, weeding, ....
strimming weeds and bushes, cleaning the pathes,
- help us to put down retreat accomodationand store all furniture and decoration in wintershed
- Cooking and household chores: preparing meals for all helpers, controlling of pantry, going to markets regulary, keep the house in comfy and clean conditions, ....
- Animal chores:
Every now and then the animal stalls need to be mucked out.
The dogs want to go for a walk, and the donkeys need their fur cleaned and wants to be cuddles.
In exchange we`ll offer you 3 meals per day , a nice spot for your campervan or the possibility to sleep in a caravan or in a huge glamping tent, in the middle of nature, a really nice atmosphere, hiking trails in the neighborhood, beaches around 20 min away by car, the possibilty to lend our car to go for a surf or in the city, surf-, SUP material, really cute animals, possibilty to learn a lot and benefit from our experiences, and much more :)
If you´re interested we`re happy to receive a message from you with a little indroduction from your site. Looking forward to your contact! :-)
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
Portuguese: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
We offer a place for you and your van in the middle of the untouched nature.
We offer electricity and water at your campsite
You can use the toilet and hot shower in our house, which is about 200m away.
If you don´t have a rolling home, we´ll accomodate you either in a comfy caravan, a spacious glamping tent or a room in our mainhouse.
But we`ll prefer peeps who having their own rolling home.
Please note that you can only use ecological and biodegradable detergents and shower gels.
What else ...
Our little paradise is located between Aljezur and Marmelete.
It ´s 15 minutes by car to Aljezur and there are all kinds of shopping facilities. Lagos is 30 minutes away, the city is bigger than Aljezur and therefore offers lot of markets, festivals, bars and much more.
The beautiful reservoir (Barragem de Bravura) is 10-15 minutes away. The south and west coasts can be reached in only 25 minutes drive, where you will find the most beautiful beaches in Europe, clear wonderful surfable waves and the west coast is still very untouched and wild. It is a true paradise for nature lovers and surfers.
A very popular hiking trail is in the immediate vicinity of our property.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
approximately 25 hours a week x 5 days
Feedback (22)
We stayed for one month which went by way to fast.
We learned so many new skills and helped to prepare everything, that was needed, before the season started. Each day we had different tasks and we had so much fun helping on those. It was the best workaway experience we ever had and we would really… read more
Janina and Markus are so kind and attentive. They asked me day by day which kind of work I would like to do, or am I okay with the tasks.
That gives me freedom and respect, and a good way of working together.
It was also an ideal balance between working and freetime. I try to follow this… read more
He helped us a lot and is very independent and thinks a step forward. He built some wooden constructions together with another person and he was very skilful at it. Mate even brought us a… read more
so many special experiences make it hard to give back all the vibe in a review.
As Host, they can let you feel part of the Habitat Project as your project in a relaxed and inclusive atmosphere.
I Shared many nice moments with their cute dogs and animals "like the crazy sheep… read more
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We stayed for one month which went by way to fast.
We learned so many new skills and helped to prepare everything, that was needed, before the season started. Each day we had different tasks and we had so much fun helping on those. It was the best workaway experience we ever had and we would really… read more
Janina and Markus are so kind and attentive. They asked me day by day which kind of work I would like to do, or am I okay with the tasks.
That gives me freedom and respect, and a good way of working together.
It was also an ideal balance between working and freetime. I try to follow this… read more
He helped us a lot and is very independent and thinks a step forward. He built some wooden constructions together with another person and he was very skilful at it. Mate even brought us a… read more
so many special experiences make it hard to give back all the vibe in a review.
As Host, they can let you feel part of the Habitat Project as your project in a relaxed and inclusive atmosphere.
I Shared many nice moments with their cute dogs and animals "like the crazy sheep… read more
It was an intensive time and the planned two-week stay turned into several months.
I think the two now know nearly as much as we our land, our projects, the garden (and especially our workshop ;-) ). They have always brought valuable ideas and solutions and found… read more
It was a pleasure for us to live and work in this beautiful country.
We were able to park with our bus in a straight place with a breathtaking view of the valley.
All large and small projects were very interesting and above all working in a… read more
Teresa and Tom were with us for a few weeks in February and March and really supported us energetically. In the beginning we worked as a team with other helpers and the rest of the time the two of them dedicated themselves entirely to the planning and implementation of a natural stone staircase. The staircase turned… read more
Aus 2 Wochen wurden 3 Wochen und plötzlich waren 5 Wochen vorbei.
Wir gehen mit wirklich vielen tollen neuen Erfahrungen.
Es gab viel Freiraum um sich selbst mit einzubringen, getreu dem Motto:" Mach es zu deinem Projekt :D"
Wir könnten zum Beispiel erste Erfahrungen im Mauern gewinnen, viele Kreationen mit… read more
We were the first workaway hosts for them and after a short settling-in period on both sides, their stay went very well. During their stay we had several helpers here and together we managed many small but mainly big things, sometimes it was really… read more
Sara is a very kind and great soul.
Although she hurt herself quite badly on the first day, she was a tremendous support to us both physically and mentally.
She gritted her teeth and continued to help in the team, did not want to let herself be defeated.
Sara always knows exactly what is needed and she really has a… read more
Janina and Markus are two incredible people and their farm an amazing place!
You are treated with kindness, care, respect and your points of view are always taken into consideration. There is such a positive and honest atmosphere that it felt like we were a family.
During… read more
He has an incredibly positive charisma and is always in a sunshine mood.
Even after the twentieth heavy wheelbarrow he is still laughing and in a good mood.
He gives a good helping hand and was a great support to us.
we wish you all the best. Venga caralhoo :-)
They are very interested in our area and we had great conversations about the country and many other topics.
Both are very good… read more
Paddy is a great guy who gets right down to business. No matter what or how hard, he tries to help where he can and has great ideas to improve things. Paddy has a great sense… read more
We where greeted by the hosts and by Danny with fresh baked bread! Thanks Danny! There where German, Portugese, Brazilian and Irish guests there. Opportunity for cultural exchange occured… read more
The work was super fair organized. In March we worked from 9-13, the rest of the day was mostly free. Two days off!
We helped (5 Volunteers) with harvesting oranges & lemons, we were taking the 3 Goats for a walk ;). We were producing Marmelade & Limoncchello and built a drainage… read more
Doris and Flo are two super nice people and we enjoyed the time together very much.
Doris is like a kind of good soul of the house, she likes to do everything around the house and was therefore a great support for us. But also physically exhausting work was done by the… read more
Janinas and Markus idyllic place is surrounded only by nature and still has everything we could ask for. We… read more
Jule and Jakob with their two lovely dogs originally planned to stay for 2-4 weeks
The stay turned out to be a few months in the end.
The two have grown very dear to us and we have gone with them through thick and thin.
We could trust both of them very much and they were always very… read more
Ich glaube die zwei sind wirklich das Beste, was uns in Portugal und auch so passieren konnte :)
Wir wollten erst nur ein paar Wochen, maximal einen Monat bleiben und daraus wurden gute vier Monate.
Aus einem Workaway Verhältnis wurde tatsächlich Freundschaft und wir kommen natürlich immer gerne wieder!
Die beiden haben ein… read more
We were surprised every day anew how much power is in this small and dainty person. Just to give one example of many, almost all by herself, she freed our stream from big and heavy stones and many dead branches. That must have been very exhausting. Furthermore, she is a very creative head, she… read more
Auf ihrem paradiesischen Grundstück mitten im Eukalyptuswald durfte ich den gemütlich hergerichteten Van und den komfortablen Caravan, die nicht weit von dem Badhäuschen mit praktischer Komposttoilette entfernt waren, bewohnen.
Die Aufgaben waren sehr umfangreich, man sollte gut anpacken… read more
Although… read more
