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3 May 2024
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Hi there,
We are a Hostel in Leon - Nicaragua.
The hostel is started by Dutch couple Wouter & Sophie in 2017. We now have 2 hostels , with space for 64 guests in total. The Hostel is the more social place and the junior hostel is more tranquilo and offers workspaces. We try to create a great social and safe vibe for our guests and staff. We are proud to say that we have a 100% local team: 8 receptionists, 1 bartender, 5 cleaningladies and 3 nightguards. They are working with us already for years and we became a true family. We are looking for a volunteer, who can help the team with the language barrier and connect the guests with the locals so everybody can have the local experience!Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practiceGardeningCreating/ Cooking family mealsHospitality/TourismCultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will be part of our local team. You can pratice all the Spanish you want and get to know the great city of Leon.
Help
We are looking for a confident person who wants to approach people and invite them to join our daily activities. Also we are looking for someone who can connect the tourists to local people so everybody can have a local experience!
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Dutch: FluentAccommodation
You will sleep in a 8 bed dorm
What else ...
Always fully booked with people from all over the world, just waiting for you.
Plenty of things to do, surfing at beaches, hiking volcanoes, mucho bars!
Feel free to ask us anything!A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Yes, we have decent wifi and plenty of place to work.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (20)
In the first place I wanna say thank you to Wouter, Sophie and the entire staff for having me. It was a wonderful experience staying here. I learned new skills and improved old ones. I met a bunch of lovely people that I for sure wanna see again!
I was a bit… read more
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Communication:
(5.0)
In the first place I wanna say thank you to Wouter, Sophie and the entire staff for having me. It was a wonderful experience staying here. I learned new skills and improved old ones. I met a bunch of lovely people that I for sure wanna see again!
I was a bit… read more
The work was super fun and social, and all the staff at the hostel were so amazing (I miss them all already!)
Thank you… read more
They connected really well with the guests and made sure everybody had a great time at the hostel, a big thank you for this! We hope to see you girls again in the future, you are always welcome in Leon!
We spent 1month here, we met a lot of people, we did cool activities (Taco's night, live music, BBQ, movie night, beach day,...), this is not a job is a great experience for connect with other people and discover other cultures.… read more
5 star experience!
First, she is an adorable person, a really great human being. She is really interesting, and really interested about other people, curious, super sociable and friendly. I think she would make friends in an unhabited island ! Haha. And yes, also always very positive and funny !
To add to this natural social skills,… read more
Wouter and Sophie, the owners, had just had a baby so I didn't see them around a lot. Romain,… read more
She is a great girl, full of energy and positive attitude ! As well, she was doing the things we asked her, was listening and understand quite fast. So much energy that you really feel the difference when she is around or not, she has her own personality and is 100% real which I think is a good thing. Martha, you… read more
Sally stayed in our hostel for 7 weeks. Her job was to be our 'activity manager.' She had to organize our activities as trivia, taco night, cocktail night, etc. She did an absolutly AMAZING job! Within a couple of days (or maybe hours?) she was part of our team and did her job excellent! She is very… read more
He stayed over a month and we liked every single day he worked for us. He has a lot of energy, enthousiasm and he likes to help improve the hostel. He did reception work, but also helped us with organizing activities, like quiznights/cocktailsnights/BBQ… read more
Fell in love with this hostel, the city and the country!
Simply the place to be if you look for an… read more
Wout & Sophie are understanding & considerate of their volunteers needs, and place a lot of importance on communication. In short, they are excellent hosts and we had a great stay in León.
In terms of the hostel itself it is awesome! Great facilities,… read more
Wouter
Leon
We mainly helped build cabinets/lockers from a combined… read more