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Description
Our place is not simply a place for travelers to sleep. It’s more like a community house that attracts like-minded people. Whether you are a yogi, meditator, musician, artist or just a simple traveler exploring the world, you will find a home away from home here. Our place is where magical people like yourself come to recharge and connect. We are 100% not a party hostel, but there’s a super friendly, social vibe if you feel like ‘peopling’ - and a super chill, laid-back vibe when you feel like you need time alone.
The hostel is located right in the charming historic center of San Cristobal de las Casas, within a 5 minute walk from anything you could ever need. Local markets, restaurants, nature hikes, and main attractions.
Types of help and learning opportunities
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We offer free yoga classes 4 days a week, taught by talented teachers from around the world, with a variety of yoga styles including hatha, vinyasa, yin, and kundalini. These classes are free for hostel guests and volunteers like yourself. Professional quality Manduka yoga mats and blocks are provided.
The town of San Cristobal is full of spiritual events and activities like ecstatic dances, kirtans, cacao ceremonies, sound baths, and healing workshops.
If you are someone who does work online or takes online classes, our hostel is digital-nomad friendly. We have some of the fastest, most reliable internet in town, and quiet spaces to get work done.
Help
Our volunteering program is based on a 6-day cycle. Every volunteer resident has three 5-hour shifts and one 2-hour shift (on average) every 6 days, which is considerably less than most volunteer programs. We take on more volunteers so each person has fewer hours volunteering at the hostel and have more time to spend on themselves and their own passion projects.
We request 1 month commitment to keep the rotating schedule working smoothly for all six volunteer spots. If you can't do 1 month, please feel free to let us know how long you can commit and we can try to fit you in depending on availability, with preference given to volunteers who can stay longer.
Providing a good social vibe and cleanliness of the hostel is very important. You will be helping at the reception desk, checking guests in and out, cleaning, helping to set up the yoga mats for classes, and general help around the hostel. We are looking for people who will approach the volunteer position from a place of service and love, much like a Karmic Yogi. Someone who will be friendly and fully present when interacting with guests and while helping keep the hostel clean and organized.
You will have several 'shadow shifts' with current volunteers before you start your own solo shifts, as well as detailed documentation for the volunteer tasks, to ensure you feel prepared for the position.
Languages spoken
English: Intermediate
Spanish: Beginner
Accommodation
We have 1 room with 6 bunk beds for all the volunteer residents.
What else ...
San Cristobal de las Casas is known as a “pueblo mágico” (magic town). The town has a special magnetic vibe that seems to attract people from all over the world. This along with the magical vibe of the hostel lured the owner to settle here after years of traveling the world.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have the fastest, and generally most reliable, internet in town. We upgraded the hostel's internet last year to the same one that the co-working cafes use. Our hostel is generally quiet during the day, making it easy for people who work online, have virtual meetings, etc. We have common areas with tables both indoors and outdoors.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Three 5-hour shifts and one 2-hour shift and 2 days off (6 day cycle)
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As a volunteer, your main task is to make guests feel at home. I worked 5 hours a day with two days off. We start with the evening shift ( from 6pm to 11pm ), then the afternoon shift ( from 1pm to 6pm ), the morning shift ( from 8am to 1pm )… read more
San Cristobal is a beautiful place to stay awhile, you really get to know the culture and can appreciate it for all its worth. The hostel has a very laid back and chill vibe. Always kind faces and interesting conversations in the space. The work… read more
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As a volunteer, your main task is to make guests feel at home. I worked 5 hours a day with two days off. We start with the evening shift ( from 6pm to 11pm ), then the afternoon shift ( from 1pm to 6pm ), the morning shift ( from 8am to 1pm )… read more
San Cristobal is a beautiful place to stay awhile, you really get to know the culture and can appreciate it for all its worth. The hostel has a very laid back and chill vibe. Always kind faces and interesting conversations in the space. The work… read more
San Cristobal is a nice city to live a few weeks, too. Wonderful waterfalls, canyon and lakes at 3-4h by bus.
So if you want to work in a nice place and in a nice city, come here !!
Guests tend to extend and stay for a while so you can easily bond and create friendships with fellow backpackers.
I was welcomed on my first night with a burrito family… read more
We Would happily have her back. Thank you for bringing all your fun, cheerful energy, Mané!
Very helpful and down to earth.
She worked at our hostel for a bit more than a month and is very welcome to come back and work here again if she wanted.
She is great at working with other people and made friends with all the workers and guests.
We will miss her a lot. And hope she comes back some… read more
He took his work and personal development serious and we would have loved to keep him longer and he is very welcome back.
From the beginning he did as told and was very well liked, he stayed as long as he promised and a little longer which was… read more
I spent a month doing the volunteering spiritual residency program here and I'm not sure if a month has ever gone by so fast.
Every morning I attended meditation at 7:30 and every day either a yoga class, meditation class or cacao ceremony. The program itself might look like a lot but it really doesn't feel like it since… read more
Thanks for everything guys!!
Nos recibieron muy bien, en un lugar súper cómodo para nosotros y siempre atentos a lo que necesitáramos.
Muy recomendable el voluntariado y Fernando y David hermosas personas.
Fuimos muy felices en San Cris ❤
It was a wonderful experience. We were welcomed in a great and comfortable place for us and the… read more
Como lugar es precioso , cada… read more
