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Description
We Ben (1980) and Katarina (1982) are running a sleddog kennel and a small tourist company in the village of Langfjordbotn.
Langfjordbotn is a remote village in the county Finnmark about 80km away from Alta ,the municipality center of the region, surrounded by the arctic sea and beautiful mountains.
We have two children Ronja and Anved.
Originally from Germany, we moved to Langfjordbotn in 2007 for studies. After a while we fall in love with the place, nature, people and the sleddogs and decided to stay. Since than we started to build up a competitive sleddog team for sleddog races and expeditions. In 2016 we founded our own company. We are offering sleddog expeditions in the mountains of Troms and Finnmark and accommodation for our quests.
Right now we have about 40 sleddogs, 2 horses and 4 chicken at our place 😁
Types of help and learning opportunities
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
- learn a lot about sleddogs
- learn about outdoor life and life in general in the North
Projects involving children
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Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage
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Help
We are looking for a person who is genuinely interested in taking care of animals and especially in sleddogs and horses. The daily chores include feeding, training, cleaning, preparing for trips and repairing stuff if necessarry. You also have to expect extra farm work like chopping firewood, showeling snow etc...
You have to be an independent person who is able to activate him/herself
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Norwegian: Fluent
Accommodation
Accommodation in a cosy cabin with bathroom, kitchen, sleeping room and wifi.
We provide a monthly small salary which covers food costs. Whenever convinient you are welcome to eat with the family.
What else ...
You should be over 23 years old and have a driver-license. We dont have solid working schedules. Working with sleddogs and horses depends on weather and circumstances but we will in the best possible way try to make the schedule as predictable as possible. Unfortunatly we can not allow own pets. No smokers.
We give preference to people who can fluently speak german (since the majority of our guests are german).
We need a person that can stay from September until December.
From January on shorter stays can be considered.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
