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We live in a rural area of the Eastern Cape of South Africa, in Twee Riviere, Langkloof Valley. The Langkloof region is one of the largest deciduous fruit growing regions in SA. We are surrounded by apple and pear orchards, where the majority of the fruit is grown for sale to service the export of these fruits to various overseas countries,
We have just under 8 hectares of land, where we grow veggies for ourselves, keep a few chickens for eggs, have 3 horses, 4 dogs and 4 cats. We rent out one of our cottages for holiday lets.The rest of the houses are lived in by and myself and 3 of our adult children, 22 21 and 18. We try to live a peaceful life, keeping busy with the things we enjoy, they mostly work from home , and it is my job to maintain the property and manage our activities here.
There is a lot to do and we could certainly do with some help from general house maintenance, to garden work, helping with the horses and feeding pets, Your task would be to just come alongside us and assist in the daily goings on of living and working here on our farm and just to enjoy the process of being able to experience being in this beautiful part of the world
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
There will be opportunity to meet people from the Twee Riviere community and visit some of their homes and see how they live and operate, many are self sustaining and use off grid methods
Help
When we do fencing, its tough manual tasks, like digging holes and cementing poles into the ground.
General maintenance which does not require super skills and most things can be learnt as you go along. Weeding and garden tasks, in the veggie patch. If you like to help with and interact with horses, my daughter has three and this is her passion.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Afrikaans: Intermediate
Accommodation
There is a one bedroomed, self catering cottage on the land with its own bathroom, wifi connection etc. There is also a caravan that can be used to live in, as well as empty rooms in two of our house, if you dont mind shared spaces. , During the week we will cook and eat together at the main house. Weekends we each see to ourselves for food.
What else ...
We are far from a city, Port Elizabeth is 2 hours away to the east and George is 2 hours away to the west. Jeffreys Bay beach for swimming and surfing is 1 hour away. Transport will have to be arranged as there is no public transport to and from this place. We will arrange to fetch you from either George or Port Elizabeth airport. Or the Stormsriver busstop if travelling from Cape Town by bus.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
