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30 Sep 2022
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We are a dog-mushing Company located in a wilderness camp the North of Norway. In Winter we have northern lights and in summer we have the midnight sun. We have about 100 dogs in our Kennel and all of them are weary special to us. During the Winter we have a lot of guest in the wilderness camp and working here can be anything from serving guests, working with the dogs, helping with training and taking care of the dog and so on.
Types of help and learning opportunities
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Your efforts here will be rewarded with special experiences! The region is an exceptional place for hiking, skiing and mountainbiking with numerous peaks to climb and mountain lakes to discover. You will get to know the dogs with their different personalities and they will turn from strangers to friends. And you will get to enjoy the remote beauty and calmness of living out in the valleys.
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Help
The Summer Season.
We have two locations where we keep the dogs in the summer. Both of them are in beutiful areas with alot of nice hiking trails and beuatiful Mountains. You will spend youre Time in between these two places and somethimes you will spend some time alone. In beginning of august we start preparing and train the dogs for the Winter, And we will need help with that. The summer is the off period for the dogs where we dont have any Tourist, but its still alot of work. The dogs need love, care and attention every day, so you need to be a dog person. We are also reparing and getting Everything ready for the Winter. The summer is also where we have puppies.
Driving Licence is a must, and we need people who can drive manuell cars, we dont have any automatic cars.
The Winter Season
Augusti- November is training period for the dogs, the Tourist season starts 100% in mid November. But from september and forward we might have some Tourist Groups now and then. Before the snow comes we use carts for the Tourist Groups. Then when the snow comes we start going on sleads. The Winter camp is located in a valley called Tamokvalley, we move up there somewhere between October and November depening on snow conditions. And its in the middle of some Amazing Mountains and there we provide trips for guest. You will be working alongside our dogmushing guides with dogs and Tourists. You might also help with training, overnight guest, serving food, dressing Tourist and keeping the camp tidy. We are a big Group of people working in the Winter and we all live up in the camp. Its a wilderness camp with small cabins, you will have to be prepared to live Close to other people, You might also spend some time down In Furufaten where we keep The race team, sometimes we need help down there.
The Winters up here can be weary Cold and windy but they are also absolutley amazing with the northen lights and alot of snow. So you have to like being outside in all kinds of weather. We like having pepole for a longer periods of time so you get to know the dogs and the dogs get to know you. Driving licenese for manuell cars is also a must for the Winter.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
Cabins.
What else ...
Both the summer and winter camp is close to Tromsø and to the Lyngen Alps. Here you will get to see some beautiful nature. The dogs are friendly and hardworking animals. We are looking for hardworking and positive people who are fond of dogs and nature.
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.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
25 hours max per week
Feedback (7)
It was absolutly great staying with you from January - February 2019 with you!
I worked as an overnight guide with the team member Kazune and the longterm workaway Jonathan. Our daily tasks mostly consist of preparing the breakfast for the overnight guests, going to the changing room and helping tourist to change their… read more
Working with so many huskies was daunting at first but I very quickly came to love it, and to love all of the dogs. I'll miss them all forever and they… read more
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It was absolutly great staying with you from January - February 2019 with you!
I worked as an overnight guide with the team member Kazune and the longterm workaway Jonathan. Our daily tasks mostly consist of preparing the breakfast for the overnight guests, going to the changing room and helping tourist to change their… read more
Working with so many huskies was daunting at first but I very quickly came to love it, and to love all of the dogs. I'll miss them all forever and they… read more
So of course I have to say that “this work can be quite demanding sometimes”, and there was more than one evening I fell into my bed really really tired, thinking a little bit mad about some of the more giant dogs who are so eager to pull the sled that its nearly impossible to get them into their harnesses and… read more
It was my first experience as a workawayer and I'm so glad I met you guys. I spent 3 months (february-april 2016) at your place and will keep this time in good memory.
I felt welcome from the first moment and we had a lot to talk and laugh. I liked to have so many dogs around who loves to cuddle all day… read more
