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Hi there! Hola! Hallo! Bonjour!
We are looking for a couple to house sit for about 17 or 24 days in preferably March 2024 or eventually April 2024 . A drivers license is needed if you want to leave every now and then. Or we can arrange a taxi who will bring you some weekly groceries
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You will stay at a cabin on the farm with your own bed. The farm is 12 km from the closest village so if you have special needs, bring them on your arrival. We can pick you up from the village Castillos and bring you to the farm.
The work will consist of taking care of two sweet dogs, a bunch of chickens a cat and taking care of the garden (pruning, harvesting, transplanting seedlings in the veggie garden). Afterwards we can also offer you a stay at the beach in one of our cabins where you can do some gardening as well.
As we live off grid, you should be aware that we don't have loads of water, we depend on rain water. (drinking water in bottles is available) but daily (long) showers are not an option here. The same accounts for washing, in periods of drought we carefully take care of water.
We do have WiFi and electricity via a solar panel system. Furthermore you can use our whole house, kitchen, etc.
Preferably the day of arrival would be between Thursday and Monday. .
Hope to see you soon!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Enjoy nature, learn how to live off the grid (which is not bad at all, we have a fridge & internet) ;) Eco friendly Gardening, multiplying indegenous plants.
Help
For this experience, taking care of the animals, house and farm. So cleaning the chicken coop, pad, feed and walk the two dogs.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Dutch: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
Off the grid farm, one double bed eventually we can provide another single bed
What else ...
The coast of Rocha, hop on a bus and discover Cabo Polonio, horseriding, make a trip to Punta del Diablo (45 minutes by bus) visit a gaucho party, go fishing or just enjoy one of the most milky ways of the world.
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
I am working remotely from here, so you can do this as well! A second screen and a seperate office (cabin) is available. We have 4g mobile WiFi, which is pretty fast and I use this for videocalls about 20 hrs per week, so you should be fine!
Space for parking camper vans
We have a huge farm, so there is always a spot to park your van. You can easily do some nice day trips from here, eg Cabo Polonio, Barra de Valizas, Punta del Diablo, sierras the Rocha, laguna negra and bird spotting at the Rocha lagoon. We also have two cabins at the beach, if you like to stay there, ask us.
Can possibly accept pets
We have two easy going dogs, a car and about 18 chickens walking freely around at the farm. So your pet must not chase chickens
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
5 hours per day
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Cuidamos de su chacra durante poco más de dos semanas. Es un lugar increíble para disfrutar de la naturaleza y desconectar un poco..
Tanto las indicaciones que nos dejaron, como la comunicación fue muy buena, Mascha es muy atenta.
Sin dudas vamos a extrañar a Tony y Tuty y a nuestro amigo pasajero el chivo jaja.… read more
One of the best places I have been to and volunteer at, during my 5 years of Workaway-ing.
They are open minded and open hearted, they know a lot about Uruguay, its culture and interesting places around Valizas.
I had a great pleasure to do some repairs in their… read more
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Cuidamos de su chacra durante poco más de dos semanas. Es un lugar increíble para disfrutar de la naturaleza y desconectar un poco..
Tanto las indicaciones que nos dejaron, como la comunicación fue muy buena, Mascha es muy atenta.
Sin dudas vamos a extrañar a Tony y Tuty y a nuestro amigo pasajero el chivo jaja.… read more
One of the best places I have been to and volunteer at, during my 5 years of Workaway-ing.
They are open minded and open hearted, they know a lot about Uruguay, its culture and interesting places around Valizas.
I had a great pleasure to do some repairs in their… read more
She sent us lots of very useful information how to get to her place and really cared if we didn't have any problem during our journey. Everything was perfectly fine!!!
We knew what job should be done and decided how long we need to work each day to do… read more
Además aprendí de ellos cómo… read more
They worked good, painted a huge fence and helped picking olives. Very respectfully but above that, also very nice guys and you can easily have a party evening with them :) oh, and… read more
I don't think I could fully describe why it was so good because there are many reasons, but the main one was they are extremely kind, accommodating, interesting, and fun people.
You should consider yourself lucky if you have the chance to work with them or if you have the chance to taste their apple hot… read more
Before arriving we received lots of information about the work that we would be carrying out and lots of great directions for how to get to the house.
The work we carried out was really enjoyable; painting and cleaning a couple of houses that Mascha and her husband own in the town. We were given lots of… read more
Before their arrival they made all the efforts to contact me in advance and kept me perfectly updated! They are easy going and willing to work! They did a a good job and it was a pleasure to meet them! So if you are looking to host some respect full people, I can… read more
The communication before and during their arrival was superb! They were super polite.
And above all of that: they worked very hard and did a great job. They cleaned the garden, gathered all the wood around the house and even helped me out with the… read more
