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Hello beautiful people, we offer our beautiful yurt or cavehouse accommodation to kind, serious, working and autonomous volunteers who has construction experience/or couples (one person to do cleaning, laundry and household and one person building/renovating).
The current projects are insulating the back of the house from humidity, building a sauna (woodwork and stone building) , landscaping in front of the second cavehouse, reinforcing the roof in the back of the house for solar panels, sandwich panel roof, reparing the road (concrete) The right candidate(s) will preferably have a car and work from 9:00 to 14.00.
I am a yoga teacher and a nature lover. But lately with the kids,the animals, the finca to manage and renovate and the business to run I have just been a very busy person running everywhere... that is why i am very thankful to workawayers like you who are happy to help our family in exchange of a nice accommodation in the nature and vegetarian food :) I live with my husband and my three kids (8year old 5year old and 3 year old)l in a big and beautiful off the grid finca in Tenerife 15 minutes away from the ocean (caution: 15 minutes by car- public transport available though a bit chaotic) .We have installed most off-the-grid systems (solar electricity/solar hot water/biogas/drink water filter/solar cooking..)but we are still renovating the place. Also we start designing and setting our permaculture garden. The finca already has a great variety of self-caring fruit trees (lemon, orange, pear, apple, fig, plum,papaya,...) and nut trees. It has one big cavehouse we finished last year, a smaller one what we are working on now and a lot of pretty caves which can be transformed into cavehouses. It is located directly close to a national park which makes it a perfect spot to start hiking too and for climbing (three climbing canyons 20 minutes away by car). The view on the ocean and Gran Canaria island is really incredible. Nearby fishervillage is a nice spot for snorkelling, for scuba diving and for surf beginners when the swell is there. Nearby village in the moutain is well known for climbing.
We live in the main house and there is a yurt located at the best viewpoint to accommodate two persons. There are also two bigger yurts.And two cavehouses. Be ware that Tenerife is a big mountain so as soon as you leave its shore, you are quickly on altitude...which means, when the sun is up, it is nice and very warm, and when the sun is down in the winter, it cools down rapidly.
Cleanliness and upmost care of the environment your host provide you with are key principles for a smooth cohabitation. We also only look for serious applications (this is NO couchsurfing, it is an international platform for travellers willing to help in exchange of nice accommodation and lovely talks around a beautiful meal) ! We really need help and support)
Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Construcción y bricolaje
Ayuda doméstica
Mantenimiento general
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
You can see how it is possible to set an house off-the-grid and learn by helping in its daily management. According to your tasks you will learn a lot about building or farming techniques. You can enjoy the amazing surroundings after work, have unique stargazing and breathtaking sunrises. You can join my yoga practice (Hatha, yin, vinyasa and fly- which might be however quite irregular with the children) and practice 5 languages (French, German, Russian, English, Spanish).
Proyectos con niños
En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.
Ayuda
We are looking for people with anyone of these skills:
1.cleaning (family house daily cleaning and kids room tidying up, laundry,)
2. building skills (concrete floors or concrete spraying for the cavehouses)
4. renewable energy and car mechanics
5.climbing ( we have an amazing spot nearby and would like to learn more)
6. Gardening skills (weeding, tree pruning experience,permaculture knowledge and understanding, or vineyards maintenance)
The tasks will be given according to the skills you bring with and communicated before your arrival. For example, you might help my husband in getting the caves ready to accommodate, setting the water pipes for the bathroom, extending the electricity cables to reach the cavehouses on the property, put fences around the finca, taking care of the vineyards, managing the compost, babysitting.
You will help 5 hours a day (from 9:00 to 14:00 and you've got two days free per week
. You are responsible for keeping the shared amenities like the hot shower clean after you used it.
Upmost care is expected of the accommodation you will use and any damage has to be repaired or paid.
Also we have availability for a 3hour per day helper with house cleaning and tidying (80%)/animal and plant care (20%) (no food provided)
Idiomas hablados
Alemán: Fluido
Inglés: Fluido
Español: Fluido
Francés: Fluido
Ruso: Fluido
Alojamiento
You will stay in a new cavehouse (bathroom still in construction) or in a beautiful lotus belle yurt located at the highest point with a breathtaking coastal view. You get an outdoor gas stove to prepare your meals, your own dry toilet and solar shower (extra hot shower shared).
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In your time off, you can checkout the outstanding spots of the island (Teide national park, Masca scenic hike, Anaga antique lorbeer forest, natural swimming pools, Punta del Hidalgo nice surf,...), fish, surf, snorkel with turtles in Alcala or Puertito, sail for whales or dolfins in Los Gigantes, go for botanic hikes in the national parks, wind or kitesurf at El Medano,nearby amazing climbing spots...For all this, it is necessary to rent a car.
Un poco más de información
Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas
Este anfitrión puede proporcionar un sitio para autocaravanas.
¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?
Más de dos
Horas esperadas
5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Comentarios (28)
We stayed here around 5 weeks in July/ August 2023. And we loved it!
We had different jobs to do while the family were staying for the first three weeks ranging from fence building, cleaning and helping out with the children!
The last two week we… read more
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We stayed here around 5 weeks in July/ August 2023. And we loved it!
We had different jobs to do while the family were staying for the first three weeks ranging from fence building, cleaning and helping out with the children!
The last two week we… read more
Children are lively and charming, Ivan and Anne very friendly, made us a lovely meal on last night with Ivan's speciality, Rum n lemon cocktail!
Guinea pigs, outdoor shower, stars, beautiful sunrises, the… read more
I was able to share lots of beautiful discussions, cooking, manual activities, yoga and many other things...
I felt like in my family there but on the island of Tenerife which… read more
We loved to have her by our side these 6 weeks.
She did a lot of carpentry work (building a kitchen, a closet in a cavehouse with the difficulty of having no straight walls, ) she… read more
During that time Andre helped with another workawayer to build the cave house, fed the animals (chickens, cute cats and playful dog) and did some gardening. Mara helped go took care of the lovely kids (ages 2, 3, and 6 - the big one is already in school), helped with household chores, and… read more
What a great place to stay! It was my first workaway-experience, and I would do it the exact same way all over again :D
For all the workawayers who like to get some more details:
I had the pleasure to stay at Anne’s and Ivan’s place for two months during summer. First, their home really is unique: high up in the mountains,… read more
First the family is amazing, Anne she is a yoga teacher that can teach you something, when is not too busy with the kids.
When Ivan is not busy on working with is laptop or taking care of the kids is always happy to offer you a beer and having… read more
He is a good handyman and helped us painting with chalk paint, doing plastering, concrete, wood work...he knew how to use all tools we had.
He also cooks very nice… read more
I’m very grateful to Anne and Yvan, there would be so much things to say, but just experience it and you’ll understand :)
Thank you for everything and much love to the whole family. I’ll see you soon again anyway for sure ! :D
In the last… read more
The view is amazing especially in the moring when the sun rises and at night when the moon and stars become so bright and magical.
Ivan and Anne are building something great
at this wonderful location while raising their 3 lovely kids.
staying in one of their yurts is like… read more
He worked hard and very independently. He digged with a jack hammer a 15m path through stones to burry the pipes and painted a lot. He helped us with the kids while my husband was sick and… read more
To live Tenerife in this way has been absolutely incredible!
Anne and Ivan and their two little children plus a nice puppy Athena are a really lovely family.
Since the first moment we spent nice time in their finca, expecially during the meal time.
The spot you can see from their place (1000m on the sea… read more
I can definitely recommend to anyone!
I hope you had a lovely Christmas and all the best for the new year. See you again someday!
We would love to see them again !
The yurt I stayed for 3 weeks was really really comfy, the bed as well, and the… read more
