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🏳️⚧️🌈 ✊🏿 We do not tolerate discrimination.
***PLEASE NOTE: You must read until the end to make sure you meet the criteria.
*** We interview all workaways for suitability.
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Our project is situated on a 1000-hectare nature reserve in South Africa. While here you will be surrounded by free-roaming game including hippos, leopards, giraffes, and zebra. Outside the fenced areas we occasionally have lions and elephants.
You will also share the space with our rescue dogs and we do rehabilitation and assess for workability. Many of our dogs come to us with aggression issues so please be aware that they are not your run-of-the-mill pets. You do need to be comfortable around dogs.
We are in the Lowveld area of South Africa which is warm all year round (especially hot in the summers) and you'll have tented accommodation. We are entirely off-grid, solar-powered, so we ask guests to be respectful and conserve energy where possible. While we love children, our dogs are working dogs and are not child friendly - we cannot accept anyone under the age of 16.
1. Garden work: we have around 500 trees to plant and two greenhouses that supply food.
2. Exercising of dogs.
The following are very important:
Please b e aware the transfer to our property from Hoespruit is R600.
If you don't like animals, this is not an appropriate workaway for you - we do not tolerate people hitting our dogs or hurting wild animals. Unfortunately, we have to write this due to past experiences.
You must have a reference.
Theft will be reported to the police and if you are unable to follow instructions we will have to ask you to leave (again due to past experience).
Respect our property, and do not vandalize or graffiti our home.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Politics / Social justice
Sustainability
Pets
Farming
Charity work
Photography
Plant care
Animals
Outdoor activities
Hiking
Mountain
Nature
Camping
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will help with building, gardening (watering etc), our greenhouse, planting and dog walking/dog swimming. There will be an opportunity to learn general skills but please note the main benefit is enjoying the time in the African bush and communing with nature.
Help
We are currently preparing our property for our move. We need help with path creation, dog walking, tree planting, weeding, fencing, and other general maintenance jobs. In you have experience with pool maintenance we would be very, very grateful.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Afrikaans: Intermediate
Italian: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
We have qualified English teachers on site.
Accommodation
You will be accommodated in shared safari tents on wooden decks amongst the trees, overlooking the Olifants River. From time to time you will see lions, hippo, and crocodiles along the river bank. There is an ablution block with showers with hot and cold water and flushing toilets. The communal kitchen has fridges, freezers, and gas cooking facilities. In addition, there is free unlimited high-speed wifi (10MB up and 20MB down speed) but please be aware this is the African bush so speeds vary. You will sleep in a single bed and may share your tent with another workaway person.
What else ...
During your time off you are free to explore our game reserve. There isn't any transport to and from the reserve, but we do go to town once a fortnight where you can visit local shops and restaurants. We do trips to Kruger National park every 3 to 4 weeks for 4 to 6 days. Please let us know when you enquire if you are interested in doing a Kruger trip. On occasion we may go to conservation outreach programmes or community projects nearby - for these workaways must cover their own costs.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Yes! We love digital nomads! We have free, unlimited wifi which covers an area of approximately 1.5 hectares. Wifi speed is 10MB up and 20MB down.
Space for parking camper vans
We have free parking onsite - it is not covered but is large enough to accommodate large vans. Please note the reserve charges R150 a week for vehicles that you'll need to pay them when you enter.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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Carolynne mostly takes responsibility for the… read more
I enjoyed everything in this place: living in this little paradise in the middle of the wild (with all the confort you need), learning a lot about wildlife and dog's training, looking for footprints and tracks in the reserve,...
We also went to… read more
He arrived just after one of our new interns started and helped him with developing our track and sign courses. He was able to connect across cultures easily and was extremely knowledgeable about wildlife (the most knowledgeable workaway I've had). He made us laugh, made us google and… read more
Pre-visit communication from Carolynne (the Director of the Group) was… read more
I will forever be grateful that she was here when she was.
