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Welcome to Paradise!
Here we are passionate about healthy water, clean air, healthy soil, foods, and forests, as well as healthy minds, bodies, and souls.
We are looking for one or two girls to help with our daily group workouts (fitness class), housekeeping, and projects with the other volunteers. No couples or groups.of 3 or more.
OUR FARM- The farm is 400m high in the foothills of the Andes Mountains in the Amazon Rainforest, surrounded by wild jungle & other village farms. We are far away from the city and enjoy fresh air, and quiet tranquility. A great place for star gazing! There are many rare birds, butterflies and wild animals in the surrounding jungle.
We practice organic farming. Pick your own fresh fruits. We have a tree nursery and reforestation project, some (stingless) bees and chickens. We produce coconut oil (not every week) and many natural products like soap here. We make We make woven products from platano trees, ceramics plates, cups, and bowls etc, as well as teach English to children at a native community nearby at times. We have been here for more than 10 years. In that time natural healing methods have always been important to us. We have met many natural healers, and have discovered a way of eating and drinking that has made remarkable improvements in our quality of life, and many others as well. If you are interested, we can share this with you while you are here.
-WHAT YOU CAN DO HERE-
Your primary responsibilities will be helping me with our daily group workouts, and housekeeping. We have a home gym, and laundry machine which you can also use. On some days, you may be able to help with tree planting, gardening, eco-construction, tree nursery, ceramics, and crafts, if you chose to. You can observe our coconut oil production, but not participate in the processes of production, meaning you can't help with producing coconut oil, putting the lables on jars and packaging the products,
We usually have 4 to 10 volunteers staying in dorms.
You will have your own private room and private washroom, 3 meals a day which you can have where you are staying or with the other volunteers.
We usually have pizza night once a week made in our own pizza oven.
We also have sushi night once a week.
Helping hours are only 5 hours a day, 5 days a week.
We have a good relationship with the native communities nearby. You can volunteer to teach English in your spare time.
After helping we highly recommend going for a swim in the river here, going for a hike in the forest right here, playing football or volleyball in one of our 2 native communities within a 25 minute walk from here, or going for a shorter walk to visit some of our friendly neighbors farms. We usually go sightseeing, hiking on the weekend or even a weekday as well as make a run to the city if you like.
We're not just looking for helpers but also people to share this beautiful place and experience with.
We are looking for a 2 week stay, then possibly more if it makes sense to both of us.
We have an incredible river with cascades on the property that we are developing as one of our main tourist attractions. We are currently building a Hostel, coming soon!
If you want to see everything from the Amazon jungle forest, eco-construction, deeper cultural interactions with the locals, permaculture, to producing coconut oil you came to the right place.
-HOW TO GET HERE:
We are located 25 minutes outside of the District of Lamas, in San Martin Peru. Lamas is 25 minutes outside of Tarapoto.
To get from Lima to Tarapoto by air, I would recommend Star Peru. The flight is about one hour.
By bus I would reccomend Movil Tours or Civa. They usually have new and clean buses. The ride should be about 24 hours.
We will give you clear instructions on getting here from Tarapoto, the biggest city in the region less than an hour away from our farm.
Our project is a very small operation. We usually average 4 to 10 volunteers here.
We are located in an isolated rural Amazonian community.
Transpotation to and from here needs to be planned and coordinated in advance.
Feel free to ask me about anything. I check my Workaway inbox daily.
Current projects:
Coconut oil production (not every week)
Soap making
Crafts from sustainably available materials
Hostel and Eco-lodge project
Reforestation project
Food forest
Ceramics
How is all of this even possible?
This project has been made possible through the inspiration of Jesus Christ.
This project has been made possible by approaching problems with an open heart and a positive attitude, while looking for mutually beneficial solutions for everyone involved including the earth itself.
If you are coming here with positive energy, and want to help us achieve our dreams, we hope to see you soon.
Best wishes.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Interests
Sustainability
Self development
Politics / Social justice
Pets
Movies & TV
Farming
Charity work
Gardening
Music
Plant care
DIY & crafts
Cooking & food
Carpentry
Architecture
Animals
Beach
Team sports
Outdoor activities
Nature
Mountain
Fitness
Adventure sports
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Our volunteers are diverse, from all over the world who usually have English and some Spanish as a common language. We usually have groups of 4 to 10 volunteers who get to know eachother personally, forming strong connections. Oftentimes future travel partners are met here.
I'm a native english speaker from Canada.
You may get a chance to learn all kinds of things from successful tree reforestation practices, important Amazonian tree species, making ceramics, soap, natural medicines of the Amazon, sustainable building methods,seeing how coconut oil is made, some spanish, and much more.
Help
You can help with our tree nursery reforestation project, an Eco lodge project, organic farming and animals. You can help with the building of the eco lodges, feeding the animals. crafts including ceramics, weaving banana plant fibers, and coco bowls. It's not very ridged, so you can participate in the activities you are more interested in.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
I'm native English and decent in Spanish.
Accommodation
We try to provide a warm communal environment for our volunteers, where you can have memorable experiences.
You will have a private room. There are 3 meals a day.
We have an organic farm and accommodate vegan, vegetarian, and other eating habits. The vegetables growing on the farm at the moment are limited, but we do have lots of bananas, oranges, and other fruits.
What else ...
After doing tasks we highly recommend going for a swim in the river here, going for a hike in the forest right here on the property, or going for a walk to visit some of our friendly neighbors. Playing football or volleyball with our neighbors.
In the evenings we will usually be in the common area, have either a game night, a bonfire by the river with guitar and/or drum depending on the talent of the volunteers :)
On the week-end we will organize a trip to one of the local attractions like waterfalls with some small cliff jumping, etc. and check out the night-life for whoever is up for it. Whatever, your preference is I'm sure we can point you in the right direction.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
HOW THE INTERNET WORKS: We are located in an isolated rural area of the Amazon Jungle of Peru. We have wifi, however it can be very slow sometimes. At times in may cut out for 1 hour or more. You can get good internet and cell coverage from the service provider Claro. If your internet demands are more serious you have the option of buying a prepaid sim before you get here, from Claro that will give you x number of GBs at high speed, and much higher reliability. We reccomend that you get a prepaid sim card with a small amount of credit. It can be usefull for emergencies, and to be in contact with us on your way to the Hacienda, just in case you need assistance.
Space for parking camper vans
Need a more rugged vehicle to get here.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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As noted on the profile, this is a jungle stay — you’re living mostly outside, things get dirty, and that’s part of what you’re signing up for. If you come in with that mindset, it’s a… read more
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As noted on the profile, this is a jungle stay — you’re living mostly outside, things get dirty, and that’s part of what you’re signing up for. If you come in with that mindset, it’s a… read more
Our community thrives on positive outlooks and… read more
First of all, the projects are what you make of them, so if you arent looking to gain anything then you wont - but thats life.
There were multiple things that I tried my hand at while here - like constructing the hostel on my first day, planting trees, building the pizza oven, doing maintenance… read more
I'm certain that Brynn would be a welcome addition to many projects.
Carlo will be a welcomed addition to many other projects.
I discovered a lot of cool things and was quite sad when I left.
I stayed there for two weeks and in this (short, time goes so fast) span of time I was able to enjoy the jungle and to meet incredible people
Thomas is nice and accommodating and it was a pleasure to help him with his project
We worked on multiple things : planting coconuts, taking care of banana trees, helped with the hotel… read more
We got to do many tasks in our two weeks and learnt a lot. We did a lot of construction work, like building up adobe walls out of mud, dried fibres of the banana plants and water. It was very interesting to do all those steps and get insights into… read more
LOCATION> The location is really lovely, surrounded by coconut and orange trees with a tropical forest that Thomas gives new volunteers a tour of at the weekend (the jungle tour). An hour and a half walk will take you to a nice waterfall, or if you prefer to stay on-site, the… read more
Mattia y Angélica sería muy bueno para tener en muchas otro proyectos.
Thomas is a nice and interesting person. In our free time he showed us cool places close to or on is… read more
Thomas es un hombre que sabe muchas cosas, puede hablar de todo, es muy interesante! La casa es rústica pero hay todo para vivir bien. Perfecto lugar para experimentar la vida en la jungla!
The place is truly a paradise, far from the noise of the city, you can feel the jungle in all its forms. There is a beautiful river nearby, a Native Community (Chumbakiwi) and many hikes. The meals are prepared and consumed together, makes you feel home. The work is was different almost everyday, some time can… read more
They were a key part of an amazing team here!
