Eco Lodge in Raja Ampat, Indonesia

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  Description

  We are a young family with an eco-lodge . Our names are Jack, Adecya, Bodhin (3yo) and Isla (2yo)
  . ask us for our link and we can show you our eco lodge.
  
  The underwater pictures you see are of our reef, 20 meters from the shoreline. Together with the locals we have protected it for the 4 years. There are sea eagles, birds of paradise, hornbills, parrots, cockatoos, maleo birds, cuscus, sugar-gliders, many butterflies, turtles, octopus, giant clams, walking sharks, cuttlefish, mantas (if the season) baby black tip reef sharks, all kinds of reef fish all in our the garden/reef and 3 dogs called Chilli, Peppa and Rokok.
  
  You can read about our lodge on our website-ask us for the link

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  Teaching

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance

  Help with Computers/ Internet
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  This has the most marine biodiversity in the world.
  But it’s not only that, West papua is the largest conservation province on the planet and the Rainforest is the biggest in Asia. It’s officially the most biodiverse area on land as well as the sea
  
  We can teach you how to protect the coral reef and about agroforestry, permaculture and off grid living.
  
  So the main thing you would gather from being here is seeing what tropical nature should be, how fragile it is and the dangers facing it and learning realistic ways to help.
  
  These are the Bird species observed in from the garden so far
  
  1.Dusky Scrubfowl
  2.Lesser Frigatebird
  3.Sooty tern
  4.Brown Noddy
  5.Crested tern
  6.Yellow Bittern
  7.Striated Heron
  8.Great-billed Heron
  9.Brahminy Kite
  10.Osprey
  11.White-bellied Sea-Eagle
  12.Grey-headed Goshowk
  13.Long-tailed Buzzard
  14.Common Sandpiper
  15.Brown Cuckoo-Dove
  16.Superb Fruit-Dove
  17.Beautiful Fruit-Dove
  18.Claret-breasted Fruit-Dove
  19.Pied Imperial Piegon
  20.Spice Imperial Piegon
  21.Eclectus Parrot
  22.Palm Cockatoo
  23.Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
  24.Black-capped Lory
  25.Violet-necked Lory
  26.Red-cheeked Parrot
  27.Moluccan King-Parrot
  28.Great-billed Parrot
  29.Blyth’s Hornbill
  30.Glossy Swiftlet
  31.Common Paradise-Kingfisher
  32.Oriental Dollarbird
  33.Rufous-bellied Kookaburra
  34.Beach Kingfisher
  35.Sacred Kingfisher
  36.Azure Kingfisher
  37.Rusty Mouse-Warbler
  38.Ruby-throated Myzomela
  39.Helmeted Friarbird
  40.Mimic Meliphega
  41.Olive-backed Sunbird
  42.Spectaclet Longbill
  43.Hooded Butcherbird
  44.Black Butcherbird
  45.Shining Flycatcher
  46.Willie Wagtail
  47.Glossy Manucode
  48.Torresian Crow
  49.Red Bird of Paradise
  
  Trees list
  
  Existing wild nutmeg trees boarder the garden which attract birds of paradise when fruiting.
  There are a huge variety of other local trees including melingo which we eat and many orchids, vines and myrmecophyte’s.
  
  Trees we’ve planted
  
  3 kelengkeng merah (Ruby longan)
  kelengkeng (longan)
  4 starfruit
  9 mango
  8 green guava
  4 red guava
  10 citrus trees pomelo, orange, lime
  Pomegranate (dilima)
  3 jambu air (rose Apple)
  nangka (jackfruit)
  4 (Sukun) breadfruit
  10 alpukat (avocado)
  durian
  2 rambutan
  2 sawo (sapodillia)
  sirsak (soursop)
  3 cacao
  12 pohon kelapa (coconut trees)
  Dawn Salam (Bay leaf)
  Loquat
  10 moringa
  Singapore berry
  
  River Tamarind trees
  5 x ylang ylang trees
  2 Brazilian flame trees
  Colvilles glory tree
  5 buah merah (red fruit, favourite of birds of paradise
  14 salak (snake fruit)
  4 varieties Spinach
  2 varieties Zucchini
  3 varieties Tomato
  Kangkung
  Luffa
  2 varieties Okra
  30 varieties big leaf and Asian ornamentals sourced in Papua and Indonesia
  4 ornamental palms
  10 varieties coleus
  Kinkier
  Papuan lavender
  Hibiscus 4 varieties
  20 varieties orchids (over 100 in total)
  12 Frangipani
  Vetiver grass
  Lemon grass
  Citronella grass
  4 varieties bamboo
  5 date palms
  Butterfly pea
  Marigold
  3 varieties pineapple
  Katuk
  Japanese papaya
  Golden dwarf papaya
  Green Papaya
  Bougainvillea
  Ground cherry
  Various variety’s banana
  Various chilli’s
  2 varieties Heliconia
  Pandam
  Tumeric
  5 varieties Ginger
  Cassava
  Sweet potato
  Daun africa (bitter leaf)
  Sugar cane
  Japanese turnip
  Chinese potatoes
  Pintos peanut
  Turnip
  Saucer leaf
  Bird of paradise
  Mint
  2 varieties basil
  Okra

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  At the moment we are only looking for skilled help such as electrics, arborist (these first two skills are always welcome), trail builder, wood work, plumbing, cement work are also skills we are interested in.
  
  If you have those skills and your partner has other skills like; grafting, drone pilot, (professional level) or, we have a cook but if you have a lot of cooking experience or have lots of experience with kids we would also consider an application but we can’t if it’s it’s just “good with kids,” or “like to cook.”
  
  We need a minimum of 4-8 weeks depending on skill level (if you have professional skills we don’t mind staying a shorter time). The reason is this and our lifestyle are so different to most people that it takes about a month to get your bearings and settle in.
  
  Most of the people who write to us mainly want a diving holiday, to do some yoga and to get some good photos which is understandable and of course you can do what you want on your time off, or better yet, stay as a guest, but we ideally want people who understand this kind of project, appreciate the work that’s gone into and are genuinely interested in trying to help around the lodge.
  
  To be clear we can’t have you help with our lodge business so this is just personal help around the lodge, gardens and our land.

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent
  Indonesian: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  Basic but comfortable room.
  24/7 electricity
  Food provided 3 times a day
  
  The internet is good enough to stream videos but you need to unlock your phone and buy a Telkomsel SIM card before you come (about $5).
  We have wifi set up, with some condition you can use it.

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  What else ...

  On your time off you can do snorkelling, stand up paddling, trekking in the forest, bird watching, fishing with local people etc
  
  To get here is quite a long journey
  Jakarta -(airplane)- sorong -(ferry)- waisai -(car/motorbike) - saporkren(the village) -(boat)- Our paradise!
  
  We get around by boat, usually pick up groceries from delivery guy, if you need to go in to town you can go with him and it takes 30mins
  if you don't speak Bahasa your social life will be a bit limited, but if a comfortable Robinson Crusoe life style surrounded by a pristine rainforest and beautiful reefs is enough then you’ll be fine
  
  We are arguably about as central as you can be in this place, close to everything.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  The internet is good enough for uploading, downloading or streaming but there are times when signal just disappear for some time and it’s unpredictable because our location are in between two hills.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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