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Our family is located in a small fishing village in Sibaltan, on the northeast coast of Palawan. The village is 40km away from El Nido and 250km from Puerto Princesa.
Our family run business is located on the beach, from which you can watch beautiful sunrises from the ocean.
Our business consists of two parts:
1) We have a restaurant and small campsite situated on the beach with a palm tree background. This business was unfortunately closed due to Covid and a typhoon that hit in 2022 and we are working to get back to business. Renovation work and beach cleaning is needed.
2) We also have an organic farm called El Trinidad farm located 10 minutes away from the beach. We have tourist groups visiting the farm a few times a month. There is always lots to do on the farm: watering, harvesting, feeding the animals, building etc.
The most important thing for us is sharing good moments and our Filippino culture.
Volunteers have also the opportunity to learn the local cuisine with me (Eliezl) and my mum.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Sibaltan is a small fishing and farming community yet very tight-knitted. We all work to help the community and value this very much. Although Covid and the typhoon hit the village tourism activity badly, the community is working to get back on track working to start again.
We are very keen on sharing our philippino culture through food, our hospitality, our traditions and way of living.
We are also very eager to share and discuss our eco-farming practices.
Whilst there is nothing written down about Filipino culture, the elders can tell many stories through music and dance (Karaoke & Gin)
Help
There is a lot to do and many skills are welcome. Workawayers will be working both on the beach and on the farm according to daily needs.
1) Any carpentry and building skill is very appreciated. We are renovating our restaurant and building lots of new parts on the farm.
2) Gardening and harvesting work on the farm. You don't need to be an expert, as long as you are ready to get your hands dirty :)
3) Social Media skills are much needed too! I am looking for someone who can help me manage my Intagram business profile and grown the number of followers. Additionally, I need support in managing my workaway profile,my Booking profile. Having someone who can help me build a website for my farm would also be very appreciated.
4) General housekeeping (dishwashing, property cleaning, beach cleaning)
Workawayers are expected to contribute with 3 hours of work per day, Monday to Friday.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Tagalog: 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
Tents or bungalow if there are no guests staying. We have one person tent as well as tents for 2 people.
We kindly ask for a contribution of 300 pesos per head per day (breakfast, lunch and dinner) to help us cover food costs. You are also welcome to buy your own food. There are many small shops just a few minutes walk away.
What else ...
In their free time, volunteers can travel around Sibaltant to visit our beautiful sandy beaches (like Dully beach, Nacpan beach). We try to organize island hopping tours if we have a sufficient number of workawayers interested.
Sibaltan is a great spot for kite surfing & scuba diving, which you can access and enjoy at the two local shops situated only 10 minutes away by foot.
Public transport to and from ElNido is unfortunately very limited so we advise renting a scooter here in Sibaltan or a tuc tuc.
You can visit our farm's Intagram page at El.trinidad.organicfarm
Some practical information:
1) We live in a very rural area so we do not have running water and electricity is limited.
2) There are no ATMs in Sibaltan so we advise travelers to withdraw cash in El Nido or Puerto Princesa.
3) We advise travelers to bring their own toilet paper (you also buy it here) and bring natural soaps only, since most of the shower water goes into the ground.
HOW TO REACH SIBALTAN:
1) Fly from Manila to El Nido. Every day there is a van that leaves ElNido at 10am and takes you to Sibaltan for 200-300 pesos. We can also arrange a tuc tuc for you which will cost approx. 1500 pesos total. It is an hour drive. In both cases we can help you arrange.
2) Fly from Manila to Puerto Princesa. Flights are cheaper but Puerto Princesa airport is much further away than ElNido. There are vans from Puerto to Sibaltan and viceversa twice a day. We can help you arrange that option. Note that it is a 6h drive.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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And we feel with her… read more
For some, it might take a little time to get used to the way of living (on the beach, bucket showers, limited electricity)… read more
The accommodation isn't the ritz but leaves you immersed in… read more
We felt like we became part of the family and together we worked with them either on the farm and we helped on the beach with some cleaning too and additionally we've helped them… read more
There was a real sense of community throughout the whole experience and a personal highlight was dancing and karaoke on our final night with the whole family.
Eliezl and Cesar's vision for the site is infectious and enabled us to understand… read more
I spent like a week+ with Eliezl and her family, and I got the opportunity to meet her My favorite Mother :) super funny and energetic mother. and also her brother, smart and genuine. besides to her husband and little daughters.
Eliezl is an amazing woman, powerful and energetic and likes to work a lot. they… read more
and the living is easy...
That's how my experience with Elizl and her family feels like, a song:)
I'm so happy to meet this beautiful and chill family. Christmas in the town hall, singing for the whole town, Karaoke nights at the beach, lazy afternoons lying in the hammock, sunset&sunrise on the El Salvador island; thanks a lot for… read more
The work was very easy going. It’s was… read more
You’ll live in a tent, the accomodation is very basic but with all the advantages it’s worth it!
The work is basically helping for everyday’s duties such as… read more
It was very beautiful place with awesome sunrises that you can watch straight from your tent, which was also our accomodation on the beach.
We cleaned the beach from seaweeds every morning.
That was nice thing to do at the same time with sunrise, because it was so peaceful and not too hot yet.
We washed dishes after… read more
