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We (Owners couple) work and live at the farm, close to the Titicaca Lake in Puno. It is a very quiet place not more than 25 minutes from Puno city, has 150 hectars (600 acres) and it is been part of the natural reserve Titicaca.
There are two paid staff, one for the accommodation (house keeping and service), the other for the horses stable (grooming, sadelling fooding) and one family who use the resourses of the farm (Animals, grass, water and land) to generate their own income with the animal husbandry acitvity. At winter periods, when the accomodation suport them economicaly with the 5% of the income to this family.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
House sitting
Interests
Self development
Events & social
Culture
Pets
Politics / Social justice
Sustainability
Outdoor activities
Nature
Cooking & food
DIY & crafts
Carpentry
Art & design
Architecture
Animals
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
If you are traveling and whant to practice spanish, this is a nice way to do it, but when you are tired or struggeling with the languagge we also speak english and duch.
You will learn:
- Ride and groom horses, together with a bit of stable managment.
- About mantenance and restoration with local and modern materials.
- DIY and bulding projects for the lodge, there are some rooms and areas who need to be finished.
- We restore old wooden dors, windows and furniture, if you help us with it you might also learn alo of it.
- Gardening with local plants, herbs, flowers and trees.
- Social and comunication skills with hospitality and tourism.
- About the people, the local nature and culture.
- About the local kitchen, products and culinair product options.
Help
We need help on a many aspects and areas: with the restoration of the old farm house, with the horses and the stable, taking care of puppies and with the green areas.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Dutch: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
Learnig another languahe is always interesting and usefull, at the moment i am courious about french langiuage but I any language is interesting to learn :)
Accommodation
Near the lodge we have a room with independent access, this room has a batwoom 5 meters away and it has a nice warm shower. The kitchen is a bit further, but you will never cook with such a nice view!
You will probably share the room with one more volunteer or if there is availability you can also use one of the rooms from the Lodge :)
Your help at the kitchen is always welcome sometimes we cook for the whole staff, sharing food and experiences, and sometimes you can enjoy cooking your own favorite meal. This is depending on the occupancy of the lodge and how busy are the permanent staff. We provide ingredients and you can also bring your favorite ones to complete your taste and healthy meal, we provide trasnportation to/from the city to go for groceries.
The most important for us is workawayers will be happy and enjoy staing here, the amount of working hours or if we offer a delicios food or not is not the most important thing.
What else ...
Puno is the Folklore capital of Peru, there are a lot of festivities going during the year, the most important is a catholic festivity of Virgin Candelaria.
There are many interesting towns and villages arround the Titicaca lake you can visit on your free time.
Puno is a travellers conecting point, it is just in the middle way to La Paz (Bolivia), Arequipa and Cusco.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
We also have a camping area, under a roof or the sky.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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