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Wonderland is a space to connect, create, and grow together.
Here at Wonderland, we run a guesthouse and a vegan restaurant, host the Wonderland community, and support various social projects around the island. So much has already happened, and we have many more exciting things to come. Our current focus is on creative arts, construction, and design projects, continuing to build and improve the space. We are also currently supporting a local dog shelter, helping with general maintenance and the animals' daily care. We’re always looking for people with positive energy, creativity, and a willingness to contribute to the team.
At the moment, we are staying in simple native huts in the community section of the project, surrounded by a peaceful natural environment, just a 5-minute walk from the famous Paliton Beach, in the centre of San Juan on the magical island of Siquijor.
From Monday to Friday, we host workshops in the morning and evening, creating opportunities for learning, self-expression, and community connection. We start the day at 7:00 AM with morning workshops, including yoga, meditation, workouts, and writing. Later, we close the day with an evening workshop such as dancing, arts, and crafts. Our workshop schedule changes weekly and depends entirely on what people want to host. All workshops are mandatory to attend, allowing everyone at Wonderland to share their passions and connect with others in the community.
Our official working hours are between 9:00 AM and 12:00 PM, with some slightly different responsibilities that remain flexible. Our programme is structured so that everyone still has plenty of time to explore the beautiful island and the beauty within it. 🙂
There are lots of parties, fiestas, and live music events just a short bike ride away, where we all enjoy the good vibes of the island.
I won’t write out our whole philosophy here, as there is a time and a place for everything, but in short, we are here to do great things and live a good life. We really do live in paradise, and we love to celebrate it. 🙂
The local community is incredibly kind and friendly, and people are always happy to share stories and their culture. Smiles, positivity, fun, and kindness are a huge part of Filipino culture. Siquijor is considered one of the safest places on Earth, and the people are, without a doubt, some of the kindest you’ll ever meet. We aim to match the island’s energy by being as inclusive and supportive as possible in everything we do. We have been supporting an Orphanage on a nearby island for the past year and recently hosted them all at Wonderland for a holiday away from the city.
Every afternoon, we like to head to Paliton Beach together to watch the sunset and enjoy mojitos or fresh coconuts. It’s truly something no one should miss while being in Siquijor.
Our mission is to extend a sense of home to our community and build a place where people truly belong. In the future, we plan to open a retreat centre and offer our space to educators from all over the world. We are focused on both the journey of self-discovery and on supporting the local community in every way we can.
Let’s talk more in private. 🙂
It might take a day or two, but we are committed to responding to every message. Please write to us, and you will receive our full attention, even if it takes a little while.
Wonderland
From Johnny, Michal, Wen, Seb, Tom, Hayley, Patrick, Freya, Zan, Elyn, Tsumi (Our Mama Cat) and the whole family.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
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
Interests
Videography
LGBTQ
Events & social
Vegetarian or vegan
Sustainability
Pets
Self development
Farming
Charity work
Photography
Languages
Gardening
Cooking & food
Blogging
Writing
Performing arts
Drawing & painting
Carpentry
Animals
Outdoor activities
Dancing
Yoga / Wellness
Fitness
Nature
Beach
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are a mix of people from all nationalities, so you can expect to not only learn about the fascinating Filipino culture but also different cultures from around the world.
Through work, you can learn a lot about native construction and carpentry, cooking, gardening, and so much more. if you're interested in the local culture, just talk to some of our local staff :) they are always happy to share their history with us!
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
After Opening our vegan restaurant and finishing the first step of our building project, we are now in the look out for people to help out in more specific projects. helping out with building new art designs, painting, cooking, decorating, gardening, social media, conducting workshops, and more.
We have also developed departments regarding helping out to the local schools and Barangay's around us, local animal shelters, beach clean-ups and hospital visits.
There is a lot of work around, so just find how you could support the project with your personal skills, the best. we need people that have awesome, interesting or artistic skills - people who want to share their good energy with us :)
We have a place here for anyone who would like to help! Bring whatever you would like to bring; we are open to new ideas. :)
Languages
Languages spoken
Cebuano: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Hebrew: Fluent
Tagalog: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
We host language workshops on weekly basis, and since there are so many people around from all over the world you'll always find someone to practice with the language of your choice!
Accommodation
We offer a private cozy bamboo huts with a mosquito net, electric fan, and electricity plugs. We use high quality mattrasses in every hut to insure good quality of sleep.
We have shared Western Toilets and cool Open air Bamboo Showers (We also have hot showers). Few common areas to chill, and a cool new kitchen where our chef does her magic;)
We have a pretty strong Wifi connection here, and it's free like our mineral water.
Our kitchen team is making the most amazing vegan food! We are eating together dinners during the week days, and on the weekends go out together to explore the restaurants and bars nearby. Joining the communal meals is totally optional (400PHP - around 6 Euros) - we just need to know in advance in order to prepare! There are two volunteer kitchen on site where our team can cook for themselves. we don't accept any meat products to be used in our project, but aside from that you're free to use the facilities as you like.
We also offer different services to maximize the comfort of our volunteers, (Laundry, Bike rental, booking scuba diving, food and drinks at our restaurant, etc.) and the volunteers get full discount for anything we offer. The food we make here is just for ourselves. So the volunteers will be assisting to our chef who is the main person to cook the meals for everybody.
What else ...
Wow. Where to start?
Siquijor Island has truly something for everyone. It's full of waterfalls, lakes, mountains, caves and beautiful beaches, fireflies, glowing plankton, reefs, shooting stars... Nature wise, It's heaven.
You can go snorkeling or diving, hiking, Kite surfing, camping or just rent a motorbike and explore the island.
there's so much to see and do! you can go visit a healer, which is what this island is famous for.
We like to go explore new places on the island on our weekends, so you can always join us:)
We like to go out everyday at least for a drink, or for a bonfire on the beach. there's plenty of good bars and parties and honestly it's always fun when we do it together.
So yeah, hard to get bored around here!
It's super easy to get here from Dumaguete City, Bohol, Cebu and Mindanao. We are already familiar with most routes so just tell us where you're coming from and we can help you get here 😊
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
For you guys living the good life as Digital Nomads -> there's many working areas in our project with a very strong Wifi connection for you to do your work. Our connection is solid and strong now that we got our generator to operate even if there's a power out on the island.
Can possibly accept pets
Love animals!
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
Dragon
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Seb :))
I spent exactly one month in this surreal place. Everything about this place feels like magic - the people, the place, the workshops, the music, the connections, the art, the dinners, everything literally.
It is a place where you can fully… read more
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Seb :))
I spent exactly one month in this surreal place. Everything about this place feels like magic - the people, the place, the workshops, the music, the connections, the art, the dinners, everything literally.
It is a place where you can fully… read more
I spent 3 weeks at this place and it's the most beautiful healing experience I could have wished for myself.
This place created a magical space for travelers from all around the globe. truly a place I can call home.
the community lifestyle - when you're surrounded by wonderful, talented, loving and inspiring… read more
It was just magical, like the island itself!
I spend 3 wonderful weeks at this place and it was even better than I thought.
The people are welcoming, friendly and helpful in every way possible how I was used to it from the locals (here as well).
You learn a lot about other cultures, beliefs and attitudes.
The… read more
I stayed here for 2 weeks and met the most wonderful people!
From family dinners, days out and activities, this is the perfect experience for someone looking to meet new friends, experience adventure whilst helping local communities.
Facilities were great- the volunteer area just gained some spanking new toilets and… read more
This place for me was a place to rest in one spot, get to know an area a little more and meet some wonderful people from all over the world.
The work is fairly light and you can express your creative side if you have one - or perhaps discover it here! The morning and evening workshops… read more
she is so positive and kind, makes everyone around her feel very comfortable and at home, its been a pleasure having her as part of our family.
she mainly helped us with a beautiful project of building an outdoor gym, and she… read more
Work itself was fun (2hrs a day of volunteer led workshops like yoga and life drawing and 2hrs of other work). I… read more
she mainly helped us with art projects, participated in our school project teaching English and conducted amazing yoga workshops for us. she made everyone around her feel at home , it's… read more
I really made amazing connections and friendships, the vibe and the whole place is so amazing.
I learned so many things from the workshops but also from all the people around.
Its a great place to stay for a longer period of time, just to take a break… read more
Definitely, the highlight of my stay was the workshops led by the volunteers and family members! It was so nice to wake up to yoga or… read more
I was supposed to stay 2 weeks and I stayed 6... As many others volunteers I kept extending and extending, this alone speaks for the place and the people here.
I arrived in this place in a very fragile moment of my travels and found a home and a family, a place where I can always come back. Here you can really give yourself… read more
Its a place that allows you to be yourself and also to go beyond yourself. One of the greatest… read more
Totally recommend it… read more
besides being an incredible yoga teacher… read more
she is so kind, loving and caring, she sees the people around her and make them feel comfortable and taken care of. she helped us a lot with organizing projects, cleaning, gardening, cooking and construction! she also took on herself a personal… read more
Totally recommend it, guys. (not for fragile princesses tho) Been there for a month. The work is… read more
She's an amazing personally… read more
his artistic skills are out of this world! he helped us with decoration all around the place, whether its graphic designs, new beautiful signs, organizing all of the art in our common areas in the best way possible, and also… read more
Attention, you can get really stucked here. it was the first time during my travel that i just feel home and i didn't wanted to travel ahead. so i always extended my stay. instead of 2 weeks i stayed 7 weeks here. and i'm sure i want to come back.
The place is a little community. You have to participate the… read more
Live, laugh,… read more
putting aside her skill, she's just such a ray of sunshine for… read more
on arrival you get a little lovely decorated bamboo name tag for your hut, which is such a nice gesture in my opinion and made me feel very welcome right from the start.
as in other comments mentioned as well, work didn't feel like something I had to do, but rather things I wanted to do. To help out, to… read more
besides helping us a lot with art projects, gardening and construction work, Yvonne has a beautiful spirit, the best energy to be around and the voice of an angel!
it was awesome to have her around, any project that will get her on the team will… read more
work was participating in 8am workshops like yoga and meditation. then we would spend 2 hours from 10-12 working on assigned projects. I did some carpentry stuff for volunteer huts, cleaned up a huge… read more
Thank you to everyone… read more
But by careful it's a real family, there is chance… read more
When I applied for this workaway I thought it would be maintenance of a guesthouse (cleaning etc) and teaching at a school. I did not expect to become part of an amazing community and get all the beautiful memories I got.
I planned to stay for 2 weeks but… read more
The volunteering didn't feel like a work exchange most of the days just because the members are here to… read more
they are both so lovely, outgoing and funny. their energy made everyone around them feel safe and loved. their journey in life, together and seperately, is so inspiring and fascinating.
they cooked amazing and creative vegan dinners for us, besides… read more
he is such an awsome, hard working, genuine guy and we were very grateful to have him around. he helped us a lot with projects of contruction work and gardening. generally he had a lot of good ideas and was more than happy to help anyone with anything, especially to people… read more
I love the people and the great vibe of the place, especially watching the sunset at the small Paliton beach, it was so magical!
Learned new things, e.g. language, culture exchange, and art (which I really love) with fellow volunteers (from all… read more
thank you! hope to see you again
The island is beautiful, the work is chill, there's enough free time to explore and also get to know new people. I feel like my time there went by… read more
Ella has the soul of an artist, everything she touches becomes so so beautiful. we had the honor of her helping us with many art porjects, coming up… read more
The few hours of work each day are very laid back and a great way to get to know the guests staying here or to use your talents to make this place an even… read more
staying with us for a few weeks, Judith made immediate friendships and helped us around with everything needed. she epically helped out with her artistic tendencies, taking pictures and documenting our life in such a beautiful and eye opening way. She truly is great and… read more
most notably are Tommy's curiosity and friendliness. What he learns he teaches and he is never shy to ask… read more
The dinners were delicious (thank youuuuu Dani); the farm animals were fun and funny 😄; the people you work with were family (bro, seriously); the heads of the workaway are very easy going, friendly and FUN!
This workaway was an INSANE… read more
First of all, we all miss you so very much! Your energies, both separate and together, is truly something special. Personally, i owe you both a big thank you. Both for the valuable help you've given to my project, and for your remarkable contribution to the warm family atmosphere. Joanna - you're just the best. Mary Poppins aint… read more
we spent about one month with the beautifull community and we can honestly say it will be a month that will stay with us forever. we felt instantly welcomed and found a home and a family with everyone there. it has been a pleasure to be a able to… read more
I really enjoyed working alongside these guys in creating this beautiful safe and loving community.
Even though my time here was short I have a special place in my heart for the guys dedicated to this project .… read more
It was so much fun to have her cheerful energy with us at work, and got really impressed by her skills! Erin is definitely the fastest learner we had with us.
Always happy to help, always happy to learn, a wonderful personality that brings… read more
They stayed with us for over two months now, and they really became part of our family ♥️
Sim is a very creative and cool person. We laugh so much when she is around! She also has the best playlists to listen to in any situation. She helped us make our place look more colorful - she made… read more
Merle is a beautiful soul and hard working person.
She is also really easygoing and friendly - she is always willing to help people around her and gives you undivided attention when you're talking with her :)
We are all really impressed by her talents!
She can cook, dance and play volleyball.. but also build different things… read more
