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26 Apr 2024
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A year ago we started with our project. We try to build up a sustainable and fair trade Durian, Avocado and Coffee Farm. Since we are still pretty in the beginning we are always open for new ideas to improve our farm and be more sustainable. Having new people joining us brings as well a lot of new energy into our team and we are always try to having fun while developing our farm.
The Farm is 7,5he big and just 20 minutes from the city center Pleiku, Gia Lai. It's located on a hill side with a stunning view.
The whole farm house got renovated and has modern bathroom and kitchen facilities (no squat toilets, haha)
The founder is half Chinese and half Vietnamese, born and raised in Germany. He works with his team out of 5 people on the farm as well (mainly in management and in the nursery).
One of the new projects on the farm is creating a camping site. With the beautiful relaxing location it would be fantastic to expand the farm into a camping site for visitors. So maybe you can help us with that as well.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Hospitality/Tourism
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are living and working with locals so you will see a non-touristic environment and will see how we live. Our team is a mix of Kinh-Vietnamese (most common ethnicity) and Jarai-Vietnamese (a minority group). It's always fun to see the differences in culture and language. We will show you how to grow plants, fruits, work on sustainable projects, developements, processes in growing Durian, Avocado and Coffee. Teach you how to cook, eat and drink like locals.
Help
We could need help with our new vegetable garden, which will provide food for ourself. We will teach you how to cook in a Vietnamese style. In the same time we need support in our nursery to take care of our young plants.
Our next project is to develop a camp site on the farm so any help is high appreaciated. Developing the right concept and then following a project plan will be the way to go. There will be "brain work" and also physical tasks.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Vietnamese: Fluent
Chinese (Mandarin): Intermediate
Chinese (Cantonese): Intermediate
Accommodation
There will be two parts. Depending on the work we will either be staying on the farm. You can stay either in the common room (matress, mosquito net, blanket, shared bathroom) or in a tent (you can choose where to put it, the farm might be big enough) We will have a inflatable mattress, sheets, and blankets . There are some days when we will be in the city so you will stay in the guest room at our house in the city (bed, shared bathroom).
We have a big common kitchen where our farmers cook as well. Food will be provided by our staff and if you want we will cook together and we will show you how to cook Vietnamese style fishes.
What else ...
In your time off you can hang out at our little lake and enjoy the view, sleep, read, relax. The surroundings are beautiful to discover by motorbike. there are streams, and some mini waterfalls. The city has a huge lake which is beautifully surrounded by a needle tree forest. Our sunsets (if lucky) are stunning.
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
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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The farm is located in a very quite and beautiful area, about 20min away from the center of Pleiku- which is perfect if you want to relax and listen to the sound of birds and geckos.
The tasks are not hard, the only thing which is a bit tiring is… read more
The place has a friendly atmosphere - we cooked all together and every night we went to see the sunset and played board games! Hao is an amazing host he took a lot of his time explaining the farming process to us even though he has much to do. We even had a quick video call before we came at the farm… read more
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The farm is located in a very quite and beautiful area, about 20min away from the center of Pleiku- which is perfect if you want to relax and listen to the sound of birds and geckos.
The tasks are not hard, the only thing which is a bit tiring is… read more
The place has a friendly atmosphere - we cooked all together and every night we went to see the sunset and played board games! Hao is an amazing host he took a lot of his time explaining the farming process to us even though he has much to do. We even had a quick video call before we came at the farm… read more
All the work and responsibilities were… read more
I was able to learn about wells, watering systems and about fruit trees.
Hao was very open to inputs about gardening and… read more
She was pro active when it was about help, followed instructions really well and communicated really well when it came to new challenges.
With her friendly and open minded attitude she contributed an amazing atmosphere and… read more
I got a lot of information about the farm, which was really interesting.
The farm is located outside of the city, so it's really quiet and natural there.
In the evening we… read more
The work was quite hard, so you should be prepared for that, but Hao makes sure that there are enough breakes. For me this was perfect.
He also took us to local events and we spend the… read more
We coincidentally met Hoa apprx. 2 weeks prior to our arrival at Fairfarm, in his Bar on Phu Quoc Island. He invited us straight away to join him on his Farm near Pleiku and we gladly followed his invitation. :)
Hoa, Tai and the farm team are really generous, polite and helpful people. From showing us how to harvest coffee, to… read more
During our stay we learned a lot about coffee process from harvesting, processing, drying to roasting! It's great experience, raising awareness of how much work goes in to produce a cup of coffee. We were so satisfied to sample the exact coffee that we harvested.
We also learned a lot about… read more
Not only did he helped us with the work on the farm, we… read more
This experience exceeded my best expectations. I was in contact with nature 24 hours a… read more
Without having much experience in farming they still were super keen and willing to learn everything and worked… read more
after that we had a lot of fun as well with great conversations. Her respectful and open minded way made it easy… read more
