Creation of horse boarding facility in the Maule Valley, central Chile

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  Description

  We have a small family run farm in the Maule Valley, central Chile. 300km south of Santiago. We are turning part of the farm into an equestrian facility and we need help with building stables, making fences, clearing paths in our small forest for trail riding, painting, making riding arenas and maybe some light work in one of our three greenhouses.
  
  There are lots of interesting places to explore in this area: Talca, a big city with everything you'll need (cinemas, bars, restaurants, museums, football stadium, historic buildings etc.), the Andes mountains, the coastal mountains, the Pacific ocean, Maule River etc. The Maule Valley is the home of the Huaso, the Chilean cowboy, and you'll find local horse races and rodeos almost every week in the high season. You can use our bicycles and try to find the Querquel Lagoon in the coastal mountains, a couple of hours away.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Interests

  

  Animals

  

  Carpentry

  

  Languages

  

  Gardening

  

  Cooking & food

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Music

  

  Plant care

  

  Farming
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  What's this?
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  It’s a great way to experience the rural and traditional Chile from inside, meet the locals and improve your Spanish.
  From here you can take trips to the Andes Mountains (rivers, lakes, hot springs) , the coastal mountains, go bicycle riding, experience local horse races, rodeos...

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  Help

  In this first stage we'll need a couple of handy young people, who enjoy some physical work. We need help with building horse stables, making fencing, clearing trails for horse riding, making riding arenas, painting, clearing land for building and maybe light work in in of our three greenhouses.
  You will ideally have some experience with basic woodwork and DIY, but most important is that you’re not afraid to help out and work in whatever is needed.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  Spanish: Fluent
  Danish: Intermediate
  English: Intermediate
  Hebrew: Intermediate

  This 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.
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  Accommodation

  Helpers will have their own wooden cabin , with beds, kitchen where you can prepare your own meals, bathroom, toilet, hot water, fridge.
  Some meals can be eaten in the host's house. We often make traditional Chilean rural food and bake traditional artisan bread regularly.
  Ingredients and food will be provided, to be prepared in the fully equipped kitchen. 3-4 times a week a large meal will be served by the host to be shared

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  What else ...

  There's a 10 min walk to a small grocery store and buses to Talca and Maule almost every hour. You 'll might be interested in using one of our bikes to explore the surroundings. There's a 30 mins ride to the mountains on bike.

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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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  Space for parking camper vans

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  My animals / pets

  Gallinas

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