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Explore sustainable living with us near Cali, Colombia

Availability

  2026 

 Min stay requested: 1 month or more

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  • Description

    Description

    Farming With Intention:
    We’re looking to host people who want to stay at least two months, ideally longer. Not because of rules, but because real learning here takes time. If what we’re doing speaks to you, reach out — we’re open to conversation.

    What This Place Is:
    This isn’t a retreat or a volunteer vacation. It’s a working farm in the cloud-forest foothills near Cali, Colombia — and a place where we’re actively exploring what it means to live in right relationship with land, food, community, and the unseen world that moves through all of it.

    We take farming seriously, and we also take the spiritual dimension of this work seriously — not in a dogmatic way, but with respect, curiosity, and humility. The land teaches, if you’re willing to listen.

    What Life Here Looks Like:
    -Daily, physical farm work — soil building, planting, harvesting, caring for animals
    -Learning by doing: agroecology, biodynamic and biointensive practices, seed work, observation
    -Weather, mud, fatigue, repetition, frustration, beauty, and long quiet stretches
    -Living close to others, with fewer distractions and more responsibility

    Alongside the work, we regularly gather — to cook, to talk, to play music, to dance. The arts aren’t a side project here; they’re part of how we process life, mark time, and stay human. Music, movement, and shared creative moments help hold the intensity of farm work and deepen our sense of community.

    Food & Shelter:
    We eat simply and well — mostly vegetarian, largely from the land. Housing is shared and comfortable, but modest. This is about function, not luxury.

    Commitment & Exchange:
    A longer stay allows trust to build — with the land and with each other. People who come ready to humble themselves, accept discomfort, and commit to the slow rhythms of agrarian life tend to thrive here. Those looking for comfort, constant stimulation, or clear outcomes often don’t.

    We’re happy to talk through expectations, schedules, and how contributions work. Financial support isn’t required, but it does help keep the project alive.

    If you feel called to real farm work, grounded living, creative expression, and honest exploration — including the spiritual questions that farming inevitably raises — this might be a good place for you.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Art Projects
    Language practice
    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
  • Interests

    Interests

    Culture
    Sustainability
    Farming
    Plant care
    Music
    Cooking & food
    Drawing & painting
    Carpentry
    Hiking
    Nature
    Yoga / Wellness
    Camping
    Outdoor activities
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    This is a hub of the organic food scene (and the art scene that accompanies it!) near Cali. Through our daily work, regular community gatherings, workshops, and the vibrant agrarian lifestyle that we live, travelers are sure to benefit in many ways: practical skills, language skills, spiritual/wellness skills.

  • Help

    Help

    House tasks, garden tasks, animal tasks... we are looking for help in our gardens and orchards, construction projects, house maintenance, cooking and food preservation, animal chores. We work hard, learn a lot, and eat well!

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    German: Fluent
    English: Fluent
    Spanish: Fluent
    French: Fluent
    Italian: Fluent
    Portuguese: Fluent
    Swahili (Kiswahili): Beginner

    This host offers a language exchange
    We LOVE language exchange!

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    Travelers are hosted in our baharaque (bamboo and earthen plaster) home in a comfortable bedroom and bathroom, shared kitchen, beautiful views and plenty of private chill-out spaces.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    The place is just a cheap 40-minute bus ride from the heart of Cali — Colombia’s vibrant salsa capital with plenty of music, markets, and culture to explore. The Pacific coast isn’t far either, and epic jungle, river, and waterfall adventures are within a couple hours of here

    And honestly, you don’t even have to leave the farm to have fun — we host community gatherings, music jams, dance classes, and bonfires, so there’s always something happening and new friends to meet!

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    This host can provide space for campervans.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

  • My animals / pets

    My animals / pets

    Kino (17 years)

    Kino has spent more time at the farm than any of us humans. He's quite old and requires a fair amount of care, but he's very sweet.

Host ref number: 345915835259

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