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Mountain ski and snowboard resort welcoming Workwayers in Almaty, Kazakhstan

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: at least 2 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    My name is Talgat, but everybody callin me Tal. I am the manager of volunteers of the mountain ski & snowboard resort. For me this is a real place of power. Come and see.
    We have more then hundred paid staff. Office and service departments. We plan to involve workawayers in the areas of resort development, marketing, as well as in eco-environmental, renovation projects.Our resort is located in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatu. The workawayers base is located on the territory of the high-mountain ice skating rink Medeo, 1690 m above sea level. The area of our resort covers the territory from Medeo to the highest point of the Talgar pass 3200 m above sea level. From slender Tianshan firs, pines and birches to alpine meadows and eternally cold glaciers in just 35 minutes you can get in a CABLE CAR CABIN FOR FREE.
    In Kazakhkstan ALL DRUGS are illegal we kindly ask you to not bring that to appartment or at the resort.

  • 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
    Help around the house
    Hospitality/Tourism
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Travelers can study the peculiarities of the language of Turkic-speaking peoples (Kazakhs, Kirghiz, Uzbeks, Turks, etc.), as well as the life and traditions of nomads in eco-villages on the territory of the resort.
    Also travellers can try treat themselves with SKIING & SNOWBOARDING OVER OUR RESORT SLOPES. Hiking trips in winter snow mountains.

  • Help

    Help

    Winter season targets.
    1. Help with cleaning or changing beds in our glam camp
    2. Cleaning territory of the camp from snow.
    3.Installation of a children's park with toys in the morning and safety nets from 7.30 am to 9 am.
    4.Assembly of a children's park with toys and safety nets from 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm
    5.Control of order during the passage of the flow of guests through the turnstile at the cable car station.
    6.Promotion of the event (advertising of the rope park and other resort activities)
    7.Participation in projects and holiday events of the resort, organized by the marketing department (distribution of advertising booklets, hospice, participation in guest registration, participation in performance events)
    8.Cleaning resort territories and routs from snow.
    Summer season targets.
    1. Help with cleaning or changing beds in our glam camp.
    2. Gardening in our glamcamp and at the resort area also.
    3. Promotion of the event (advertising of the rope park and other resort activities)
    4. Participation in projects and holiday events of the resort, organized by the marketing department (distribution of advertising booklets, hospice, participation in guest registration, participation in performance events)
    5. Cleaning tourist trails and places under the cable car routes from debris.
    6. DIY and building projects

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    Kazakh: Fluent
    Russian: Fluent
    English: Intermediate
    German: Beginner
    Serbian: Beginner

    This host offers a language exchange
    We can sharing kazakh and russian languge with workwayers

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    Accomodation for workawayers free of charge. There is a shared bedroom with 4 beds.
    There is also a room - a studio combined with a kitchen.
    In the kitchen, volunteers will be able to cook their own food. We have an electric kettle, gas stove, microwave oven, refrigerator and washing machine.
    We also have a toilet and a separate bathroom with bathtub.

    We plan to use our workawayers no more than 15 hours a week. For example, 3 days a week for 5 hours a day or 5 days a week 3 hours a day.
    IN SUMMER TIME ONLY we also plan to provide a light breakfast daily. Tea, instant coffee, milk, oat flakes, bread

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    WINTER TIME
    We give worawayers a FREE VIP SKIPASS on the day when they help us at the resort during the day and on night skiing days.
    On the territory of the resort we have a room for workawayers where they can rest and eat their food and leave their equipment (skis, boards) there.
    We CAN'T provide for our workawayers skiing and snow boarding equipment for free.

    SUMMER TIME
    Also, in their free time,our workawayers could enjoy the nature of our resort with many mountain lakes and relict plants. Go mountaineering, or visit our famous Charyn Canyon and high-mountain lakes Kolsai and Kaindy.
    Friends, we only ask you to take all the necessary hiking equipment (tents, portable gas burners, sleeping bags, etc.) with you.
    Our hostel is not far from the city, there is a constant bus. The city has developed infrastructure. There are restaurants, snack bars, pubs, nightclubs, and wine shops with wines from local and foreign grape varieties. The markets and bazaars have a huge selection of local cheap fruits and vegetables. Museums, theaters. Near the hostel there is a small grocery store with ready-made food and drinks, and there are also many different coffee shops and snack bars nearby.

  • 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

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

Host ref number: 359637679749

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