Join our team on our campsite in the French Alps, France

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2020

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WE HIRE AN ORGANISER FOR JULY AND AUGUST
If you speak french, english, experience in animation and good energy, you can send us a message + curriculum in here !
Hosted in a caravan and paid 1200euro/month.

We need volunteers from 10th of may to 30th of june -
If you have construction, carpentry skills, let us know !
Motivated people and couples are welcome !

This place is well know for it's river Ubaye wich is one of the best for kayaking and white water rafting.
The camping is a 8 hectares pins and melezes forest situated at 1100 meters high.
We are surrounded by great wildlife as eagles, wolf, marmots, birds and many more.
The camping is about 200km from Marseille and the sea in small town called Barcelonnette.
We have about 200 pitches and 32 cabins but we love to keep the place very friendly and easy going.
The camping have heated swimming pool, grocery store, restaurant, tennis court, multisport area...
There is many outside activities around, as hiking, rafting, paragliding, mountain bike, motorbike...
Type of help
Gardening
Building
Babysitting / child care
General Maintenance
Farmstay
Help with Eco project
Helping with Tourists
Language practice
Art project
Host offers a wage in line with the minimum wage
This host offers accommodation and payment.
Help
We welcome volunteers from 10th may.
This year we have many projects to accomplish.
The first one will be to prepare the camp for the high season which start in July. It means some cleaning, gardening, carpentry and light construction projects, painting and built wood terrace
Anybody with carpentry, electricity, construction skills will fit the place very well.
Anybody with good motivation is really welcome too.

Workaway season go from 1st of may to 30th of june. We will soon start te recruitment !
During the flat season (may-june), we need workers for different tasks : cleaning the mobile home, gardening, pruning, painting, maintenance. We mostly work surrounded by the nature !

We also hire employees for the high season (july-august), they need to speak french and english or french and dutch. Cleaning of the sanitaries, may be runner... There are a few job available. So if you are young, motivated, enthusiastic come around to help as a workaway, we get to know each other and get the chance to be hired for the season !
I give a priority for the workaway that be free to work in the high season.

See you soon in Ubaye !
Languages spoken
French, English, Italian, portuguese
Accommodation
The accomodation will be a Bungalow for 2 workawayers. It's about 30m2. Everybody will have is own bedroom.
It has kitchen, toilet, shower, terrasse and is very comfy.
A washing machine is available too and free of use.
What else ...
We provide free accommodation.
We will be glad to give you the opportunity to taste local products here as cheese, wine, bakery...
We also have mountain bike, maps for hiking and many others things you can borrow.
Many trails leave straight from the campsite, so if you love outdoor you will be in paradise.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
3,5 hours a day

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Feedback left by and about host (17)

05/06/2016

Left by Workawayer (Laura & Indra) for host

Hey guys!
Thank you for the amazing experience in French Alps.
I really enjoyed mountain hiking and biking, our late evenings, candle burnings and learning some (very importany!) French and Italian phrases!
The team is superfriendly and open-minded, be prepaired to work every morning but the weekends are off so there is plenty of time to… read more

(Excellent )

28/09/2015

Left by Workawayer (Jordi) for host

It was my first experience, and It was awesome. Wonderful colleagues and host.
Work was hard but they were so greatfull and make you feel part team very fast. During the weekends there is a lot of option and they even help you to enjoy it more
Thanks

(Excellent )

24/07/2015

Left by Workawayer (Carlos) for host

Watching the Tour de France pass by your camping the other day brought to mind all the wonderful memories I had here. It was an absolutely amazing experience which I will cherish.

I remembered arriving to the camping and seeing the impressive double decker wood terrace that one of the volunteers had just finished building and thinking that I… read more

(Excellent )

03/07/2015

Left by Workawayer (Ruth ) for host

My Schatzies!
I passed three wonderful weeks with you. Vince, I thank you and your family so much for your hospitality. Your place and the team I was working with inspired me and it gave me a lot of positive energy. I enjoyed a lot the nature that was surrounding us, I even went up in the Alps for a three days hike with two other workawayers. The… read more

(Excellent )

25/06/2015

Left by Workawayer (samuel) for host

It was my first workaway expirience and I dont know if there is going to be another like this, amazing! Vincent and his family are really cool and chill. You can learn a lot from them. Everything was perfect, the place, the people, the vibe, honey the dog. I think is one of my best expiriences here in europe.

(Excellent )

11/06/2015

Left by Workawayer (Helissa & Marcellino) for host

I think I can't put into words how much I liked working in this beautiful place, with this wonderful family and with workawayers from all over the world! It was a great experience, the work was interesting and fun, the acomodations were great, and I'm sure I made friends for life! Thank you so much, I'm forever grateful that you accepted my… read more

(Excellent )

10/06/2015

Left by host for Workawayer (Timo)

Thanks dude for your review. Timo did an excellent job here and it was super interesting to hear his stories around the world !

(Excellent )

10/06/2015

Left by Workawayer (Timo) for host

What a kind family, what a beautiful place and such good vibes. Miss you all. Thank you!

(Excellent )

19/04/2015

Left by host for Workawayer (Núria & Dani)

Nuria stay 2 weeks here and it was a blast ! She is a super worker, really fun and confident young woman. You can always come back here !

(Excellent )

19/04/2015

Left by Workawayer (Núria & Dani) for host

Between the most beautiful mountains, the river sound and the deepest natural forest, exist this amazing volunteering experience.
Are you hungry of nature? Do you want to meet open mind people from all around the world? Do you want more than a normal volunteering experience?
In this volunteering I've find the best experience that I've ever… read more

(Excellent )

20/08/2014

Left by host for Workawayer (Pablo)

Pablo was a huge help for us, he is a strong guy, always motivated get along very good with all the team.
Pablo you are always welcome here and we hope to see you again here.

(Excellent )

21/07/2014

Left by Workawayer (Pablo) for host

The best beginning I could have workaway experience. I was so lucky to go here. The location is awesome. Sorrounded by nature the camp is very nice the things to do were different almost every day. Vincent and his family are the best, kind and lovely. The accommodation is better that what I expected. The activities u can do are a lot. And the… read more

(Excellent )

21/07/2014

Left by Workawayer (Julius) for host

Wow, wow, wow. What can I say... It has been such an amazing time for me at the camping and the people were great. The whole family is just a bunch of loving, respectful and fair people who do everything for their workers and gusts to make the stay a pleasant as possible. The accommodation was perfect - we slept in 'mobilehomes' so we had our own… read more

(Excellent )

22/06/2014

Left by Workawayer (Katrine) for host

Woah what can I say, i planned to spend two weeks here but ended up staying a month.

They are situated between mountains, next to rivers and lakes, few k's from rustic french villages and home to the kindest family.
Morning coffee made by Daniel, the awesome receptionist, is delicious and perfect way to start the day. The work is satisfying and… read more

(Excellent )

23/05/2014

Left by Workawayer (Joe) for host

This was my first ever Workaway experience and I will definitely be doing more in the future thanks to Vincent and his family, they made the month I spent at the campsite very enjoyable and made me feel really welcome as soon as I walked onto the site.
When you are not working there is plenty of things to do and see in this lovely area, you can… read more

(Excellent )

07/05/2014

Left by Workawayer (Julius) for host

Och, so many good memories from this camp :) I spent there one of the best months of my life, never regreted going there and for sure I am goint there again :)
Vincent and his family are realy lovely and friendly as all other members of the team.
Long story short - in this camp I found friends for life so I am sure you will do the same :)

(Excellent )

29/09/2013

Left by Workawayer (shahid) for host

Staying at this camp was definately one of the best workaway experiences i have had. I felt so comfortable and welcomed staying there with vincent and his warm kind hearted family as well as all the other staff. An there is plenty of things to do around from mountain biking to white water rafting. I definitely recommend to anyone looking to get… read more

(Excellent )

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