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*For 2024 we ask you to please only apply if you are available for min 5 weeks of stay and have experienced garden skills. Thank you <3*
Hola Workawayers! :)
Our Finca family is constantly looking for like-minded people to come and stay in a beautiful spacious house, located half way up the volcano of Tenerife, to turn this in to an eco-friendly, welcoming, non-profit community space!
The Finca originally belongs to my (Amanda's) family, and I have come back to live and work here part-time, after many years of travelling, to create a little paradise in paradise. This is where we need your help.
The main house has two floors with 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, an apartment and tooooo much outdoor space for us to maintain by ourselves! Over the years, many things have been damaged or need repairing. There are several projects, in the house and on the land (organic agriculture, permaculture patch, future outdoor shower, compost toilet, horse yard, pond, etc.), where your creativity has no limits.
The house is far away from tourism and any hustle of the island, its completely relaxed, quiet and located with stunning views.
About Amanda, the owner!
I grew up here and have a deep love towards this island and this piece of land. My family is German, but I speak German, English and Spanish if you need a partner to practice when I'm around! :)
I traveled to many places and therefore love meeting new people, getting to know new cultures and sharing happiness. My hobbies are yoga (teaching onsite), thai massage, cooking, permaculture, horse riding and stargazing.
The Finca also comes with 2 large shelter dogs that were adopted 6 years ago (Chance & Panda). So it´s key that you love big dogs! And the newest addition to the family: Bee, the rescue horse :)
*Please do not apply if you come with pets - our dogs have not accepted other pets in the past due to trauma and territorial issues, so we will have to decline if you are travelling with animals*
The space already naturally invites to more of a community vibe with volunteers and guests, co-living and co-working together as a family - where each person has their own responsibilities and works on these independently. If you are skilled in the following tasks and you want to join a project in the nature of Tenerife for min 5 weeks - please let us know!
Come and join us!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Tenerife is known for its mass tourism and beach life. If you would like to escape that though, and come to enjoy Europe's best climate in a very tranquil environment, then this is the right place. Its a good place to learn Spanish (we both also speak fluently), we have a good WiFi connection if you work remotely, and the house and garden are perfect spots for yoga practices.
We give yoga lessons officially once per week :)
Help
Gardening, farming and permaculture?
For 2024 we are seeking skilled garden magicians! So id you already have experience with permaculture cycles or organic farming in general - let us know! :D Some of the future projects are: creating a food forest on around 900sqm, mushroom farming, herb garden, vegetable self-sufficiency, water management systems...
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Animal care, dog sitting, dog training, happy to be around horses :) We will also be looking for some house-sitting in specific times next year where it will be necessary that you are independent, reliable and have a driving license.
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In need of some digital support! Excel sheet creation for our new project, content (videos, photos) of the Finca, Yoga & meals, as well as support in creating a website!
All of our workawayers have all meals and accommodation included for 5 hours of work a day, 5 days a week.
Any future website we might work on will be for sharing community stories and advice on sustainable living.
Looking for skilled, motivated and easy-going people who are looking into staying longer term and creating a community vibe with us.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Accommodation
You would stay in the top floor in one of the bedrooms. You share a bathroom with maximum three other people, and we all share the kitchen, living room and terrace together. Washing machine, yoga & fitness rooms and car park are also available.
We keep a full fridge - so you can help yourself with what you can find from there.
We often cook together and the household sticks to a veggie (almost vegan), local diet. :)
We mainly will be eating our own fresh produced veggies and fruits from our garden!
- We try our best to live healthy and consciously, so we would prefer to keep it to a non-tabacco and non-meat/fish household - :) Thanks!
What else ...
There is a lot to see and do here on the island in your time off - but it is recommendable to have a car (especially as it is almost impossible to get to the house without one). We drive down to the Los Cristianos area once a day approximately, and would be happy to take anyone, but you might be more flexible with a rented car, and they are not so expensive here.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Yes :) we have beautiful working spaces and strong Wifi connection around the house.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Words would not be able to faithfully express my gratitude towards you and my experience at the finca shared with the multiple people that colored the place during my stay.
Allowing me to tend the land through my permaculture and seed saving skills, initiatives, and humble perspective certainly brought me nourishment and abundance. Your… read more
Amanda is really knowledgeable about her island, you can ask her pretty much anything. She's also very generous. I had my own comfy room and the food provided is of great quality.
The house is pretty sociable. There's often friends visiting and… read more
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Words would not be able to faithfully express my gratitude towards you and my experience at the finca shared with the multiple people that colored the place during my stay.
Allowing me to tend the land through my permaculture and seed saving skills, initiatives, and humble perspective certainly brought me nourishment and abundance. Your… read more
Amanda is really knowledgeable about her island, you can ask her pretty much anything. She's also very generous. I had my own comfy room and the food provided is of great quality.
The house is pretty sociable. There's often friends visiting and… read more
You can expect from him a highly respectful, calm and helpful guy, who always seems to be in a good mood no matter what. He helped so much in so many different areas (great animal care, our dogs loved him, woodwork, cementing and garden work) and never checked how many hours he had done -… read more
Amanda è fantastica, inoltre premurosa a farti trovare un equilibrio tra lavoro e relax, ce una bella energia nella… read more
You can expect to have calm… read more
What was suppost to be a 2 week stay, ended up in 2,5 month – obviously I really liked it and it was quite hard to leave that place! But I took soo many nice memories from that time with me!
I really enjoyed the… read more
He is very gentle, polite, quiet and open-minded person who is very easy to co-live and co-work with. We had asked him to also guide 2 more workawayers during his stay and he… read more
thanks that we had our first workaway experience at your place. It was a very learnfull period and it was really 'gezellig' haha.
You get a lot of freedom if you are able to use it on the right way. We had a lot of fun with also an other workawayer, playing cards and chill… read more
Emiel and Noor are a really lovely couple, bringing good vibes in the house, also fully independent with their rented car!
Always smiling and ready to help us in our daily routine: cooking, cleaning the house, helping with extra task! They completely repair all the irrigation pipes and bring back to life the pumping sytem for… read more
Since the first day, we felt we could trust them, like we knew each other since ages.. They're kind and pure, never in a bad mood, full of energy and ready to help us with absolutely any task at hand. Both Veronika & Joe were bringing new ideas,… read more
The work was varied and interesting, and we were given loads of freedom to make decisions and really become part of the project.
The finca is stunning - amazing views, beautiful location and a 30 minute walk to the best cake shop in Tenerife (and possibly the world).… read more
Amanda was very forthcoming, and because of our shorter-than-usual stay; accommodating and flexible. This made for a nice and easy time. We did mostly some maintenance work in the… read more
One of the best workaway experience in Tenerife ;)
Thank you so much for hosting me twice, I would love to visit you again ;)
I really recommend to anyone.
I hope you had a lovely Christmas and all the best for the new… read more
The location of the finca is quite remote, but with amazing views! And I loved the silence, so much better than the noises of a big city like Hamburg ;)
The work was great, I had the pleasure to finish a pavilion together with other lovely workawayers.
Amanda is an inspiring and charming host. I… read more
Thank… read more
