Help around during eiderdown picking season, our small household farm , and exploring Holt, Iceland

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  Description

  Me and my wife live on a farm, have eider farming , a few horses and a dog. The farm is located in Önundarfjörður 20 km. from Ísafjörður through a tunnel.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Farmstay help

  Help around the house
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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

  Be around the eider and many other birds. Learn about eider farming and pick up eider down. Learn about the country Iceland. We also have a big family that live close to us that we visit and they visit us. Travellers are welcome to be part of that family and learn our about our culture. We will teach them about the history of the land around us

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  I live on a farm and I need help with my eider farming and household chores for few weeks in this spring and summer. This is not a business farm but a private homestead. The help is about 2-3 hours per day walking around the eider farm and marking their nests and then later picking the eider down from the marked nests. Also some household chores.

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  Languages spoken

  English: Intermediate

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  Accommodation

  Private room on the farm with shared kitchen and bathroom and infrared sauna. The host provide the food but sometime you have to cook the food.

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  What else ...

  The Westfjords is a great region to visit, with lots to do, few tourist crowds and spectacular scenery for days. Whether you're interested in seeing the natural wonders of Iceland, the waterfalls and fjords, small villages, hot springs or wildlife, you can find all this and more in the Westfjords.
  
  Access to a car can sometimes be provided or a ride can be offered if needed.

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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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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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