Come and help with light construction, organic gardening or website design and explore Talca

Chile

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We are a small vineyard and organic farm in a bilingual community 25 minutes from Talca and 3 hours south of Santiago. We always need help in the gardens and with construction projects but also need volunteers who can help with advertising, photography, video and editing, and IT from time to time. We're located in one of the most attractive up and coming tourist destinations in Chile with great hiking about 30 minutes away and world class surfing, rock climbing, and skiing just an hour or two away by car.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Farmstay help
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are located in an international community, speak multiple languages, and have experience travelling the world. We love to cook food from different parts of the world (pizza, indian dishes, thai food, middle eastern, etc) and always try to teach others about the local Chilean culture.
Help
We always need help with light construction work, farming, planting organic gardens, and maintenance around the property. We occasionally need help with web design, marketing, photography, video and editing, and IT.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Accommodation
Accommodation would be either room in an apartment or small cabin...food is included (also vegetarian possible) but you would need to prepare it yourself some days of the week.
What else ...
There is a lot to explore around the area with the historic city of Talca about 25 minutes away and lakes, hiking trails, surfing and skiing located within an hour or two away. You can take the train to Constitucion or visit the 7 Cups or Altos de Lircay National Parks. We are situated perfectly for wine lovers as we are surrounded with one of the best wineries in Chile apart from other cool stuff to do :)
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
25 hours per week

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29/04/2019

Left by Workawayer (Julie & Sébastien) for host

We had a really pleasant and interesting stay at Darren's property. Some tasks sometimes required a lot of energy but it was always fun and in a good atmosphere. We painted the exterior walls of his under construction house, dug a canal to irrigate his vegetable garden and palm trees, helped a little for the website, did some weeding, helped… read more

(Excellent )

28/04/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Julie & Sébastien)

It was a pleasure having Julie and Sebatien stay with us. Any tasks, small or large, were no problem for them. Friendly, helpful and motivated are just a few adjectives I can use to describe them. I hope they have a great time on the rest of their trip!

(Excellent )

28/04/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Joseph & Isaac)

We had a really nice time with Joe and Isaac during their stay with us in San Clemente. They helped with a number of tasks around the property, had a great attitude, and were always motivated to lend a hand with what needed to be done. It was a pleasure meeting them. Best of luck with the rest of your trip!

(Excellent )

11/04/2019

Left by Workawayer (Joseph & Isaac) for host

I had a great time staying with Darren, who’s pretty much the ideal host: flexible with our timings and needs, very knowledgeable about Chile and South America in general, and just overall a really nice guy. We never had to do that much work, and what we did was never particularly difficult. Darren made us lots of (delicious) food, introduced us… read more

(Excellent )

18/02/2019

Left by Workawayer (Anna & Darius) for host

Anna and I had an incredible stay on Darren's property. The cabin he offers to workstayers is fully equipped and very comfortable. The kind of work we took part in was garden landscaping, but he's got so many cool projects going on that there are a few choices of what you would like to do, which we thought was really cool. In addition to the… read more

(Excellent )

26/01/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Anna & Darius)

It was such a great experience having Anna and Darius visit our place! They were very motivated to help out with anything that needed to be done around the property but the best part of all was getting to know them and hear about where they're from as well as about their travels. They were very respectful and always had a great attitude, even… read more

(Excellent )

26/01/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Nicole )

It was really great having Nicole and Rob stay at our place! They were both very helpful with tasks around the property and I loved hearing about their experiences traveling and working in different parts of the world. There were very motivated even during the hot weather and very respectful during their visit.

(Excellent )

31/12/2018

Left by Workawayer (Nicole ) for host

We learned a great deal about Chile from Darren who has explored and analyzed it from an interesting perspective. Rob weed-wacked the large area in front of the cabin, and I, Nicole weeded the large onion patch. Darren made some delicious meals which we ate enjoying the lovely view of the Andes. Though we were there only 4 days, the experience was… read more

(Excellent )

17/10/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Fanny)

It was really great to host Fanny and Matthieu at our place near Talca! They were very helpful with everything, very respectful, and positive the entire time. Apart from helping with maintenance around parts of the property, they also cooked a number of European dishes that were wonderful, did some French translations for us, and helped take care… read more

(Excellent )

16/10/2018

Left by Workawayer (Fanny) for host

Thank you very much Daren for this incredible month!
We had a perfect experience of what workaway is : working outside, sharing time and knowledge with many talks. We discovered the region too thanks to his advices and his time.
He drived us at the city (Talca) several times.
We were supposed to stay 2 weeks at his place and finally we stayed 1… read more

(Excellent )

03/06/2018

Left by Workawayer (Annie Jénifer & Cristian David) for host

La experiencia fue maravillosa! Pudimos colaborar en algunos trabajos en el campo, siempre dirigidos y acompañados por Darren. Lo mejor de la experiencia fue compartir tiempo con él y sus cercanos, tuvimos charlas entretenidas donde conocimos diferentes culturas, su compañía es muy agradable y en especial agradecemos su confianza, respeto y… read more

(Excellent )

03/06/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Annie Jénifer & Cristian David)

La experiencia con Jénifer y Cristian estaba muy positiva cuando quedaron con nosotros en nuestra cabaña en el campo. Compartieron muchas historias de su viaje y nos enseñaron muchas cosas de su país. Nos ayudaron mucho con la preparación de unos jardines y trabajos de limpieza de senderos y siempre mostraron mucho voluntad de avanzar con cosas,… read more

(Excellent )

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