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Hola! We are a small guesthouse located in Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica steps away from a beautiful black sand beach and a five minute walk to downtown Puerto Viejo. We offer an immersion into nature in a relaxed, laid-back atmosphere. This is an authentic jungle living experience, we regularly have sloths and monkeys in the trees around the house. We have a beautiful garden full of medicinal and edible plants and fresh eggs available from our free roaming chickens.
We have different work-exchange opportunities throughout the year, sometimes for help with the guesthouse, sometimes for help with pet-sitting. We use work-exchange help from May-August, occasionally at other times of year for short-term exchanges.
Our work-exchange positions leave plenty of downtime for exploring Puerto Viejo! We are in a great location right on the beach and an easy walk into town. You will have laundry service, all the fresh eggs you can eat, and access to our medicinal and edible garden!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Animal Care
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
The Talamanca region is one of the most culturally rich areas of Costa Rica, including indigenous and Afro Caribbean culture that is unique to our coastline. Staying on our property is an authentic jungle living experience, you will learn about the Caribbean lifestyle and the medicinal and edible plants of this region that we are growing on our mini permaculture farm.
Help
We have two different types of work-exchanges on our property, guesthouse help and pet care. Here is more information on each one.
GUESTHOUSE HELP: **Bilingual English/Spanish is needed for this position** This position involves acting as an assistant to the owner, helping to maintain the cleanliness and organization of the common areas of the house, greeting arriving guests and showing them to their room.
PET CARE POSITION: This position involves animal care, dogs, cat, and chickens. It is an absolute must that you are a true animal and nature lover! for someone to take care of my pets while I am away. While I am away you will stay in your own private house, during your training days you would stay in a five-bedroom guesthouse with shared kitchen and bathrooms. There are three dogs, one cat, and chickens to take care of. All of the animals need to be fed twice a day, their water changed once a day, the dogs need to be walked twice a day and given much love and affection as often as possible.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
Accommodation
Guesthouse work-exchange accommodations are in our guesthouse. It is a private room in a shared five-bedroom house with shared kitchen and bathrooms. The house holds eight people at full capacity. There are three showers, two toilets, and a large, well equipped kitchen. The house has 200 Mbps of high speed fiber optic internet and two of our three showers have hot water. It is an open air, Caribbean style house in the middle of the jungle and a two minute walk to a beautiful black sand beach. If you like camping you will love this experience, you can expect the same level of interaction with nature as you would at a cabin in the woods. All of our rooms are equipped with fans and mosquito nets. There is a beautiful garden with medicinal and edible plants.
Pet care work-exchange accommodations will be three nights in the guesthouse described above for training, then during the time I am away you will stay in your own private two-bedroom house also with 200 Mbps of high-speed fiber optic internet, a well equipped kitchen, and hot water in the shower. This is also a simply built Caribbean style house similar to a cabin in the woods. The dogs will be living in this house with you.
All work-exchange accommodations have free laundry service throughout your entire stay and fresh eggs from our chickens!
What else ...
There is so much to explore in the Puerto Viejo area! Beaches, waterfalls, national parks, wildlife rescue centers. You can visit indigenous territory and even do an overnight stay. Taste our amazing local chocolate and learn about the history of cacao in this region. It’s easy to get around on foot, bicycle, bus, or taxi.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have 200 Mbps of high-speed fiber optic internet
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
