Be part of our family and meet the rescue animals at our sanctuary in Búðardalur, Iceland

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  Description

  WE ARE NOW LOOKING FOR HELP NEXT SUMMER 2025 FROM MIDDLE OF JUNI TO MIDDLE OF AUGUST 2025❤️
  We are looking for 2 people who can sleep in the same bedroom, a couple, 2 friends or 2 who is ok to be in the same bedroom with someone they don’t know ❤️❤️
  
  Hallo. We are a family of 5, Hjalti (55), Rebecca (45), Matthias Hálfdán (18) ,Kristjana Maj (16) and Alexander Steinn (13). We live in the western part of Iceland, about 170 km from our capital Reykjavik.
  
  We have a small farm with a lot of amazing animals. We are a kind of at rescue center for animals, we get many wonderful animals on our farm from nice people who have to find a new home for there lovely pets.
  
  We are also helping wild animals. In the summer time the farm is open for people to come and learn about the animals. Our dear visitors pay for the visit and the money goes to our dear animals. The work we do in the summer time is for getting money for paying food, vet. medicin, fences, cages and much more for the animals. Our dream is to build a big stable so we can take care of more animals ❤️
  
  We have a beautiful raven, who have learned to say some words in Icelandic, and we dident teach him 💕We speak Icelandic, danish and English.
  You can see him and many other of the animals on TikTok Hólar farm Iceland ❤️
  
  We are looking for people who realy have a greate passion, respect and love for animals and for people ❤️ You will be surrounded by animals and people everyday and all day ❤️❤️
  
  We are looking for 2 persons over 20 years old, who is ready for being a team ❤️

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Charity Work

  Art Projects

  Teaching

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  You will be the best painter in the world 😁😁😀😀 You will learn that we are realy weird, and we think we have a very good humor 🤣🤣😁😁 We will learn you about the animals and we will enjoy life and the animals ❤️
  
  After work, you can take a horse, if you know how to ride ❤️🤣❤️🤣❤️ Our daughter and our youngest son is always riding, so they will show you where to ride, and then you can enjoy time with our horses and see Iceland from the back of a Icelandic horse ❤️

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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

  We have open 6 days a week from 11.00 - 16.00, we prepare in the morning and put the animals back where they belong for the night ❤️❤️ most of the time we are just relaxing and waiting for people to arrive and guide them around ❤️❤️
  
  You will be a part of our family so you will also help inside the house with normal household, we help each other 💕
  
  Our farm will be open for guests in the summer and we need help to guide people around and show them the animals 💕 It is so amazing to see how people loves the animals, and the animals love the people❤️
  
  Thursdays are the only day we are closed for visitors, so the animals can have a day of, and us humans to.
  
  We are looking for people who really care for animals and people, who enjoy cleaning the stable, feeding them, petting and hugging them (also when you are not at work). ❤️❤️
  
  You have to been use to animals, not afraid of them ❤️
  
  You have to be a happy person, good to talk to people, smile enjoy life, be ready for the most amazing experiences with animals and people ❤️
  You will be a guide for alot of people, and you will tell them stories about the animals, and you will walk with horses with children on, you will be kissed by a goat, and hopefully not be eaten by our pig 😂🤣😂🤣😳😳🤣😂🤣
  You will get dirty, and you will smile, you will meet so many amazing people who will leave a warmth in your heart ❤️❤️
  
  Im also looking for people who know how to use a hammer, and a shovel, if we have to make some cool projects ❤️❤️

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  Danish: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  Icelandic: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  We are ready to teach you some Icelandic ❤️ We are looking for people who can speak English, so you can talk to all the amazing people coming to the farm. So a good English is a must ❤️❤️ If you speak other languages, that’s just awesome, maby people will come from your country to see and learn about the animals ❤️❤️
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  Accommodation

  We have a container for 3 to sleep in. (a dobbel bed and a bed for 1) Toilet is in our house about 30 m. from the container. You will be a part of our family so you are with us ❤️
  
  We help each other to cook, and we eat together. We eat alot of animal products, meat, egg, milk so we are looking for people who eats animal products.

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  What else ...

  It is possible to go for some nice hiking, and nearby our farm is a swimming pool and a natural hotpot. We have horses you can ride on and we live nearby the see. Our horses are not for people who haven't been riding before, they are all amazing and have alot of power ❤️❤️❤️
  
  When we go shopping it is 100 km away, I often go there when it is Tuesdays. There is also a swimmingpool and many other shops, so you can come and enjoy the town, when im shopping ❤️

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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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  Can host digital nomads

  We have Wi-Fi in our house, welcome to use it as you need. We can’t take families because we don’t have so much space.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  Plenty of space ❤️

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  Can possibly accept pets

  People from other countries and do not normally live in Iceland, they cant bring there pets to Iceland.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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