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We are a Ayurveda and Yoga Hotel in Northern Germany nearby Lüneburg. Many people come to us who want to get out of their busy everyday life and want to practice Yoga and Ayurveda, learn more about Ayurveda philosophy and the Yoga culture. We are situated in the north of germany, in the Lüneburger Heide, from where you can easily go to Berlin, Hamburg and Hannover.
These are our requirements:
- You have already worked in a hotel or restaurant.
- You can speak German at a good level.
- You are a resident of the EU or you have a work visa with you.
We register you officially as an employee. We pay the minimum wage (12 Euro / h), taxes and health insurance will be deducted from it.
We offer you accommodation in a shared room free of charge.
For all of you who want to eat the meals together with us, we offer a package which is 10,- Euros / day for meals, drinks, German lessons and bicycle use. This is not mandatory, you can of course also buy your food in the next supermarket and cater for yourself.
We plan with a minimum stay of four months.
Depending on your experience, we will employ you for example in the restaurant as a waiter / waitress, in the kitchen or in the housekeeping. Please write us exactly what kind of experience you already have.
Lots of tasty dishes are cook healthy, we love to be inspired by our workawayers, who often know the specialities of their native country. Cooking together is part of our community and we love to have a great meal made together.
Besides, some of our workawayers decided to stay in Germany and have found a permanent job with us. Others come to visit us from time to time…
Wir freuen uns, wenn Ihr Eure Bewerbung auf Deutsch schreibt!Types of help and learning opportunities
Art ProjectsLanguage practiceHelp with Eco ProjectsTeachingGardeningFarmstay helpCreating/ Cooking family mealsHelp around the houseGeneral MaintenanceUN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Our focus is cultural exchange. In addition to the experiences that you will make in the many different Workawayer tasks, you can learn a lot: German language lessons, Yoga lessons, sometimes making music together at the fireplace and the different work in our hotel and restaurant.
If you need a Certificate for your stay (sometimes important for your CV or for school/university), we can talk about the special aspects you want to get to know.Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage
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Host has indicated that they will pay at least the minimum hourly wage of their country for each hour worked and that accommodation will also be provided. They are asking for help with a business or business activity. Contact the host directly via the site messenger for more information and details about the wage provided. Any arrangements should be agreed in advance with your host.
Help
We are looking for people who want to live and work with us for a while.
For a paid internship it is a minimum requirement that you have previous experience working in a hotel or restaurant.
The following activities are provided for our Workawayers:
- Outdoor work and gardening like taking care of the plants in our farm garden.
- Harvesting apples, as we cultivate old sorts of apple trees
- We bake our own bread and cook our own marmelade for our own needs.
- Prepare highlights like our weekly campfire with mulled wine and Guitar music.
- Cook delicous meals in our kitchen
- make friendly service for the guests in our restaurant
- work in our housekeeping and clean our hotel roomsLanguages spoken
German: Fluent
English: FluentAccommodation
As part of the Workaway internship, you will receive a bed in a shared room. You are also welcome to have a hotel room for yourself as part of our service package.
What else ...
Do you want to learn German?
Many things are much easier with some knowledge of the German language. That is why we offer a free language course once a week (not during holiday times of Lower Saxony).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, 5 days a week maximum
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I was lucky to meet here many nice and open guests, great yoga teachers, cool and vibrant volunteers and welcoming colleagues. I must say, I got a lot stronger and more skillful after this period thanks to the various tasks here… read more
I spent a beautiful month immersed in nature and spirituality, the work was sometimes heavy but it was worth it.
I met wonderful people both stuff and workies like me.
After this adventure I was reborn and returned home better than… read more
He help us. He is very creative and hard working.
He also offered for our guest an Amazing breathwork meditation.
By the bonfire was he able to play the guitar and sing very good.
He has achieved all the task that we gave him successfully.
He has also a very good work ethic and was always on time for working.
We… read more
I worked in this hotel for 1,5 months… read more
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I was lucky to meet here many nice and open guests, great yoga teachers, cool and vibrant volunteers and welcoming colleagues. I must say, I got a lot stronger and more skillful after this period thanks to the various tasks here… read more
I spent a beautiful month immersed in nature and spirituality, the work was sometimes heavy but it was worth it.
I met wonderful people both stuff and workies like me.
After this adventure I was reborn and returned home better than… read more
He help us. He is very creative and hard working.
He also offered for our guest an Amazing breathwork meditation.
By the bonfire was he able to play the guitar and sing very good.
He has achieved all the task that we gave him successfully.
He has also a very good work ethic and was always on time for working.
We… read more
I worked in this hotel for 1,5 months… read more
As the weather wasn't that great upon my arrival I mainly helped inside the kitchen and with the service. I was also able to give some yoga classes which was great for me as a newer teacher.
Also I was really lucky with the other Workawayers who were there with me!… read more
Sie war freundlich, fleissig und flexibel - besser geht es nicht.
Eine tolle Kollegin :-)
She helped us in every domain in our hotel.
She is very respectfull , polite and proffessional.
She is one of our best workaway :)
Thank you again for everything and see you maybe soon again
Pure explosion of positive energy and happiness every day.
The whole team wants to thank you again for your amazing work !
There is not one task that we give jaime that he could not do .
Very friendly, very creative, good singer and perfect guitar player.
His concerts at the bonfire where amazing.
very professional,very respectfull,… read more
She is very friendly and open person . She always had a good mood and worked with a smile :)
It is just a lovely… read more
I had such a great time!! It was my first workaway experience and I really enjoyed it. The staff is super nice and makes you feel like a part of the family from… read more
His german level is also very good . He can understand and speak pretty well !
He is an expert in chopping wood , and bulding very interesting bonfires .
He was always looking to help us .
We are very gratefull for his help .
Always with a big smile and very positiv energy !
Very very Flexible !
She help us with our garten , in the kitchen and she also learned and help us to do the breakfast for the guest !
Special thank you to Porn, you are the sweetest, and to all of my roommates during my stay, you are the best people and I miss you!
Thank you all for making all beautiful memories… Whenever I remember the volunteering time there, I smile :) I’m so grateful to all of you ..
Hotel is located remotely, so keep in mind that. It is beautiful and quiet though, people working there are so nice and food is spectacular! I never ate so much in my life haha :D
I even… read more
It was a lot of other workawayers there during my stay which made you feel like a family and welcoming staff from the first minute. So you never felt alone. And it comes… read more
I was there for a month, from the end of January to February, and despite the cold weather, we had amazing days to do walks on the fields, bonfires, and visit the nearest city - Hitzacker (+- 7km).
The expected work is 5h/day, 6 days/week. And its very important not to be late :)
The first 2 week I spent cleaning the leaves… read more
I already did workaway before and it's the first place where I can eat the breakfast, the lunch and the dinner for free. The breakfast was really nice! And the food was good. Thank to Porn and Petra for the delicious food! The deal was good. You work 5 hours a day (the work is really easy.) and in exchange you have… read more
When we arrived, there was one volunteer girl to greet us, but when we left, we said goodbye to a whole family.
It provided so many opportunities of bonding, making, telling stories, playing games, exploring the nature and ourselves. A big credit for the family feeling should go to… read more
The hotel is surrounded by lots of nature and fields and the closest town (Hitzacker) is ~7km away. So it is a very relaxing and peaceful environment to be in.… read more
It could not be better!
We can recommend them to any host.
If you want to come back to us sometime in the future, you will always be welcome!
Good luck & all the best for you!
I worked in the garden (sweeping leaves, burning,...), in the kitchen (washing dishes, pealing apples for marmalade, helping, organizing provisions...),… read more
Always friendly, working independantly, with a lot of self-motivation.
In short: There is no better one!
Good luck to you, Annabel - you are always welcome to stay with us if you return to Germany!
you stayed in here and you were very good for the team. You always were helping when somebody of the team
were asking for special things. It did not matter if you had your day off. You were always friendly and helpfull and you gave this motivation to the other work-away. Our guests liked you also. We hope, that you will… read more
She was responsible and very friendly. We hope that she will come again. Good luck and all the best for her.
They gave me work and introduced me to either be a kitchen-helper or go gardening. And that's your option to become creative. Its what you choose to make of it. While you can wash the dishes all the time or go and… read more
The staff are very friendly and considerate, the communication was good and they were flexible with my arrival and departure date. The food is really good and the Rooms are a real treat.
I had the pleasure of staying with really good volunteers which really enhanced my overall experience.
This… read more
The rooms were so confy and so beautiful ! The food was awsome , I ate a lot of kartoffel :D
I had the chance to participate to some yoga classes , it was amazing, and really relaxing.
The only bad point is that I was there on winter and so there was not a lot of activities… read more
Is a great place to have a super nice experience working and having a good time as well. The place is beautifull and the people who works there is realy realy nice...So i would be glad to do it again :) Die Besten Wunsche fur alles dort.
Matias
The hotel is a great place to volunteer. It is nice, in nature, about 7 km from the closest town. In your free time, you can attend yoga, or use the empty yoga room if there's no lesson. There is a lot of board games, books mainly in German, sauna that you can use in the evening. Be sure to bring enough books, if you… read more
This was my first workaway and was really good, i take it after several weeks travelling around a lots of city so i was looking for some place to relax and be far away in the country side. with that in mind, it was a really good desition, you can take a good break here.
If you are thinking in going there you have to… read more
In short, the people made my stay really enjoyable, we had great moments!
The food was yummy most days and if we were still… read more
One of the best things… read more
My job was to sweep leaves, chop wood and take care of the garden. We also made a fire for the guests, twice a week, a good chance to relax with Workawayers and practice German. I also worked as Kitchen Assistant (cutting vegetables and fruits) and Dishwasher. I was asked… read more
We didn't start well, we had a communication problem and we were in the train station of the nearest town without a way to arrive to the hotel. They told us they wereally going to came for us... and they arrived 3 hours later… read more
She always looked around for helping different things.
She had a sense of responsibility. There was a lot
of work and she was always friendly and smiling.
We wish her all the best for her future and we
want that that she will come back.
There was a lot of work, I'd been working mainly in the kitchen, sometimes also cleaning the rooms and helping in the restaurant service. The cookers are really nice,… read more
The work isn't hard and there is a very friendly atmosphere during the work. The other workawayers are very nice and the staff too.
The accomodation is very great and the food is delicious. You have a plenty of time to do what you want and you can choose when you want your day off! It's a… read more
It is in the middle of nowhere but honestly we didn't feel bored : you can borrow… read more
However, the hotel is a little bit isolated and the nearest town is 7 kilometers away. But don't dispare: there's… read more
But at the end this turned out to be a great opportunity to have a full immertion in local life and german language. I really enjoyed exploring by bicycle the amazing surroundings:… read more
Thank you very much for your help, Jacob!
We wish you all the best for your future!
It is beautiful and silent place with great people working over there.
Thank You very much for everything.
Tschüss.
Jacob.
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Es ist ein guter Ort, wenn Sie allein zu bleiben für einige Zeit benötigen.
The staff is very friendly and light -hearted people. So as long as you speak with them in German, you can improve your German quite fast! There're lots of flexibility at work so that you're able to try various roles in the hotel(e.g. helping in the kitchen/ garden, room… read more
The area is just so pretty, a bit in the middle of nowhere and all the staff made feel like at home.
If you want to gain some work experience in hotels this is the best place to go for, as you are most likely to try all duties which was quite cool. Moreover if your aim is to improve your german, this is a great… read more
I arrived in September, and i will leave in December. I'm enjoying my time here, with all the staff and with the work too. I help in the kitchen, in the restaurant and sweeping leaves.
The staff is very friendly and you really feel… read more