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Description
this a new project, only have one year, it´s a eco tourism project in Altos del Bio Bio, Chile, in Pehuenche native town (5 hrs from Santiago, Chile. by car) . We are started and we need to take care, educate, control, cleaning and make known this new Park. We live in a mountain refuge where we are trying to be self-sufficient (vegetable garden), also we make compost and biofertilizer , we are 4 peoples in the refuge and in the farm, live 5 more families working in there. 2 of us we speak a regular english but we understand. This is a conservation project, where we try to take care of a place and also offer the attractiveness of the area. What I want to do with this project, is to educate the people who take care of it too, since this place was without care for many years and I have a great deal of affection for the hand of man. if you are hard working, reliable, happy and want to have a relax time around nature, this is your place. in this park, we don´t sell food to the customers
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Farmstay help
Help with Eco Projects
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
Teaching
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
they can live the experience of living in the mountains, surrounded by water and nature, in a place very little inhabited by man, learn from the care and importance of nature, flora and fauna, know the culture of my country in general, as also the native Pehuenche culture, learn Spanish, have the opportunity to pass their knowledge, education and experiences to us
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We have to manage the entrance of the park and camping (in this part, we pay for this work, but if you don´t want to do this, is not a problem), as well as the place where we live, which is a refuge enabled as a hostel. In the refuge, we have a vegetable garden, take care of the garden, help the guests and educate them (if necessary), make tourist guide, see carpentry arrangements in the refuge, make wooden signs, good for walking, ride horses, clean park and refuge, cook , to handle, in general, all that with a tourist project management.
in this refuge we don´t sell food, it´s only for sleep. but we cook our food, we have to cook for us. we don´t sell food or beverage. i provide all the food for my workers, only for the workers.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Accommodation
mountain refuge, with bed (but you have to bring slepping bag), with bathroom, clean water, hot water, separet rooms, kitchen, living room, terrance and food. very close to Ralco (small city). the place it`s very beautifull , a real mountain experience.
we give the food, but we cook it together. by turns
What else ...
the Park it´s very big (around 6500 hectares) with 3 rivers, a lot of forest and you can walking everywhere, outside the Park, it´s the same of beauty, with a lot of tourism places (search Altos del Bio Bio) and in this place are a lot of adventure tourism (rafting, kayaking, canoying, climb mountain, etc..) and also they are the Pehuenche native (very old native off my country). We don´t have wifi, but the city of Ralco it´s very close (10 min by car) the transportation it´s every 1,5 hour by bus, they are 8 buses around day. The other more big city it´s Santa Barbara (around 40 km) and Los Angeles (more bigger than Santa Barbara, 75 km)
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
