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Host rating
80 %
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Last replied
28 Jun 2026
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Reply rate
66.7 %
Usually responds within 10 days
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Feedback
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Min stay requested: at least 2 weeks
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Description
Urgent: Looking for someone in the month July and August!
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Hello,
From mid july and the whole month of august are we looking for a caring, social volunteer / couple, who is not afraid to help out. Someone who loves to cook, take care of animals and some other tasks arround the farm. At this moment in Uruguay it is winter, but in the house there is a wood-burning stove you can use.
If this sounds like a place for you, send us a message!
We would like to do a videocall before, so we can show you arround and meet each other!
You will be living in a nice private house on the farm, with al amenities available. On the farm we have some amazing animals, dogs, cats, horses, chickens and the sweetest pig. You also have time to enjoy the sun or explore arround.
On our farm, we have a swimmingpool, pooltable pingpong table and bike you can use.
Sidenote: rather no people with a vegan lifestyle, this because we eat together and this will be dificult. Vegetarian is not a problem.
Who are we?
We are a dutch couple, Marieke and Jan. We moved in 2015 to Uruguay and 3 years ago Joghum moved to our farm. We are sociable people, who enjoy life.
We speak dutch, german, english and spanish.
We came to Uruguay to live in the nature to create and enjoy a healtier lifestyle. We live on six hectares of land in the country side, but close to the beach, Atlantida city and the main road. We live in the beautiful Uruguay in Estacion Atlantida. We live here with our five dogs, four cats, six horses, 25 chickens and a big pig.
Montevideo is 45 km and de international airport 25 km. One of the houses, we rent out for tourist in the high season and in the other one we live ourselves. We have a basic but good house for our workawayers. We have a camping place for iOverlanders. People who travel through south America with car, camper, bike or motorbike can stay with us.
Greetings Jan and Marieke -
Types of help and learning opportunities
Light gardening
Creative DIY projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
Light maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
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Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We live in a beautiful part of the world close to nature and also the beach. You can spend time to explore and you can reach anywhere you like. You can take the bus / bike or we bring you there. There are also animals here and if you like you can practise languages here too.
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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 are looking for people who are not afraid of some physical work, are convenient with materials and keeping the life and work at the country site. We like help in the daily maintenance we have here, painting, cleaning, cooking etc.
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Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent -
Accommodation
Full furnished vacation home
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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
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
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Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
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How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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My animals / pets
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L’ambiance est très easy-going et on ne s’ennuie jamais : il y a toujours quelque chose à faire ou à découvrir. Le travail est un peu physique (corral, jardin, bois, peinture…), mais dans une super atmosphère, avec de la bonne … read more
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L’ambiance est très easy-going et on ne s’ennuie jamais : il y a toujours quelque chose à faire ou à découvrir. Le travail est un peu physique (corral, jardin, bois, peinture…), mais dans une super atmosphère, avec de la bonne … read more
The chacra of Jan and Marieke was my first workaway experience in South America and to be honest, it was absolutely amazing!
I stayed 3 weeks because it was really nice to stay with them (including their friend Jogchum).
The work is multi tasks : gardening, taking care and cleaning the animals houses, painting, cooking... One day … read more
The work varied and they are open to your suggestions on the best ways you can … read more
We spent a week and a half with Jan and Marieke and really had a lot of fun! In addition to field and painting work, our tasks also included cooking. The evenings together and the warm atmosphere quickly made us feel at home. We were able to use bikes to ride the beach, use fresh herbs from the garden and … read more
Saludos Jan en Marieke
first time volunteering in a campsite, we loved how dinamic it is! the place gets busy with guests, friends and animals. we'd never ever get bored, each day was different and joyful. the … read more
Thanks for everything!
greeting Jan and Marieke
Greetings Marieke
Muy satisfecho y definitivamente lo recomendaría a otros.
Gracias y Saludos Jan y Marieke
Jan and Marieke are very pleasant and funny people. Environment and surroundings are great and very beautiful.
If you looking for a good Host close to Montevideo, where you can do some meaningful work, look no further.
I recommend.
We had the impression of spending a week with the family.
Betanque evening and meal together.
The day worked in the garden. We could leave a trace in this beautiful property. A little corner of paradise.
I hope someday I can go back to the corner to see the future changes / I think of the pool =) /
Beautiful life in … read more
For what I learnt : I could help Jan for the building of the extra bathroom and learnt basics of construction. He knows a lot about this and taught me things such as making the good mix of concrete, laying bricks, cutting bricks with the grinder, how to put in place the water tubes, and all the little but … read more
Thank you so much for our 3 weeks at the campo in Estacion Atlandida!
We are very grateful for the nice company, for Campero, Peluche & Pipa, the kilo's of asado and liters of wine, the many stories we shared and ofcourse the nice projects we carried out.
They will give you a wide variety of tasks with a lot of freedom and if you … read more
Saludos Jan and Marieke
They have three very kind and funny dogs.
Marieke can cook very good and we had a lot of varied meals.
Some work was hard, some work was easy, but we always had some nice coffee breaks.
The area around is very beautiful and you have a nice beach very close where you can go by bike.
We enjoyed the time with … read more
During the days, we worked on the new house they were building and learnt to spray texture onto exterior walls, waterproof paint the entire house, plaster windows, … read more
