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Join us and help on our small land in the mountains near Bogotá, Colombia

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  • Last activity: 25 Apr 2024

Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least a week

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  • Description

    Description

    (español abajo)

    We are a french and colombian couple. We have been living in the colombian Andes for a few years. We have recently aquired a small land in the mountains near Bogotá where we are building our house and farm. Meanwhile we are living in a tiny house that we built.
    Our main activities are duck raising and beekeeping. In the farm we also have vermiculture, two calves, a dog and a cat, an organic garden, and soon chicken and sheep. We also prepare gastronomic products derived from ducks (rillettes, confit...), bees (mead, turrón,...), and other foods (craft beer and rum...).
    We have many projects and ideas to explore, and we will developp them based on the interests of the volunteers that come and visit us.
    Our farm is located at 2900m, near a native forest with beatifull vegetation and birds (including orchids, and the famous mountain tucan).

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    Somos una pareja colombo francesa. Hemos estado viviendo en zona rural de los andes colombianos desde hace varios años. Hace poco conseguimos un terreno en las montañas cerca de Bogotá donde estamos bioconstruyendo nuestra casa y nuestra granja. Mientras tanto estamos viviendo en una tiny house que construimos.
    Nos dedicamos principalmente a la cría de patos y a la apicultura, aun que en la granja también encontrarás terneros, lombrices, una perra y una gata, un huerto orgánico, y próximamente pollos y ovejas. También hacemos productos gastronómicos derivados de los patos (rillettes, confitado...), de las abejas (hidromiel, turrón,...), y otros (cerveza y ron artesanal...).
    Tenemos mil proyectos e ideas por desarrollar, y la idea es irlos implementando según el interés de los voluntarios que nos visiten.
    Nuestra finca esta ubicada a 2900msnm, al pie de un bosque nativo con vegetación y aves hermosas (incluyendo el famoso tucán de montana).

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Help with Eco Projects
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Farmstay help
    General Maintenance
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    (español abajo)

    We can help you with improving your spanish (and french if interested), and planning your trip around colombia. We can also share our knowledge in ecological construction and agriculture.
    Our way of life is simple and happy. We like good food, and we mix colombian and french habits. We don't have any TV. There is a quite good internet connection.
    Our farm is located at 2900m, near a native forest with beatifull vegetation and birds (including orchids, and the famous mountain tucan). It is close to the Chingaza Natural National Park, an exceptional ecosistem, very typical from our region.

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    Podemos ayudar en aprendizaje de idiomas y en la planeación de tu viaje por Colombia. También podemos transmitir nuestros conocimientos en bioconstrucción y actividades agropecuarias.
    Nuestro estilo de vida es sobrio y feliz. Comemos de todo, mezclando hábitos franceses y colombianos. No tenemos televisor. Si hay buen internet.
    Nuestra finca esta ubicada a 2900msnm, al pie de un bosque nativo con vegetación y aves hermosas (incluyendo el famoso tucán de montana). Estamos muy cerca del parque natural nacional del páramo de Chingaza, ecosistema excepcional, muy típico de nuestra región.

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

    This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

  • Help

    Help

    (español abajo)

    beekeeping
    take care of the animals
    build cages, enclosures, and incubator for the ducks
    Develop vermiculture
    Cook the products we sell (mead, craft beer, sweets, rum, ducks)
    sow, maintain, and harvest in the garden, according to the time of the year
    Share daily tasks (cook, wash the dishes)
    ecological building of our house and barn with raw earth
    build an outside kitchen and a raw earth stove and oven
    build a deck for the tiny house
    build a wooden gate for the farm entrance
    repare an electric fence
    paint the tiny house
    build a prototype to process duck feathers
    build a shelter for pigs
    build a greenhouse
    build a family scale trout raising plant
    plant trees
    Reorganize our organic wastes around the farm

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    actividades apícolas (revisión de colmenas, limpieza y construcción de materiales, cosecha según temporada)
    cuidado de los animales
    construcción de jaulas, corrales, e incubadora para los patos
    Desarrollar nuestro lombricultivo
    Cocina de nuestros productos derivados (confitería, cerveza, hidromiel, ron, carne de pato) y otros productos caseros para la familia (mermeladas, salsa de tomate, etc.)
    Siembra y/o cosecha en el huerto según la temporada
    Participar en las actividades cotidianas compartidas (cocina, loza)
    Bioconstrucción en barro de la casa y de la granja
    construcción de una cocina exterior con estufa de barro
    Construcción de la terraza de la tiny house
    Construir un portón para la finca
    Reparar las cercas de un potrero
    Pintar la tiny house
    Construir un prototipo para aprovechamiento de plumas de patos
    construir una casa para cerdos
    construir un invernadero
    Construir un pequeño criadero de truchas
    Sembrar arboles
    Poner orden en la gestión de nuestros residuos (vegetales, de los animales, del baño seco)

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    Spanish: Fluent
    French: Fluent
    English: Intermediate
    Italian: Beginner

    This host offers a language exchange
    This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
    You can contact them directly for more information.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    (español abajo)

    By now we can only offer you to sleep in a tent, because there is no roof in our house yet, and our tiny house is... tiny. All the rest is to be shared: mmeals, dry toilets, solar shower. We have extra sleeping bags and blankets if needed.

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    Por ahora solo podemos ofrecer estadía en carpa, porque nuestra casa aun no tiene techo, y nuestra tiny house es... tiny. Todo el resto se comparte: comidas, sanitarios secos, ducha solar. Prestamos saco de dormir y cobijas si se necesita.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    (español abajo)

    We live very close to the Chingaza Natural National Park, that can be visited.
    There are nice hikes from the farm and around the village.
    We are also located at 1h far from the sacred Guatavita lake.
    We live in the countryside but are quite close from the village (20min by car) and from Bogotá(1h30). There is a rural bus service and public buses from the village, and they work quite well.
    We live in a "cold" area, no tropical climate here!

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    Estamos muy cerca del parque natural nacional Chingaza, que se puede visitar. Hay caminatas bonitas desde la finca y en otras zonas del municipio. También estamos a 1h de la laguna sagrada de Guatavita. A pesar de estar en una zona muy rural, en carro estamos a 20min del pueblo, y a 1h30 de Bogotá. Hay transporte público rural e intermunicipal, y funciona bien.
    También estamos conectados con otros artesanos de la zona (queso, hortalizas, tejidos).
    Estamos en una zona « fría », no estamos en clima tropical!

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

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    Hours expected

    5 horas al día, 5 días a la semana

Host ref number: 788742381747

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