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Join our eco tourism hostel and farm in Popayan, Colombia

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: at least 3 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    🌱 Hostal – Regenerative tourism and sustainable living in the heart of Cauca

    the Hostal is the dream of a Colombian family who decided to create a place where people can reconnect with the earth, with other cultures, and with their own essence.

    Since 2019, we have been lovingly working on Finca Las Margaritas, located just 20 minutes from Popayán. This natural environment, which was traditionally dedicated to cattle ranching, is now being transformed into a living space for regeneration, learning, and connection.

    Our hostel functions as a small ecosystem where we practice permaculture, bioconstruction, syntropic agriculture, and renewable energies, while also integrating experiences of well-being, ecopsychology, biodanza, and deep connection with nature.

    We deeply believe that travel can be a way to care for the planet. Every activity we offer is designed to inspire people to live with more awareness, simplicity, and respect for the natural cycles of life.

    the Hostal is not just accommodation — it’s a laboratory of regenerative living. We grow part of our own food, build with bamboo and natural materials, and organize educational workshops, ecological walks, and community gatherings in alliance with Movimiento Vital, a project focused on well-being, ecopsychology, and reconnection with nature.

    Our dream is that everyone who comes here — guest, volunteer, or visitor — takes away more than just an experience: a new way of inhabiting the world. 🌍💚

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    🌱 Hostal – Turismo regenerativo y vida sostenible en el corazón del Cauca

    es el sueño de una familia colombiana que decidió crear un lugar donde las personas puedan reconectar con la tierra, con otras culturas y con su propia esencia.

    Desde el año 2019 venimos trabajando con amor en la Finca Las Margaritas, ubicada a solo 20 minutos de Popayán. Este entorno natural, que tradicionalmente se dedicaba a la ganadería, hoy se transforma en un espacio vivo de regeneración, aprendizaje y encuentro.

    Nuestro hostal funciona como un pequeño ecosistema donde practicamos permacultura, bioconstrucción, agricultura sintrópica y energías renovables, integrando también experiencias de bienestar, ecopsicología, biodanza y conexión con la naturaleza.

    Creemos profundamente que viajar puede ser una forma de cuidar el planeta. Por eso, cada actividad que realizamos busca inspirar a las personas a vivir con más conciencia, sencillez y respeto por los ciclos naturales.

    Hostal no es solo un hospedaje: es un laboratorio de vida regenerativa. Cultivamos parte de nuestros alimentos, construimos con bambú y materiales naturales, y organizamos talleres educativos, caminatas ecológicas y espacios de encuentro con proyectos aliados como Movimiento Vital, una iniciativa dedicada al bienestar, la ecopsicología y la reconexión con la naturaleza.

    Nuestro sueño es que cada persona que llegue aquí —huésped, voluntario o visitante— se lleve algo más que una experiencia: una nueva forma de habitar el mundo. 🌍💚

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Art Projects
    Language practice
    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Farmstay help
    Babysitting and creative play
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    Hospitality/Tourism
    Help with Computers/ Internet
  • 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

    Volunteering in Popayán is much more than helping: it is a transformative experience of cultural exchange, connection with nature and personal growth.

    🧭 Learning by doing in sustainability
    You will experience real processes of bio-construction, permaculture, conscious cooking, environmental regeneration and purposeful tourism.

    🌱 Deep connection with nature
    Waking up to birdsong, sowing with your hands, bathing in the river, walking in the mountains and breathing fresh air every day.

    🤝 Community and new friendships
    You will share with a warm host family and volunteers from all over the world. Here, real bonds and lifelong memories are created.

    🍲 Healthy and local food
    You will enjoy delicious meals made with fresh ingredients, harvested on the farm or from nearby producers.

    🎒 Alternative tourism and cultural exploration
    You can get to know Popayán, participate in local activities, visit indigenous communities or explore the biodiversity of Cauca.

    💡 Inspiration for your own path
    Many volunteers leave with new ideas, skills, dreams and a clearer vision of how they want to inhabit the world.

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    Voluntariar en Popayán es mucho más que ayudar:
    es una experiencia transformadora de intercambio cultural, conexión con la naturaleza y crecimiento personal.

    🧭 Aprendizaje práctico en sostenibilidad
    Vivirás de cerca procesos reales de bioconstrucción, permacultura, cocina consciente, regeneración ambiental y turismo con propósito.

    🌱 Conexión profunda con la naturaleza
    Despertar con el canto de las aves, sembrar con tus manos, bañarte en el río, caminar entre montañas y respirar aire puro todos los días.

    🤝 Comunidad y nuevas amistades
    Compartirás con una familia anfitriona cálida y con voluntarios de distintas partes del mundo. Aquí se crean lazos reales y memorias para toda la vida.

    🍲 Alimentación sana y local
    Disfrutarás de comidas deliciosas hechas con ingredientes frescos, cosechados en la misma finca o de productores cercanos.

    🎒 Turismo alternativo y exploración cultural
    Podrás conocer Popayán, participar en actividades locales, visitar comunidades indígenas o explorar la biodiversidad del Cauca.

    💡 Inspiración para tu propio camino
    Muchos voluntarios se van con nuevas ideas, habilidades, sueños y una visión más clara de cómo quieren habitar el mundo.

  • Help

    Help

    🛠️ Bio-construction and ecological maintenance
    Support in the construction of spaces with bamboo, mud, wood and other natural materials. General maintenance of the hostel with a sustainable approach.

    🌱 Orchard and permaculture
    Sowing, harvesting and care of agro-ecological and syntropic crops. Compost preparation, seed management and garden design.

    🍳 Conscious and healthy cooking
    Help in preparing food with local ingredients, support in regenerative cooking workshops and participation in community cooking activities.

    🛏️ Guest care and hospitality
    Reception, support with check-in, room cleaning, accompanying travellers and promoting responsible tourism.

    🌿 Wellness
    Collaboration in Biodanza sessions, yoga, forest baths, art therapy, and other body-mind-nature connection activities (if they have experience or interest).

    📸 Communication, photography and social media
    Creation of content for networks, photography of experiences, videos, graphic design, and support in visibility strategies for the project.

    🎨 Beautification of space
    Mural painting, design of ecological signage, decoration with recycled materials and natural art.

    🌍 Environmental education and regenerative tourism
    Accompaniment in workshops, interpretative routes, educational activities with students or visitors, and development of experiences for groups.

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    🛠️ Bioconstrucción y mantenimiento ecológico
    Apoyo en la construcción de espacios con bambú, madera y otros materiales naturales. Mantenimiento general del hostal con enfoque sustentable.

    🌱 Huerta y permacultura
    Siembra, cosecha y cuidado de cultivos agroecológicos y sintrópicos. Preparación de compost, manejo de semillas y diseño de huertos.

    🍳 Cocina consciente y saludable
    Ayuda en la preparación de alimentos con ingredientes locales, apoyo en talleres de cocina regenerativa y participación en actividades culinarias comunitarias.

    🛏️ Atención al huésped y hospitalidad
    Recepción, apoyo con el check-in, limpieza de habitaciones, acompañamiento a los viajeros y promoción del turismo responsable.

    🌿 Bienestar
    Colaboración en sesiones de Biodanza, yoga, baños de bosque, y otras actividades de conexión cuerpo-mente-naturaleza (si tienen experiencia o interés).

    📸 Comunicación, fotografía y redes sociales
    Creación de contenido para redes, fotografía de experiencias, videos, diseño gráfico, y apoyo en estrategias de visibilidad del proyecto.

    🎨 Embellecimiento del espacio
    Pintura mural, diseño de señalética ecológica, decoración con materiales reciclados y arte natural.

    🌍 Educación ambiental y turismo regenerativo
    Acompañamiento en talleres, rutas interpretativas, actividades educativas con estudiantes o visitantes, y desarrollo de experiencias para grupos.

  • Languages spoken

    English: Intermediate
    Spanish: Intermediate
    French: Beginner

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    Acomodación en habitación múltiple con acceso a agua caliente e internet

    Accommodation in a multiple room with access to hot water and internet

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    You can discover many interesting places, if you are a nature lover you can visit the national park purace where you can visit volcanoes, hot springs, giant mountains and the most beautiful thing is that you can be a few meters from a couple of condors that inhabit this place. Popayan known as the white city, is a colonial city full of conquest history and is located 30 minutes from the hostel

    Podrás descubrir mucho lugares interesantes, si eres amante de la naturaleza puedes visitar el parque nacional purace donde puedes visitar volcanes, termales, gigantes montañas y lo mas lindo es que puedes estar a pocos metros de una pareja de condores que habitan este lugar.

    Popayan conocida como la ciudad blanca, es una ciudad colonial llena de historia de la conquista y esta ubicada a 30 minutos del hostal

  • 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

  • My animals / pets

    My animals / pets

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