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Hello,
We're a small community hostel located in the jungle, 2km from Semuc Champey, in Guatemala. Visiting the hostel is a unique experience, unlike any other in Guatemala, as we are most likely the most remote hostel in the entire country.
Arriving here means hiking through the jungle for 30 minutes down an ancient Mayan path. The property is located right on the edge of the Cahabon River, with a waterfall only a few minutes walk from our cabins.
As we are a community hostel, we take pride in our locally hired staff of 8 including cooks, gardener, handyman, tour guide, drivers and security guards. We are currently looking for volunteers to assist our staff with cooking, daily maintenance and customer service. This generally includes working at the reception, bartending and entertaining guests, organizing space, helping our local cooks with preparing meals for our guests and helping us with other creative projects.
Since we are currently expanding our space and moving towards becoming a retreat, travelers with relevant skills (yoga instructors, meditation, healing) will be given priority.
The ideal volunteer would be someone who is self-motivated and sets high standards for themselves, someone who enjoys meeting new people and is customer service oriented, as part of the work will be keeping guests happy, answering questions, participating in group activities, etc. We pride ourselves in making all of our guests feel at home, and providing them with excellent service while they are here. Being bilingual is also a major plus!
We are also interested in hearing from volunteers who specialize in one or several of these other areas, as it would be great to have some help in these fields as well - yoga instructors, photographers with a quality camera, online marketing / SEO optimization, accounting, hotel or business management, gardening / permaculture, and artists or painters.
We are doing our best to live as sustainably as possible, but we still have a long way to go. We get all of our electricity from solar panels and use a generator only as a backup. We collect rain water for our sinks, showers, and toilets. We have been planting since the moment we moved in, and several of our trees and plants are starting to produce their first fruits and vegetables. We offer always fresh homemade food and dining options at a local Family home.
Your perks as a volunteer would be three meals a day, a bed in one of our tents in the loft or dorms, with a mattress, blankets and pillows and everything needed to get a good night sleep, discounts on drinks and tours, and the beauty of the Guatemalan jungle.
Please send us a message if you are interested in joining our little jungle family.
Thanks!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We live in a rural, remote location in the mountainous jungle on the Cahabon River. We share the land with the Indigenous Q'eqchi' Mayan community. You can learn the local Q'eqchi' language while you are here, learn about local farming practices and way of living, learn all about cacao and how to make chocolate. We hope that our volunteers put in the effort to create a warm, welcoming space to our local community.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Volunteers will be asked to help with the hostel's daily chores and activities.
- reception work
- helping with tourists, answering questions, making guests happy
- helping with the garden and permaculture to grow our own food
- being creative and helping us with building and art projects
- make beds in the dormitories
- take care of the place
- enjoy your time!
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Accommodation
Bed in a covered tent or dorm that includes a mattress, pillow, blankets, etc.
What else ...
In your time off, you will be able to enjoy the beauty of Semuc Champey and it’s underground river, hiking, the Cahabon river, a 5 km (3 mi) tubing experience and more!
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
5 hours a day 5 days a week
Feedback (25)
The jungle, cocoa trees, river, mountain, and nature were awesome, and the hostel was so quiet and relaxing, and time pass quickly. I stayed for almost 1.5 months and worked as a social media manager. I enjoyed it a lot and I had a long time to work on my own. I had so great time with those I met there, we spend… read more
He is polite and follows fuels. He always jumped in if thre was a helping hand needed.
He is a interested ind interesting personality to hang around with
He is very clean and takes care of people around him.
I wish we had always Volunteers like Gijs.
I wish him all the best on his ways and hope he will… read more
Kirsty promoted and ran yoga classes for our guests - and we received really great feedback from all her students. She did both large and small yoga workshops, and… read more
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The jungle, cocoa trees, river, mountain, and nature were awesome, and the hostel was so quiet and relaxing, and time pass quickly. I stayed for almost 1.5 months and worked as a social media manager. I enjoyed it a lot and I had a long time to work on my own. I had so great time with those I met there, we spend… read more
He is polite and follows fuels. He always jumped in if thre was a helping hand needed.
He is a interested ind interesting personality to hang around with
He is very clean and takes care of people around him.
I wish we had always Volunteers like Gijs.
I wish him all the best on his ways and hope he will… read more
Kirsty promoted and ran yoga classes for our guests - and we received really great feedback from all her students. She did both large and small yoga workshops, and… read more
Kirsty promoted and ran yoga classes for our guests - and we received really great feedback from all her students. She did both large and small yoga workshops,… read more
There are several lovely spots to do Yoga, for sure one of the most inspiring places to teach!
Lots of opportunities to brush up on your Spanish working along side the amazing local staff, special shout out to Ruth and… read more
The hostal it is a magical place in the middle of the jungle and Mike is an incredible guy really relax and understandable person that you… read more
See… read more
El hostal, es muy hermoso y el ambiente que se respira en el, tambien.
La gente local, el rio, sus cascadas, y la naturaleza propia del lugar te haran vivir una… read more
I had a really great time there and met some super amazing people. The 30 minute hike to the hostel sounds daunting when you think you… read more
Would like to leave you a short feedback even if I couldn't stay very long but you never know I would certainly love to come back some day.
He is a very nice guy and the place is just terrific, life in the nature and surrounded by the beauty of rivers and mountains.
I really liked the place and would recommend to do a volunteer at… read more
Doing this really is great opportunity to be part of something really special whilst also emerging yourself in the middle of the jungle amongst the friendly mayan… read more
The area is incredible with a bunch of really cool sites to see. I made the mistake of not visting them till close to the time that I left. As such I would recommend trying out tubing early so you can go again if you like it. Without a doubt it is the best mode of transport in lanquin...
The… read more
The place is just amazing, one of the best… read more
