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We are now a team of 3 working here full time on our small tourist ranch (Hernan, Tilly and Facundo). Our place is in the middle of the mountains, off-grid and remote. We take water from a spring, energy from sun and heat with firewood stoves.
We have 4 homebuilt guest cabins and in the winter we take guests on sleddog tours, during the summer we take guests on horse riding trips.
We have worked alongside volunteers for 15 years on our small ranch, it has generally been a great success. Recently we have changed our set-up, volunteers will not be involved in the day to day running of the business or be responsible for looking after the ranch, rather they will have the opportunities to learn how to look after the huskies, how to chop firewood, learn how to find practical solutions to problems and enjoy much more downtime to enjoy the area and also cook for themselves.
The volunteers we are looking for will help with the tasks related to the cabins - cleaning when the guests leave and preparing the cabins before guests arrive.
We would prefer volunteers that are around 25 years old or older, obviously we can make exceptions. Our way of life here is very different to your average person, so there is a lot to see and learn.
Volunteers will live with Facundo (who is Argentine) in a cabin, it is fully equipped with kitchen and bathroom and separate bedrooms. All the meals you'll prepare in the cabin either with Facundo or yourself. It is a 100km round trip to the town which you can make every wek/10 days or so with Facundo, Hernán or Tilly. The vehicles are not available for volunteers to use. You'll be provided a budget for your groceries. It's best to have it in mind that the shops are far away, so you can plan your meals/food shop.Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
• Volunteers will learn first hand what it is like to live remotely and off grid. We do absolutely everything ourselves here, this includes finding solutions to problems. For example if a tap has burst and needs to be changed, we fix it. If an animal has sustained an injury, we find the necessary means to cure it. In the modern world, people just outsource their problems. We face them and fix them ourselves. A volunteer can learn many useful practical things, from fixing a hinge on a door to installing a window.
• Learn about the complexities of living in our country
• Learn how important initiative is in life when helping with animals
• Learn how to care for Alaskan huskies, and in winter months, prepare them to run.
• Opportunity to learn Spanish since we are all Spanish speakers.Help
• Assist with animal husbandry
• Help with cabin cleaning
• General ranch tasks which could include fencing, moving soil, making cement, fixing kennels, chopping firewoodLanguages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Italian: IntermediateAccommodation
It's a small, simple, rustic cabin next to the main house with its own toilet, shower (heated by fire) and wood stove, and kitchen area. You'll be provided a budget for your groceries.
What else ...
On days off you can enjoy the surrounding mountainside for hiking, running and exploring. There are various hidden waterfalls and some summits to climb. There is a parador/truck stop close to the border where you can go for a drink and a bite to eat if you wish.
Other things to do: visit town of Las Lajas (50km away) visit town of Villa Pehuenia (50km away via track road), visit Chile (cross international border)A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
There is phone signal here and we also have Starlink internet. There is definitely time to have a remote online job at the same time as volunteering with us.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
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This isn’t a true volunteering experience, but rather unpaid full-time labor with no days off. They rely completely on free help instead of hiring staff, essentially running their business through volunteers while treating them like full-time employees and placing… read more
Verena knows how to ride horses well and Moritz learned… read more
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This isn’t a true volunteering experience, but rather unpaid full-time labor with no days off. They rely completely on free help instead of hiring staff, essentially running their business through volunteers while treating them like full-time employees and placing… read more
Verena knows how to ride horses well and Moritz learned… read more
The daily chores you have to do are very few in my opinion but so there is time to give some extra pets to the dogs.
The cabin got everything it needs.
Both Tilly and Hernan are great chefs, so I really had to take care to not go away from Pino hachado with some extra… read more
It was a great opportunity to get into the mountains and enjoy a secluded way of life and learn new skills.
I was there from March until May which is in between seasons so it was a mixture of fixing and building and feeding town trips. I saw the last… read more
Whilst the location was undeniably beautiful, and the animals were all lovely, we were unfortunately disappointed by several… read more
We worked… read more
We where there at the end of winter season, so there where no horses. Our main job was taking care of the dogs. And they are all so friendly, so after 7 weeks it was really hard to say goodbye to all of the 39 dogs (included the one house cat). When there was snow one of the tasks was helping to make a track with the… read more
All of the cabins are so impressive in the way that everything has been hand made and we soon felt at home in the cozy volunteer house which we had to ourselves for 1 month and then shared with another volunteer… read more
Disappointing and unreliable.
Sólo puedo recomendar este workaway. Hernán y Tilly son geniales, el lugar es mágico y los animales también.
Muchísimas gracias por esta página de mí viaje en argentina que nunca olvidaré.
Taking care of the dogs, horses, cats and pig has been a really rewarding job. They need cleaning, food and love everyday. In a place like this there… read more
Linda has a natural aptitude with people and is 100% reliable. She was fun to live with and… read more
The work there is exactly as described and when you are a little bit open minded Tilly and Hernan will show you their way of life.
I really enjoyed staying at their place! Especially living without WiFi. Learn how… read more
From the online description of the work I had envisaged it would be a real teamwork event but there was a bit of a divide between us (myself and the other… read more
This place is incredible, you'll have the opportunity to learn lots of different stuff regarding animal care, tourism and rural life. Hernan is a great host (he definitely has a soft spot… read more
I hope see you again and all crazy team!!! Good luck!
This job can also be very tough - think about the following before you come here: isolated area, staying… read more
If you like to live primitively, love dogs, caring for them (cleaning kennels, playing with them, exercising them), and living in a remote place away from the internet (which is difficult to find these days) then you'll love Pino Hachado. Living together, cooking together and… read more
they like a suizo wach!! perfect!! gracias, y hasta el proximo asadoooo!!