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We are a couple (Hernán and Tilly) working and living here full time on our small tourist ranch. 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 long horse riding trips. This is how we live and provide for us and our animals.
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 slightly, with volunteers living in their own cabin where they have a small kitchen to prepare their own meals. We of course buy the food from our local town (50km away) to cover the basic 3 meals.
Coming and working along side us is an opportunity to learn about animal husbandry (animal care), useful things like knots for tying horses up, how to chop firewood and prepare a fire and maintain the stove in good condition, learn how to find practical solutions to problems, fixing kennels, painting during the summer months. Working with animals of course includes scooping poop, both horse and dog.
To thrive here, common sense is a must and you should have lots of initiative. It is very rustic here, everything is homemade by us.
There is plenty of downtime to enjoy the surrounding area - volunteers should take 8 days off a month (working a 5 day week). However, we work in tourism so we have high and low seasons. Therefore, we may ask the volunteers to work for more days in a row (whilst we are away on a ride for example) but then they can take several days off to compensate and explore the surrounding areas (Villa Pehuenia, cross to Chile, hiking in the mountains etc)
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 watch and learn.
Please be aware that when Hernán and Tilly are away (for example in town doing the shopping or away on a horseride), the volunteers who are at the ranch will be in charge of the whole place. That responsibility includes keeping an eye out for anyone coming in and asking to rent a cabin, daily care of the huskies and looking after the horses.
The town is a 100km round trip from our place, we go when it is necessary to buy supplies. A volunteer can join us to purchase what they need for the next week(s). It is important to 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 try to 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 a country like Argentina
• Learn how important initiative is in life when working 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, picking poop, moving soil, making cement, fixing kennels, chopping firewood
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Italian: Intermediate
Accommodation
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.

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)
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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?
More than two

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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!!
