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Be part of our farm life and growing community in Kelcyre, Albania

Albania
Last activity : 27 Apr 2025

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This is a small family enterprise situated in the middle of nature in south Albania. We are specialized in wild herbal teas and dried fruits. We also have a garden of fruit trees and vegetables, and we apply the permaculture technique. The meals are homemade, vegetarian and completely organic. We are a team of 5. Our house receives guests from all over the world during spring, summer and autumn. We are in love with nature, respectful towards it, and we are trying to protect and enrich the biodiversity and raise an awareness in this direction. We want to create a community of people around us, that work, think and live alike.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
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Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will be introduced to albanian culture and culinary and learn new recipes. You will be exchanging with other travellers from around the world and around Albania. You will make new amazing friends and exchange with locals if you will help to do the shopping for the farm from families around. You will also learn from Dane, our stone master if you help on the construction work.
Help
Those travelers that will be part of our family , need to be very respectful towards nature and other people. We appreciate qualities such as: joyful, hardworking, multitasking and communication.
Your help will be needed in the garden, to pick wild fruits and herbs, to process them. Other tasks are cleaning, shopping, guiding, reception and communication.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Italian: Intermediate
Spanish: Beginner
Accommodation
We have a shared room for volunteers at the moment but we are working on creating individual rooms in the future. You will be provided 2 vegetarian meals a day.
What else ...
There are a lot of hiking trails around the farm and a nice big lake where you can go to swim. Vjosa River, the last wild river in Europe is just 17km away. Hot springs are also in the region. Gjirokastra, a beautiful stone city and a unesco site, is 58km away. There are also 3 huge gorgeous canyons around. You can visit everything on your free days if you have a car or use a bike from the farm. You can also join the activities we do with our guests.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have very good WiFi connection and a place dedicated to co-working for digital nomads.
Space for parking camper vans
We have a camping area just behind the farm. Water and electricity is available. Shadow, nice view and a yoga platform.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two

Host ref number: 914245968327

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27 Sep 2024

Left by Workawayer (Wonder & Angelu) for host

Our stay at Elona‘s guest house was a really fun and dynamic time. We stayed for two weeks and we parked our van in the camping area under a beautiful big oak tree. Sleeping there was so peaceful and we loved it. You can see the amount of love that Elona has put into this project. The garden was full of tomatoes and other veggies, and there were… read more apple trees and blackberry bushes. Many of the things that she uses in the kitchen are sourced locally, which was wonderful.

When we arrived, there were six puppies that Elona had rescued that had been abandoned on the road. Having them around made our experience very memorable and fun!

We got to meet and interact with all the guests who came and went, and we often had dinner with them as well.
By the way, you won’t go hungry here. A hearty sit down breakfast is served every day as well as dinner and we were welcome to rummage around in the fridge for leftovers whenever we wanted. Also fruit and tomatoes from the garden were always available. Thank you so much for making sure we never went hungry!

We helped out in various capacities, mostly in the kitchen washing dishes, serving and clearing the tables, and of course with feeding the puppies.

The kitchen is quite small and a bit hectic but once you get used to it, it’s all hands on deck all the time! Elona‘s mother and her aunt prep and cook all the meals. Unfortunately, their English is quite limited so even though we worked beside them all the time, we never really got to interact very much.

Two young Albanian, girls, Bleona (aka Steve…LOL) and Victoria 🌺 had the biggest impact on us. They are super smart, outgoing, hard-working girls who became like our surrogate daughters and friends. We laughed, talked, exchanged clothes, and even cried with them! They will forever be in our hearts.

On our last day when we were leaving, Bleona/Steve insisted that we stop by her house so that we could meet her family.

One thing that could have been better was the communication and organization. Often we didn’t really know what we were supposed to do and when we were supposed to do it so we had to ask. It seemed that sometimes Elona didn’t have a plan in mind. She is a sweet, quiet girl, who is very easy-going and definitely goes with the flow. We were always welcome to sit down with her and drink a coffee or a beer and have a little relax, which was nice.

Overall, our time spent there was very memorable, and we will never forget all the special people and puppies that we met!

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30 Aug 2024

Left by host for Workawayer (Wonder & Angelu)

Wonder & Angelu have been a great help in the farm. They are very skilled people, very flexible and so interesting to have around. Angelu is the handyman that every farm needs. He could fix everything but he was also a perfect dish washer. 😊 Wonder took great care of our 6 puppies that now miss her so badly. They added a big value to our place. We… read more

(Excellent )

28 May 2024

Left by Workawayer (Valentijn) for host

stayed for a few days, absolutely loved it. Elona is an awesome person, the place wonderful and the food healthy and tasty. I mainly helped in the garden, which although heavy because of the heat was very meditative. Would recommend staying for longer.

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19 May 2024

Left by Workawayer (leanamaaike) for host

We had a great time at this beautiful place. We were immediately in awe with what Elona created: the house, nature and views are stunning. We staid for 9 days which Elona was ok with because we slept in our own van (usually her minimum stay is longer). The work was good, we worked quite some hours but time goes fast and we wanted to work :) Elona… read more

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