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This image shows a lush, green hillside with banana trees and coffee plants growing close together, creating a dense, thriving agroforestry landscape in natural sunlight.
A cozy rustic room features a single wooden bed with a bright blue patterned blanket, a bamboo and plaster wall, window with red trim, and unique twig lamp.
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Join us in preserving our little paradise in Filandia, Colombia

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  2026 

 Min stay requested: at least a week

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  • Description

    Description

    Our project is an environmental project that began eight years ago. It all started with one hectare of meadowland on the edge of a protected reserve, where my wife and I began a reforestation project and built a guest house out of guadua. Today, we have restored the flora and fauna typical of the region, and our crops, our dogs and ourselves live in harmony with this environment. But maintaining and protecting this tropical paradise, harvesting the food necessary for our semi-autonomy, is very demanding. That is why we invite anyone who is interested in sharing this project with us to join us, bringing patience, experience and ideas, so that this project can continue. Here, we live in a protected area and we try to work the land while respecting nature, using the healthiest methods possible. Welcoming volunteers is not a way to reduce our costs, but a desire to share a place and a life project. We are looking for people who want to get involved, understand why we live here and contribute, in their own way, to this project.

    Notre projet est un projet environnemental qui a vu le jour il y a 8 ans. Tout est parti d'un hectare de pré, en bordure d'une réserve protégée, sur lequel nous avons commencé avec mon épouse, un projet de reforestation et construit une maison d'hôtes en guadua. Aujourd'hui nous avons récupéré la flore et la faune typique de la région, et nos cultures, nos chiens et nous mêmes, vivons en harmonie avec cet environnement. Mais entretenir et protéger ce paradis tropical, en prélever la nourriture nécessaire à notre semi autonomie alimentaire, est très exigent. C'est pourquoi nous invitons qui est près à partager ce projet avec nous à nous rejoindre, nous apporter patience, expérience, idées, afin que ce projet perdure. Ici, nous vivons dans une zone de protection et nous essayons de travailler la terre en respectant la nature, avec des méthodes les plus saines possibles. Accueillir des volontaires n’est pas un moyen de réduire nos coûts, mais une envie de partage autour d’un lieu et d’un projet de vie. Nous cherchons des personnes qui ont envie de s’impliquer, de comprendre pourquoi nous vivons ici et d’apporter, à leur manière, leur petite pierre à ce projet.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Farmstay help
    General Maintenance
    House & pet sitting
  • Interests

    Interests

    Sustainability
    Pets
    DIY & crafts
    Gardening
    Cooking & food
    Animals
    Nature
    Hiking
    Mountain
  • 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

    We'll share everything we've learned in the eight years since the project began. Every weekend, we'll take you along to share one of the cultural activities offered by the village of Filandia or its neighbor, Salento.

    Tous ce que nous avons appris depuis 8 ans que le projet existe, nous te le partagerons. Chaque fin de semaine nous t'emmenerons partager avec nous l'une des activités culturelles que propose le village de Filandia ou son voisin Salento.

  • Help

    Help

    Gardening, working in the fields, DIY tasks, maintenance, harvesting and packaging fruits and vegetables—there's no shortage of work on a finca, and it changes with the seasons. We just need extra hands and minds to help us with our daily tasks and contribute ideas to move the project forward.

    Jardinage, travail dans les cultures, bricolage, entretien, récolte et conditionnement des fruits et légumes récoltés, le travail ne manque pas dans une finca, et évolue en fonction de la saison. Nous avons juste besoin d'avoir des mains et des cerveaux en plus pour nous aider dans notre quotidien et apporter des idées afin de faire progresser le projet.

  • Languages spoken

    Spanish: Fluent
    French: Fluent
    English: Intermediate

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    The house is very large; you'll have a bedroom with an ensuite bathroom and a shared kitchen. Meals aren't included, so remember to arrive with your groceries already bought. Don't worry though: we regularly go up to the village to restock if needed.

    La maison est très grande, tu disposeras d'une chambre avec salle de bain et d'une cuisine partagée. Les repas ne sont pas inclus, donc pense à arriver avec tes courses déjà faites. Après, pas d’inquiétude : on monte régulièrement au village, afin de compléter, si besoin, l'approvisionement.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    We are a 5-minute jeep ride from the village of Filandia, less than an hour from Salento with its cocora valley, and just seconds from the starting point of exceptional walking or cycling routes within the coffee cultural landscape.

    Nous sommes à 5 minutes en jeep du village de Filandia, moins d'une heure de celui de Salento avec sa vallée de cocora, et quelques secondes de départ de ballades pédestres ou à vélo exceptionnelles au sein du paysage culturel cafetero.

  • 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?

    Two

  • My animals / pets

    My animals / pets

    Profile photo of Fiona

    Fiona

    Je suis croisé berger allemand et très affectueuse, mais c'est moi la princesse ici!

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This image shows a lush, green hillside with banana trees and coffee plants growing close together, creating a dense, thriving agroforestry landscape in natural sunlight.
A cozy rustic room features a single wooden bed with a bright blue patterned blanket, a bamboo and plaster wall, window with red trim, and unique twig lamp.

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