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🌿 About our wellness hotel, spa & regenerative tourism
This is a hotel and spa focused on holistic wellbeing, mental health, and Regenerative tourism, located in the Yunguilla Valley, one hour from Cuenca, Ecuador. In addition to operating as a hotel and spa, the space hosts retreats, educational experiences, and personal development programs.
Over the past years, our project has evolved significantly. Today, this is not a backpacker hostel nor a low-budget communal space. We are a comfortable, modern, nature-based hotel and spa that welcomes wellness travelers, retreat groups, couples, families, and educational experiences. We operate with real guests, schedules, service standards, and real responsibilities.
Volunteers are an active part of daily operations and the guest experience.
🌞 Who We Are Looking For
We are looking for motivated, responsible, and proactive volunteers who genuinely enjoy:
-Hospitality and guest experience
-Wellness environments (spa, yoga, retreats)
-Order, cleanliness, aesthetics, and service quality
-Working with purpose in a real, functional business
-Contributing skills, not just exchanging time and learning
This opportunity is ideal for digital nomads, creatives, wellness professionals, and people interested in hotel, restaurant, or retreat operations, who wish to live in a beautiful place while actively supporting a meaningful project.
This is not a good fit if you are looking for:
-A party or backpacker environment
-A very flexible or unstructured volunteer experience
-Mostly free time with little responsibility
We value clarity and alignment from the beginning.
🔧 Support Areas & Tasks
Depending on skills and interests, volunteers may support in:
-Basic guest service and customer support
-Cleaning and communal spaces preparation (hotel standards)
-Facilitating yoga or wellness sessions (certified practitioners only)
-Social media management, content creation, and marketing
-Photography, video, design, and creative projects
-Art, painting, decoration, and small aesthetic projects
All tasks are real, necessary, and valued within the daily operation of the hotel and spa.
⏳ Exchange Conditions
The exchange works as follows:
-4 hours of work per day
-5 days per week
In exchange for:
-Private room
-One free meal per day, 5 days per week
-Access to a shared volunteer kitchen
-Enjoyment of seasonal fruits from the farm
Schedules may vary between morning, afternoon, or evening, depending on operational needs.
This exchange is based on active participation, not passive presence.
🌱 Life
Outside volunteer hours, you may enjoy:
-Direct contact with nature, garden work, and walks
-Trails, gardens, natural lake with boats, and open spaces
-Social areas, games, slack line, giant Jenga, billiards, books and musical intruments and a small climbing wall
-You may request massages or holistic or psychological therapy sessions (additional cost)
-Use of pools and facilities (at specific staff hours)
-Occasional participation in activities, experiences, or retreats (when possible)
-Possibility to work extra hours in your free time and be paid for them
-Additionally, the project is connected to environmental, community, and territorial impact initiatives, related to conservation, sustainability, and care for the land. Volunteers interested in these topics may find opportunities for learning and collaboration.
🗣 Language & Communication
-Spanish is not a strict requirement, but it is important to consider that:
-The main language of the team and local context is Spanish
-Non-Spanish speakers will need patience and openness in communication
Interest in learning Spanish is highly appreciated
🌿 Final Considerations
We host a maximum of 4 volunteers at a time, to ensure good coexistence, clarity of roles, and a well-cared experience. We especially appreciate volunteers who wish to interact with our team and local culture, rather than mainly with other volunteers.
If you resonate with conscious hospitality, wellbeing, responsibility, and genuine contribution, this place can be a very meaningful place to collaborate.
We would love to have you with us! we are sure you would love this landscapes, views, nature and caring enviroment.
Much love
Wilson and Ericka
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
House & pet sitting
Interests
Sustainability
Self development
Pets
Farming
Events & social
Culture
Writing
Plant care
Photography
Music
Gardening
Cooking & food
Art & design
Animals
Outdoor activities
Yoga / Wellness
Nature
Mountain
Hiking
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Travelers who collaborate experience more than a cultural exchange; they take part in a real immersion in a fully operating hospitality and wellness project.
Through daily work, they learn how a wellness hotel and spa operates, how the guest experience is cared for, how service, kitchen, housekeeping, and customer attention processes are organized, and how practices related to wellbeing, mental health, and conscious tourism are integrated into a real business.
The cultural exchange happens naturally through daily interaction with our local team, understanding Ecuadorian culture from within, practicing the Spanish language, and learning about the social, community, and territorial dynamics of the Yunguilla Valley. This is not a superficial exchange, but one based on collaboration, responsibility, and mutual respect.
In addition, travelers may learn about:
Conscious hospitality and regenerative tourism
Holistic wellbeing applied to everyday life
Teamwork in professional and multicultural environments
Relationship with nature, permaculture, and sustainability
Intercultural communication and service with purpose
This exchange allows each person to take away practical skills, human learning, and a deeper understanding of what it means to contribute with purpose, while living a thoughtful, authentic, and enriching experience.
Help
🌞 Who We Are Looking For
We are looking for motivated, responsible, and proactive volunteers who genuinely enjoy:
-Hospitality and guest experience
-Wellness environments (spa, yoga, retreats)
-Order, cleanliness, aesthetics, and service quality
-Working with purpose in a real, functional business
-Contributing skills, not just exchanging time and learning
This opportunity is ideal for digital nomads, creatives, wellness professionals, and people interested in hotel, restaurant, or retreat operations, who wish to live in a beautiful place while actively supporting a meaningful project.
This is not a good fit if you are looking for:
-A party or backpacker environment
-A very flexible or unstructured volunteer experience
-Mostly free time with little responsibility
We value clarity and alignment from the beginning.
🔧 Support Areas & Tasks
Depending on skills and interests, volunteers may support in:
-Basic guest service and customer support
-Cleaning and communal spaces preparation (hotel standards)
-Facilitating yoga or wellness sessions (certified practitioners only)
-Social media management, content creation, and marketing
-Photography, video, design, and creative projects
-Art, painting, decoration, and small aesthetic projects
All tasks are real, necessary, and valued within the daily operation of the hotel and spa.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Dutch: Intermediate
Accommodation
As a volunteer, you will be staying in a communal house in your own private room, shared bathrooms, and a fully-equipped kitchen. The volunteer community usually consists of max 4 people and tasks are split among all.
What else ...
If you are looking for a place to have a chance to do some extra hours of work to save some money to keep traveling. We are open to it!
Time Off, Local Attractions & Amenities
During your off-time, you have full freedom! You may use any of the amenities, such as the swimming pool (restricted schedules), yoga shalas, libraries, musical instruments, and more.
We encourage you to explore the area — there's so much natural beauty just around the corner:
-30 minutes from the astonishing Sulupali Desert and stone slides and giant windmills
-45 minutes from El Waterfall of Girón, the second-highest waterfall in South America
-90 minutes from El Cajas National Park, a stunning high-altitude ecosystem An hour's walk to a peaceful river perfect for a mindful escape
-Nearby towns like Santa Isabel, Yunguilla, and Girón offer local culture, markets, and great food.
Cuenca — Ecuador’s cultural gem — is just an hour away by bus or shared taxi.
We can help you coordinate transport from Cuenca. Once you're here, it's all about reconnecting with nature, community, and creativity.
Our Values & Daily Life
We value harmonious relationships, personal growth, quality time, and purposeful productivity.
We treat each other with kindness, acceptance, and encouragement. Our home is our heaven — our own paradise — so we expect our belongings and spaces to be treated with care.
Cleanliness, awareness, and a sense of responsibility are essential to us. We ask that you:
Do not smoke indoors Refrain from littering Help maintain shared spaces mindfully
We are proudly pet-friendly! Our animal family includes dogs, cats, chickens, and a small, lovable family of geese that hang out by the lake.
Please treat them with love and respect — they are part of our soul-family.
Come Be Part of the Journey
If you’re looking for a volunteer opportunity where you can give from the heart, grow your skills, live in connection with nature, and be part of something truly meaningful — this is your place.
We look forward to welcoming you to our sanctuary under the sun.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Internet works great here. You surely can work online
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
San bernard
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First of all, this isn't a yoga teacher volunteering. If you come for that, you'll be disappointed. But otherwise, you can find plenty of positive things at this place. More specifically :
Positive points:
- The place and setting is gorgeous and pleasant.
- You can go walking… read more
The place is really beautiful, many trees and plants, one can feel lots of silence. There are few gorgeous Yoga shalas, a pond and a few pools, overall the environment is very clean. No wonder it can bring up some deep inner processes to go through. And… read more
Nosotros pasamos más de 3 meses en este lugar hermoso que en poco tiempo se convirtió en un hogar. Durante nuestra estancia no solamente formamos parte del proyecto, sino también de la hermosa familia Initi Kamari. Nos sentimos muy bien acogidos por Wilson y Erika, que nos abrieron las puertas no… read more
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First of all, this isn't a yoga teacher volunteering. If you come for that, you'll be disappointed. But otherwise, you can find plenty of positive things at this place. More specifically :
Positive points:
- The place and setting is gorgeous and pleasant.
- You can go walking… read more
The place is really beautiful, many trees and plants, one can feel lots of silence. There are few gorgeous Yoga shalas, a pond and a few pools, overall the environment is very clean. No wonder it can bring up some deep inner processes to go through. And… read more
Nosotros pasamos más de 3 meses en este lugar hermoso que en poco tiempo se convirtió en un hogar. Durante nuestra estancia no solamente formamos parte del proyecto, sino también de la hermosa familia Initi Kamari. Nos sentimos muy bien acogidos por Wilson y Erika, que nos abrieron las puertas no… read more
I stayed for two weeks in this little (well quite a big one actually) piece of paradise, there are so many nooks and pathways and lovely areas to explore and it's truly enchanting and relaxing.… read more
Hay muchas áreas propicias para la meditación y para organizar los pensamientos y el viaje.
Las personas dispuestas a ayudar y el wi-fi también ayudan mucho.
Gracias!
I felt very welcome and supported. The facilities available for the volunteers to use are amazing and the work was enjoyable.
Muchas gracias
Joanna
We are appreciate to do volunteering for them.
We are recommend them for sure!
The work was very fair and not too hard and Wilson was very considerate and kind and respectful. The other volunteers were amazing and the overall feeling was very relaxed and happy.
The place itself is amazing with something to do or something to find all the time ( or just relax in a hammock!)
It was an absolute… read more
Super helpful, joyfull , respectful, with great initiative and pretty chill too!
We deeply recomend having her at your place!
Would love to see hee again with us!
Love to see her again!
We would love to have her back. And she is fully recomended for every one and place on earth!
The complex is uniquely beautiful with loads of areas to… read more
El espacio y la energía que esconde es sencillamente espectacular, está todo cuidado y se percibe el amor con el que está hecho este centro.
Las habitaciones y espacios comunes, fueron una maravilla, nos acompañaron nada más llegar a realizar la compra y nos ayudaron y recomendaron lugares.
Las… read more
La verdad que nosotras principalmente íbamos x la gran sala de yoga que vimos en el perfil y que en persona es increíble.🧘
Nos hacía mucha ilusión dar clases ayi pero en la semana que estuvimos no hubo huéspedes. Así q colaboramos en el… read more
I stayed here for 3 weeks, mainly doing gardening, and I had an amazing time. the facilities are great (especially the yoga shala) , and you get plenty of free time to explore the area!
it's a great chance to… read more
Super helpful and kind. We hope we had more time to spend with her!
You should surely receive her at your place
