Welcoming help with co-creating our dream campsite in Champagnac de Belair, France

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Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least a week

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  • Description

    Description

    Located in a lovely little valley, on the edge of a forest, in the Dordogne you'll find our beautiful and peaceful small campsite. It's our magical place where you can absorb the energy of nature, listen to the twittering of the birds, light a campfire and so much more!

    We're Jan and Callista and we moved from the Netherlands to France with the intention to create. And we can use some help and co-creating. We're very optimistic people, we like to have fun and laughter and good conversations. We're always interested in other people and how they create their life. Exchanging ideas and knowlegde and working together, we like it!

    So far we created a small campsite with 6 pre-pitched fully decorated big (so called) Bell tents. This glamping concept is a succes and we had a very busy season last year. Our campsite opens at the end of April again.

    The area is stunning and very nice for hiking or mountainbiking. Hills, woods, caves, rivers and castles. There's a river on the other side of the road. The villages around are stunning, but in winterperiod it can be a bit quiet. Which can also be an advantage, you can see everything, except lots of tourists :-).

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    We lived in the Netherlands for almost 50 years and now we're in France since February 2021. So we changed cultures! And we're always interested in peoples lives and cultures. Learning opportunities with us can be plenty. gardening, maintenance of the wood, but also living in the countryside of France.

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

    This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

  • Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage

    Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage

    This host offers accommodation and payment.

    Host has indicated that they will pay at least the minimum hourly wage of their country for each hour worked and that accommodation will also be provided. They are asking for help with a business or business activity. Contact the host directly via the site messenger for more information and details about the wage provided. Any arrangements should be agreed in advance with your host.

  • Help

    Help

    We can use some help in the next few months until we open again. Most of the work will be outside. Maintenance of the forest, cutting and trimming some trees, expanding our social area, building wooden decks for the tents, building a playground for children in the woods etc. So especially people who know how to handle a chainsaw (or want to learn) or people who have creative ideas and are able to build some things from wood are very welcome. But if you have other skills and like to be with us for a while, don't hesitate to contact us. There are many other things which need to be done. (It would be nice to have new little signs with 'toilet' 'shower' etc in a lovely handwriting for example)

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    Dutch: Fluent
    French: Intermediate

    This host offers a language exchange
    Living for almost a year in France now and still learning the French language. We can help learning english or dutch

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    We do have a small house and you can have your own room if you stay with us, but there's not much privacy possible. On the ground floor there's the kitchen and dining room and a small living room. Upstairs toilet and bathroom (in one) and 2 sleeping rooms. Our spare sleeping room is quite big (30 m2), you have a kingsize double bed and a couch. As our clothes are in the cupboards of the spare sleeping room, we need to be there sometimes so we can't give you complete privacy. Ofcourse we'll respect your privacy as much as possible and we don't walk into your room if your there. You can also stay with your own campervan and use our toilet and shower in the house and share the meals with us.
    We like to cook with fresh and healthy ingredients and love to share the meals with our workawayers. Breakfast and lunch also included.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    You can start prefect walks from over here, but if you want to see some villages or something, you need a car. Sometimes it's possible to use our car.

  • 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

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    We do have a campsite and lots of space for campervans! You can use the bathroom in our house, during winter we close the showers and toilets on the campsite. But maybe, if the weather is good, you can have your own shower facility.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    As we have cats in the house, it's not possible to bring your dog if you sleep in our house. If you have your own campervan, it's okay to bring your dog, but it has to be on the leash on the campsite.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

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    Hours expected

    at least 5 hours a day, more if you want

Host ref number: 979197175299

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