Join our family and stay with us in the jungle of Tarapoto, Peru

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  Description

  🌎 Join Our Family Adventure in the Jungle of Peru
  
  We’re a multicultural family living in the jungle of Peru, speaking German, Spanish, and English at home.
  
  👩‍👩‍👦 Who We Are:
  • Small, friendly family with a curious and playful 5-year-old son and Dogo Argentino dog.
  • Freelancers who love to travel
  • We speak German, Spanish, and English
  
  🧩 What You’ll Do:
  • Play and do homeschooling with our son
  • Help with housework and cooking
  • Around 5 hours a day (mostly mornings: 9 a.m.–2 p.m.) five days a week
  • Afternoons are free (as well as 2 days out of the week) for you to relax or explore
  
  💛 What We Offer:
  • Comfortable accommodation
  • Three meals a day
  (Food for three meals a day is provided. Breakfast is self organized, lunch is usually prepared by me, and dinner is flexible. Sometimes we cook together, sometimes everyone does their own thing depending on the day.)
  • 2 free days out of the week
  • Language exchange – we can teach you German, English, or Spanish
  • Don works with plant medicine and teaches Salsa
  • Julia paints and practices mindfulness 🧘‍♀️
  • Our son Kai is full of energy and curiosity. He is also a language teacher (he speaks 3
  languages), a painter, a dancer, a comedian and a nature explorer :-)
  
  
  If you enjoy kids, traveling, and living close to nature, this is a great way to experience South America while feeling at home.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Language practice

  Teaching

  Animal Care

  Babysitting and creative play

  Help around the house
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  Interests

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Nature

  

  Hiking

  

  Dancing

  

  Beach

  

  Self development

  

  Pets

  

  Writing

  

  Music

  

  Languages

  

  Drawing & painting

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Books

  

  Carpentry

  

  Art & design

  

  Animals
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We’re a warm, multicultural family (German, Spanish & English). You’ll join our daily rhythm, share meals, practice languages, and enjoy a relaxed, family-style atmosphere. It’s a mix of home life, culture sharing, and adventure.
  
  We’re also spiritual seekers and love stuff like breathwork, plant medicine and meditation.

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  Projects involving children

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

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  Help

  Taking care of our son, playing and activities. Light household work.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
  You can contact them directly for more information.
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  Accommodation

  You’ll stay in a cozy & clean room with a shared bathroom.

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  What else ...

  We’re freelancers, so flexibility is key. We love nature, local culture, and meaningful connections. If you enjoy kids, languages, and exploring new places, you’ll feel at home with us!
  
  We live in a small jungle village called San Antonio de Cumbaza, about 30 minutes from Tarapoto (TPP Airport). It’s surrounded by lush forest, mountains, and fresh air at a slightly higher elevation. Along the river, there’s a well-known waterfall called Huacamaillo — a perfect place for hiking, swimming, and enjoying the butterflies and spider monkeys.
  
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  Dear volunteer, if you’ve been reading up to here, thank you so much for considering us as your host family.
  
  After some experience with volunteers, I want to be very honest with you. We live in a truly beautiful place, very close to nature and incredibly photogenic. But with that comes a rich biodiversity. That means many little creatures, especially insects and, depending on the time of day or season, mosquitoes.
  
  It’s a tropical climate, but it’s not a place where you spend the whole day in a bikini. Nature here is real and raw.
  
  We also love going to our land, which is our current heart project. It’s about a one-hour hike, crossing rivers and going deep into the jungle. We’ve already built a wooden cabin there with Solar Energy and we’re continuing to create a self-sustainable space. It’s right by the river, with small private waterfalls and a breathtaking view.
  
  It’s important to say this clearly: if you want to fully enjoy this place, you need to put on your "big-girls-pants" :-)))) and be ready to step into a more open, raw and adventurous version of yourself.
  
  We also feel deeply connected to plant medicine and the wisdom of nature. We like to offer our volunteers the opportunity to experience this in a respectful and safe way, if they feel open to it.
  
  These experiences can be very powerful and, at times, deeply healing and eye-opening. If you feel ready to let go of some fears, to explore parts of yourself you may not usually access, and to sit with questions you’ve carried for a long time, this could be the right place for you.
  
  If you’re open to that, you’ll be rewarded with the most magical things. A clear, open and calm mind, bright stars filling the sky, the full moon lighting up the jungle, the sounds of nature all around you, fireflies glowing in the dark, butterflies and insects in every color.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  We are Freelancers ourselves and carry our Star-Link with us. So there will be always a stable internet 🛜 connection wherever we’ll go.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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  My animals / pets

  

  Kanoa (1 year)

  Our Dogo Argentino girl and latest member of the family.
  In training of becoming a Service dog.

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