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Last replied
4 Apr 2024
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Description
Our place is located in the northern part of the great Chiloé Island in the Lake's Region, south of Chile.
It is a piece of land with native forests, pastures and gardens. We seek to restore the traditional chilote agroecological system and introduce innovative sustainable technologies.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
By working here, you can learn everything there is to learn about the traditional chilote agricultural system, which is organic and diverse. You can learn form the team here, and also our neighbors with whom we are in permanent collaboration. Depending on what you want to focus your time in, you can learn about wood construction, restoration, rainwater farming, animals and plant. You will be surrounded by sea, forest and farms, which are the centre of chilote culture.
Help
We need help in several aspects of our project, all of them related to in-site manual work.
Farming: taking care of the chicken farm daily (currently 10 birds), and improving their infrastructure. Taking care of the horses (2 mares). caring for the cats and old dog. Working in the garden, greenhouse and the apple orchard.
Building: we need to restaure and/or deconstruct and rescue pieces for reusing, of two traditional wooden buildings (one large barn and a small bonfire kitchen. We need to organice and improve perimetral fences. We need to build rainwater harvest solutions, bio-filters, and equipe a camping spot.
Forest: taking care of the native forest, in terms of harvesting exotic species for firewood and building.
Languages spoken
Spanish: Fluent
Accommodation
We offer accommodation in a beautiful house, shared only with other workawayers or volunteers, in case there are any.
The house has two bedrooms, with a double bed in each. One toilet with shower and bathtub. And a living room / dinning area with integrated kitchen. It also has a small room that you can use as an office.
It is right next to our house, so it is independent, but also very much integrated for sharing and helping you getting adjusted.
This is an absolutely tranquil place. Our rooster will be the only noise that will get you up in the morning, right in time to harvest some eggs and start the day.
We do not offer food, volunteers are in charge of their own meals. We compensate this with very nice acomodation and flexible working hours.
What else ...
We are located only 25 minutes away from Ancud, one of the main towns in Chiloé. It is surrounded by several beautiful beaches and sites. You can either stay in the farm, walk uphill to see the sights, or walk 5 minutes downhill to the main road and catch a bus or a ride to any of the local attractions (such as: the fort, the lighthouse, the beaches, monumental wooden churches, etc).
We have one car, in case of emergency we reach town in 15-20 minutes. We go to the market every week, you can also join those trips (help us bring the fish, the mussels, the fruits, etc), and we also like to go out and listen to music in a local pub every now and the. But mostly, we enjoy lighting up a fire, singing, playing guitar, or listening to music, inviting friends over, and enjoy cooking in the fire (we are not vegetarians, sorry, the meet in Chiloé, is very local, healthy and we mostly get it from our neighbors, whose animals, we've met).
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (8)
She helped a lot with construction tasks, for which she has good skills, focus on detail and fast learning.
She also helped us with the daily task of airing and mixing Bokashi, the result was great!
She was available to arrive on her own directly into our remote location,… read more
They are very open minded and friendly, also very available to help in whatever we needed.
They did super deep cleaning of two houses and their sorrounding, including the inside of 5.400 liters water tanks.
They were available to… read more
We had a wonderful time with Karen and Carolina.
The communication with K&C before, during, and after the experience was great and easy.
The girls were so kind, taking all the time to explain the tasks, and give us their trust form the beginning.
It was a pleasure to help them with their… read more
They came to our place with the best and most helpful attitude. They are easy going, friendly, grown up, responsible, trustworthy, lovely young couple. They helped us with deep cleaning tasks in the house, firewood chopping, moving and storing, animal care. Also some construction missions and planting.
They are both… read more
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She helped a lot with construction tasks, for which she has good skills, focus on detail and fast learning.
She also helped us with the daily task of airing and mixing Bokashi, the result was great!
She was available to arrive on her own directly into our remote location,… read more
They are very open minded and friendly, also very available to help in whatever we needed.
They did super deep cleaning of two houses and their sorrounding, including the inside of 5.400 liters water tanks.
They were available to… read more
We had a wonderful time with Karen and Carolina.
The communication with K&C before, during, and after the experience was great and easy.
The girls were so kind, taking all the time to explain the tasks, and give us their trust form the beginning.
It was a pleasure to help them with their… read more
They came to our place with the best and most helpful attitude. They are easy going, friendly, grown up, responsible, trustworthy, lovely young couple. They helped us with deep cleaning tasks in the house, firewood chopping, moving and storing, animal care. Also some construction missions and planting.
They are both… read more
Luis y Edwige nos ayudaron con el cuidado diario de los animales y la casa de work awayers, hicieron muchas mantenciones, limpiezas y mejoras. Contribuyeron con el proceso de aserrar madera para nuestra casa nueva, poda de manzanos, raleo, limpieza del predio y con la preparación de la tierra de la huerta.… read more
Pidieron refugio por la pandemia y los recibimos cuando no teníamos planeado recibir voluntarios y trabajar de anfitrionas, dado que debíamos dedicar los meses de invierno a otros trabajos fuera del campo.
Estuvieron a cargo de hacer… read more
En Pullihue se para el tiempo.... No solo porque pasaban sólo 2 buses por semana en este invierno. Pero también por la magia de todos los animales que viven allí, y que hemos cuidado cada dia.
Ayun la yegua y Chan el perro, son dos seres muy… read more
Tuvimos la oportunidad de coincidir con otra pareja de workaway, Fanny y Piero, dos franceses re lindos, con los que compartimos amenas jornadas… read more
Nick and Dawn are super hard workers and very good company.
The kids are very sweet, open and smart.
Kind family, very easy going and happy to adapt to different conditions and plans.
Absolutely trustworthy with taking care of living things (horses, dogs, cats, chickens, garden and greenhouse).
Also, Nick and Dawn are… read more
Easy going, and very hard working, because he is very strong, very active and eager to learn.
He is very good with the axe, and he learned the basic uses of the chainsaw very quickly.
He is super available to learn and help in… read more
