Help at our Hostel & Hiking Centre in Tara National Park, Serbia

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2021

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Hello Workawayers! We are nature lovers who opened a small hostel and hiking center in Tara National Park. Our idea is to bring hikers in this amazing mountain. We need helping hands to run the hostel on daily basis, reception and housekeeping. Place is quite and perfect for people who like hiking, biking and nature.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Help with Eco Projects
Hospitality/Tourism
Art Projects
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
The hostel is located in the heart of National Park Tara. Exploring this mountain will be a benefit for itself. We provide a free tours for volunteers when we have available place in the car, so you will be able to meet better this area.
Help
We are looking for a volunteer during a summer who will take care about hostel. Check in, check out and housekeeping . In free time during a day you can do some hiking,biking... We provide bed and breakfast or weekly budget for one meal per day. Welcome!
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Serbian: Fluent
Accommodation
You will get a bed in one of the hostel dorms, or you can use a hammock under the stars :)
What else ...
We have bicycles on your disposal, and hostel is located in the beginning of all hiking trails so you will have a great chance to get know with this beautiful mountain.

Tara belongs to internal Dinarides and It is located In the far West of Serbia. Tara is medium-high mountain, with an mean altitude of 1,000-1,200 meters above sea level. Mt Tara was declared as an National park in 1981 with the total area of 19.175 ha. Tara National Park with Zaovine Lake and Nature park Mokra Gora was nominated by UNESCO MAB Committee as a potential biosphere reserve. Tara is a typical forest area, and for its preservation and diversity of forest ecosystems (many of which are relict) one of the richest and most valuable forest areas in Europe.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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02/10/2019

Left by Workawayer (Randall) for host

Such an awesome experience! We are happy to have had the opportunity of volunteering with Marko and Irena. We became a part of a new family and made incredible new friends shoutout to Gigi!!!! It was very difficult to leave until we meet again best of luck guys!

(Excellent )

05/09/2019

Left by Workawayer (Dejan) for host

Volunteering in this hostel was my first Workaway experience and it was great. I spent there 2 weeks in August working with another volunteer Alex from England and a local girl Ena who was hostel's employee. All three of us were new there and we arrived in the same time so in the first few days we were catching things up and improvising but after… read more

(Excellent )

21/10/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Remon & Minna)

Minna and Remon are two great persons that we are so happy to have with us. They been so committed to the tasks been given to them. They are truly nature lovers and they are good combination for any job that requires precision, independence and orientation. They helped us to fix and build hiking trails in National Park and mountains surrounding… read more

(Excellent )

09/10/2018

Left by Workawayer (Remon & Minna) for host

Our time at Marko’s hostels was a really good first Workaway experience for us and we are very happy about it. The communication before we got there was easy and once we arrived there he introduced us the situation and explained the work well. We mainly cleared hiking trails, remarked the signs and tracked them on the app "ramblr" so guests could… read more

(Excellent )

21/09/2018

Left by Workawayer (Shannon & Laura ) for host

My husband and I volunteered here for about 3 weeks. The time flew by quicker than we were expecting. We had a wonderful experience working on trail maintenance and trail building within Tara National Park. Working with Stefani, the hostel manager, was a joy. She is such a calm and kind presence. Coordinating our trail work and helping around the… read more

(Excellent )

10/09/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Shannon & Laura )

What else to say but one massive thanks for all you did. Shannon and Laura was exactly what we needed: smiling, honest, reliable, serious, creative, organized and lovely couple. They helped us around hostel but most important is that they helped ud to build and maintain hiking trails around Tara National Park. They understood immediately our ideas… read more

(Excellent )

09/08/2018

Left by Workawayer (stephanie & Kurt) for host

So we had an amazing time with Marko and the hostel. Got to do some gardening and making me hiking trails up the mountain. Marko does a lot for the community and is very happy person all the time. The hostel itself was very quite over the course we was there. Really good week and met some amazing friends. We also got in the local newspaper for… read more

(Excellent )

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