Colombia
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In the middle of the spectacular jungle of northern Colombia we are building the worlds coolest and most sustainable off-grid hostel, our Neverland for grownups.
We are a Dutch couple who moved to Colombia to try and live our life in a way that aligns with our ideals of sustainability and adventure. We have bought a spectacular jungle plot along the stunning Buritaca river, where we will be using mostly local materials and eco-friendly techniques to build a unique travel experience. We want to show our guests that eco-tourism and sustainability are more than empty labels or marketing ploys to lure in guests.
Our hostel will be one of a kind, with a strong focus on the adventurous experience. Think treehouses along a jungle river, suspension bridges to cross over rivers and between trees, showering between gorgeous jungle ferns and picking your own fruit snacks from our tropical garden.
We have a thousand and one ideas to make this place fantastic, but we're convinced that there are more great ideas out there. So if you are creative, have weird/silly/crazy ideas or are still an adventurous kid at heart, we love to hear your input!
Covid Update:
Because of Covid we had to make some adjustments in our plans, like scaling back the construction plans somewhat to make them work. But more than ever we believe that the world needs sustainable tourism that contributes to a livable world, and we hope you want to help us build that world!
Since our place is remote and we live in between several indigenous settlements, some extra requirements are placed on being able to come to our project. For all volunteers we are required to show a proof of vaccination or a recent negative covid test(less than 72 hours old) before their arrival.
Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos
Proyectos de construcción y bricolaje
Cocinar para toda la familia
What we offer is a once in a lifetime experience: on an incredible location you can hone your skills or leave your artistic footprint behind and be part of building something unique.
You are in the heart of the Sierra Nevada, our neighbors are Kogi indians and farmers, so you'll experience the true Colombia while staying with us. We can teach you about sustainibility and eco-friendly construction methods, and you'll be able to learn how to work with powertool if this is new to you(of course under close supervision).
We are looking for people who have skills and experience in woodworking, (eco)construction, sustainability or engineering, or people who are eager to expand their skills in this area.
We are about to begin construction on our main building, which we will be building out of bamboo.
We will also ask you to help out with the daily chores such as cooking and doing the dishes, since we will all need to contribute to keep our camp nice and livable.
Inglés: Fluido
Holandés: Fluido
Alemán: Intermedio
Español: Intermedio
During our time in quarantine we have managed to build a nice camp where we live. It has a kitchen, a dining table and even a hammock cinema with a roof that opens up in good weather!
Accomodations for our volunteers consist of hammocks in two little huts at our camp. If you have your own camping gear you are of course welcome to bring those as well.
Since we're a good bit away from the nearest village with restaurant options we will be providing all volunteers with 3 meals a day. In line with our principles of building a sustainable business these will be completely vegan, and sourced from local products as much as possible. We of course welcome any volunteers with an affinity for food and cooking to contribute where they want!
We will be working during the weekdays, and chill out and relax in the weekend.
A mototaxi from the main road(Troncal del caribe) costs 40k pesos.It is also possible to hike from the nearest town of Machete Pelao. It is a fantastic walk, with amazing views and paths leading through gorgeous jungle and past an indigenous settlement. The hike is partly the same route as the lost city trek, and we also have some indigenous artefacts at the end of it :-)
-We have 3 dogs; Duke, Leia and scotty, and 3 horses, Gloria, Isabella and Pepino
-Vegan meals
-Camping style accomodation (we have a spare tent with a sleeping mat, and several comfy hammocks to sleep in for volunteers without camping gear),
-guaranteed adventurous experience
-We have a water filter to provide us with plenty of drinking water
-Plenty of time and opportunity to enjoy nature, relax and swim!
-Remote! Nearest village is 25 minute motor ride or 1 1/4 hour hike away
-We both have a first aid diploma and a well stocked firstaid kit, but will aim for the highest possible safety when working.
-can be combined with lost city trek, since we are already partly on the way there. Due to COVID-19 these trips are temporarily suspended though.
In between the construction work there will be time for plenty of exploring the area, finding hidden waterfalls in the jungle, jumping off cliffs into the refreshing river and climbing the huge jungle trees (we have plenty of climbing experience and all the safety equipment you'd need to climb the tallest trees you can find).
There are hikes to make to our neigbors cacao farm, or our other neigbors hidden jungle river(magical pictures guaranteed)
Since it takes some time to get new people up and running and we are pretty far away from civilisation to spend much time coordinating volunteers we are asking for a minimum commitment of 2 weeks.
Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
There is satellite internet in our camp, so you can keep in touch with home and do your things. The connection is somewhat limited, depending on the weather and how far along we are using our monthly data. Don' t count on netflix or youtube too much, but whatsapp, social media and google are no problem. Since we have a different data package in the early morning hours(we get 50GB a month to use between 02:00 and 08:00), the internet is open for volunteers until 08:00. If you do need it outside of those hours, like for work or study, we can always looking at buying some extra data to use for that.
Más de dos
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Son opciones de calificación adicionales para cuando los miembros dejan sus comentarios. Se muestra la calificación media dejada en cada opción.
Precisión del perfil:
(5.0)
Intercambio cultural:
(4.7)
Comunicación:
(5.0)
