Embrassez la nature et aidez dans notre guesthouse reculée près de Puerto Jimenez au Costa Rica

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  Description

  Hello ,
  We are looking for a couple for July Aug and Sept , who is totally independent, wants to life in a jungle cabin with a small pool !
  You will be helping with guests, cleaning rooms , sweeping, racking leaves, helping in the kitchen, taking care of dogs and cat ...
  You will be getting a list of chores to do for the 5 hour workday, which you are expected to do on your own… It is mainly general maintenance, cleaning rooms and restaurant area and gardening: weeding, racking, cleaning walls and painting, art work etc . We are there to help if you need it.
  You will be living in a small cabin, surrounded by jungle, with your own kitchen and bathroom and a small pool for you to use.*
  
  There is Wifi now at the Salon communal, next to the school.
  You can also go to Puerto Jimenez, they have plenty of Internet cafes and there is a collective bus to go there.
  
  * If the pool house is rented you will have to move to an Aframe hut .
  
  
  The volunteer must be very honest and open minded , completely independent, responsible but fun and be able to cope on her/ his own..
  You have to be independent and don’t mind roughing it a bit as we are far from anything
  You will get a welcome food package but then you will have to provide for your own food.
  
  You have to love nature, jungle, rivers and time on your own as there is not much else here.There are great hikes around here, lots of beautiful swimming holes in the rivers, nature at its best! Best birdwatching ever....!Watching the monkeys in the morning ...
  It is a great opportunity to spend some time in the Peninsula de Osa, enjoying nature while working a little bit....
  Also looking for a couple to ‘kind of house sit’ for a month, 20 Aug -20 Sept , taking care of my dogs and cat and doing some chores..
  Now, if this is tempting you, or if you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Projets artistiques

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et projets de construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Accueil / tourisme

  Entretien général

  Aide informatique / avec Internet
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  This a small village, it has a park entrance and is slowly growing to become a tourist destination. It used to be a gold mining town and our place was the famous ( or infamous ) gold miners bar,brothel and jail....the cabinas with private bathrooms are in,what used to be the brothel and the bathroom for the huts are in the ex jail.
  Right now it is still of the beaten track.
  It has two small shop, a place to buy fresh vegetables ,a cheviche and bread man comes on Thursday, a couple of sodas.
  You can hitch a ride with me when I go to town or get an express (5000 colones ) for getting your food in Jimenez.
  It is one of the best places for birdwatching, jungle/ river walks, swimming... within an hours drive you can go surfing, kayaking, whale watching, zip lining..
  
  We are a twenty-minute drive from Puerto Jimenez. Puerto Jimenez is a beach town that has a hospital, grocery store, hardware store, fruit/veg shop, meat shop, restaurants, two banks, etc.
  
  There is a collective bus Mon- Sat,leaving Dos Brazos at 7am and 12 and coming back at 11am and 3pm or you can hitch a ride with me when I go to town.

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  Aide

  You need to be very honest and easy going,fun to be around with.You have to be able to work completely on your own, take responsibility , make your own meals , don’t mind living on your own, have to clean rooms and restaurant from departing guests,racking leaves , garden work, helping fix up the place like painting walls , making art work etc .
  
  In case there are guests :
  Experience in working with tourists is not necessary as long as you can socialize and make guests feel at home.You will have to welcome guests and explain the area and our tours and just to be there for the guests, clean the rooms when they leave etc.
  English a must.
  
  If there are not many guests you can help make any handicrafts projects; DIY lamps, decorative objects for garden and house, making fun arty things from scratch or things you find in nature.Painting/ decorating the dance and massage area... natural wood sculptures/ carvings , planting, trimming, path making ....
  Garden work might include moving some heavy rocks, making a path, planting and/or growing moss / ferns species.
  
  We have a probationary period and we will communicate via email or WhatsApp so we should know if we can work together. When you write to us, take a little time to introduce yourself, who you are, why you would like to come.
  Once you commit we expect you to come.

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  Langues parlées

  Allemand: Courant
  Anglais: Courant
  Espagnol: Courant
  Français: Courant
  Hollandais: Courant

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  Hébergement

  You will have a room on your own, just that sometimes you might need to change the room if it has been reserved and the guesthouse is full.
  When the Little Pool house is not rented you will stay there and have a paradise living in full nature. It is not rented very often...
  You are getting our best accommodation so we give you a welcome food package ( rice, beans coffee , sugar, milk..,) but then you are on your own for food and have to do your own cooking.

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  Autres infos...

  We are living 50 m from the Dos Brazos entrance to Corcovado National Park. There are lots of trails and rivers around here.There are waterfalls and natural pools, great hikes, lots of birdwatching etc. We also have three dogs, one cat.
  We live 13km from Puerto Jimenez, so to get here you have to take a collective bus .

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  If you camper is independent on water and electricity, you can park it on a piece of land and have your own space.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  5 hours per day 5 days a week

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