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Where? The sea, the eternal summer, a deserted beach, whales showing off, palm trees, a quiet fishing village: Puerto Cayo is breathtaking with its scenery of mountains and endless sandy beaches. Our little paradise, located 350 meters from the Pacific Ocean, overlooks all of this in a spectacular view and has a lot to offer in exchange for your work.
Who? We are Fernand and Frédérique, a couple of retired Canadians. We had a wonderful dog, Wilkie. You’ll hear of her in the comments. We have a property which includes our house, a guesthouse, a vegetable garden and a garden of beautiful trees and flowers. We speak French, English and Spanish, we like to meet people, and we love travelers’ openness. Epicureans and foodies, we look forward to inviting you to our table to share a good meal and get to know you. Our philosophy? To have enthusiastic volunteers, you have to make them happy. We are flexible on schedule and LGBTQ+ friendly.
What? We need help from TWO VOLUNTEERS at the same time mainly for simple general maintenance and sometimes also artistic and special projects. Let us know about your specific skills, and what you like to do, it may inspire us! In exchange, we offer a lovely house with fully equipped kitchen, private bathroom, hot water, comfortable queen-sized bed and large private palapa (covered terrace) with table, pizza oven and hammocks, all in a lush garden. You’ll also be spoiled with little treats.
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Projets artistiques
Pratique d’une langue
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Home sitting
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
We moved in Puerto Cayo in 2014 so we know quite a bit about Ecuador and its culture. As everybody is different, we will be happy to answer any question you have and help you to have a wonderful stay by trying to find the best activities/discoveries just for you.
Aide
General maintenance is the essential of the help and we are looking for two volunteers at the time. You may have to help our gardener, to clean windows, help us to cook a harvest of fruits or vegetables for our personal consumption, to paint a mural if you have artistic talents, to sand and varnish garden furniture, house cleaning... Fernand is a fantastic handyman and may ask your help in any of his projects, I am a photographer and seamstress and I may need help in both of my passions.
Langues
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Espagnol: Courant
Français: CourantCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.
Hébergement
A fully equipped little house just for you with its privacy and covered terrace where you can rest in an hammock.
A food truck comes twice a week at home with fruits, vegetables, peanut butter, cheese, eggs, and also comes a drinking water truck to deliver 18 liters bottles for 1$ (USD) and a nice man who sales fresh shrimp. You can find a little grocery in the village with most of the things you will need. Fishermen are coming back to shore early in the morning and may have fish for sale. Also, you can come with us to a grocery store if you need it or just leave us a list of things you want. Every time we’ll go shopping, we will ask you if you need something.
Mototaxis to go around the village and buses service for anywhere else are efficient. In the village, you will also find doctors, drugstores, a gym, surf lessons, general and fruits & vegetables tiendas, also restaurants for all budgets.
Autres infos...
It takes 20 minutes to walk to the center of Puerto Cayo, where you can find restaurants, and even if the village is usually quiet, sometimes we enjoy a big event with concerts and fireworks. Around Puerto, you find Puerto Lopez and its new border walk with hotels, restaurants, souvenir shops and a great beach (30 minutes by bus), from where you can go by boat to Isla de la Plata, which is a little Galapagos with its flora and fauna. Further (2 hours), you have Montañita, a lovely babacool place that attracts lots of people, especially surfers. On the other side: the big city of Manta (one hour) with its huge shopping mall, beaches, great restaurants, hospitals and more. Closer (20 minutes), you must go to Agua Blanca (mud bath, massage) and Los Frailes beach, the most beautiful beach of Ecuador. Finally and not the least, whales are coming close from end of June to end of September. We have a wonderful spot to observe them!
Just tell us what you are looking for as travelers, we may have an answer!
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
We have basic internet (10 mbps) but it’s optic fiber and can go up to 30 mbps. Don’t forget ecuador is a third world country and that we live in a fishing village.
Espace pour garer des vans
We have full of space and a brick wall all around the property, a main entry that we can lock and a camera system.
Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux
As long as the pet is clean.
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Deux
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Lauriane et Mathieu
Given some of the current safety concerns in coastal Ecuador, Puerto Cayo felt safe for the entire time we were there. You’ll be… read more
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Lauriane et Mathieu
Given some of the current safety concerns in coastal Ecuador, Puerto Cayo felt safe for the entire time we were there. You’ll be… read more
From the moment we arrived they made us feel instantly welcome and at home. The accommodation they provide for volenteers who stay with them is perfect. Im sure you wont find better on workaway! They have thought of… read more
They spent a few days with us to take on the challenge of bringing our floor back to life. After years of washing it with hard water full of sediments, it had become dull and encrusted with limestone. It was… read more
We spent three weeks with them in perfect harmony while respecting everyone's privacy on one side and sharing work, great conversations and meals on the other side. Jade and Mark are full… read more
In our three weeks we stayed there, we helped them with little projects around the house. They were really flexible concerning the work times and we got invited to the pool nearly every day after the work was finished.
We had lunch and dinner together and shared stories about our lives, the… read more
The job was generally maintenance work and cleaning for a couple of hours and sometimes talking their amazing… read more
For work, I would like to say that we have the impression of being on vacation with our grandparents, full… read more
Very disciplined people, good workers, quiet, responsible and reliable, we couldn’t ask for more. Open your door… read more
Super well equiped, comfy (special recognition for the bed) and super quiet. It is definitely… read more
They work well and hard, they can do lots of different jobs but above all, they are so nice people, always in a good mood, always there to give a hand. They were very serious in this Covid… read more
They took into account our skills and passions when giving us tasks, and the working hours were flexible and leave you plenty of free time to enjoy the area. We did gardening (weeding,… read more
They are both very… read more
