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Our farm is part of the Compassberg Protected Environment near the top of the catchment of the Sneeuberg Mountains of the Great Karoo. We have a busy life farming cattle and hosting guests and home school our children. We are looking for skilled and mature volunteers who are self motivated and love being in isolated places. We need help on the farm with cattle and maintenance work. Due to the high cost of food we can't afford to feed and accommodate people without usable skills and experience.
We often have building projects, so all those carpenters builders and people that are creative and love working with their hands are welcome. Each year we have a festival that we need volunteers for!
Our children are homeschooled so they can learn about your culture and language.
This remote farm is far away from the air/sound/light/noise pollution of the city. It is the ideal place to connect with yourself and with nature. However, life on the farm is very busy. You need to be self motivated and comfortable with your own company. For this reason we prefer couples/pairs of volunteers.
We are an hour drive from the nearest ATM machine/petrol station and 20 minutes on a bumpy road to the nearest small shop. Sometimes we are cut off from civilization for a few days when the rains turn the roads into mud soup. We do weather in a big way: In winter we have can have snow and freezing temperatures, in summer we have flash floods, electric storms and occasionally intense heat (though being up in the mountains our temperatures are never get too unbearable high for too long). We know drought very well.
But if you love mountains and fresh air and you don't need cell phone reception then you will love this farm.
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Projets artistiques
Pratique d’une langue
Aide avec des éco-projets
Enseignement
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
S’occuper des animaux
Aide dans une ferme
Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Accueil / tourisme
Entretien général
Aide informatique/internet
Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Visitors will learn about rural living where we are guided by the seasons and the focus is on life and death (the health and wellbeing of our animals, our environment and ourselves). You will get a perspective on sustainable not sentimental environmental practices. You will spend time working with our staff who have different life experiences and different perspectives from yourself. If you stay for long enough you may have the opportunity to visit the town of Nieu Bethesda and see what village life is like.
Projets impliquant des enfants
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Aide
Tasks on the farm is physically demanding. If you are strong and skilled you can apply.
We are looking for people with skills and experience in fixing things/ building things/ making things/ growing things/ cooking things/ and teaching kids among other things.
If you are good in kitchen we can use your help.
We need help with the ongoing maintenance of the farm, the fences, the infrastructure, the buildings as well as the running of the cattle.
We are needing help with veld restoration including erosion control, creating baseline data for veld management, removal of alien plants.
We need help with the vegetable garden, feeding the chickens and many many other projects.
We welcome those who sew and are good with hand crafts.
We need help with setting up and running a running our festival (3 -6 October 2025)
You will share some meals with us and spend time with the family. You will need to provide your own snacks and extras. However we are often juggling many projects at one time so you need to be a quick learner who doesn't need lots of mentoring in your tasks.
We only take volunteers over the age of 22 (or if you have lived away from home for at least 3 years).
Life on the farm is never dull, every day there is something else to do, are you up for it?
Langues
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Afrikaans: Intermédiaire
Espagnol: Débutant
Français: DébutantCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
We would love you teach our children a language!
Hébergement
You will stay in in a caravan or a cottage depending on availability. In the high holiday season we sometimes do not have accommodation, so if you are prepared to sleep in a tent you are welcome.
Autres infos...
We are looking for people with strength, energy, enthusiasm and a love of nature.
We welcome couples who are experienced and mature. We love hosting families with similar aged kids to ours.
If you are able to work hard and enjoy a remote location this opportunity will work for you. We prefer volunteers that have skills and experience in hands on work.
If you don't have a car you will have to spend the weekends exploring the farm on foot. This may mean you won't leave the farm for your whole visit with us.
Please let us know in good time if your plans change and you are unable to make it as much organising goes into hosting you!
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
Only if you can work around my schedule as our bandwidth is not unlimited
Espace pour garer des vans
Perfect parking
Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux
In theory. But it depends very much on the pet.
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Plus de 2
Mes animaux
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The work itself was pleasant varied farm work in one of my favorite biomes of South Africa. We will definatly miss the Kingwills and the Karoo!
It was very interesting to see how life works so far away from everything. We really liked the down-to-earth atmosphere and we… read more
Paula and Ian were very hospitable and there was a large variety of tasks and projects that we did on the farm.
It really was lots of fun and Paula and Ian and their children made our stay very memorable! We learned new skills and refined existing ones.
We… read more
I ll never forget it
Oscar
thank you so much.
I would recommend to go there, if you like being out in the nature.
Thanks for the time we had together!
We loved every moment with the kingwill family, felt like home - as our daughter lilly did. Little kyla and callum where great play partners. We already miss the time out there.
I got the chance to pregnancy test a cow - you have to stick your hand...arm up their bum which isn't exactly… read more
I had the chance to discover a lot of apects of the farm works such as running the cattle while riding a horse which was awesome.
The environment is just amazing, the farm is encounterd by a nature reserve and beautiful mountains all around.
And finally paula, E and their 2… read more
Take Care =)
