Be part of our family, see wildlife and help with eco projects and cooking in Barra de Pacuare, Costa Rica

Infos

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  Description

  We are a local couple living in the amazing place of Barra de Pacuare in Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, between sea, jungle and river. We work together in our shop. We usually pay local people to work for us when we go to the city for supply and also when we do construction work.
  
  Pacuare is a very small, remote place type Island.
  We have a nice place with a big garden where we welcome people because we have a small neighborhood grocery store. We can also host. We offer comfortable corners, music, and games.
  
  We are surrounded by other volunteering projects, mostly about animal care (sea turtles, manatees, monkeys, ...), so we meet international people all year long.
  We want to develop our place on the most sustainable way possible because we want to be part of biodiversity protection.
  
  We love nature and have lot of animals (cats, dogs, pigs, goose...). We also like fishing around.
  We leave the island at least once a week for our supply so we can get anything we need. Boat trips are an amazing part of our local life.
  
  Only Kolbi SIM cards can be used here. We don't have wifi.
  
  It is a very remote place so bring books, games, download movies if you like.
  
  You can also bring some snacks and repellent.
  
  Turtle season started!

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Accueil / tourisme
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Travelers will be in touch with the real Costa Rican culture, with Pura Vida and Caribbean way of life. They will practice their Spanish and learn how to cook some local food. They will learn to dance with locals.
  Learning how to build with only local materials is also an amazing experience.
  On a general way, they will discover so much about nature, animals, biodiversity (we can see 3 of the 4 monkeys species we find in Costa Rica, sloth, birds, crocodiles...). Many plants are also very specific.
  People staying with us will also meet many local people and others for all around the world.

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

  Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

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  Aide

  We mostly would like to welcome one person to help with organizing volunteers work (gardening, animal care and construction) and cooking. We could ask help also for cleaning and for the shop. We also have a small coconut exploitation and sometimes we need help.
  If neighboring volunteer's projects need help for sea turtles night patrols they could do it if they want to.
  Travelers will get some free days a month and could enjoy to visit others parts of the country, enjoying our weekly outings for the trip.
  Typical day is :
  - breackfast at 8
  - work from 9 to 12/13h
  - have lunch
  Most of the time afternoon is free but you could help with the shop sometimes.
  The volunteer have to respect worktimes. If not he could be ask to leave.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Espagnol: Courant
  Anglais: Débutant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  I'm interested in learning more english. I can help with spanish.
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  Hébergement

  Accommodation is a nice wood dorm inside the property, with bath next to the door.
  There is a nice shared outside kitchen and a big garden, chairs, hammocks...
  we are just close to the beach and river.
  It is a very remote place, a tiny village in an island.
  Electricity is only with solar panels and bath with cold water.
  You should bring all that you could need and some snacks.
  If you want to get internet, bring a Kolbi SIM card.

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  Autres infos...

  We want to welcome two people at the same time on any way (friends, family, couple...) so they will feel better because it is a small place.
  The minimum stay is one month and it can be more, so we can really have a nice cultural exchange within our family and also with local and international neighbors.

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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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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Un

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  Maximum 4 hours a day, 5 days a week

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