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13 mai 2025
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Description
Our place needs 2 kayak guides for 2025. From mid May until 31st of August (you don't need to be here the whole duration). The main work is to be kayak guide (driving, guiding, cleaning the kayaks, maintain the everything). You will have 5 to 9 guided tours per week (depending on high season, low season and the amount of guests in the area). One tour is 3 hours, and you will be paid for 4 hours per tour.
A typical day: 9.30 o'clock - pick up kayak rental guests. Drive 10 minutes. Kayak with guests until 12. Lunch break with guests until 1230. Drive them back. Then reset everything back to perfect conditions. The work is paid. We offer housing. Your own house - amazing standard, you pay for the house.
Being fluent in Norwegian, Swedish or Danish is a big advantage to get the job.
We need two guides. It's an benefit if you know each other well.
We have top ratings from previous workers. You will feel Norwegian culture by living in a traditional, yet top modern Norwegian house. In your spare time you will also have possibilities to experience the real Norway, mountains, fjords and wilderness - in contrast to the big cities, which could have been any European country.
What We Offer
During your stay, you’ll have the chance to:
Learn about local traditions, customs, and ways of life (this will also be a benefit for you, as a guide)
Develop hands-on skills related to nature guiding, sustainable tourism, and hospitality.
Most of our guests are English speaking, but some guests are Norwegian - it’s a opportunity to learn some language, if you wish (no pressure)
How We Interact
We have daily dialogue with the guides, ensuring you feel confident in your work, giving you top tools and knowledge about guiding and kayaking. Sometimes we share meals, or work side by side on various projects. We encourage open discussions, new ideas, and collaborative learning. The team is small. Two guides (possibly you and a friend). You may have the opportunity to teach or train new staff, in case you don’t sign up for the whole summer.
What We Hope to Learn from You
Every Workawayer brings a fresh perspective and knowledge that enriches our project. We are always eager to learn from your experiences, whether it’s a creative approach to problem-solving, or insights from your own culture.
Our Commitment to Cultural Exchange
Workaway is about more than just lending a hand—it’s about meaningful connections and learning. While your contribution is valuable, we ensure that Workawayers are here to enhance and support our project, not replace locally hired staff. Anyway, getting local hired staff is very hard, as few people live here. We strive to create an inclusive and educational environment where everyone benefits from the exchange.
Please read the reviews for more information, and check out our website (ask for the link).
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Accueil / tourisme
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Nice chance to speak English and Norwegian, and have spare time in amazing nature.
L’hôte offre un salaire correspondant au salaire minimum
Cet hôte offre l'hébergement et une rémunération.
Aide
Our tour leaders ensure that everything runs smoothly, and that our guests have a great time on tour, day in and day out. As the face of our company, candidates must have exceptional customer service skills, be extremely organized, and be able to work well both as part of a team and individually. Our staff wear many hats: guide, confidant, problem solver, conversationalist, leader, caregiver, and general rock star. Those are the obvious qualifications, but no less important is the ability to work flexible hours and have a strong sense of team pride.
Tour leaders are initially trained on one or two tours, and as your expertise and competency grows so does the portfolio of activities you can lead. While guides spend the majority of time out on tour showing our customers a great time, they also spend time helping with answering calls and emails, a bit office work, maintenance, driving and more.
Langues parlées
Danish: Courant
Anglais: Courant
Norwegian: Courant
Swedish: Courant
Hébergement
An entire house alone. The house has very good standard.
Autres infos...
Olden/Stryn is a great place for outdoor adventure (climbing, hiking, biking, swimming, etc). This is the number one place the big celebrities go to, when they visit Norway. You live 8 minutes’ drive from the center of Olden (a small village). Public transport is not frequent, but you have access to one eBike and one normal bike.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
Not perfect internet speed, but decent.
Espace pour garer des vans
Amazing view to fjord and mountains. Huge and quite parking space, with no other cars. Feel free to ask if you have any questions.
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Deux
Mes animaux
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Feedback (3)
They guided kayak tours safely and confidently, and guests consistently gave excellent feedback — about 95% five-star reviews and 5% four-star. One guest wrote:
“Our guide, Nick, was absolutely fantastic —… read more
Åshild proved herself to be an exceptionally reliable team member. She consistently met her commitments and schedules, ensuring that our guided kayak… read more
His polite and organized approach resonated well with everyone around him. Sander's ability to take the lead in creating solutions and… read more
Oddbjørn is relaxed and patient, himself.
The job was to transfer people from the town (Olden) to the kayak rental place. In between the transfers there is lots of free time to relax and enjoy the place. I liked to use the kayak myself. When I had enough of relaxing, there… read more
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Ce sont des évaluations supplémentaires en option lorsque les membres laissent un feedback. La note moyenne pour chaque option est affichée.
Exactitude du profil:
(5.0)
Échange culturel:
(5.0)
Communication:
(5.0)
They guided kayak tours safely and confidently, and guests consistently gave excellent feedback — about 95% five-star reviews and 5% four-star. One guest wrote:
“Our guide, Nick, was absolutely fantastic —… read more
Åshild proved herself to be an exceptionally reliable team member. She consistently met her commitments and schedules, ensuring that our guided kayak… read more
His polite and organized approach resonated well with everyone around him. Sander's ability to take the lead in creating solutions and… read more
Oddbjørn is relaxed and patient, himself.
The job was to transfer people from the town (Olden) to the kayak rental place. In between the transfers there is lots of free time to relax and enjoy the place. I liked to use the kayak myself. When I had enough of relaxing, there… read more
