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A long, narrow and magical piece of land with native forest, hills, meadows and its own stream, right in the heart of Chile, 300 km from Santiago.
We are Sebastián (Swiss-German), Ceci (Chilean) and parents of three daughters. Three years ago we started this dream: a regenerative, experimental project with a true community soul – a place where dreams still fit.
Here we don’t work, we live from sunrise to sunset with all kinds of land-based tasks. You swim in summer, practise ice baths (Wim Hof style) in winter, grow 100 % organic food, build with wood, cob and straw bales, distill essential oils, make preserves, and live surrounded by native forest and your own waterfalls.
Who we’re looking for
Motivated people with independence and real commitment.
Recommended minimum: 3–4 weeks (the longer, the better).
Medium & long-term volunteers (3–24 months) are especially welcome.
What we offer
Healthy home-cooked food (exactly what we eat ourselves)
Basic accommodation: main house, cabin under construction, converted van-room or nice camping spot
Composting toilet (biodegradable hygiene products only, please), solar shower, solar electricity, cable internet (zero Wi-Fi, phones on airplane mode inside the house)
Private mountain-water lagoon for swimming
Current projects
Finishing the big straw-bale & cob house
Building volunteer cabins + therapy cabins
Food forest, market garden, preserves
Chickens, goats & cheese-making (coming soon)
Especially welcome
Farmers, gardeners, carpenters, builders, plumbers, electricians, solar experts, natural builders, content creators… but truly anyone with good energy and eagerness to learn is perfect.
This is NOT a resort or a yoga retreat with Wi-Fi.
This is real, pioneering, no-filter rural life.
If you’re ready to unplug from the virtual world, reconnect with the earth and truly grow… we’re waiting for you with open arms.
Recommended minimum stay: 3–4 weeks
Ideal: several months or a full gap year
Sebastián, Ceci & the family ❤️
Write to us. This can change your life.
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Aide avec des éco-projets
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
Entretien général
Aide informatique/internet
Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Whether you´ll have some kind of experience or not, you´ll learn, (depending of you stay) how it is, having your own place like this, how surviving of your own land feels, how to build anything with very simple materials, how to do anything in the garden, how to play Minecraft in the real world every day, how to disconnect from the distracting virtual world, how to be present.
Projets impliquant des enfants
Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.
Aide
CATALEYA – Summer 2025 & 2026
We’re looking for hands and hearts for:
Finishing the big straw-bale & cob house + interior carpentry
Natural building of small cabins (wood + cob)
Farming work: soil prep, planting, sowing, irrigation
Building volunteer cabins (straw & cob)
Clearing and creating forest trails
Summer fruit & vegetable preserving
Shared daily chores: cooking, cleaning, caring for spaces
Coming soon: chickens, goats & cheese-making
Most needed right now
Carpenter (furniture, cabins, chicken coop, sheds)
Someone who loves organic farming/gardening + cooks delicious food
Person great with kids + social media / photos / videos
Volunteers welcome
Short-term (3–8 weeks) · Medium (2–6 months) · Long / gap year (4–18+ months)
The longer you stay → the more responsibility + your own projects
(yes, you can even build your own little house and develop your own piece of land!)
We especially dream of
Carpenters · farmers/gardeners · content creators · nature lovers who want to leave a lasting legacy.
Home-cooked delicious food, basic accommodation, real rural life, no Wi-Fi (but we do have internet connection), endless nature and guaranteed personal transformation.
Ready? Write us now — summer spots go fast!
Sebastián, Ceci & the family ❤️
Langues parlées
Allemand: Courant
Anglais: Courant
Espagnol: Courant
Hébergement
What we offer
Healthy home-cooked food (exactly what we eat ourselves)
Basic accommodation: main house, cabin under construction, converted van-room or nice camping spot
Composting toilet (biodegradable hygiene products only, please), solar shower, solar electricity, cable internet (zero Wi-Fi, phones on airplane mode inside the house)
Private mountain-water lagoon for swimming
Autres infos...
As we live as ecologically as possible, we are for example using a composting toilet and biodegradable shower lotions in order to not affect negatively the natural balance.
Please be aware that you´ll get much more in contact on a daily basis with earth, wood, straw and animals, like Cats, Dog and Ducks. A lot of what we harvest takes only 10 minutes from the field onto the plate.
Also, as long as we all live under the same roof, it would be very nice if the daily routines, including bedtimes would be respected, as everyone needs a good night of sleep, in order to be energy renewed the next morning and ready to rock the world again in this beautiful Paradise.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
Yes, but That would mean a different kind of deal, what would have to be discussed beforehand.
Espace pour garer des vans
Yes absolutly, there is enough space for large vehicles, no more than 12 ton and not adwisable to be longer than 10m due to a winding entrance.
Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux
We try to keep nature away from too much predators, but have two cats and a smal Dogy ourselfs, but if someone would have a well domesticated dog, not barking all night long then yes it would be posible.
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
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Mes animaux
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Sebastian was very openminded and happy about any help and thoughts about the project.
As the project is still in the beginning I had a lot of options to spend my time with.
All the best for you Sebastian and I'll come by when… read more
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Discutez avec des workawayers qui ont séjourné chez cet hôte
Feedback
Sebastian was very openminded and happy about any help and thoughts about the project.
As the project is still in the beginning I had a lot of options to spend my time with.
All the best for you Sebastian and I'll come by when… read more
