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Help welcome on our small farm in Patagonia, Chile

  • Last activity : 31 Oct 2024

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  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least 2 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    Update 10/11.2024

    Hi! We are looking for motivated people from the middle of October until end of November to help us to prepare our garden in the spring time.
    That means we will mostly be preparing vegetable patches, weading, seating and planting.
    You will be rewarded with the most beautiful time here in Patagonia: the springtime with everything flowering and getting green all over :-)
    Hope to hear from you soon!

    Annual Overview 2024/2025

    September until May: Farmwork, Gardening and Building projects

    June until September: Housesitting

    We are a young artist family from Germany starting a new way of life in Chile/ Patagonia. We have a beautiful, huge piece of land surrounded with old native forest, crystal clear springs and rivers, waterfalls and the stunning mountain scenery of Patagonia.

    Our girls are 9 and 11 years old and always enjoy to get in contact with the workawayers.
    We live together with 2 horses, 5 cats, 18 chicken and 2 geese. We have a huge garden and greenhouse to grow our own vegetables, herbs and fruits.

    Help is always needed in different little tasks around the farm, the garden and the house.

    As we are still in the process of building our house and farm we are also very interested to take carpenters or people that are experienced in working with wood for making some furniture and some interior.
    Also we are interested to take people that can teach playing the harp, the flute or like to introduce some other instruments to the girls.
    If you are experienced in Barefoot trimming of horses you are also very welcome!
    We are looking for open minded, motivated people which enjoy sharing work with us and like the outdoors.

    Every winter ( June to September) we are looking for volunteers to take care of our house and our animals while we are travelling. For this period we are looking for a Housesitter that is able to stay at least 3 month.


    ***HOUSESITTING***
    from June to September 2025

    We are looking for somebody to stay on our farm while we are travelling for about three and half month.
    The place to look after is in the most stunning countryside in the middle of Patagonia. You will live in a cozy wood house overlooking the mountains and valleys of Patagonia.
    The house is well equiped with a wood ofen, a kitchen, a bathroom with shower and bath and a separated bedroom.
    Although living far of the beaten track in the middle of nature we have electricity, a very good internet connection and a hot water system. So the Housesitting is a very good option for digital nomads.
    You would be here in the winter time, so it can be rainy and also sometimes snowy. But there will always be nice and sunny days in between.
    We provide you lots of firewood and a starter set of some basic food.
    You can also help yourself with some saisonal vegetables from our garden and greenhouse tu create a healthy meal for you.
    Our property is close to the beautiful river "Palena", waterfalls and an amazing old native forest.
    In exchange we ask you to look after our 5 lovely cats, our 2 friendly horses, 2 geese and 18 chicken.
    That means mainly feeding them and cleaning their places when necesary. If you are an experienced rider you are also welcome to ride our horses.
    If you have more questions don't hesitate to ask!

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Teaching
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Farmstay help
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
    House sitting
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    You can learn how to live a simple life close to nature, how to maintain a campo and a garden, how to ride or how to catch fish in the nearby river. Depending on your job there will be Spanish, English and German spoken and we are happy to help you with learning these languages.
    If there is some spare time we can also teach you how to juggle.

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

    This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

  • Help

    Help

    We work every working day around 5 hours in a project, like painting the house, doing firewood etc. Beside that we appreciate it a lot if you also give us a hand around the kitchen and in the garden (watering some plants) during the day.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    German: Fluent
    English: Fluent
    Spanish: Fluent

    This host offers a language exchange
    This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
    You can contact them directly for more information.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    We have a cabin where you are very welcome to stay. So you will have your own kitchen and shower. The toilett is a dry toilett outside.
    We prepare lunch for you on the working days and sometimes we will have dinner together.
    You help 5 days in a row and we provide food for all meals and than have 2 days of, where you should care for your own food.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    Although we are in the middle of nowhere, you can enjoy many outdoor activities just in front of our door: fishing in the river, horseback riding, rock climbing ( you have to bring your equipment), hiking in the mountains or to a beautiful waterfalls. Friends of us are organizing boat trips and rafting on the river not far from our land. But most of all this area is a location for nature lovers because you find a lot of untouched and unexplored nature to relax.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    only for motorhome or campervan with 4x4!

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

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    Hours expected

    5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Host ref number: 526621113116

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