Permaculture project Motijo, Panama

4.5
(2 reviews)2

🏝️Remote Island Paradise: Off-Grid Farm & Aquaponics & BGFishing

Help a sustainable project
This host contributes to building a better and more sustainable future for all!
Connect with nature
2 travelers recommend this experience for reconnecting with nature
Expand your environmental consciousness
2 travelers felt they returned from this experience with a greater environmental consciousness
Accepts couples and pairs of volunteers

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What you offer

25h

Hours per week
Help out and collaborate with your host only a few hours per week.
Building & Repairing
Help with a wide range of repairs or building.
Farming
Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.
Gardening
Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
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What you get

2

Days off per week
Have some time off for yourself, go explore the city or rest for a while.
Private Room
You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
Shared Dorm
You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
Team Dorm
You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.
Breakfast
You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.
Lunch
You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.
Dinner
You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.
Fast Internet Access
High-speed internet for you to work remotely
Dedicated Workspace
Specific space for you to work remotely
Use our equipped kitchen
Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Free Laundry
You can use our laundry room freely.
Free Tours
We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!
Free Hiking Tours
We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!
Get free drinks or beverages.
Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.
Permaculture Course
Take part in our Permaculture course for free.
Surfboards
You can use our surfboards as much as you want.
Support
Get help from the Worldpackers support team in case you need it, at any point of your trip.
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Availability

Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Stay at least
2 weeks
Stay up to
9 weeks

The Experience

Independent volunteer wanted! 🍅 food garden 🥦 aquaponics 🌱 Planting 🧹 Cleaning 🔪 Clearing 🔧 Assisting random tasks 🥥 Daily coco gathering 🍌 harvest-to-table experience: You may be able to harvest fruits yourself, including bananas, pineapples, coconuts, papayas, and sugar cane! 🎣 catch-to-table experience: on a weekly or biweekly basis, there may be the opportunity to join big game fishing trip, island made lures and harpoon!

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Requirements

  • Intermediate English
  • Between 23 and 51 years old
  • Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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2 Reviews

4.5

Host & Team

4.5

Hours & Tasks

4.5

Permaculture Project

4.5

Learning & Fun

4.5

How this experience will transform you

  • 2 Get in touch with nature
  • 2 Developing environmental awareness
  • 2 Learning about sustainability
  • 1 Meeting international travelers
  • 1 Meeting locals
  • 1 Practicing English

This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals

  • 2 7. Affordable and clean energy
  • 2 12. Responsible consumption and production
  • 1 14. Life below water
Will

United Kingdom

5

I had a great 5 weeks working at the finca with Peter, Julia and Zoe. It was an amazing experience living on a private beach in my own cabaña, swimming every night in the bioluminescent water and harvesting fruits directly from the trees. The work was physically demanding, but the variety of tasks kept it interesting. I learnt macheteing, fishing and sustainable building techniques. It's definitely not luxury and I took some time to adapt to the environment but the finca is an awesome piece of wilderness and I really enjoyed being part of the project.

5 days ago

Arsen

Serbia

4

This experience is definitely not for everyone, probably only for very independent and resilient people who genuinely enjoy hard physical work and remote off-grid living. Pros: fresh fruits, a warm sea & beautiful beach, free kayaks & snorkeling gear, learning permaculture and island survival skills. Cons: hard manual work in extreme heat, very basic sleeping conditions, constant electricity/water/internet issues, little connection with the host outside work, and expensive transport outside scheduled boats (once in 10 days, approx). For this kind of project, 2 weeks would be ok, 4 is too much.

5 months ago


Peter replied

nice wrap! :) I agree mostly on everything, it is not for everybody and it is demanding. We will be improving tho some stuffs to make it easier. Water actually today I made more or less automatic, will also tune that into future. electricity with Loris we will make lifepo4 bats here to be stable. With starlink it is little tricky, as would require to cut lot of trees, but meanwhile at our place you can enjoy full speed internet. less than 3 weeks we dont do from various reason. Anyway thanks!

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