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Secret Jungle Retreat in Sri Lanka for Forest Healing

5.0
(5 reviews)5

The experience

If you are tired of touristic places with too much noise, prolusion, being busy and exhausting yourself, then here is a place to calm down. A place to live in any pace you like. Ideally slow low calm & light. We are minimalist & natural. A place in a jungle with only the sounds of nature around you. It will be your home & you are the boss. All we need is just a few hours (less than 4) where you add some value to our concept still being built.


What you offer

4 hours of help per day

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.

Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

Additional fee required

Amount: € 4 Per day

Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers, Materials for volunteer activities, and Donation to project

Description: Secret Jungle Retreat is an ongoing project from the scratch. Every penny matters to make the experience exclusive for those who wants to get lost in the jungle.


What you get

3 days off per week

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.

Tent: You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.

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.

Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.

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.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.

Holistic Therapies: You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely


Requirements

Beginner English

Between 18 and 60 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers


What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa


Program Details

Secret Jungle is a place for people to slow down. Breathe well and connect to nature. We need help from those who wants to live away from touristic places and connect with locals.

Its about help improving the property. Mostly, based on your own idea, inspiration and creativity. We have lot to build using natural material. We have a lot of unfished work in terms of separate living spaces which needs improvement.

We need to create better forest trails and trails within our own forest.

We need to paint and decorate space with natural materials such as plants and wines.

We need our natural pool completed.

We need to reorganize our space and land to make it even more appealing.

We have puppies need a lot of care too :)


Activities & Shift

Just 3 to 4 hours as you wish !


Rules

Be free spirited

1) Keep your space clean
2) We do not separate people on gender/sexuality and expect to mix with everyone, sleep in shared dorms
3) If you want to explore the forest or surrounding areas, please inform and do so. No sudden disappearances and us having to trace you if you are lost ;)
4) We are a warm host community who loves hugs and kisses, if you don't like it, please declare it early so we could ask no-hugs no-handshakes and nothing.
5) Any issues with fellow volunteers, host community or guides, immediately report to host in charge at the time and not later or not discuss issues with fellow volunteers or elsewhere. If its not resolved, you are free to leave our place anytime. Do not wait unhappy until the end of your time only to say something bad about the place after pretending to be happy :) (We have had wonderful people as guests and volunteers before but some have been so negative and picky of every little thing. We are not perfect and our place is certainly not either. :) .
6) We have WIFI but limited with limited data allocation. You might be sometimes required to reload WIFI yourself if you are a heavy user.
Thank you for the understanding ! )