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🌿🐒 Ecovillage Life in the Amazon

4.5
(6 reviews)6

The experience

Join AlterArte Ecovila, a roots-style space surrounded by forest and part of the Terra Indígena Borari. Daily life involves ecological maintenance, simple living, and deep connection with nature—where monkeys pass by regularly.

The community is small and integrated with nearby eco-projects, creating a network of people committed to preserving the environment. Ideal for those seeking a simple, conscious lifestyle in the Amazon. ✨🌳


What you offer

16 hours of help per week

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

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

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

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens


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.

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

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

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

Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

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.


Requirements

Beginner Portuguese or Beginner Spanish

Between 21 and 73 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers


What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa


Program Details

We have simple spaces to live the experience of being close to the great trees and animals of the Amazon.

Ecological farming carried out among native trees, raising chickens and ducks, ecological sanitation and bioconstruction are a

We work in the alchemy of life in community, keeping the spaces light, healthy, with total respect for individualities.


Activities & Shift

Hours are flexible. We set 16h/week, usually divided into 4h/day, over 4 days.

The morning schedule is the loveliest to work.

Everything discussed well leads to alignment.


Rules

Alcoholic beverages and disrespect toward any living being are prohibited.

We ask that you arrive light, contributing as much as possible to the harmony of the space.