🌿☕ Embrace natural farming on a tropical farm
The experience
Our farm is located in the El Triunfo area, 10 km from Valle Hermoso, in Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas. Surrounded by lush vegetation, it is a true tropical paradise with a rustic and welcoming house. Help with tasks such as pruning, tree care, weed control, planting and harvesting coffee, cacao, and vanilla. Important: the climate is warm and there are mosquitoes and wildlife.
What you offer
30 hours of help per week
Cleaning:
Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.
Building & Repairing:
Help with a wide range of repairs or building.
Farming:
Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.
Additional fee required
Amount:
US$ 25
Per week
Fee pays for:
Donation to project
Description:
Volunteers contribute $25 for weekly meals. The goal is to provide them with a high-protein diet, because the work is demanding. Right now our project is just getting started, and we don't have a stable source of funding. Our volunteers need to eat well!
What you get
2 days off per week
Private Room:
You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
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.
Free Laundry:
You can use our laundry room freely.
Free Hiking Tours:
We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!
Free Events:
Get free entrance for the best events in town.
Bikes at your disposal:
You can use our bikes any time you want.
Pick Up:
We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.
Holistic Therapies:
You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.
Permaculture Course:
Take part in our Permaculture course for free.
Basic Internet Access:
Basic speed internet for you to work remotely
Requirements
Beginner Spanish or Intermediate English
Between 20 and 45 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Travel insurance
What's not included
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Program Details
On this farm we dedicate ourselves to mixed crops of coffee, cacao, vanilla and many other tropical fruits, interspersed with guanábana, guava and mango trees. One hectare. All covered with Guadua cane cultivation, within a natural ecosystem that we have guided for eight years. Free from pesticides and chemical fertilizers, neither synthetic nor organic. All with manual labor.
We offer a course of this type of natural cultivation and we ask for help with the work. In the afternoons you can enjoy an afternoon walk to the springs or to the nearby river, which is a fifteen-minute walk away.
Activities & Shift
Receive guidance from the guide.
Tree clearing. Crown pruning. Weeding. Pruning. Planting.
Harvest of coffee, cacao and vanilla (may include other fruits such as guanábana).
Rules
We highly value a proactive person.
Respectful.
Honorable.
Honest.
Adaptable.
Willing to learn.
Understanding.