Horse rider / Tour guide / Groom in Bulgaria's Rila Mountains 🐎
The experience
- Feeding horses & other animals
- Accompany the horses when they're out grazing
- Cleaning stables and animals' cages
- Help with horse riding trails and classes by leading the guests and assisting trainers
- Ride and train the horses if you are an advanced English rider
- Help with Marketing if possible
- Guest interactions
Ideally volunteers will have at least basic experience working with horses as riding is not mandatory but an advantage.
What you offer
30 hours of help per week
Teaching Sports:
Teaching or assisting the host, guests, or local communities in practicing sports or physical activities.
Tour Guide:
Organize and lead tours around the city.
Bartending:
Make and serve drinks and help maintain the beverages inventory.
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.
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.
Free Laundry:
You can use our laundry room freely.
Pick Up:
We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.
Use our equipped kitchen:
Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Basic Internet Access:
Basic speed internet for you to work remotely
Requirements
Intermediate Bulgarian or Intermediate English
Over 18 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
What's not included
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Program Details
Rusaliite Adventure House is the perfect place for nature and riding enthusiasts. We're looking for motivated individuals, that thrive in dynamic environments.
Experience in client management would be greatly appreciated.
We appreciate our volunteers' time and effort and with that said a minimum amount of work ethic is required.
In your free time you can enjoy free riding. There are also multiple hiking trails in the area, a ski station nearby and multiple outdoor and indoor activities in the surrounding cities.
Activities & Shift
Care for the horses and animals is on regular schedule and riding tours go according to season occupancy.
Shifts can be divided by morning and afternoon shifts or according to guest schedule, with breaks during the day.
Rules
No smoking indoors or in the stables.
No alcohol during work hours.
No littering - we're located in nature and would like to keep it clean :)