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Spend time surrounded by 11 acres of forest on the northern edge of Dandeli, India, in the heart of the Western Ghats. Help with planting, clearing bush, and shaping bougainvillea along the paths. You may also spend some days welcoming guests at reception or helping in the kitchen. With around 20 hours of help per week and four days off, this is a great opportunity for anyone who loves plants, birds, wildlife, and unhurried days in nature. 🌳🦌✨
20 hours of help per week
Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.
Tour Guide: Organize and lead tours around the city.
Reception: Help with check-ins, check-outs and guest assistance.
4 days off per week
Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
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 Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!
Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.
Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.
Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely
Intermediate English or Intermediate Hindi
Between 18 and 65 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
This is a working property in the forest, not a hostel. We are a
small team and a volunteer here is one more pair of hands, not a
separate programme running alongside the business.
You get a private room and all three meals. We do not charge any
fee. In exchange we ask for about 20 hours a week across three days,
with four days off to explore Dandeli, the Kali river and the Ghats.
We ask for two weeks minimum. The first few days are spent working
alongside our staff so you learn how we do things before you are
handed anything on your own. After that you will have real
responsibility.
What we want most is someone who is easy with people and reliable
about turning up. Everything else can be taught.
Guests are the heart of this position. Most people who come here are
on their first trip into the Ghats and do not know what to look for.
You will be the one who tells them — where the hornbills sit in the
morning, which walk is worth doing, what is worth eating. Sitting
with guests over breakfast, keeping an evening going, helping a
group settle in. If you enjoy people, this is the best part of the
work.
Alongside that: check-ins, check-outs, and answering questions about
the area.
Grounds and garden work most mornings — planting, clearing bush, and
training and shaping the bougainvillea along the paths. Outdoor work
in the sun, and the part of the day where you see what you have made.
Jungle walks: joining our walks on the property, learning the birds
and trees well enough to point them out to guests.
Kitchen: helping with prep and service when a group is staying.
Three working days a week, roughly six to seven hours a day. Grounds
work in the cooler morning hours, guests later in the day and into
the evening. The mix depends on who is staying that week.
This is a remote property. The nearest town is 7 km away and there
is no nightlife nearby. Come only if quiet suits you.
Guests are paying to be here and their experience comes first. Be
presentable and courteous around them, and keep common areas tidy.
Tell us in advance if you cannot make a shift. We plan around you.
Respect the forest — no feeding or approaching wildlife, no litter
on the trails, no loud music outdoors.
We are open September to July. Nights get cold in December and
January; bring something warm.
