🌿🍫 Experience Ancestral Agriculture in the Amazon
The experience
Experience an authentic experience in the Kichwa community of Campo Cocha, about an hour by bus from Tena, Ecuador. You will have the opportunity to learn and participate in the ancestral techniques of an Amazonian chakra, helping César cultivate cacao, green plantains, papayas, and other fruits of the region. In your free time, you can swim in the Arajuno River, located in front of the property. 🌱🌊
What you offer
20 hours of help per week
Farming:
Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.
Gardening:
Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
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.
Free Laundry:
You can use our laundry room freely.
Language lessons:
Take free language classes at our place.
Permaculture Course:
Take part in our Permaculture course for free.
Use our equipped kitchen:
Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Fast Internet Access:
High-speed internet for you to work remotely
Requirements
Intermediate Spanish
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
What's not included
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Program Details
Cesar dedicates himself to the sowing of local products on his 3-hectare land. He has several medicinal plants, fruits and vegetables that he grows sustainably.
Near his house is the cabin where the volunteers stay. For this reason it is always possible to come to Cesar whenever there is any need, who will always be happy to help.
The stay with Cesar is very beautiful; he himself has a lagoon where fish grow and he also produces artisanal chocolate.
Welcome everyone! :)
Activities & Shift
In the morning, after breakfast, they meet with Cesar for the day's activity; depending on the need, they sow or harvest. The work is only in the morning, so in the afternoon the volunteers will have free time, for example to cool off in the river :)