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We’re a small jungle project building real stuff from scratch: domes, underground homes, natural pools, furniture, and more, using what we have around us. Volunteers jump in daily on hands‑on work like construction, finishing, planting, harvesting, and making things in the workshop. We’re looking for people who are curious, adaptable, and ready to learn by doing. Days are a mix of building, outdoor work, and hanging out with the crew over meals.
20 hours of help per week
Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.
Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.
Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.
Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
Amount: US$ 15 Per day
Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers
Description: The fee is paid for a stay in a private cabin.
2 days off per week
Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
Discounts on Drinks: Get discounts for drinks and beverages from our bar.
Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.
Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.
Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.
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
Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely
Intermediate English or Intermediate Spanish
Over 18 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Be from outside Costa Rica
Travel insurance
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
We’re a small jungle project called Mangrove Society. We build and create from what’s here: houses, domes, sitting areas, fake rocks, lamps, furniture, permaculture gardens, sugarcane work, murals, and more. The work changes all the time, and it depends a lot on what each volunteer brings to the table.
We’re looking for people who like to work with their hands, solve problems, and create things with limited tools and materials. You might help with building, finishing, woodwork, metalwork, painting, gardening, harvesting, or small production projects. If you have a passion—murals, woodworking, permaculture, design—we’ll find a way to use it here.
We expect curiosity, a good attitude, and willingness to learn by doing. In return, you’ll get real experience in alternative building and creative projects, learn how to turn simple materials into useful, beautiful things, and join a small crew that lives and builds in the jungle.
Introduction to The Mangrove Way
https://youtube.com/shorts/mMQfxdSmd1U?feature=share
Step out of the matrix
https://youtube.com/shorts/0bWIpVRReT4?feature=share
What the hell is a community
https://youtube.com/shorts/30MgcBKMXFA?feature=share
Volunteers help 4 hours a day, 5 days a week, usually from 8:30–12:30. Work happens in the morning when it’s cooler, and afternoons and weekends are free.
Typical activities on the project:
*Building and finishing domes, houses, and sitting areas
*Working with ferrocement, adobe, and recycled materials
*Woodworking, metal work, and simple furniture making
*Making lamps, fake rocks, and other creative pieces
*Permaculture tasks: planting, harvesting, and garden care
*Painting murals or helping with design and textures
*Small production projects like sugar cane work and crafts
Shifts are flexible depending on weather and what’s happening on site.
Free time and surroundings:
*The site is in the countryside, 800 m from the main road (8–10 min walk)
*Easy to catch a a bus or hitchhike to Montezuma and Santa Teresa for beaches, surfing, SUP, and hiking
*Onsite: food forest with edible and medicinal plants, natural pool, lounge areas, and a big event dome for basketball, yoga, dancing, or skating
*In town: yoga, dance, and other wellness classes
*We have a car available for rent weekly or monthly if you want more freedom to explore
Mangrove Guidebook
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rUhJAjRLMRYEquJrF_7AVkjJxDay8lB3/view?usp=drive_link
We’re looking for responsible, reliable people. If your plans change and you need to cancel, please let us know at least one week in advance, because your spot could be taken by someone else. No smoking anywhere on the property. No drunken behaviour or consistently lazy attitudes; if that happens, you will be asked to leave the same day. We cannot accommodate pets.
This place is in the jungle, very close to Santa Teresa and Montezuma, but not within walking distance to shops, beaches, or town. It takes real effort to get there: about 8–10 minutes on foot to the main road, then a bus, hitchhike, or ride to reach the beaches or stores. We are a small jungle community with very few neighbours, and while it is very safe here, it is still remote and rustic. Some people love this and thrive here; others arrive and realise it’s more than they expected. That’s okay. We just want you to know exactly what you’re coming into, so you don’t feel misled or leave us a bad review because the location was more isolated than you imagined. If you’re up for a real jungle experience, you’ll probably love it.
Mangrove House Rules
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n524qCXe2GdDrOLPiRd04C0yTfUdpR9v/view?usp=drive_link
Many worldpackers have been applying to this position recently. The host will probably not be able to respond to all of the applications, so we recommend that you also apply to other hosts in our community and not just this one :)
