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30h
- Hours per week
- Help out and collaborate with your host only a few hours per week.
- Kitchen Hand
- Help prepare, finish and serve meals.
- Cleaning
- Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.
- Reception
- Help with check-ins, check-outs and guest assistance.
- Gardening
- Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
What you get
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- Days off per week
- Have some time off for yourself, go explore the city or rest for a while.
- 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.
- Fast Internet Access
- High-speed internet for you to work remotely
- Use our equipped kitchen
- Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
- Discounts on Tours
- Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.
- Free Tours
- We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!
- Free Events
- Get free entrance for the best events in town.
- Yoga classes
- Take free yoga classes at our place.
- Surf lessons
- Take free surf classes at the local beaches.
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- Get help from the Worldpackers support team in case you need it, at any point of your trip.
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Availability
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- Stay at least
- 3 weeks
- Stay up to
- 5 weeks
The Experience
You will be helping with a variety of activities, and helping in shifts with other volunteer. Main house tasks are preparing, serving buffet breakfast to the guests; doing check-ins; helping maintaing the house and garden tidy. We expect you to be energetic and ready to help, organized and responsible, but to have fun at the same time. You will find a lot of free time to enjoy the surf, the beaches and the Natural Park!
Learn moreRequirements
- Fluent English
- Between 18 and 32 years old
- Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)
What's not included
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
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Hours & Tasks
Guest House
Learning & Fun
How this experience will transform you
- 47 Meeting international travelers
- 45 Get in touch with nature
- 39 Meeting locals
- 31 Immersing in the local culture
- 27 Practicing English
- 10 Practicing Spanish
Alissa
France
I had such a magical experience in the guest house ✨ The people, the cozy lodge, the surf sessions, I loved all of it! Thank you Pedro for everything, I can't wait to come back as a professional surfer haha 🤙🏻🏄♀️ Até ja!!
8 days ago
Shareen
Gibraltar
I absolutely loved my time at the guest house 🐋💛 I fell in love with surfing, the work was super easy-going & it was way too easy to romanticise life here in Colares. Such a beautiful place - the nature, the sunsets, the vibes ✨ Pedro was great host, the people were amazing & the volunteers felt like family. Truly a special experience… I can't wait to come back 🌊🌅
14 days ago
Kayde
Australia
To stay here was an amazing and giving volunteer experience. It's a great place to meet new travellers and become very close with the other volunteers, making them feel like a family. The surf instructors are lovely and I had the chance to surf every day!! Mariana and Pedro are lovely, and are always talkative! However, I do think changes to the volunteer accomodation need to be made, improvements to the bathroom situation should be a priority (lack of privacy) and some more accessibility about guest bookings. Overall 10/10 and you'll find yourself fitting in from day 1. Thank you!!
about 2 months ago
Esmie
Germany
Had a really great time at the guest house! Met some incredible people and the surrounding nature is beautiful. Marianna and Pedro are so lovely and accommodating. I would highly recommend this experience especially if you want to get away in the Portuguese nature for a while and be beside the sea. I will say is that from my impression the work expectations differ depending on the lodge you volunteer at. However other than that my stay was great!
2 months ago
Orla
United Kingdom
Super special experience in the most beautiful place !! workload is not too much , amazing people, welcoming, friendly atmosphere
3 months ago
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