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Sustainable Community Garhwal Division, India
🏔️Explore the Himalayas by Helping in a Wooden Homestay🏔️
What you offer
25h
- Hours per week
- Help out and collaborate with your host only a few hours per week.
- Kitchen Hand
- Help prepare, finish and serve meals.
- Administration
- Help with booking systems and payments.
- Reception
- Help with check-ins, check-outs and guest assistance.
- Gardening
- Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
- Additional Fee
- This host charges a fee in addition to the cost of the Worldpackers annual plan.
Additional fee required
This host charges an additional fee to the cost of the Worldpackers annual plan for the sustainability of the project and the quality of the experience for volunteers. Learn more.
Amount
- US$ 5
Per day
Fee pays for
- Benefits for travelers
Description
To support the homestay and cover breakfast costs, we kindly ask volunteers to contribute a small extra fee of $5 per day🥣
What you get
2
- Days off per week
- Have some time off for yourself, go explore the city or rest for a while.
- Shared Dorm
- You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
- Breakfast
- You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.
- Use our equipped kitchen
- Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
- Discounts on Restaurants
- Get discounts at nearby restaurants.
- Discounts on Accommodation
- Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.
- Free Tours
- We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!
- Free Hiking Tours
- We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!
- Get free drinks or beverages.
- Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.
- Yoga classes
- Take free yoga classes at our place.
- Language lessons
- Take free language classes at our place.
- Pick Up
- We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.
- Support
- Get help from the Worldpackers support team in case you need it, at any point of your trip.
- Verified Host
- This host has been verified by our team before joining the community.
- WP Safeguard
- Did something not go as planned? Contact our team.
- Learn more
Availability
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
- Stay at least
- 1 week
The Experience
Join us in our cozy wooden homestay, located at 2,400 meters in the breathtaking Gangotri Valley 🌲. Surrounded by forest and mountain silence, our place offers an authentic Himalayan lifestyle and a chance to connect with nature. We're looking for volunteers to: Help with basic admin, cleaning, and kitchen support 👩🍳 (recipe exchange welcome!) Maintain and manage our backyard garden 🌿
Learn moreRequirements
- Intermediate English or Beginner English
- Between 18 and 40 years old
- Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)
- Be from outside India
What's not included
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Join the host in pursuit of these goals and contribute to building a better and more sustainable future for all.
About the host
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Hosted by Samrat
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