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Lovely people wanted to help at our mountainside finca!

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The experience

We are looking for nice people to come and help us with our mountainside retreat in the hills of Andalucía, just an hour from Málaga

We're many years into our project to restore and renovate the original finca, create holiday accommodation for responsible tourism, and tend to our olive and citrus trees organically.

There are always many ways we need help, such as caring for the trees, land, animals, maintenance, cleaning, small construction.

What you offer

5 hours of help per day

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

What you get

2 days off per week

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.

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. 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 English or Beginner Spanish

Between 30 and 80 years old

Only welcomes couples and partners (does not accept solo volunteers)

Academy Course How to become an outstanding Worldpacker

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We're six years into restoring a centuries old finca in Andalucía. We didn't fully appreciate the scale of the task when we started!

We're looking for volunteers who are happy to be proactive, get stuck in and help! Every day is different. There is always something that needs to be done. It could be helping with our 300+ trees one day, caring for our animals, preparing the guest accommodation, or helping with a maintenance or building problem.

In return, we offer a comfortable well equipped bunk room, en suite shower and toilet, and fully equipped outdoor kitchen. With everything going on, we can't provide food, but you've got a great space to make your own.

We can accept arrivals on Friday and Saturday mornings or afternoons only, and we can collect you from Casarabonela, which has a direct bus service to/from Málaga a few times per day.

We will take you to the supermarket on the way to the finca so you can stock up - and of course we can provide a lift to the supermarket periodically throughout your stay.

Activities & Shift

We are flexible on how our volunteers use their hours but we try to work early in the day. We have a daily list of tasks which we need volunteers to complete, and then help with specific projects after that. We're flexible on which days you don't work during your stay, so if the weather is particularly good (or bad) you can make the most of being in Andalucía. If you do have plans for certain days you would like off in your stay it is good to tell us as the beginning and we can work around that.

Rules

Share specific travel plans as soon as possible so we can plan to collect you and for your arrival.
We'll share some spaces, so please be considerate.
We have a tourist business, so respect the peace and privacy of paying customers.
There's always something needing to be done here, so be proactive.
Be nice!