Looking for nature loving person to help with horses and dogs

Help a sustainable project: 4 travelers confirmed that this host is actively contributing to a more sustainable future for everyone!
Connect with nature: 8 travelers recommend this experience for reconnecting with nature
Learn about sustainability: 5 travelers learned about sustainability working with this host
Accepts couples and pairs of volunteers

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What you offer

25h

Hours per week: Help out and collaborate with your host only a few hours per week.

Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.

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What you get

Days off per week: Have some time off for yourself, go explore the city or rest for a while.

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.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

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.

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Availability

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Stay at least: 2 weeks

The Experience

We have a little horse farm in the south of Brandenburg and looking for a nature-loving girl/boy to help us with working horses, running the farm and keep an eye on our dogs (big and small ones - they are really lovely!!!) Vegan diet is not possible for us. Please only helper with physical fitness. You live with us, as a part of the family in a quiet rural farmyard together with 4 dogs in the house. Our life is rural simple - but very open.

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Requirements

Fluent English or Intermediate German
Over 18 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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15. Life on land

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9 Reviews

3.5

Host & Team

3.5

Hours & Tasks

4.0

Farmstay

5.0

Learning & Fun

3.5

How this experience will transform you

8 Get in touch with nature
5 Learning about sustainability
5 Immersing in the local culture
3 Developing environmental awareness
3 Meeting international travelers
2 Developing social awareness

This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals

4 15. Life on land

Giulia

Italy

Gerlind, the host, lives in this cozy house in the middle of the forest, with her dogs and the ponies; she's kind and has a lot of experience in horses' and dogs' breeding, she always tells really good stories. However I left earlier because it wasn't the right place for me since I'm not used at all to live so far away from the city and from people, there wasn't the opportunity to meet new people (there weren't other volunteers during my stay). I would recommend this experience if you're looking for a place to be in complete touch with nature and if you don't need to be around people.

about 2 months ago

alba

Spain

Gerlind is a nice and close woman who opens the doors of her house for you and makes sure that your stay is comfortable. All the animals are calm and friendly, and the tasks you have to do are easy as long as you have organization and disposition. It is important that you are responsible since you are in charge of the dogs, horses, chickens and the farm, but always with the attention of Gerlind. In the experience you learn a lot about life in the countryside, but you also get to know first-hand life in Germany, the food and the people.

8 months ago

Cristina

Spain

Gerlind is a wonderful woman who loves horses as much as I do, maybe that is one of the reasons why I had such a good time at her lovely farm. I learned so many things during my stay, from how to work correctly with animals to being organised and responsible. I was able to have fluent conversations about any topic with her, she tells really interesting and nice stories in which shows how much she knows about animals, culture, history, etc. Her family is lovely and caring, I was treated like another member of their own. And last but not least, her animals, I love every single one of them.

9 months ago

Melika

Iran

Totally recommend for nature & Animal lover who looking forward to a real adventure and being responsible in the wild and farm nature! This a real experience to be in the middle of nature with Horses & Dogs and how to tarin body language with them (new method that she teach you) and surrounded woth the books in this direction to learn ( she also have English version for the international helpers) Gerlind support and host her guest like a family member. Of course she expects same respect and responsibility. She teach you everything but it takes 1-2 weeks to learn everything.

12 months ago

Patricia

Brazil

It was a memorable experience, learning about practical small farm organisation and infrastructure, zero waste techniques, and animals natural well being. I could also improve my German language abilities. The farm owner is a great storyteller and shares her lifelong experience in animal breeding and forest protection.

4 months ago

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