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Western Ranch Experiences at our Rustic Holistic Retreat Center
The experience
Join the Wildhorse Team at our secluded Ranch, chores would includes: Clearing hiking and riding trails, fencing, General yard work. Gardening: planting and harvesting fruits and veggies, eating fresh from the garden in growing season, Opportunities to walk and talk with our herd, leaning the language of energy and Equus. Lots of outdoor work that varies with the weather. Helping with guests, cleaning cabins, food prep, catching horses etc.
What you offer
30 hours of help per week
Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.
Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.
Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.
Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
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.
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.
Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.
Holistic Therapies: You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.
Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Requirements
Fluent English or Fluent English
Over 19 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Travel insurance
What's not included
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Program Details
We expect volunteers to come ready to pitch in and become part of our extended, world wide family. We work hard towards a shared goal of helping the earth and the beings that reside with her. Our Evolution to Excellence will be helped by your participation. We share our Wildhorse and Wildland Wisdom with you to enable you to view the world with fresh insights.
Alberta is know for its "western events", from May to October there are usually many local events, rodeo's, festivals that you could visit on the weekend. Banff and Jasper have world renown places to visits and in July there is a 10 day Calgary Stampede that is a terrific place to go have fun! Locally we have a few lakes that are great for people watching and some "cold water swimming". The Rocky Mountains are 60 miles west of us and they have lots of beautiful trails, views and vistas to make your heart sing.
Activities & Shift
This is not a holiday - Its working in exchange for leaning about and being part of a western ranch lifestyle.
Usually the day starts at 9:00 - 12:00
Lunch 12:00 - 1:30
Afternoon 1:30 - 4:30
Supper at 6:00 Weather plays a big factor in what we do every day so some days will be longer and some days will be shorter.
Rules
No drama, no drugs, light alcohol only on days off
English speaking
Respect for all beings at the ranch: human, animal, land, water ..
Host in high demand at the moment
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 :)