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25h
- Hours per week
- Help out and collaborate with your host only a few hours per week.
- Cleaning
- Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.
- Building & Repairing
- Help with a wide range of repairs or building.
- Farming
- Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.
- 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$ 8
Per day
Fee pays for
- Benefits for travelers
Description
The fee will be used to help cover the cost of food and the cabin’s water, electricity, and internet services.
What you get
2
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Free Laundry
- You can use our laundry room freely.
- Free Events
- Get free entrance for the best events in town.
- 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.
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Availability
Dec
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- Stay at least
- 4 weeks
The Experience
We are a small family-run regenerative farm on Costa Rica’s Central Pacific, focused on goat dairy production with a regenerative approach. Volunteers help care for animals, clean stalls, harvest, make cheese, build and maintain structures, care for fruit trees, make compost and bio ferments, and keep the processing area clean — all while learning about sustainable and regenerative farming.
Learn moreRequirements
- Intermediate English or Beginner Spanish
- Between 18 and 50 years old
- Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
- Academy Course How to become an outstanding Worldpacker
- Travel insurance
What's not included
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
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7 Reviews
Host & Team
Hours & Tasks
Farmstay
Learning & Fun
How this experience will transform you
- 6 Practicing Spanish
- 6 Get in touch with nature
- 6 Learning about sustainability
- 5 Immersing in the local culture
- 5 Developing environmental awareness
- 4 Meeting locals
This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals
- 7 15. Life on land
- 6 12. Responsible consumption and production
- 4 3. Good health and well-being
Lauren
United States
I am so grateful for my time here! Gabriela and Ivan are kind people, Ines is so outgoing, and the dogs brought me so much joy, this family is absolutely wonderful! I learned a lot about organic farming and had fun harvesting different crops. I learned about how they started their business and the intensive process of owning and growing a farm. The Sunday market was fun too and awesome to sell the products I helped package! The food provided was extremely generous of them and I felt that I was well taken great care of. Gabriela and Ivan cared about my well being and experience during my time.
almost 2 years ago
Kendall
United States
My stay with Capriella was wonderful! Gabriela, Ivan, and Ines were very gracious and welcoming hosts. The tasks and hours were as expected and I felt like I was able to contribute to the farm in productive ways. Gabby made sure I was able to experience activities local to Costa Rica such as a language exchange at the local library where I was able to practice and improve my Spanish and meet lovely people. You can tell that both Gabby and Ivan really care about their animals, the land, and the products they produce. I highly recommend this experience!
almost 2 years ago
Emma
Canada
Gabriella, ivan and ines were unbelievable generous to me during my stay with them. they went out of their way to make me and the other volunteer feel more at home while teaching us about the local culture. the work is simple, and it helps you get closer to nature. the goats are super cute and the dogs as well. if you're an animal person this is the place for you! i would absolutely recommend this experience to another traveller.
almost 2 years ago
Birgit
Germany
My stay here was truely amazing. Gabriella and her family are very welcoming and friendly people and I felt very at home. Their farm is very beautiful up in the mountains with a spectacular view and I got to enjoy a lot of time in nature. Gabriella and Ivan really do everything possible that you feel comfortable and have everything what you need and I got a lot of new perspectives about keeping goats and making cheese. They really love their animals and I really like their vision of creating a farm that is sustainable and where treating nature with the utmost respect is principle number one:)
almost 2 years ago
Kyle
United States
I hesitated to give such a low review, but I think that it's important to impartially describe my experience. Gabriela and Ivan are great, extremely giving, and friendly people. I truly do value my time spent on the farm and the people that I met at the language exchange that Gabriela introduced me to. Unfortunately, a pest infestation and an inability to communicate and proactively solve problems ended my time on the farm a week early. I would be cautious choosing this volunteer opportunity for that reason, it's geographic isolation (lack of things to do) and lack of a social atmosphere.
almost 2 years ago
Gabriela replied
We are really sorry that things did not work out for both of us. If you had read the ad and guest guide thoroughly you would have realized this is described as a secluded place where you disconnect and are in contact with nature. Presence of animals and insects is to be expected. The guide also specifies the minimum cleaning tasks that are expected to be carried out by the volunteers and you failed to do this making the other volunteer uncomfortable. We had to make a choice and unfortunately it was decided you had to leave.
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