Home and garden - rural, Smallholding, Market Garden

Help a sustainable project: This host contributes to building a better and more sustainable future for all!
Immerse yourself in the local culture: 4 travelers recommend this host for those looking for a local cultural immersion
Practice Spanish: 3 travelers recommend this host to practice Spanish

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What you offer

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

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

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

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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.

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.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Dedicated Workspace: Specific space 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.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

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.

Verified Host: This host has been verified by our team before joining the community.

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Availability

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Stay at least: 2 weeks

Stay up to: 2 weeks

The Experience

I am a Catalan farmer who lives in La Garrotxa, Catalonia. My house is a 15th century farmhouse with 13 hectares of land (eight hectares of forest and five hectares of pasture) that has belonged to our family for more than 100 years. We are looking for nosworldpackers members to help with a variety of jobs around the house and farm, including: - maintenance and development of our organic garden. - working to continue with the maintenance, restora

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Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate Spanish
Between 22 and 58 years old
Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)
Academy Course Eco Certificate for Volunteers: Basic Concepts
Travel insurance

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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a) How was your experience with this host?
b) How was your day-to-day routine?
c) How much did you spend on this trip?

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Join the host in pursuit of these goals and contribute to building a better and more sustainable future for all.

Responsible consumption and production

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

Climate action

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts by regulating emissions and promoting developments in renewable energy.

Life on land

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems.

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4 Reviews

4.5

Host & Team

4.5

Hours & Tasks

5.0

Farm

5.0

Learning & Fun

4.5

How this experience will transform you

4 Immersing in the local culture
3 Practicing Spanish
2 Get in touch with nature
2 Meeting locals

This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals

2 12. Responsible consumption and production
2 15. Life on land
1 13. Climate action

Katerina

United States

This was my first volunteer trip, and I couldn't have asked for a better experience. Joan, his family, and friends made me feel welcome right away, and they had extensive knowledge of the surrounding areas. Even though his farm is deep in the mountains, I was able to see much of Catalonia by accompanying him on his outings. The work can be laborious, but it was never more than I could handle. Great food, great experience, and great people.

9 months ago

Sandra

Spain

I'm not a good example to follow. I stayed only 1 day because I have had an accident in my home. For this reason I didn't come back again.

10 months ago

Fabricio

Brazil

You will share a little of what I lived in the farm house. I learned to make material for the maintenance of a house wall. I fed the chickens, watered the plants, put water for the horses, planted chard, alho and other vegetables, helped a bunch of vegetables to be sold at the fair, accompanied Joan at the fair. The house is far from the city and you need a car to get around the region. The house is located in an industrial neighborhood of plastic and meat companies. Let's take walks in the vizinhas cities.

9 months ago

Kaelyn

United States

I had a great time in Beguda with Joan! The house is beautiful and comfortable. The surrounding nature was amazing especially during the fall. The tasks were had a lot of variety and were simple and interesting Joan fed me delicious meals every day and even took me out to get beers and meet his friends. There was a good balance of social/active time and time to myself that I could use to relax or explore. While there are not many reviews here, Joan is an experienced host through WWOOF and has great review there :) highly recommend to anyone wanting to practice Spanish

over 1 year ago

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