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21h
- 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.
What you get
1
- Days off per week
- Have some time off for yourself, go explore the city or rest for a while.
- Team Dorm
- You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.
- Tent
- You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.
- 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
- 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 Tours
- We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!
- Free Hiking Tours
- We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!
- Pick Up
- We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.
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- Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.
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- 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
Conoce la preciosa zona de gredos, viviendo dentro de un santuario de animales con 100 animales de 11 especies diferentes. Participa de sus cuidados, conoce nuestros pueblos y su naturaleza. Gracias a este compromiso a largo plazo tendrás la oportunidad de conocer mucho mejor tanto el proyecto, como a los animales que aquí viven. Serás de gran ayuda en lo que a las labores de rescate y cuidado se refiere.
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- Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
What's not included
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
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12 Reviews
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Hours & Tasks
Animal Shelter
Learning & Fun
How this experience will transform you
- 11 Get in touch with nature
- 8 Developing environmental awareness
- 6 Learning about sustainability
- 5 Meeting locals
- 4 Immersing in the local culture
- 4 Creating true social impact
This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals
- 9 15. Life on land
- 6 12. Responsible consumption and production
Anna
Germany
For a non-veg/vegan, this experience is very valuable. I really liked the purely vegan diet and showed me once again that you can replace anything and it still tastes very good. Through the conversations and the time with the animals, I can actually imagine a veg/vegan diet and the experience is not intended to convert people, but it still makes you think. What I will miss most are the goats and the dogs (especially my love doña Carmen). The two locals are really committed to their animals who would do anything for them what I really appreciate and I hope they keep it up.Will visit them again☺
about 1 year ago
Jheffini
Brazil
Being a volunteer at the shelter sanctuary was a great opportunity to be part of a project as beautiful as this, interacting with those responsible you can see how much love and dedication they put into building the sanctuary and giving the best for the animals, so knowing that I was part of building this is very special, and in return I was able to connect with nature and the animals who are simply adorable. Fran and Sabela are great hosts and always take your opinion and suggestions into consideration, so in general I only have good words to describe this experience.
about 1 year ago
Alicia
Spain
Pasar unas semanas en el refugio fue una experiencia muy especial. Estar rodeada el refugio rescatados, ver cómo viven tranquilos y cuidados, me hizo sentir una conexión muy fuerte con ellos. Fran y Sabela son veganos lo que tiene mucho sentido con el mensaje que transmiten sobre el respeto a los el refugio. Estar rodeada el refugio y en plena naturaleza fue una experiencia única. Se nota como Fran y Sabela dan todo por las vidas de los el refugio.
6 days ago
Carolina
Argentina
Fran y Sabela me han recibido de diez, hacen de todo por los el refugio y se lo toman muy en serio el cuidado de los mismos, aunque falten cosas por hacer da poquito van creciendo. Gracias por la buena onda, el aprendizaje y la oportunidad de poder estar en contacto con todos los el refugio. La mejor sin duda e indiscutible, CARMEN🤍😍🐶
about 1 month ago
Ramiro
Argentina
Fue una gran decisión para mí y para mi futuro haber hecho este voluntariado. Fran y Sabela son dos apasionados de lo que hacen y eso contagia. Los el refugio son extraordinarios, cada uno de ellos tiene su personalidad y su lugar en el refugio, su forma de habitarlo. Un citadino como yo debe estar abierto a aprender y le aseguro que vale la pena. Además de árboles y montañas de fondo, y cercana a pueblitos muy lindos para ir de copas cada tanto, la finca está atravesada por un río cristalino dónde refrescar el cuerpo y la mente.
about 1 month ago
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