Help taking care of exotic animals and enjoy everyday life on our granja close to Oaxaca, Mexico! ✨🌿

Help a sustainable project: 5 travelers confirmed that this host is actively contributing to a more sustainable future for everyone!
Higher chance of approval: This host has recently approved volunteers and is looking for more applications.
Connect with nature: 5 travelers recommend this experience for reconnecting with nature
Practice Spanish: 4 travelers recommend this host to practice Spanish
Needs help immediately
Accepts couples and pairs of volunteers

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What you offer

20h

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.

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.

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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.

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

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

Accepting last minute volunteers! Our place is located 14 kilometers from Oaxaca, Mexico. We work with plants and various animals such as crocodiles, monkeys, dogs, rabbits, chickens, horses and others. It is a farm that rescues animals that are mistreated or cannot live in their natural environment. The most important job is to take care of the animals and feed them. We also have construction work on fences and rooms for the new animals.

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Requirements

Beginner Spanish
Between 18 and 40 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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UN Sustainable Development Goals

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

Good health and well-being

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Sustainable cities and communities

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

Responsible consumption and production

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

Life on land

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems.

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5 Reviews

4.0

Host & Team

4.5

Hours & Tasks

4.0

Animal Shelter

3.0

Learning & Fun

4.5

How this experience will transform you

5 Get in touch with nature
4 Practicing Spanish
4 Meeting international travelers
4 Meeting locals
4 Immersing in the local culture
1 Developing environmental awareness

This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals

4 12. Responsible consumption and production
4 15. Life on land
2 3. Good health and well-being
2 11. Sustainable cities and communities

Cécile Anna

Switzerland

Staying at victor hugo's farm was an absolute dream. we were welcomed so dearly by the host himself and the other volunteers, and we have really grown very closely as a big family throughout our stay. victor has made sure we'd experience as much as possible of the culture and could contribute towards the mexican lifestyle. the work was fair and we had a good working atmosphere. some of it required a lot of strength, but we always worked as a team and made things possible. i'd recommend this place to really anyone!! the farm and its the shelter and beings are absolutely worth a visit!!

about 2 months ago

Olivia

Switzerland

Volunteering at the divertigranja was such a cool experience. It is a proper Mexican farm and you will really be immersed in the local culture (meeting friends of Victor and going to locals places with the other volunteers and Victor). Victor is super nice and funny, and he really makes everything possible for you to have the best experience in Oaxaca. He is also very open to any ideas, you might bring in. The work can be tough but is also very satisfying. Would definitely recommend to any adventure and culture lover!!

about 2 months ago

Georgia

Ireland

In the end it was a good experience, I learned a lot and met some great people on the farm we had great times in the evening after the work was done, you have the place pretty much to yourselves. the shelter are great and it's beautiful, I however would only recommend this workaway to people who are very comfortable in a VERY rustic environment, you will be coliving with lots of mice and cockroaches 😁. It's hard work, you set your own hours, and it's a low budget operation so you won't always have the materials or tools needed for the jobs. So be prepared to get creative and dirty!

15 days ago

Holly

United Kingdom

Life on the farm is super flexible, with lots of jobs to do so it never gets boring. You can work as much or as little as you'd like with little pressure. the shelter are all lovely and you can tell that Victor Hugo truly cares about them, although sometimes they lacked proper the shelter due to a lack of money. Victor Hugo is a nice social man and you are left to your own devices every evening. The accommodation is not great, the kitchen is functional but very dirty and full of mice! The bedrooms are also full of mice and cockroaches, and the bathrooms are pretty exposed and dirty.

15 days ago

Giselle

Argentina

Divertigtanja en un lugar de mucho aprendizaje! Víctor Hugo es un gran personaje, las horas de trabajo se respetan y hay mucho para hacer. Es muy lindo convivir con tantos animales y aprender de ellos. La limpieza de la granja depende 100% de los voluntarios, no es un voluntariado para gente que pretende una vida lujosa.

about 2 months ago

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