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What you offer

25h

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

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Housekeeping: Help with changing the bed linens and general housekeeping.

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

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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.

Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.

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

Discounts on Drinks: Get discounts for drinks and beverages from our bar.

Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.

Surf lessons: Take free surf classes at the local beaches.

Surfboards: You can use our surfboards as much as you want.

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: 4 weeks

The Experience

Salut!! We are looking for friendly and fun volunteers that help us out in our surf hostel in sunny Lacanau, France. Lacanau is a small surf town located on the French West Coast, close to beautiful Bordeaux. In exchange of a helping hand behind the bar and in the hostel cleaning you will get free surf classes and yoga classes. Accommodation at 15 minutes by bike and yummy meals are included :) We would love to welcome you in our team!!

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Requirements

Intermediate English or Fluent French
Over 20 years old
Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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9 Reviews

4.5

Host & Team

4.0

Hours & Tasks

4.5

Hostel

4.5

Learning & Fun

4.5

How this experience will transform you

6 Meeting locals
6 Meeting international travelers
4 Practicing English
3 Get in touch with nature
3 Developing social awareness
3 Immersing in the local culture

This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals

4 3. Good health and well-being
1 13. Climate action

Dominic

New Zealand

I really enjoyed working with thethe hostel team! Dimitri and Mélanie are wonderful and welcoming hosts and they made sure all my needs for my stay were met. I got to da variety of tasks even though the hostel was closed for part of my stay and still had heaps of free time to explorethe hostel and relax. The free the hostellessons were a huge bonus too! I would definitely recommend this experience for anyone who is interested.

3 months ago

Nika

Germany

I really enjoyed volunteering at thethe hostel! The hostel is so nice and cosy, and the team are all kind and open people. We ate and worked together, and there was always a fun, pleasant atmosphere! I made so many great memories, learned a lot and could improve my English and French. The work wasn't difficult, mostly behind the bar, cleaning the hostel and making breakfast, and you can always ask for help. We also had the possibility to go surfing or do yoga in our free time, and the food was delicious. Thanks again for the opportunity and the lovely experience :)

3 months ago

Jenna

United Kingdom

This was my first Worldpackers experience and I was left disappointed. From the beginning I felt unwanted and unwelcome. There were too many volunteers for the tasks. The 5 hour long shifts were mostly spent waiting for something to do. The staff accommodation was a 50 minute walk aways and volunteers have to source their own bikes which is hard to find in peak season and near impossible to find under €50. Their profile states free use of laundry which wasn't true. They wouldn't cater to my dietary requirements. Surfing and yoga were enjoyable but overall I would not recommend.

24 days ago

Cheeky replied

First person to behave this way since we started welcoming volunteers. Before your arrival, we discussed your dietary requirements and offered solutions, which you agreed to!
The accommodation you were given was 15min away by bike, bike you didn’t have to buy, because we lent it to you for free : yet not once did we hear a thank you !
Don't forget you had free access every single day to yoga classes, surf lessons, surfboard rentals, we cannot recommend you as a volunteer...

Emma

United States

This is a very fun experience to live at the beach and the hostelas much as much as you want but there were some things that weren't communicated properly. Laundry is not included, neither is wifi or transportation to the hostel for some of the volunteers. You also aren't really trained on anything, but the hosts would get angry if you did something that was not how they would do it. One of the hosts also had a poor temper and would sometimes explode and create a negative environment. I still had a great time but these are things to know beforehand :)

28 days ago

Cheeky replied

Thank you for your feedback. We're happy to hear that you had a good time with us and enjoyed the beach life and surfing!
That said, we’d like to clarify a few things and put your experience into context. Since you were living at the hostel, you had free access to the Wi-Fi, and there was no need for any transportation, as everything was on-site. No enough space to give you a real feedback....
We wish you all the best for your next adventures and many more positive experiences to come :)

Pia

Germany

The people are really lovely and welcoming and the team was so kind and supportive. I felt really comfortable and got to know very inspiring people. The Hostel is such a cute place and has a relaxed, fun and good atmosphere overall. The whole experience was just a lot of fun and I really made a lot of great memories. We always ate together and did a lot of stuff together, therefore you really felt like you were being part of a lovely community/family. I recommend everyone to volunteer here, the hosteland the people there are great ! Thanks again for this opportunity!:)

8 months ago

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