🌱 Co-Create a Preppers Paradise in the Alentejo, Portugal! 🌱

Immerse yourself in the local culture: 2 travelers recommend this host for those looking for a local cultural immersion
Connect with nature: 2 travelers recommend this experience for reconnecting with nature
Accepts couples and pairs of volunteers

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What you offer

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

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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.

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.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

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: 1 week

The Experience

Hya!! We are trying to restore a ruin and build up a self reliant , sustainable project with 0 budget. People with construction and gardening skills are extremely helpfull. We love bulding with natural materials and scrap metarials and are trying to improve the place and make life more awesome. Depending on the time of the year we start early in summer but we work 5 hours a day, 5 days a week. We cook together or supply materials

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Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate Dutch
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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2 Reviews

5.0

Host & Team

5.0

Hours & Tasks

5.0

Wanna Be Self Reliant Mudslingers

5.0

Learning & Fun

5.0

How this experience will transform you

2 Immersing in the local culture
2 Get in touch with nature
2 Developing environmental awareness
2 Meeting locals
1 Developing social awareness

Ethan

United States

Ties, Shirley, and the kids Josh and Eli were all incredibly welcoming and kind. From meeting to leaving I felt respected, encouraged, and like I belonged. The hours of work were very reasonable, starting as early as possible to avoid the hot hours of the day, breaks when you needed, and a very cool and cozy deck near the creek to relax or have an afternoon nap in. Lunch and dinner were always something to look forward to, veggies from the garden, meat from the local butchers, and good conversations around the table. 10/10 a superb first experience. Thank you 🙏🏻

4 months ago

Shauntel & Alexander

Jamaica

We had a beautiful time with Ties and Shirley. They are two of the warmest, most welcoming people we've met. Their wonderful kids, Josh and Eli, added so much joy to our days & made our experience even more special. As for the work, we LOVED it! Most of our time was spent on renovations in the kitchen. There was a great balance of autonomy, guidance, room to be creative all while still feeling supported on what we needed to do. This kept us motivated & excited every day. Between work days, we got to spend fun time with them together! We're so grateful for our experience on the host!

5 months ago

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About the host

Hosted by Ties

Response Rate: This host usually answers to 70% of the messages
Response Time: This host usually writes back in 2 days
1 published videos: This host has 1 published videos showing a little bit about their place

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