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25h
- 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.
- 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
What you get
2
- 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.
- Basic Internet Access
- Basic speed internet for you to work remotely
- Free Laundry
- You can use our laundry room freely.
- Free Tours
- We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!
- Get free drinks or beverages.
- Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.
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Availability
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- Stay at least
- 1 week
The Experience
The project is still in it's early stages, therefore there are various options for volunteers to get engaged with. Volunteers coming here will have Nissanka as their contact person (manager) might even be looking for some adventure. We would like to offer small projects to volunteers for their time here, such as: designing the garden and the camp site, watering and weeding the plants, harvesting fruits and coconut & helping with animals.
Learn moreRequirements
- Beginner English
- Between 20 and 50 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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Hours & Tasks
Farmstay
Learning & Fun
How this experience will transform you
- 3 Immersing in the local culture
- 3 Get in touch with nature
- 3 Meeting locals
- 2 Learning about sustainability
- 1 Developing environmental awareness
- 1 Creating true social impact
This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals
- 4 8. Decent work and economic growth
- 4 15. Life on land
- 3 1. No poverty
Yann
France
Please find my full 5 star review with pictures and videos on Google maps. This one's for you volunteers. Tip #1 - make sure you screenshot the location when in Puttalam for the Tuk Tuk driver because your eSIM will lose connection. Tip #2 - this was my favourite room so far! The window to the trees is the size of the entire wall (imagine waking up and sleeping to that), you have a whole veranda to yourself (great for meditating and yoga) and your own private open air bathroom (!!!). Just make sure the door is always closed. It's open air and you're in a Sri Lankan farm. Life was goooood !
2 days ago
Samuele
Italy
I want to thank the farm family from my heart for the wonderful hospitality. In this week together, I found everything makes me feel happy: a sense of family, deep contact with nature, really tasty food, fun and laughs, peace and harmony, and much more! I won't forget your beautiful smiles, the infinite stars view on the roof, the wonder of contemplating dawns and light bugs from my bed. Here, I remembered about everything is important and valuable for me and I want to bring in my life. Thank you again. With love, Samuele
18 days ago
The garden estate replied
Thanks a lot for staying with us!The garden Estate family will miss you! Please visit us again whenever you are back in Sri Lanka!
Nicha
United States
I have learned a lot from this land! Not only the farm skill but also the culture and Sinhala. Work schedule is decent with 3 delicious meals per day and a couples of tea time. The family always included me on all activities and keep me occupied...super caring spirit. The stay was very comfortable and the people made this place like home. ස්තුතියි!
about 1 month ago
The garden estate replied
Thank you for coming and helping out in the project. We greatly appreciate the hard work that you have done and fun times at the Garden Estate with your good energy. We wish you all the best on your travel, your new adventures and your future workaways! Please visit us again, whenever you are in Sri Lanka.
Elen
United Kingdom
Had a really nice week staying here, I felt very welcome and I learned a lot! Everyone was very kind and the work was fun.
8 months ago
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