✨ Help Share Guatemalan Culture Through Food! 🍽️

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Connect with the locals: 6 travelers recommend this host to have close contact with locals
Immerse yourself in the local culture: 5 travelers recommend this host for those looking for a local cultural immersion
Accepts couples and pairs of volunteers

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What you offer

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

Teaching Languages: Teaching a language to the host, guests, or local communities.

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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.

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.

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.

Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.

Support: Get help from the Worldpackers support team in case you need it, at any point of your trip.

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Stay at least: 2 weeks

The Experience

Join our cozy cooking school in the heart of La Antigua Guatemala and help keep our culinary traditions alive! 🌽🔥 We teach travelers from around the world how to prepare traditional Guatemalan dishes — and we need your support to make each experience unforgettable. If you love culture, food, and meeting people from around the globe, this is the perfect place for you! 💛

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Requirements

Fluent English or Intermediate Spanish
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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7 Reviews

4.5

Host & Team

5.0

Hours & Tasks

4.5

Escuela De Cocina

3.5

Learning & Fun

5.0

How this experience will transform you

6 Meeting locals
5 Immersing in the local culture
4 Meeting international travelers
4 Practicing Spanish
2 Practicing English
1 Creating true social impact

This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals

2 17. Partnerships for the goals
1 4. Quality education

Merecia

United States

My time at the host was amazing! I loved working with Sindy, Beatriz, and Pamela, and they were always kind, warm, and welcoming. Although the work description isn't super clear on their profile - you have to click LEARN MORE for the complete information - I was confident that whatever they needed I could provide. It is translation work from Spanish to English and vice versa, primarily, with a bit of cleaning and other assistance thrown in. For me, this was a great exchange, and probably my favorite one I've ever done because languages are my field of choice. I left with the best memories.

3 days ago

Vera

Germany

The experience was great, my partner and I had lots of fun translating, helping in the kitchen and interacting with the guests. The chefs are amazing in their job and treated us like family. The managers Eric and Pamela were also lovely people, always accommodating when we wished to have free time. The only issue was the room we slept in, but I was told also that now it's another room so it should be all good. In short we do recommend the volunteering here for many reasons, but specially the people, we miss them a lot!

15 days ago

Andre

Germany

16 days ago

Samantha

United States

I had a great time getting to know Beatrice and pamela. They were always positive and happy and created such a welcoming environment. They even gave me and another volunteer a going away lunch!

29 days ago

Maya

Canada

This volunteer experience was great. The work was easy and fun and left a lot of free time for other activities. The food you make is great but gets repetitive eating the same meal every day. Also we are supposed to receive free dinner every night but if it's your day off or there's no classes that day you won't receive a meal. We were told we were welcome to use the ingredients in the kitchen but only were told that in the last couple days. Other than that it's a worth while experience. The chefs are great and you get to work with so many interesting people. Would recommend

29 days ago

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