Help Build a Sustainable Farm in the Heart of Portugal

Help a sustainable project: This host contributes to building a better and more sustainable future for all!
Higher chance of approval: This host has recently approved volunteers and is looking for more applications.
Connect with nature: 2 travelers recommend this experience for reconnecting with nature
Expand your environmental consciousness: A traveler felt they returned from this experience with a greater environmental consciousness
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.

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

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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.

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 Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

Get free drinks or beverages.: Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.

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: 1 week

The Experience

This is really an unique opportunity. We bought a farm of 38ha in the middle of Portugal and it is virgin land. So we want to create a plastic free as can be and farm the land. Olives, grapes, berries, you name it. The ancient Keltic walls need restoring and tell a story. We are cutting down the eucalypsis and make we for the cork oak. A yoga platfrom over the valley and the pond needs clearing. The energy of the terrain is fantastic. Come join!

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Requirements

Beginner English or Beginner Portuguese
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

Clean water and sanitation

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

Affordable and clean energy

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.

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2 Reviews

3.0

Host & Team

2.5

Hours & Tasks

4.0

Sustainable Community

3.0

Learning & Fun

3.0

How this experience will transform you

2 Get in touch with nature
1 Developing environmental awareness
1 Meeting international travelers
1 Learning about sustainability

This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals

2 6. Clean water and sanitation
2 7. Affordable and clean energy

Gloria

Belgium

The first day, we felt really welcomed. We enjoyed the work at first and there was a good vibe. After some days I felt that the hosts were more distant and when we asked questions, I sometimes felt uncomfortable because the answers felt offensive. Also, we only had one proper meal a day which some days we had to wait 2-3 extra hours for, after hard work. The meals could've been respected a bit more. I am grateful for the volunteers I met and for the nice landscape.

1 day ago

Bastian

Belgium

At first, we felt welcomed and comfortable, and we appreciated being part of the project. As time went on, communication felt more distant, and we sometimes missed clearer guidance and understanding for volunteers. During a personal difficult moment, I tried to express how I felt. There was not much space for this and I personally didn't feel empathy, which made things harder. Unfortunately, other volunteers and us decided to leave the experience earlier than planned, as we were not feeling comfortable anymore. We will however miss the nature and the other volunteers.

2 days ago

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Hosted by Marco

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