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Passionate Horse Farm in the Mountains – Learn & Help🐴

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The experience

Join our horse farm in the Plateau de Sault mountains, where we care for endangered Castillonnais horses with respect and love. Volunteers help with daily tasks like horse brushing, gardening, woodwork, fencing, cooking, and stable renovation. In return, you’ll learn subtle communication, horse education, and animal traction. Enjoy organic food, beautiful landscapes, hiking, skiing, and a joyful community spirit.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

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

Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

What you get

2 days off per week

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.

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.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Beginner English or Intermediate French

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Our project is driven by passion and respect for life. We care for around 15 endangered Castillonnais horses through subtle communication and equipedagogie, inviting them to work naturally and joyfully. Volunteers help with daily farm life: horse care, gardening, fencing, woodwork, stable renovation, and cooking. In exchange, you’ll learn to connect with horses, practice animal traction, and enjoy a calm lifestyle in beautiful mountain surroundings.

Activities & Shift

✨ What volunteers will do (Activities)

🐴 Horse care: brushing, scratching & training
🌱 Gardening & planting (permaculture welcome)
πŸͺ΅ Firewood preparation & fence building
πŸ”¨ Wood & metal work
🏑 Stable renovation (painting, cleaning, horse-boxes)
🌾 Field work & shrub clearing
🍲 Cooking & helping with meals
🎨 Beautifying & maintaining surroundings

✨ What we offer (What you get)

πŸ’« Learn subtle communication & horse education (Equipedagogie)
🐎 Work with endangered Castillonnais horses
🚜 Training in animal traction (horses & mules)
πŸ₯— Organic food & healthy lifestyle
🏠 Warm shared house in winter / πŸ›– cozy caravan in summer
πŸŒ„ Calm mountain surroundings (shop 3 km away)
🚴 Bicycles available + πŸ—ΊοΈ hiking maps + 🎿 skiing nearby
πŸ›· Horse-drawn sleigh rides (if snow)
🌊 Mediterranean Sea just 2 hours away
😊 Friendly, joyful atmosphere (lots of smiles & laughter)
🌍 Multilingual space: Danish, English, French, German