🦋 Butterfly Sanctuary Guide + Hospitality Support

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The experience

Join our small, passionate conservation team on South Africa’s Garden Route! As a Butterfly Sanctuary Tour Guide, you’ll lead guests through our butterfly dome, sharing butterfly life-cycle insights, conservation facts and local ecology. You’ll also help with light bartending and hospitality tasks during visitor hours. 5 days on, 2 days off, 4 hrs/day. We provide accommodation + 2 meals/day. Enjoy collaborating with magical butterflies. 🌿🦋

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What you offer

4 hours of help per day

Tour Guide: Organize and lead tours around the city.

Bartending: Make and serve drinks and help maintain the beverages inventory.

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What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

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

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!

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

Pub Crawls: Be a part of our pub crawls at local bars!

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

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

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

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Requirements

Fluent English

Between 18 and 35 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

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What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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Program Details

Role Description

You will gain hands-on exposure in eco-tourism and hospitality in a safe, structured environment while supporting daily sanctuary operations.

Your activities include:

Welcoming and guiding guests through the butterfly dome, offering interpretive eco-tours

Sharing knowledge about butterfly life cycles, plants, and conservation

Assisting the team with light waitering duties during busy meal services

Helping serve drinks and refreshments at the sanctuary café/bar (non-alcoholic and alcoholic)

Supporting staff with basic bartending tasks such as pouring, stock organisation, and cleaning

General hospitality tasks: clearing tables, maintaining a tidy guest space, assisting where needed

You are not employed, and no tasks will replace paid positions — your stay is an experience-exchange conservation support role.

🗓️ Schedule

5 days on, 2 days off

4 hours of support per day

Schedules are flexible and will vary depending on guest flow

Plenty of free time to explore beaches, forests, restaurants, and scenic viewpoints in your off time

🛏️ What You Receive

In exchange for your support, we provide:


🏡 Boarding & lodging in comfortable staff accommodation, in a scenic and secure setting
🧺 Laundry support
🎖 A Certificate of Participation confirming your guiding and conservation exposure
🦋 Personal mentorship from sanctuary staff on butterflies, plants, and guest guiding
🌍 Cultural and nature immersion in South Africa’s Garden Route

✅ Who This Is Perfect For

We love working with volunteers who are:

Passionate about nature, insects, plants, conservation, ecology

Excited to learn and share knowledge with guests

Friendly, confident, and good with people

Happy to help, always.

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Activities & Shift

A typical day may include:

Preparing the dome before guests arrive

Guiding visitors and answering questions

Assisting during peak hospitality hours

Restocking and cleaning café/bar areas

Supporting eco-education sessions

Keeping guest areas clean and welcoming

Optional learning time with staff about butterfly species and care

Shifts are generally in the morning or early afternoon and may rotate based on visitor traffic.

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Rules

No participating while under the influence of alcohol or substances

Alcohol use only in designated areas

Strictly no illegal substances

Respect quiet hours and shared spaces

Keep accommodation clean and tidy

Treat guests and staff with respect

Be punctual for shifts

No harassment, discrimination, or aggressive behaviour

Follow safety instructions in the sanctuary

Handle butterflies and animals only as trained

No inviting outside visitors without permission

Report any issues or concerns to management