"The Cat House on the Hill"

If you love and know animals specialy cats than this is the place (shelter) for you. I have + 60 adopted cats, all in good condition, sterile and no flees. I also have 2 dogs and horses here at the property all of them where once "thrown away animals" yes also the horses. The cats are the most difficult to take care of as they live more are less in 4 groups but can mixe up. 2 cats live in an other house here on the land around the main house an other shy cat has her own room where she can go in and out whenever she wants. If you are interested I will explain more about the care taking.
Beside work we have beautiful beaches here and the nearest beach is at 10 minutes walking from the house. This is a place for nature lovers as it is quiet and peaceful (as long as the cats behave well). Town is at a 30 minute walk along the ocean where you can find little supermarkets (so they call themselves), restaurants, bars etc.
You can find the place on google maps with the name "La Hacienda Hostel".

"The Cat House on the Hill" is owned by me Karin (Belgium) who has lived in Las Galeras for almost 20 years. I have 9 horses and do customized educational horse trips for small groups in order to maintain the animals. The hostel is a big house with dorm rooms and two private rooms which I prefere to rent now on long term, myself I live on the first floor. For now 1 or 2 volunteers can sleep in a room shared with sometimes a traveler or an other volunteer. I don't cook for volunteers and you will have to buy your own groceries. Fruits most of the time available from the garden and drinkingwater is always in the comunal kitchen. What volunteers need to understand that this place is not a business but works on order to maintain the animals and pay the bills. The work starts at 7 in the morning 4 hours a day 5 days a week. Most of the work is feeding the cats, cleaning there bowls and the cathouse itself. It would be nice that some days you work a few hours in the morning and than go back in the afternoon for some work around the cathouse as weeding and cleaning up what cats leave behind to avoid nuisance odors and flies Very important is that you have to love cats and animals in general. Don't come over if it is only for having a place to stay in exchange for some work. What we do here it is with our hart.


Avaliações

4.5
(21 avaliações)21

Anfitrião & Equipe

4.5

Horas & Atividades

4.5

Hostel

4.5

Aprendizado & Diversão

4.5

Estados Unidos

5

Karin is amazing! Her life is dedicated to giving these animals a comfortable life, and that reflects in her expectations for the volunteers. She will probably correct how you are cleaning, but it is truly out of wanting the best for the animals. The hours were very reasonable, especially if there is more than one volunteer. My responsibility was cleaning the cat house every day, with 2 days off a week. I loved this experience, as someone who loves cats it was heaven.

2 meses atrás

Argentina

5

Hermoso volver a realizar este voluntariado. Las horas se respetan, hay flexibilidad, las tareas pueden parecer mucho en principio pero luego se hace rutina. Los gatos y perros son muy amorosos. Los caballos muy amistosos. Increíbles playas muy cerca! Karin y Pauline súper amables como siempre!! GRACIAS NUEVAMENTE!! :)

2 meses atrás

França

5

Me encanto hacer mi voluntariado con Karin y los gatos. El lugar es increíble y con mucha paz. Los gatos son amores y hacer las tareas junto a ellos no ha sido nada desagradable.
Recomiendo esta experiencia ! Gracias Karin por todo ☺️🤍

4 meses atrás

Canadá

4

I had a great time at the Cat House with Karin! The cats are all very sweet. The property and nature surrounding is lovely, especially if you like being in nature. It is about a ten minute walk to the nearest beach, which is beautiful. Lots of other beaches around to walk to / take moto taxi. The town is easy to navigate as it’s only one main street. Daily tasks consisted of sweeping, mopping, changing and cleaning water bowls in the cat house. Sometimes other work in the hostel but I was glad to help! Keep in mind it’s rustic- might not be for you if you don’t like bugs and want hot water.

4 meses atrás


Karin respondeu

I was to late writing a review for Sasha. Thank you Sasha for all the help and giving love too the cats. You are a 5☆ (this for people to know in case somebody is reading this). If one day you want to come back ....always welcome. Also little Wilma will be happy to see you again. Kind regards and again thank you for everything.

Argentina

5

Grata experiencia!! La casa de los gatos es bellísima. Amé compartir y colaborar con ello, son muy dulces y agradecidos. Las horas y días libres se respetan, incluso Karin es súper flexible con ello. Hace un gran trabajo por los animales!!! Mi trabajo fué barrer, trapear, cambiarles el agua y limpiar los platos de comida. Si sobraba tiempo colaboraba limpiando en el hostel. Aquí hay mucho verde y mucha paz. El pueblo está a 30' caminando o 10' en mototaxi. La playa a 8'/10' caminando. Karin, Pauline y Helga fueron siempre muy amables y protectoras. GRACIAS por esta oportunidad!! :) ✨🌸

6 meses atrás


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