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Homestay Ayacucho, Peru

📚🎨 Teach English & Share Your Creativity with Our Community Home | Enseña Inglés y Comparte tu Creatividad con Nuestra Comunidad

15h/week Painting & Decorating Building & Repairing Arts Teaching Languages
From 1 week to 2 months Private Room 3 meals
  • Higher approval
  • New

Farm Padre Bernardo, Brazil

Cultivar agrofloresta no cerrado com boas vivências e amizades!

25h/week Animal Care Building & Repairing Farming
At least 1 week Tent 3 meals
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval
  • New

Farm Belém, Brazil

Apoie um sítio ecológico numa ilha da Amazônia: Cotijuba / Belém

25h/week Gardening Animal Care Farming Cleaning
From 3 to 6 weeks Private Room 1 meal
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately
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Hotel Lima, Peru

🏡🌾¡Vive la magia del campo! Únete a nuestra familia en Cieneguilla | Lima

30h/week Night Shift Kitchen Hand Housekeeping Reception
From 4 to 6 weeks Shared Dorm
  • Higher approval
  • New

Farmstay Curacautín, Chile

🌋Volcanes y Araucarias: Cabañas para Vivir la Aventura Andina 🌲

25h/week Arts Painting & Decorating Building & Repairing Gardening
At least 1 week Private Room
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

Farm Manu, Peru

Voluntariado amazónico manu

24h/week Cleaning Kitchen Hand Building & Repairing Farming
From 2 to 5 weeks Shared Dorm
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

Farm El Carmen de Chucuri, Colombia

Are you brave enough? Come to visit our cacao farm in Colombia!

25h/week Gardening Photography Teaching Languages Farming
From 8 to 25 days Private Room 3 meals
  • 4.5
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

Guest House Praia Grande, Brazil

🏖️🤝 Atendimento & Limpeza em Pousada na Praia Grande

24h/week Cleaning Housekeeping Reception
At least 1 week Team Dorm
  • 4.5
  • High demand
  • Needs help immediately
  • New

Permaculture project Oxapampa Province, Peru

Help us with our permaculture project to preserve the wildlife!

30h/week Kitchen Hand Farming Animal Care Gardening
At least 1 day Private Room 3 meals
  • 4.5
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

Permaculture project Coronel Portillo, Peru

Volunteer in our Project: Reforest, Farm, and Protect Nature

25h/week Gardening Farming
At least 2 weeks Private Room 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

Farm Santa Marta, Colombia

🌱¡Manos a la tierra! Ayúdanos con nuestro vivero🌿

15h/week Painting & Decorating Cleaning Building & Repairing Farming
From 1 to 6 weeks Tent
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

Permaculture project Anolaima, Colombia

🎪🌿ECOCIRCO: Arte, Circo & Permacultura en la Naturaleza | Anolaima

25h/week Painting & Decorating Animal Care Social Work Farming
From 1 to 2 weeks Shared Dorm 1 meal
  • Sustainable project
  • High demand
  • New

Permaculture project Malargüe, Argentina

🏕️ Ayúdanos a construir un camping permacultural al pie de los Andes

25h/week Painting & Decorating Farming Building & Repairing Gardening
From 3 to 10 days Tent 2 meals
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval
  • New

Inn Firavitoba, Colombia

Colaboración plan de mejora nuestro negocio verde!

25h/week Cleaning Building & Repairing Farming Gardening
From 1 week to 15 days Tent 2 meals
  • 4.5
  • Higher approval

Ecological Reserve Tena, Ecuador

Ayuda en el Desarrollo de Nuestra Finca en la Amazonia

25h/week Social Work Farming Kitchen Hand Building & Repairing
At least 5 days Shared Dorm 2 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval

Farm Tramandaí, Brazil

Videomaker + Social Media | Projeto Socioambiental (Compostagem &

20h/week Content Writer Photography Video Making Social Media
From 1 to 2 weeks Tent 3 meals

How many countries are there in South America?

South America includes 12 sovereign states: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, and a part of France (French Guiana). Most countries speak their specific dialects of Spanish, but Portuguese is the majority language by a small margin due to the fact that Brazil is the largest country in the continent. South America is home to more plant and animal species than anywhere on Earth. 

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What are the best places to see animals in South America?

There are many places to observe animals in natural habitat. Just be careful with places that exploit animals instead of helping them. Please, always research before visiting. An example of a trustworthy place to see wildlife in South America is the Bird Park at the Iguazu Falls National Reserve. In Peru, you can feel the spirits of the Andes at Parque Nacional Manu. In Argentina, Unesco World Heritage site Península Valdés is home to sea lions, seals, penguins and numerous seabirds, being one of South America’s best wildlife reserves. 

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How can I use Worldpackers to visit South America?

South America is the place for a classic backpacker adventure. You can use Worldpackers to save some money by exchanging work for accommodation in Sao Paulo, Lima, Buenos Aires and a lot of other places included in our host list. From big cities to beaches and countrysides, we’ve got you covered! You can explore South America by applying to the positions that match your skills, once you become a Worldpackers member for only $49 a year. Maybe come visit Worldpackers headquarters in Sao Paulo! 

How Worldpackers works: the complete guideTime to prepare for your trip as a worldpacker!

How do Worldpackers trips work?

As a member, you can contact as many hosts and travel safely as many times as you want.

Choose your plan to travel with Worldpackers as many times as you like.

Complete your profile, watch the video lessons in the Academy, and earn certificates to stand out to hosts.

Apply to as many positions as you like, and get in contact with our verified hosts.

If a host thinks you’re a good fit for their position, they’ll pre-approve you.

Get your documents and tickets ready for your volunteer trip.

Confirm your trip to enjoy all of the safety of Worldpackers.

Have a transformative experience and make a positive impact on the world.

If anything doesn’t go as planned with a host, count on the WP Safeguard and our highly responsive support team!

After volunteering, you and your host exchange reviews.

With positive reviews, you’ll stand out to hosts and get even more benefits.

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