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VOLUNTEER program
The Farm offers an educational volunteer program since 2020 in which our volunteers work for about 5 hours a day, from Monday to Friday in tasks mainly such as:
-Improvement and maintenance of the Green Garden area and all its elements. (mainly fixing beds and steps, weeding, mulching, fertilizing, spraying liquid mountain microorganisms).
-Preparation of beds and soil for cultivation and planting.
-Feeding the chickens, cleaning and maintaining the chicken coop.
-Clean the volunteer's cabin ... (fixing details, cleaning)
-Maintenance of trails. (Opening new trails, cleaning, weeding, putting up signs).
-Improving the common area and kitchen (decorating, organizing, varnishing...etc)
-Organizing and tidying the workshop, and cleaning the tools.
-Preparing the ingredients, cooking and cleaning the kitchen and communal areas ... etc.
The farm receives up to 6 volunteers at a time for periods of 2 weeks to 1 month. (We can also consider longer stays)
Volunteers can be of any age and gender, over 18, with the compromise of being caring and respectful to all other people and beings around the farm. They are expected to maintain a healthy attitude towards the farm, neighbors and the environment. Please let us know of any health condition in advance.
Details
What is included
All main meals on working weekdays are included (Monday-Friday).The food provided by the farm is vegetarian with a wide variety of local fruits, vegetables, legumes, eggs from our own chickens or from other local farmers, etc.
On weekends, volunteers can still use the ingredients in the kitchen and the common kitchen facilities to organize and cook their meals as they prefer.
Local support
In any case, and to support local businesses, it is recommended to have one of your weekend meals at one of the closest local businesses.
The closest one to the farm: "Soda el Almendro" is open every day, about 600 m from us, and is run by our neighbor Alicia.
In Jicotea town (+- 1.5 km) there are two small restaurants: La Cueva (open every day) and Rancho Don Chepe (open on weekends).
Accommodation/Cabins
The volunteer accommodation is a newly built wooden cabin, independent from the common area, with two rooms that volunteers share. There is room for 3 people in each room. The cabin has an outside dry toilet and outside shower overlooking the forest. There is also a front space terrace with a couch, chairs, and hammocks. The beds are new and comfortable and sheets and blankets are provided.
The farm also counts with a large wooden cabin in the forest for rent for groups, families or volunteers who may want a more private experience. The cabin of 85m2 of space consists in a big livingroom, two rooms, a 35m2 terrace with views of the mountains and outdoor showers and dry toilets with a beautiful design integrated into nature. It has space for up to 7 people.
What a farm day is like
A normal day carries on as follows:
We all meet in the common area at 6:30 a.m. to share thoughts, prepare breakfast and organize our day.
Then we start our daily tasks at 8 am. We usually do most of the farm work in the early morning, with a 30-minute break for coffee/tea/fruit around 10:30.
we continue with some gardening tasks and two of us stop earlier to prepare lunch for the group.
Lunch takes place arround 13:30, after which we clean and tidy the kitchen together.
Afternoons are free, as well as weekends ;-)
Prices
• Farm Volunteer Program- ideally 3-4 weeks (min 2 weeks)
Accomodation at the Volunteer Shared Cabin:
-¢65.000 colones(118$) per week at the volunteers shared cabin.
-¢55.000 colones / week (100$) for stays 3 weeks or longer .
* Reduced amounts for volunteers comming from volunteer platforms. (Worldpakers, Volunteer World, Helpex.)
Accomodation at Private Cabin
Cabaña Oropéndola:
• ₡100.000 (+-180$) per week Single person.
• ₡160.000 (+-290$) per week for 2 people.
₡75.000 (+-$136) per week extra person.
*Check accomodations page.
-Reservation of the Private cabin upon payment of 50% of your stay.
-Amounts to be paid in local coin.
Tips and other practical information
Location
Closest store
Resources
Situated at an altitude of 800m, we enjoy a privileged climate, usually warm during the day and cool at night. Therefore, we recommend warm clothes for some cool mornings or to sleep in.
The farm is located 600m from the main road down a fairly steep slope, this road to the farm is for 4x4 vehicles only.
Resources
Closest store
Resources
At the moment we do not have any electricity on the farm.
If you need to charge electronic devices, I recommend you bring some solar charger or power banks.
Our closest neighbor up the road the owner of Soda el Almendro offers laundry and also weekly electricity and wifi services for those who want to charge devices and stay connected.
Closest store
Closest store
Cleaning and waste management
There is a tiny store in Jicotea for basic necessities, snacks, phone charging... etc. The last place with a bank, pharmacy and bigger supermarkets or shops is the town of La Suiza, about 12 km away, (more or less 30 min by bus), so if you need any personal or hygiene products, or want to have any extra snacks, I suggest you get them before you arrive in this area.
Cleaning and waste management
Cleaning and waste management
Cleaning and waste management
If you prefer to wash your clothes by hand on the farm, please bring and use an environmentally friendly soap, (some soaps from the supermarket can be used) at least one that is not powder soap as they are the most polluting and in the farm there is no sewerage sistem, all our water comes from a spring on the property and all gray water is managed on the farm.
In the farm we separate our garbage to take it to a recycling station in the city of Turrialba.
Since there is no garbage service in the area, I have to ask visitors to take care of what they bring and to take back anything that can't be separated for recycling, as we can't manage these things nearby.
Living in nature
Cleaning and waste management
Living in nature
As a precautionary measure, I ask all volunteers coming to the farm to have medical insurance with coverage in Costa Rica.
I would like to remind our visitors that we live in a natural environment where it is common to find insects, reptiles, small mammals... etc in every corner, be respectful and cautious at the same time. We live in harmony with them and our pets. (We have 2 happy dogs that are always around us and a sweet cat).
All our cabins and the common kitchen are non-smoking areas. If you want to smoke, please do it outside and make sure that others do not mind ;-)
Transportation/Tours and Activities
Transportation options
We offer private direct transportation from San José or the airport area to the farm or vice-versa for 85.000 colones, +-150$ (+-3h drive).
We also offer private transportation from Turrialba city to the farm and vice versa for 20.000 colones, +-40min drive.
What to do/Places to visit
Currently, we offer transportation to many of the following places and also the option to arrange official tours through the farm.
- Hikes around the active volcanoes of Irazú or Turrialba
- Coffee tours at an organic coffee farm.
- Whitewater rafting on the Pacuare and Reventazón rivers.
- Visit the Guayabo National Monument.
- Hiking in Tapantí National Park.
- Hikes and visits to some of the indigenous towns of Cabécar.
- Visit the Turrialba waterfalls.
- Visit a local "trapiche" (a traditional sugar processing farm).
- Visit to the Caribbean beaches. (+ 3.5 hours)
- Medicinal plants workshops at nearby Farm Dalö Tsána.
Plan your visit to rest and revitalize in nature while putting your hands to work on the project to
Contact us for more info!
Discover the natural heart of Turrialba and the Chirripó area, home to some of the Cabécar indigenous people, and the Pacuare River Valley, a river known worldwide as the craddle of rafting.
Thank you!
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