Experience Ulaa in Patagonia

  Chile

• Rural Areas: 
Rural Areas

Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months, 7-12 months, 1-2 years and over 2 years
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: All year

Description: Our ecolodge is located on the border of Lago Puelo, interior in chilean Patagonia. Surrounded by crystal clear lakes and streams and hundreds of acres of emerald forests, Ulaa Patagonia is the perfect natural paradise to spend an unforgettable holiday. A wide variety of outdoor options, tours, cultural activities and local delicacies to cap each day are just some of our proposals.

Walks in emerald woods, canoeing in Las Rocas, Puelo Inferior Lakes and Puelo River, regional cookery workshops, visiting the closest village are part of Ulaa's indescribable magic.

Cost: We charge volunteers USD350 per month. Price includes: Accommodations are provided in either a small dormitory style cabin or in private rooms, depending on room availability. All bathrooms have hot water. Linens and towels are also provided. Three meals a day are provided, as well as drinking water; a vegetarian menu is also available upon advance notification. Cost includes meals with hotel staff. Volunteers interested in dining with hotel guests will pay an additional fee, per meal. One free day each week (unless it is high season or extremely busy - then the free day is accumulated). Limited internet access is available. Volunteers may be able to participate on some horseback rides and hiking tours with guests.

This project is part of Ecoteer - the solution to travel and volunteering on a shoestring

Ecoteer is a unique volunteer opportunities agency - offering a directory of cheap volunteer work opportunities, volunteer jobs abroad and working holidays. Our volunteer opportunities are cheap because we have eliminated the middleman slashing the price to volunteer abroad for gapyears, careerbreaks and working holidays. Ecoteer is leading the way in a new type of volunteer work opportunities abroad and is changing the volunteer and working holiday industry back to what it used to be   benefiting both the volunteer and the volunteer project.

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To volunteer with Ecoteer you need to become an Ecoteer volunteer member which costs only EUR20 per year.

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Highlights: Role of Volunteer

We want volunteers who can help with teaching English, tour guiding, and general host and help at our lodge. We will adapt your stay to your skills. We are also looking for volunteers who are interested in participating in general agricultural activities on our organic farm. Some of the activities may include:

nursery work: sowing seeds, filling bags, weeding reforestation work: planting, weeding, mulching, staking, pruning, creation and maintenance of vegetable gardens, compost making, Planting and harvesting crops, help in the preparation of meals, simple construction work, artwork, translating, preparation of info and materials for the school, painting, help in feeding and caring for the animals, feeding worms and separating worms from the humus.

Qualifications: None

Cost in US$: 350 per month

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Chile Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups of 1-5

Application Process Involves:

• Other
• Written Application

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

Ecoteer's Mission Statement: To help locally run grass root organisations to achieve their aims via attracting paying volunteers and tourists. Plus we personally help develop and improve the projects we work with to help them to achieve their objectives.

Year Founded: 2005