Want to volunteer on an organic permaculture farm in Thailand? We might just be the right place for you – if you’re fearless and adventurous! We invite anyone who is interested to come to our farm for a volunteer/permaculture course program.
Volunteers stay in either a regular concrete house or a wooden bungalow (bathroom/shower/squat toilet), get two meals per day (Thai or Paleo), have two days off per week, and can use a semi-automatic motorbike (basic off-road driving skills required!) provided by us for 200฿/day. We provide bedsheets, blankets, and pillowcase. Towels should be brought or can be bought in the village. Please note that during the cold season (November December, January) temperatures can occasionally be as low as 12°C (although 15-20°C is the norm) – make sure to bring some warm clothes. During the rainy season (May to October) it might rain nonstop for a few days, so please make sure you have a set of cozy dry clothes for the evenings.
We recommend bringing light long-sleeved/ long-leg working clothes so the mosquitoes won’t bother you too much. We provide a sun/rain hat and gloves if needed.
As of now, we don’t have electricity, so it is helpful to bring a headlamp/flashlight. This also means that we do not have WiFi (and the mobile signal is not the best – welcome to the jungle!), but we can charge your phone once a week. It may be helpful to think of your stay as a kind of “offline retreat” or a technology detox. Please inform your family and friends that you won’t be available all of the time so they don’t worry.
Since our farm is still in the beginning stage and doesn’t create a surplus big enough to support a larger number of people or have any additional income, we require a fee (we prefer the term “mandatory donation”) of 250฿/night. We are an organic farm, so we do not encourage the use of conventional soap/shampoo/deodorant bodyspray/conditioner/toothpaste, since the chemicals in those products are often poisonous and don’t belong into a garden (or anywhere else, actually). However, we provide organic herbal toothpaste for our volunteers.
If you want to use soap, please bring non-scented hard/curd soap without any additives – but there is really no need for soap, to be honest. Humans did fine without it for 3 million years, and nobody is going to blame you if you smell like sweat during the day. Every animal has a distinct smell, and it is nothing to be ashamed of. Celebrating and cherishing our animality is important!
NO experience in farming is required to be a volunteer (although having previously worked with machetes, saws, hammers, hoes, etc. would come in handy), BUT it is helpful to have a little experience in terms of “the simple life” without civilized amenities and comforts, and it is mandatory not to be scared of spiders, leeches, bugs, centipedes, scorpions, snails, worms, snakes, rats, lizards, etc. (see also: 'Volunteering' section on our website, Note at the bottom)
Gardening
Building
Cooking / shopping
General Maintenance
Farming
20 hours/week
Monday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Sunday
Tuesday
Saturday
You will do mostly regular farm work, forestry, woodwork, and manual labor – possibly including but not limited to the following:
preparing soil
watering
sowing
planting trees and vegetables
harvesting
helping to prepare food
simple construction work, tradition carpentry, and maintenance of our natural buildings
making cinnamon (in dry season)
producing biochar (in dry season)
harvesting and working with bamboo
weaving simple baskets
pumping water with our hand-cranked pump (in dry season)
Tasks vary with the seasons, in rainy season there is more planting and weeding to be done, and in dry season more watering and construction/carpentry.
Requirements. You need to be:
open for a new experience
open-minded (important! – you’ll hear things that a lot of “regular” people won’t like)
comfortable around bugs, insects and other critters
interested in regenerative farming methods, rewilding, and Nature in general
not afraid to get your hands (or the rest of your body) dirty
moderately fit and healthy (if there are any possible complications we should know about – diabetes, allergies, etc. – please tell us first.)
Volunteers stay in either a regular concrete house or a wooden bungalow (bathroom/shower/squat toilet), get two meals per day (Thai or Paleo, NOT ALWAYS VEGETARIAN), have two days off per week, and can use a semi-automatic motorbike (basic off-road driving skills required) provided by us for 200฿/day.
We provide bedsheets, blankets, and pillowcase. Towels should be brought or can be bought in the village. Please note that during the cold season (November December, January) temperatures can occasionally be as low as 12°C (although 15-20°C is the norm) – make sure to bring some warm clothes. During the rainy season (May to October) it might rain nonstop for a few days, so please make sure you have a set of cozy dry clothes for the evenings.
We recommend bringing light long-sleeved/ long-leg working clothes so the mosquitoes won’t bother you too much. We provide a sun/rain hat and gloves if needed.
As of now, we don’t have electricity, so it is helpful to bring a headlamp/flashlight. This also means that we do not have WiFi (and the mobile signal is not the best – welcome to the jungle!), but we can charge your phone once a week. It may be helpful to think of your stay as a kind of “offline retreat” or a technology detox. Please inform your family and friends that you won’t be available all of the time so they don’t worry.
Suvarnabhumi Airport (IATA: BKK, ICAO: VTBS), also known unofficially as Bangkok Airport, is one of two international airports serving Bangkok, Thailand.
Our project is located in the foothills of the Cardamom Mountains, on the northern side of a small mountain belonging to the Rattan Vine Mountain Nature Reserve (ขสป.คลองเครือหวาย), in Pong Nam Ron, Chanthaburi province (also called “The Durian Province”). Behind our garden the jungle stretches until well into Cambodia, which is about 40 km away. We’re on the northern side of a 640m-high mountain – with about 300m ASL the highest settlement around – with an amazing view.
You can take a bus to Chanthaburi Bus Terminal and from there the shuttle (a green truck with two rows of seats in the back) to Soi Dao. Ask them to drop you off at Pong Nam Ron (โป่งน้ำร้อน) intersection, next to the post office or the hospital. Give us a call from there, and we'll come and pick you up.
Alternatively, there are minivans to Sa Kaeow who can drop you off at the intersection described above.
Males & Females welcome
Couples accommodated
Families NOT accommodated
Pets NOT allowed
IMPORTANT!!! PLEASE READ THE SECTION 'VOLUNTEERING' ON OUR WEBSITE AND SUBMIT THE FORM LINKED THERE!
http://feunfoo.org/volunteering-farmstay/volunteering/
Want to volunteer on an organic permaculture farm in Thailand? We might just be the right place for you – if you’re fearless and adventurous! We invite anyone who is interested to come to our farm for a volunteer/permaculture course program.
Volunteers stay in either a regular concrete house or a wooden bungalow (bathroom/shower/squat toilet), get two meals per day (Thai or Paleo), have two days off per week, and can use a semi-automatic motorbike (basic off-road driving skills required!) provided by us for 200฿/day. We provide bedsheets, blankets, and pillowcase. Towels should be brought or can be bought in the village. Please note that during the cold season (November December, January) temperatures can occasionally be as low as 12°C (although 15-20°C is the norm) – make sure to bring some warm clothes. During the rainy season (May to October) it might rain nonstop for a few days, so please make sure you have a set of cozy dry clothes for the evenings.
We recommend bringing light long-sleeved/ long-leg working clothes so the mosquitoes won’t bother you too much. We provide a sun/rain hat and gloves if needed.
As of now, we don’t have electricity, so it is helpful to bring a headlamp/flashlight. This also means that we do not have WiFi (and the mobile signal is not the best – welcome to the jungle!), but we can charge your phone once a week. It may be helpful to think of your stay as a kind of “offline retreat” or a technology detox. Please inform your family and friends that you won’t be available all of the time so they don’t worry.
Since our farm is still in the beginning stage and doesn’t create a surplus big enough to support a larger number of people or have any additional income, we require a fee (we prefer the term “mandatory donation”) of 250฿/night. We are an organic farm, so we do not encourage the use of conventional soap/shampoo/deodorant bodyspray/conditioner/toothpaste, since the chemicals in those products are often poisonous and don’t belong into a garden (or anywhere else, actually). However, we provide organic herbal toothpaste for our volunteers.
If you want to use soap, please bring non-scented hard/curd soap without any additives – but there is really no need for soap, to be honest. Humans did fine without it for 3 million years, and nobody is going to blame you if you smell like sweat during the day. Every animal has a distinct smell, and it is nothing to be ashamed of. Celebrating and cherishing our animality is important!
NO experience in farming is required to be a volunteer (although having previously worked with machetes, saws, hammers, hoes, etc. would come in handy), BUT it is helpful to have a little experience in terms of “the simple life” without civilized amenities and comforts, and it is mandatory not to be scared of spiders, leeches, bugs, centipedes, scorpions, snails, worms, snakes, rats, lizards, etc. (see also: 'Volunteering' section on our website, Note at the bottom)
Gardening
Building
Cooking / shopping
General Maintenance
Farming
20 hours/week
Monday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Sunday
Tuesday
Saturday
You will do mostly regular farm work, forestry, woodwork, and manual labor – possibly including but not limited to the following:
preparing soil
watering
sowing
planting trees and vegetables
harvesting
helping to prepare food
simple construction work, tradition carpentry, and maintenance of our natural buildings
making cinnamon (in dry season)
producing biochar (in dry season)
harvesting and working with bamboo
weaving simple baskets
pumping water with our hand-cranked pump (in dry season)
Tasks vary with the seasons, in rainy season there is more planting and weeding to be done, and in dry season more watering and construction/carpentry.
Requirements. You need to be:
open for a new experience
open-minded (important! – you’ll hear things that a lot of “regular” people won’t like)
comfortable around bugs, insects and other critters
interested in regenerative farming methods, rewilding, and Nature in general
not afraid to get your hands (or the rest of your body) dirty
moderately fit and healthy (if there are any possible complications we should know about – diabetes, allergies, etc. – please tell us first.)
Volunteers stay in either a regular concrete house or a wooden bungalow (bathroom/shower/squat toilet), get two meals per day (Thai or Paleo, NOT ALWAYS VEGETARIAN), have two days off per week, and can use a semi-automatic motorbike (basic off-road driving skills required) provided by us for 200฿/day.
We provide bedsheets, blankets, and pillowcase. Towels should be brought or can be bought in the village. Please note that during the cold season (November December, January) temperatures can occasionally be as low as 12°C (although 15-20°C is the norm) – make sure to bring some warm clothes. During the rainy season (May to October) it might rain nonstop for a few days, so please make sure you have a set of cozy dry clothes for the evenings.
We recommend bringing light long-sleeved/ long-leg working clothes so the mosquitoes won’t bother you too much. We provide a sun/rain hat and gloves if needed.
As of now, we don’t have electricity, so it is helpful to bring a headlamp/flashlight. This also means that we do not have WiFi (and the mobile signal is not the best – welcome to the jungle!), but we can charge your phone once a week. It may be helpful to think of your stay as a kind of “offline retreat” or a technology detox. Please inform your family and friends that you won’t be available all of the time so they don’t worry.
Suvarnabhumi Airport (IATA: BKK, ICAO: VTBS), also known unofficially as Bangkok Airport, is one of two international airports serving Bangkok, Thailand.
Our project is located in the foothills of the Cardamom Mountains, on the northern side of a small mountain belonging to the Rattan Vine Mountain Nature Reserve (ขสป.คลองเครือหวาย), in Pong Nam Ron, Chanthaburi province (also called “The Durian Province”). Behind our garden the jungle stretches until well into Cambodia, which is about 40 km away. We’re on the northern side of a 640m-high mountain – with about 300m ASL the highest settlement around – with an amazing view.
You can take a bus to Chanthaburi Bus Terminal and from there the shuttle (a green truck with two rows of seats in the back) to Soi Dao. Ask them to drop you off at Pong Nam Ron (โป่งน้ำร้อน) intersection, next to the post office or the hospital. Give us a call from there, and we'll come and pick you up.
Alternatively, there are minivans to Sa Kaeow who can drop you off at the intersection described above.
Males & Females welcome
Couples accommodated
Families NOT accommodated
Pets NOT allowed
IMPORTANT!!! PLEASE READ THE SECTION 'VOLUNTEERING' ON OUR WEBSITE AND SUBMIT THE FORM LINKED THERE!
http://feunfoo.org/volunteering-farmstay/volunteering/
