60+ Eco Farm Experience

The Basic Package is for those that do not want a personalized program but just enjoy spending a few days on the farm. You can participate in one of the presentations that are ofered, enjoy the healthy warm lunch with ingredients from our garden and participate in agroforestry and bioconstruction. Upon arrival, you will be greeted at the gate by one of our staff member who will drive you up to your accommodation. After a short welcome, you will be served a cup of coffee or tea and given an explanation of the possible activities. If you like you can join a tour of the farm, where you can see different bioconstructions and agroforestry projects. At noon, you will be served a warm meal made with organic ingredients from the farm, with several plates to choose from. After lunch, you can enjoy the views at your accommodation or join the agroforestry or bioconstruction work on the farm, which is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience. We recommend people to arrive on Sunday and leave on Saturday as you will find most dinamic happening from Monday – Friday, you will have Sunday to find your way to the farm and settle and Saturday to drive to your next destiny. You can see a schedule for the entire program for the 4/7 days below. Remember that you can choose which acitivities you like to join or skip.

*We work normal under all weather conditions but of course you can feel free to skip during rain. The program is more or less what you can expect, there might be adjustments to the program depending on the day of arrival, available jobs and activities. 

Highlights/ Included

• Staying at our beautiful bioconstructed Eco Lodge with incredible views
• A tour around our beautiful bioconstructions and agroforestry projects
• Walk through different and abundant agroforestry systems.
• See some of the most beautiful and best build bioconstruction houses of Brazil
• Hands-on experience in bioconstruction or Agroforestry
• Presentations on permaculture, agroforestry or bioconstruction
• delicious food prepared with organic ingredients from our agroforest
• Organic vegetable basket on request
• Meeting the people of Eco Caminhos community

Not Included 

• Pick up and drop off Nova Friburgo (bus station) – Eco Farm. If you need transport you can book with us.
• We do not offer breakfast or dinner.
• Although we offer you a food basket on request, you will need to bring some ingredients from the store to prepare your breakfast and dinner. Remember that the farm is somewhat isolated so it is good to prepare this well.
• Roomservice, cleaning service or cooking service for breakfast and dinner not included. You can check with us for hiring someone for cooking and cleaning services during your stay.
• Personalized programs. For this you need to book our comfort package
• Personalized consulting by our Founding Director (this is only included in premium package)

Our Personalized Package is for People that want a personalized experience on the farm. This is very interesting if you want to learn specific skills of one of the techniques we apply on the farm or if you want workshops and activities adjusted to your fisical capacities. In this package you are be able to design your own program with us. You can choose two Workshops and one Eco Tourism activity from the activities list below. Different from the basic package we will always ask you what you would like to do. We will discuss the options before your arrival in a video call so we can plan your activities ahead and adjust them to your interest. Important, in case you want the founder, Bart to give you intensive personalized training you will need to book the Premium package. A Highlight of the experience is the option to rent our Eco Lodge. A beautiful and very comfortable bioconstruction house in beautiful nature with incredible views over the farm.  Upon arrival, you will be greeted at the gate by one of our staff member who will drive you up to your accommodation. After a short welcome, you will be served a cup of coffee or tea and given an explanation of the possible activities.  Next you can join a presentation followed by a tour of the farm. On the tour  you can see the different bioconstructions and agroforestry projects and hear all the ins and outs. At noon, you will be served a warm meal made with organic ingredients from the farm, with several plates to choose from. After lunch you can join the agroforestry or bioconstruction work on the farm. This is the opportunity to have hands-on experience. There will be always someone around to orientate you. You can see a schedule for the entire program for the 2/3 days here:

Possible activities to choose from

• For the 4 day program you can choose 2 A activity and 2 B activity from the list below.
• For the 5 day program you can choose 3 A activities and 2 B activities from the list below
• For the 6 day program you can choose 3 A activties and 3 B activities from the list below
• For the 7 day program you can choose 4 A activties and 3 B activities from the list below

A. Workshops/Consulting

• Tour of the Farm (standard included so you can choose 2 more)
• Workshop in Permaculture
• workshop in bioconstruction
• Workshop in agroforestry
• Milking a cow (this needs to be done 6 am so requires to wake up early and walk up to the cow curral)
• From the garden to the table, harvesting and cooking workshop.
• Composting workshop

B. EcoTourism-Activity

• Visit the waterfall
• Hike up to one of the surrounding mountains with incredidible views. You can discuss options during interview.
• Mountainbike tour
• Tour of the region (waterfall, giant tree, touristic locations)

*We work normal under all weather conditions but of course you can feel free to skip during rain. The program is more or less what you can expect, there might be adjustments to the program depending on the day of arrival, available jobs and activities. 

 

Highlights/ Included

• Staying at our beautiful bioconstructed Eco Lodge or Tiny house with incredible views
• A tour around our beautiful bioconstructions and agroforestry projects with the founder
• Walk through different and abudant agroforestry systems with the founder
• Personalized workshops on permaculture, agroforestry or bioconstruction with the founder
• Personalized eco tourism activities
• Hands-on experience in bioconstruction or agroforestry
• delicious food prepared with organic ingredients from our agroforest
• Organic vegetable basket on request
• Meeting the people of Eco Caminhos community

Not Included 

• Pick up and drop off Nova Friburgo (bus station) – Eco Farm. If you need transport you can book with us.
• We do not offer breakfast or dinner.
• Although we offer you a food basket on request, you will need to bring some ingredients from the store to prepare your breakfast and dinner. Remember that the farm is somewhat isolated so it is good to prere this well.
• Personalized consulting by our Founding Director (this is only included in premium package)

Our Premium Package is for people that want personalized experience on the farm and want to be guided by the founder of the farm, Bart. What makes the premium package special is that you will hear all the stories from the farm since its foundation and will benefit from all the knowledge Bart has gathered over time. You will also have the opportunity to choose 2 workshops and 1 Ecotourism activity listed below. This needs to be booked before so we can plan these. Upon arrival, you will be greeted at the gate by one of our staff member who will drive you up to your accommodation. After a short welcome, you will be served a cup of coffee or tea and given an explanation of the possible activities.  After this Bart will attend you in person.  the founder can do a theoretical presentation in permaculture, agroforestry or bioconstruction or can do private consulting. If you want this can be followed by a tour of the farm where he shows you the different bioconstructions and agroforestry projects. Next you will start your chosen workshop. At noon, you will be served a warm meal made with organic ingredients from the farm, with several plates to choose from. After lunch, you can join the agroforestry or bioconstruction work on the farm (this is with the workers and not with Bart). This is the opportunity to have hands-on experience. You can also enjoy a guided hike or visit a local waterfall. There will be someone around to orientate you. You can see a schedule for the entire program for the 2/3 days here:

Possible activities to choose from

• For the 4 day program you can choose 2 A activity and 2 B activity from the list below.
• For the 5 day program you can choose 3 A activities and 2 B activities from the list below
• For the 6 day program you can choose 3 A activties and 3 B activities from the list below
• For the 7 day program you can choose 4 A activties and 3 B activities from the list below

Workshops/Consulting

• Tour of the Farm (standard included)
• Workshop in Permaculture
• workshop in bioconstruction
• Workshop in agroforestry
• Presentation in natural wastewater systems
• Milking a cow (this needs to be done 6 am so requires to wake up early and walk up to the cow corral)
• Private consulting in any topic.

Ecotourism-Activity

• Visit the waterfall
• Guided hike up to one of the surrounding mountains with incredible views. You can discuss options during interview.
• Mountainbike tour
• Tour of the region (waterfall, giant tree, touristic locations)

*We work normal under all weather conditions. The program is more or less what you can expect, there might be adjustments to the program depending on the day of arrival. 

Highlights/ Included

• Staying at our beautiful bioconstructed Eco Lodge with incredible views
• A tour around our beautiful bioconstructions and agroforestry projects with the founder
• 2 personalized workshops on permaculture, agroforestry or bioconstruction with the founder
• Personalized Eco Tourism activities
• Hands-on experience in bioconstruction or agroforestry
• delicious food prepared with organic ingredients from our agroforest
• Organic vegetable basket on request
• Meeting the people of Eco Caminhos community

Not Included 

• Pick up and drop off Nova Friburgo (bus station) – Eco Farm. If you need transport you can book with us.
• We do not offer breakfast or dinner.
• Although we offer you a food basket on request, you will need to bring some ingredients from the store to prepare your breakfast and dinner. Remember that the farm is somewhat isolated so it is good to prepare this well.

Comfort Accommodation / Tiny House

Level of Comfort

★★★☆☆

Our Comfort Accommodation tiny house accommodation is for those people that enjoy total privacy and live in beautiful nature. The tiny house has a view over a beautiful lake. It is also great for people that need to work online. Internet connection in the tiny house is good. The tiny house is situated about 15 minutes walk from the farm. For people who come by car the tiny house is reachable by car. Only during very wett periods the dirt road becomes more of a challenge. The tiny house is situated on the edge of the farm, there is no pick-up service to get to the farm. so you will need to walk to and back from the farm which takes about 15 minutes. Another difficulty is getting into town there is no busstop nearby. So for people that come without car and want to go regulary in town this is a bit of challenge. We do collective shopping on mondays so you can hand in your shopping list. The walk has 2 little climbs but is much less of a walk then walking to the volunteer basic accommodation houses. The tiny house is equipped with a kitchen, bathroom, and a small living room.  The tiny houses like our volunteer houses are poorly insulated and in winter (Apr. – Sept.) It can get really cold at night. The Eco Lodge on the contrary is perfectly insulated and has a fire stove for comfort.  People are responsible for cleaning and cooking in the houses. The Tiny house option can receive max 2 people.

Conditions

Luxury Accommodation / Eco Lodge / Bioconstructed Accommodation

Level of Comfort

★★★★★

Our luxury Accommodation is a real highlight at the farm. This spectacular bioconstructed house is situated at the center of the farm. A real recommedation for people that want comfort no matter the climate, want total privacy with incredible views over the farm and the Atlantic Forrest. The Eco Lodge can easily house up to 8 people and if needed 10. It has 2 suits, a smaller bedroom a large kitchen, very large living room, a terras, a lavantory and a garage. The house also has a nice outdoor fireplace for bongfires. As the house is bioconstructed and has double glass it is very comfortable during the winter months. On very cold days you can light the fireplace. On hot summer days it is nice and cool. The house has a natural banana wastewater filter, solar warmed hot water and all electricy is generated through solar panels. Waste is separated and collected by the staff of Eco Caminhos. The challenge of the Eco Lodge is to get there by a normal car as the house is build on top of the mountains. It is necissary to have a 4×4 car. For those we do not have a 4×4 car we drive you up to the house on arrival and make sure we drive you down as well on departure.

 

Conditions

Period	Period	Prices in BRL	Prices in US$	Prices in EUR
Basic Package	4 dias / 3 noites	R$ 2.300	$ 414.15 *	€ 355,49 *
Basic Package	5 dias / 4 noites	R$ 2.600	$ 468.17 *	€ 401,86 *
Basic Package	6 dias / 5 noites	R$ 2.900	$ 522.19 *	€ 448,23 *
Basic Package	7 dias / 6 noites	R$ 3.200	$ 576.21 *	€ 494,60 *
Personalized Package	4 dias / 3 noites	R$ 3.500	$ 630.23 *	€ 540,97 *
Personalized Package	5 dias / 4 noites	R$ 4.000	$ 720.26 *	€ 618,25 *
Personalized Package	6 dias / 5 noites	R$ 4.500	$ 810.29 *	€ 695,53 *
Personalized Package	7 dias / 6 noites	R$ 5.000	$ 900.32 *	€ 772,81 *
Premium Package	4 dias / 3 noites	R$ 4.400	$ 792.28 *	€ 680,07 *
Premium Package	5 dias / 4 noites	R$ 5.000	$ 900.32 *	€ 772,81 *
Premium Package	6 dias / 5 noites	R$ 5.600	$ 1,008.36 *	€ 865,55 *
Premium Package	7 dias / 6 noites	R$ 6.200	$ 1,116.40 *	€ 958,28 *

* The prices above are for 1 person. For the 2nd person we give 50% discount. The tiny house can max house 2 people.

* Our prices are in Brazilian Real. Prices in US$ and Euros are calculated automatically with the actual exchange rates. Taxes and fees are included.

Period	Period	Prices in BRL	Prices in US$	Prices in EUR
Basic Package	4 dias / 3 noites	R$ 3.700	$ 666.24 *	€ 571,88 *
Basic Package	5 dias / 4 noites	R$ 4.200	$ 756.27 *	€ 649,16 *
Basic Package	6 dias / 5 noites	R$ 4.700	$ 846.30 *	€ 726,44 *
Basic Package	7 dias / 6 noites	R$ 5.200	$ 936.34 *	€ 803,72 *
Personalized Package	4 dias / 3 noites	R$ 4.500	$ 810.29 *	€ 695,53 *
Personalized Package	5 dias / 4 noites	R$ 5.000	$ 900.32 *	€ 772,81 *
Personalized Package	6 dias / 5 noites	R$ 5.500	$ 990.36 *	€ 850,09 *
Personalized Package	7 dias / 6 noites	R$ 6.000	$ 1,080.39 *	€ 927,37 *
Premium Package	4 dias / 3 noites	R$ 6.500	$ 1,170.42 *	€ 1.004,65 *
Premium Package	5 dias / 4 noites	R$ 7.500	$ 1,350.48 *	€ 1.159,21 *
Premium Package	6 dias / 5 noites	R$ 8.500	$ 1,530.55 *	€ 1.313,78 *
Premium Package	7 dias / 6 noites	R$ 9.500	$ 1,710.61 *	€ 1.468,34 *

* For the 2nd person we give 50% discount, for every extra person we offer 70% discount. 

* Our prices are in Brazilian Real. Prices in US$ and Euros are calculated automatically with the actual exchange rates. Taxes and fees are included.