Slow travel is all about helping an individual enjoy travel to the fullest.
To travel slowly is to seek out meaningful experiences; to be purposeful about exploring our world.
It is easy to enjoy your travel by learning and participating in local life.
Here are 99 adventures you probably did not know existed!
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By The Way…
These are all volunteer opportunities found on workaway.info.
Only general information is given because I am not trying to become a resource for finding and connecting with these opportunities.
I am merely trying to show what is possible through volunteering and to provide inspiration so you can enjoy your travel.
If you are interested in any opportunities, check out workaway.info for more details on these.
It is important to note that these opportunities are ONLY given as examples to hopefully help others enjoy travel as I have through Workaway.
I am not guaranteeing that these particular ones will be available if you sign up for Workaway.
This is because Workaway hosts can take their profile off at any time, may not be available currently, and they might have particular standards that a Workawayer will need to meet to be accepted.
Okay, let’s get to it.
Enjoy Your Travel More By…
#1 Helping at a blueberry farm in Romania
#2 Teaching languages in the mountains of Honduras
#3 Gardening & website help in Galway, Ireland
#4 Volunteering at a national park in Borneo, Brunei
#5 Living in an off the grid, sustainable cave house in Spain
#6 Assist outdoor wilderness adventure tours in California, USA
#7 Helping with child care in Guadeloupe
#8 Teaching at a school in Nepal
#9 Volunteering at a vineyard in Portugal
#10 Housesitting & animal care in Canada
#11 Renovating historic houses in Ireland
#12 Film and photography local culture in Burkina Faso
#13 Working with a beach centre on the coast of Spain
#14 Teaching ballet dance in Haiti
#15 Learning to surf in Mexico while helping at a hostel
#16 Growing coffee at a coffee farm in Puerto Rico
#17 Helping an English club in Indonesia
#18 Teaching surfing at a surf camp in Costa Rica
#19 Becoming a sailing crew member in the Mediterranean
#20 Helping a surf hostel in Peru
#21 Supporting tree growing organisation in the UK
#22 Experiencing fruit farming in French Guiana
#23 Teaching a language in Morrocco
#24 Constructing a bed & breakfast in Portugal
#25 Supporting a women’s community in Mongolia
#26 Housesitting & property management in Hawaii
#27 Helping to lead adventure tours in Mauritania
#28 Learning Spanish & teaching English in Colombia
#29 Helping with language practice on the coast of Ivory Coast
#30 Living on a riverboat traveling through Europe
#31 Supporting a children’s summer camp in Tajikistan
#32 Being a paddle board instructor in Greece
#33 Working with horses in Australia
#34 Housesitting & animal care in Malaysia
#35 Support an ocean summer camp in Montserrat
#36 Child care in a mountainous region of Ecuador
#37 Teaching through a non governmental organisation in Ghana
#38 Gardening in the Canary Islands
#39 Cat sitting in Thailand
#40 Rebuilding an abandoned town in southern Italy
#41 Supporting a refugee camp in Palestine
#42 Experiencing organic gardening in Canada
#43 Teaching at a school in Tanzania
#44 Being a Sports teacher in Nepal
#45 Caring for horses in France
#46 Experiencing farm life in Tuscany, Italy
#47 Helping with language practice in Iran
#48 Teaching at a summer camp in Japan
#49 Experiencing olive picking in Greece
#50 Renovating a house in New Zealand
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#40 Rebuilding an abandoned town in southern Italy
#41 Supporting a refugee camp in Palestine
#42 Experiencing organic gardening in Canada
#43 Teaching at a school in Tanzania
#44 Being a Sports teacher in Nepal
#45 Caring for horses in France
#46 Experiencing farm life in Tuscany, Italy
#47 Helping with language practice in Iran
#48 Teaching at a summer camp in Japan
#49 Experiencing olive picking in Greece
#50 Renovating a house in New Zealand
#58 Helping an eco-resort on an island in Croatia
#59 Supporting a holistic school in Sweden
#60 Renovating a theatre ship in Canada
#61 Helping language practice through a non governmental organisation in Kyrgyzstan
#62 Joining a sailing crew in the Caribbean
#63 Experiencing date, olive, and grape farming in Isreal
#64 Teaching with a non governmental organisation in India
#65 Experiencing almond and hazelnut farming in Spain
#66 Teaching financial education to rural female entrepreneurs in Laos
#67 Experiencing organic gardening in Ireland
#68 Participating in a language club in Turkey
#69 Joining a yacht sailing crew in the Philippines
#70 Supporting a holistic centre in southern Denmark
#71 Helping a hostel in East Timor
#72 Supporting an animal shelter in Moldova
#73 Helping with child care on the coast of Australia
#74 Supporting refugees through an non governmental organisation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
#75 Helping with language practice in Vietnam
#76 Pet sitting in Monte Carlo, Monaco
#77 Caring for baby goats and living in a Bedouin community in Jordan
#78 Helping a cooking school in Malaysia
#79 Experience mushroom farming in Norway
#80 Volunteering at a Buddhist Monastery in southern China
#81 Helping a reindeer station in Greenland
#82 Volunteering as a dive instructor in Fiji
#83 Assisting an elementary school in Uganda
#84 Supporting a marine life project in the red sea in southern Egypt
#85 Experiencing filmmaking in Kazakhstan
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#86 Helping at an apple orchard in Belarus
#87 Boat repairing in the Bahamas
#88 Renovating off the grid cottage in Ireland
#89 Constructing an indie music record studio in Thailand
#90 Cat-sitting in Russia
#91 Working with children at a summer camp in Romania
#92 Helping a recycling project in South Korea
#93 Supporting refugees through an non governmental organisation in Lebanon
#94 Learning horse coaching in Belgium
#95 Experience saffron farming in Italy
#96 Building a treehouse in Samoa
#97 Helping with language practice in Pakistan
#98 Experiencing horse training in Iceland
#99 Learning cheese making in Malta
Are you inspired to enjoy your travel now? I sure am!
Looking at all of these opportunities up has made, even me, eager to embark on a new, slow travel adventure.
I found myself longing to have so many of these experiences – to enjoy travel while seeing places I had never heard of before writing this article.
I thought I understood how amazing the global community of Workaway is but apparently I did not.
This has made me realize just how varied possible experiences are. It seems like there is something for everyone!
I hope this sparked something in yourself, maybe a realisation that hard and fast traveling is not the only option.
That travel is not to fill your Instagram feed, but that you can have meaningful experiences.
That even if you only have a two-week vacation, you can still travel with purpose.
Slow down, volunteer with locals, grow and learn new things, and enjoy your travel.
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