📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
Forest preservation and habitat care in a beautiful environment and relaxing at the beach! That's what you get in this camp in the North of Germany close to the border to Danemark. You will work in the forest and nature reservation surrounding the hostel where you stay, together with volunteers from all over the world.
You will cut and remove grass and unwanted plants (in reforested windmill areas), eradicate erosion damage, maintain biotopes, clean out water ditches, remove the harmful bird cherry from the forest areas, build path demarcation, free hiking paths from overgrown plants and attach information boards.
Through all this, you will learn a lot about forest protection and protecting rare habitats, in theory and practice. You will also get to know, how nature conservation areas can be made accessible for tourism without damaging them, in order to enable people to use the beautiful nature in an informed and more careful manner. Additional information (unfortunately, only in German so far) about the forest youth hostel Süderlügum can be found here: https://www.forst-sh.de/abenteuer/jugendwaldheim-suederluegum/?L=0
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will stay in shared rooms with 2 – 6 beds in the forest youth hostel in the middle of the forest. The group will prepare and cook meals together.
📍 About the location
The forest youth hostel Süderlügum is in the middle of the forest and surrounded by beautiful landscape. The outside area has a volleyball field, a barbecue hut and a DiscGolf Parcour. There is also a big communal area, table tennis and table soccer. You will have bikes at your disposal, so you can explore the surrounding area. On the weekends, you can take trips to the North Sea island close by (Sylt, Föhr, Amrum).
⚠️ Requirements
You should have a good level of fitness as some of the work could be physically demanding. You should also be able to ride a bike
ℹ️ Additional information
There is an additional administration fee of 50 € for participants who are not from Germany.
