MATSALU-CAMP
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About the project
MATSALU-CAMP
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This organization works in the field of youth work, non-formal education, and international mobility. It develops projects that promote social inclusion, intercultural dialogue, and active citizenship among young people. Its activities include volunteering, international exchanges, and training programs. The organization aims to strengthen participants’ personal, social, and professional skills. Particular emphasis is placed on values such as solidarity, sustainability, and community engagement.
💼 What the programme involves
Mainly the work is done at the visitor centre (inside or outside) or in nearby nature. It includes:
Maintenance and development of the visitor site and the territory
Nature conservation in the surrounding area.
Tidying up the area surrounding the camping houses, cutting down the bushes, earthworks and creating flowerbeds around the Matsalu Creative
Space; creating the sitting and resting places and playground areas for kids, repainting the 6 camping houses, rearranging the attic.
Emptying of old wooden buildings, demolition debris and other cleaning works, priming, painting and scrubbing. Those old abandoned buildings are
situated at the border of Matsalu national park, and the idea based on the principles of sustainable development and sustainable renovation is to
revive these dilapidated buildings to make national park better looking, at the same time creating new possibilities for sustainable tourism in the area.
Possible to create the traditional stonewalls, cut down junipers, pick herbs, create nest boxes for birds or create local nature produce.
We are mostly able to supervise these works ourselves but we are happy to include expert supervisors in specific fields.
The working time each day could be approximately 6 full hours which can vary depending on the daily leisure activities. Most of these activities will
take place outdoors, but we are able to take weather conditions into account.
There can be also some light maintaining works indoors if the weather is too rainy.
Type of work and its schedule may change due to weather conditions and actual needs of the hosting project.
We are ready to organise camps with fewer work activities and with an emphasis on getting to know the nature. In that case the
plan of activities depends on the season and what can be found in the nature at that time. For example, the camp taking place in
September could undertake bird watching and we would introduce bird migration in Matsalu, the common activities could also
include mushroom and cranberry picking or learning some basic survival tips in the nature.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accomodation in small camping houses:
We also provide bed linen and towels.
There is a kitchen with all necessary equipment for cooking
Food will be provided from local farms nearby.
Volunteers will be served food cooked by locals for lunches during the week days otherwise it has to be cooked by the volunteers.
🍲 Food
There is a kitchen with all necessary equipment for cooking
Food will be provided from local farms nearby.
Volunteers will be served food cooked by locals for lunches during the week days otherwise it has to be cooked by the volunteers.
🎒 Leisure activities
Exploring the picturesque Matsalu National Park.
Swimming in the sea or hiking in the forest.
It is possible to visit another town in the area: Haapsalu or Pärnu (www.visitestonia.com/en/where-to-go/west-estonia/haapsalu;
www.visitparnu.com/en/ www.facebook.com/visithaapsalu/, or Saaremaa (visitsaaremaa.ee/en/) which is planned by the host. The volunteers can
visit more than one place for an extra fee.
We can organise workshops and trainings with people from various fields of life. This camp is perfect for people who enjoy being close to the nature
and are interested in a traditional way of rural living, who are curious and willing to use their creativity in the process of creating new environments
of living.
🤝 Meeting point
From Tallinn Central Bus Station several times per day buses go to Kuressaare taking you straight to Virtsu sadam where we can pick you up.
Timetables are available online at www.tpilet.ee
We are able to offer transfer by ourselves on previous agreement.
Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.
Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
MATSALU-CAMP
13/07/2026 at 00:00 → 19/07/2026 at 00:00
MATSALU-CAMP
01/06/2026 at 00:00 → 31/12/2028 at 00:00
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
15–30 years old
Solidarity donation
430.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Matsalu National Park, Estonia
Estonia
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Eastern European Summer Time
Local time: 21:08 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken