📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
City hall of Callosa d'en Sarrià.
Algar Waterfalls are only 15 km far from Benidorm and 3 km from the center of Callosa d’en Sarrià. You can find a natural area with a high degree of conservation of the ecological richness and also tourist services and environmental education. This area was declared a Wetland protected by the Valencian Government. It is a real theme park about the importance of Water as an environmental,economical and cultural resource. The visit is a route through a circuit of 1.5 km in length along, where you can walk through the bed of the river Algar ("cave " in Arabic), see the spectacular waterfalls and the numerous sources springs that spring from the rock, the "tolls" (pools of water) where you can take refreshing swims in crystal clear waters, known before as "source of health ", the old dam, the imposing century-old canal and ditches still in use. The services oriented facilitate and enrich the visit with environmental education resources like: Tourist Office, parking areas, toilets, first aid, Arboretum, collecting herbs and tour information on níspero, souvenir shop, the picnic area and the camping.
💼 What the programme involves
Work will have environmental character. The project will be done in partnership with the manager of this natural space. The work will also include signing or marking and some reparation of buildings. The idea is as well to try to encourage young people of the area to take initiative and join volunteering. There will be some hours per day to work with local kids and support local camps. Volunteers will need to be able to adapt to different types of work proposed by the city hall.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation will be in a rural house some kilometers away from the village center, with different rooms. No need to bring mattress but bring lower sheets and a summer sleeping bag. House is equipped with showers and WC. Volunteers will prepare their breakfast, lunch and dinner using food that will be bought in advance. The accommodation is basic: nevertheless, it will be just for us and it is located a bit isolate, so the volunteers can feel completely independent.
📍 About the location
Callosa en Sarria is a village located close to the Mediterranean coast and lovely beaches. However it is a rural place with great tradition of agriculture. It is not touristic town, with great water suppliers that permits a good agricultural activity. http://www.callosanaturalment.es/english/
In free time volunteers can do numerous hiking trails or go to beaches of Altea or Calpe.
⚠️ Requirements
Flkexibility and open mind. Bringing your sleeping bag and sheets will be necessary!