Living on our ranching enterprise dehesas is undoubtedly a rewarding experience. As no experience is necessary to make this journey, you will gain wisdom and skills you never knew you could! If you have ranching experience, you’re still going to gain new wisdom and skills! Also understand that farm/ranch/dehesa work is often chaotic, messy, unpredictable, challenging, tiring, laborious and maybe even monotonous. Instant gratification is not really a thing in ranching enterprises, so be flexible with your expectations! This experience requires not only an ability to perform manual labor, it also requires flexibility, patience, curiosity and positivity.
The program is based on a 45-50 hour week, for those living with us, the weeks and months are based on lunar cycles, so weekends are rarely, friday, saturday and sunday. Approximately 35 hours are dedicated to hands-on work, and 10-15 hours are spent on the educational component. We also include time for strategic laziness!