Dear traveler,
We have different concepts for coliving: short stay (from 1 day), monthly stays (1 month), and long term stay (2 months and more).
There’s immersion stays, and the possibility to semi-volunteer, and volunteer.
There’s coworking, with the most beautiful office and the most stable internet.
Activities as exploring the coast, kitesurf, surf, e-foil, yoga, and artesanias.
And there’s an intercultural kid’s care program during the week.
Have a look below for prices, conditions, accommodation, and what it all entails.
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Prices: Coliving/Coworking/Niños Libres/Activities
Coliving
Prices are in USD. The prices for solo, couple and family travelers are for stays in rooms. To calculate the price for staying in a house, you add the house extra. More information about rooms and houses below!
For Ecuadoreans and other latinoamericans, we have discounted prices for the coliving (offsetting a part of the worlds' inequality to be able to create intercultural community 
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Short Stay
From 1 day to several weeks
Ideal if you want to get to know and feel the place. Possible to prolong on the spot as long as availability allows.
Monthly Stay
1 month
Give it a real try!
We strongly encourage monthly stays, because it takes time to immerse in a culture, feel the benefit of slowing down, and really get to know each other.. a week just doesn’t do the trick. A monthly stay gets a discounted price and free pick-up upon arrival in Manta.
Long Stay
2 months to years
Highly recommended!
For the remote worker looking to slow down and focus, family with kids who look for immersion, traveler who wants to explore Ecuador from a base, Ecuadorean who wants to live his life in an amazing environment.
Most european, north american and latinoamerican passports let you stay 3 months in Ecuador on turist visum. Let Punta la Barca be your base. Long stays get a highly discounted price and free pick-up upon arrival in Manta.
Immersion-coliving
From 1 week to 3 months
Ideal for young international travelers, who would like to get to know the culture and the language by helping out, while having their own time to rest, explore and do activities, in a trusted local community.
We organize immersions for individuals (on holiday/ gap year/ remote studies), and for groups (schools/ youth organizations)
We guide you to help us out about 4h a day (with kids, cooking, maintenance, social media, garden, animals, organizing intercultural connection…). The rest of the time is yours to fill (siesta, studying, working, beach, exploring, surf, footbal, learning spanish, chill with the others, making friends in the village…)
A great spanish immersion, as most of us don’t speak english. Usually it takes about 3 months (and a headache) to start speaking spanish from zero.
Contact us for pricing!
Semi-volunteering as a coliver
Do you wanna come colive and have a specific skill to offer to Punta la Barca? Marketing, website, working with kids, woodworking, permaculture design, moderating, organizing events, retreats.. We would love to hear about your skill and see how we can work together! Send us a personal message with a proposal on how you can help us. If your proposal comes at the right timing for Punta la Barca, you can reduce your contribution by 10% (2 hours a week of help) or up to 25% (5 hours a week of help), contributing your skills to Punta la Barca.
Accommodation
Punta la Barca has 6 private rooms and 2 houses. You can choose to stay either in a room or in a house. Rooms are great as you closer to community life, houses are great for more privacy. In any case, shared dinners connect us as a community, and there’ s plenty of space to get your time alone (including deserted beaches at our doorstep!)
Bring your own toiletries and towel, this is not provided.
Our rooms
Our rooms are private and basic. All rooms have a bed, desk and cloth shelves. Three rooms have a private toilet (assigned on number of travelers and first come principle). Hot water flower showers are just outside the rooms. Each room has a fridge and box for private food in the shared kitchen.
Our houses
Private and complete with their own kitchen, toilet, shower, 2-3 bedrooms and terrace. The houses are at 20-50 meters distance to the common areas.
Coliving in Punta la Barca include:
Daily home-made breakfast (local, varies with the day).
Weekdays cooking-together dinner (monday-thursday).
Vegetarian ingredients are provided, cooking is shared.
Water, electricity, drinking water, gas
Common kitchen with fridge and dry space to store and cook your own food.
Hot outdoors showers under the flowers and with company of birds and an iguana.
Weekly cleaning of the rooms & bed sheet change.
We do a weekly communal cleaning together for common areas.
Two cowork areas (inside/semi-outside) accessible 24/7
Incredible views that fuel inspiration
50 mbps fiberglass internet.
Solar back-up for power outages.
Focus-only area with video call booth
We pick you up in Manta airport/ bus terminal (monthly+ stays, others 15$)
Niños Libres
These are the prices for the kids' care program Niños Libres, for colivers and coworkers of Punta la Barca.
Locals who want to join the kids' program, contact us for pricing.
Coworking
Coworking in Punta la Barca:
- High-Speed Wifi with solar backup.
- Several semi-outdoor office spaces with incredible views.
- Video Call Booth
- Resting areas and showers
- Space in the fridge, personal storage box, and access to the shared kitchen (for monthly coworking).
- Every Monday at 8:30 am, join our Authentic Connection Circle.
- An intercultural community of travelers and locals
- Space and a natural environment ideal for creativity and personal growth.
- Children are welcome in the kids’ care program Niños Libres (extra cost)
- Also nanny service available outside of the Niños Libres
Activities
Prices of activities may vary slightly. For pricing around exploring the Ecuadorean coast, contact us.
Intention at Punta la Barca
Living at Punta la Barca is a lot more than staying at the beach. It is envisioning, experimenting and taking steps towards a more free, fair and sustainable world, together. Punta la Barca is and builds on being: