Teach With a Pure Heart at the Mangrove Education Center
$119–$476Price range: $119 through $476
Share your language skills and empower the coastal community of Bagek Kembar, Sekotong. Teach, connect, plant mangroves, create art, and learn stingless beekeeping—all while experiencing an authentic village life by the sea.
Share your language skills—Korean, Japanese, English, Arabic, or French—with local children and community members.
Get hands-on with activities like tending the garden around your mini cabin and creating graffiti-style murals.
Contribute to environmental action by planting mangroves alongside the local community.
Learn the practice of stingless beekeeping, from caring for the hives to tasting fresh honey on-site.
Enjoy a meaningful experience that blends education, creativity, conservation, and cultural exchange in one program.
About the Program
Why Backpacking With Us:
This program gives you the rare opportunity to contribute directly to environmental care, cultural exchange, and community empowerment in a nature-based learning environment. By sharing your language skills — whether English, French, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, or others — you help local children and community members build confidence in communication while creating meaningful cross-cultural connections.
As a participant, you’ll experience hands-on activities such as tending gardens around your cabin, creating graffiti-style murals, planting mangroves, and practicing stingless beekeeping — from caring for hives to tasting freshly harvested honey. These activities are run in collaboration with local residents, ensuring that positive impact stays within the community.
Designed for travelers seeking purposeful experiences, this program blends education, creativity, and environmental action. Your involvement supports local youth, strengthens village knowledge systems, and uplifts the community through skill-sharing and cultural understanding.
General Information:
This program operates as a community-centered initiative where you will join the Nature School as a conversational mentor. Backpackers help students practice daily language skills through interactive, outdoor, and experience-based learning.
Throughout the program, you’ll also gain practical knowledge of stingless beekeeping — including eco-friendly hive maintenance and honey harvesting — while participating in activities that encourage environmental awareness.
By working side-by-side with local tutors, children, and youth, you help nurture confidence in foreign languages and promote a deeper appreciation of nature. This experience immerses you in village life, all while contributing to education, cultural growth, and community empowerment.
Code of Conduct:
Follow guidance from coordinators, tutors, and community leaders
Embrace local customs and contribute respectfully to community routines.
Help create a friendly, safe, and engaged learning environment.
Communicate politely, positively, and inclusively in every interaction.
Treat all students, staff, and residents with kindness and respect.
Rules:
Participating in activities under the influence of alcohol or drugs is strictly not allowed.
Do not leave program activities or the learning area without permission.
Arrive on time and attend all scheduled lessons, workshops, and tasks.
Immediately report any concerns or issues to the program coordinators.
Coordinators may suspend participation if ethical guidelines or program rules are violated.
Typical Day
Day 1-5: Language & Community Program
05:00 – 07:00 | Early Morning (Optional)
Join local women during low tide to collect oysters — a unique cultural experience where you can even ask them to cook the oysters for you afterward.
08:00 – 11:00 | Morning Session
As school begins, you’ll take part as a conversational partner in the classroom. You’ll assist teachers during English or other language lessons, helping bring the class to life through speaking games, storytelling, and interactive activities that support pronunciation, vocabulary, and basic grammar. At times, you may also help with English Club sessions. During this period, you’ll also experience hands-on stingless beekeeping training—observing hive behavior, learning simple hive maintenance, and understanding sustainable honey harvesting.
11:00 – 15:00 | Midday Break
Midday is your time to rest. You can return to your mini cabin to nap, read, write, or simply enjoy the calmness of nature while recharging for the afternoon activities.
15:00 – 17:00 | Afternoon Session
Your afternoon will be filled with relaxed outdoor learning. You’ll guide students through nature-based language activities, introducing eco-themed vocabulary through games and stories, and using nature walks or simple crafts to support their understanding. You’ll also facilitate small-group speaking practice to help students build confidence, while working with community members on beekeeping tasks such as preparing hive boxes, checking colonies, and planting nectar-rich plants to strengthen the local bee habitat.
19:00 – 23:00 | Evening (Optional)
For those who want to experience village life in a deeper way, evenings offer the opportunity to join traditional night fishing. You may follow local fishermen for spear-fishing or crab hunting using bubu traps in the mangroves—a unique cultural tradition full of excitement and local wisdom.
Day 6-7: Cultural & Adventure Day
Weekends open the door to cultural exploration and adventure. You can join a variety of donation-based (pay-as-you-wish) activities such as scuba diving, surfing, stingless honey tasting, cooking classes with local mothers, or digital literacy workshops with village youth.There are also opportunities for photo walks, trips to waterfalls, visits to the Gili Islands, and explorations of tourism villages across Lombok. If you’re riding a scooter, you can meet the group at the designated gathering point and join the ride to hidden beaches, scenic hills, and other nature spots around the island.
Especially Suitable For
Individuals passionate about language learning and cultural exchange, eager to help local children practice conversational skills in English, Korean, Japanese, Arabic, French, or any language they speak.
Backpackers who enjoy hands-on community activities, from outdoor learning sessions and eco-themed storytelling to gardening, mangrove planting, and creative projects like graffiti-style murals.
Travelers who want to support environmental education, including learning and assisting with stingless beekeeping, hive care, sustainable honey harvesting, and planting nectar-rich plants with the community.
Backpackers seeking an authentic cultural experience by joining oyster gathering at sunrise, night fishing traditions, cooking activities with local families, and spending days immersed in village life.
Those who value ethical, community-based travel, where their presence directly contributes to education, environmental awareness, and local empowerment without relying on external sponsorship
Requirements
Minimum age requirement is 18 years old, following the organizer’s policy for safety and cultural suitability.
Participants must be in good physical and mental condition, as activities may include outdoor learning, gardening, mangrove planting, and light beekeeping tasks.
All backpackers are required to complete a health and personal information form prior to the start of the program.
Alcohol and recreational drugs are strictly prohibited throughout the duration of the program, including during cultural and environmental activities.
Participants must follow all briefings, safety instructions, and cultural guidelines provided by coordinators, tutors, and community leaders.
No prior teaching experience is necessary; those without teaching backgrounds can still participate with guidance from local tutors and mentors during language sessions.
Backpackers are expected to act professionally, respect Lombok’s cultural and religious norms, wear modest clothing, and maintain positive interactions with students, families, and the broader community.
Attend the celebration of Maulid Nabi Muhammad (the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday).
Take part in begawe (traditional Sasak wedding ceremony)
Join tahlilan (communal prayer gathering) with the local community.
Join donation-based (pay-as-you-wish) activities such as scuba diving, surfing, cooking classes, stingless honey tasting, or digital literacy workshops.
Visit natural attractions including waterfalls, the Gili Islands, and various tourism villages around Lombok.
Explore surrounding areas on a scooter and meet the group at the designated gathering point for weekend trips.
Interact with university students who often camp nearby as part of ongoing mangrove research in the area.
Engage in casual cultural exchanges with locals during outdoor gatherings, beach hangouts, or community events.
Detail on Arrival
Travel from your arrival point in Lombok (including Lombok Airport (LOP), Lembar Harbour, or Bangsal Harbour) is not included in your program package. However, we offer an optional, separate transport service for your convenience, which can be booked directly through us. Please select your arrival location and arrange your pickup here: https://www.indopackers.com/communities/— to do this, click the Communities menu and choose the Transport Pickup option.
Available all year round. Minimum stay: 1 week. Maximum stay: 4 weeks. (Extensions possible based on mutual agreement)
Include
Accommodation: Participants will stay in a private room located in Bagek Kembar.
Meals: Participants will receive three meals per day.
Laundry Service: Free laundry service is available for participants throughout the program.
Beverages: Complimentary tea and coffee are provided daily for participants’ comfort.
Each homestay is equipped with a private kitchen for participants to cook or prepare personal meals.
Exclude
Participants are responsible for their own flights and local transportation, including airport transfers and scooter rentals. While airport or harbor pickup is not directly provided, we are happy to assist in coordinating transportation through our trusted car and scooter rental partners.
Scooter rentals can be arranged separately and are not covered in the program cost.
Accommodation outside the official program dates is not provided.
Internet access
Travel insurance must be arranged individually by each participant.
All visa processing and vaccination fees are the responsibility of the participant.
Personal expenses such as souvenirs, snacks, and additional meals are not covered.
Any medical expenses incurred must be borne by the participant.
Participants are responsible for any lost or damaged personal equipment or loaned materials.
Any incidental costs or personal purchases not specifically listed in the program are excluded.
Tour packages available outside the mandatory program schedule
Teach With a Pure Heart at the Mangrove Education Center
$119 – $476Price range: $119 through $476
Share your language skills and empower the coastal community of Bagek Kembar, Sekotong. Teach, connect, plant mangroves, create art, and learn stingless beekeeping—all while experiencing an authentic village life by the sea.
Description
Highlight
About the Program
Why Backpacking With Us:
This program gives you the rare opportunity to contribute directly to environmental care, cultural exchange, and community empowerment in a nature-based learning environment. By sharing your language skills — whether English, French, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, or others — you help local children and community members build confidence in communication while creating meaningful cross-cultural connections.
As a participant, you’ll experience hands-on activities such as tending gardens around your cabin, creating graffiti-style murals, planting mangroves, and practicing stingless beekeeping — from caring for hives to tasting freshly harvested honey. These activities are run in collaboration with local residents, ensuring that positive impact stays within the community.
Designed for travelers seeking purposeful experiences, this program blends education, creativity, and environmental action. Your involvement supports local youth, strengthens village knowledge systems, and uplifts the community through skill-sharing and cultural understanding.
General Information:
This program operates as a community-centered initiative where you will join the Nature School as a conversational mentor. Backpackers help students practice daily language skills through interactive, outdoor, and experience-based learning.
Throughout the program, you’ll also gain practical knowledge of stingless beekeeping — including eco-friendly hive maintenance and honey harvesting — while participating in activities that encourage environmental awareness.
By working side-by-side with local tutors, children, and youth, you help nurture confidence in foreign languages and promote a deeper appreciation of nature. This experience immerses you in village life, all while contributing to education, cultural growth, and community empowerment.
Code of Conduct:
Rules:
Typical Day
Day 1-5: Language & Community Program
05:00 – 07:00 | Early Morning (Optional)
Join local women during low tide to collect oysters — a unique cultural experience where you can even ask them to cook the oysters for you afterward.
08:00 – 11:00 | Morning Session
As school begins, you’ll take part as a conversational partner in the classroom. You’ll assist teachers during English or other language lessons, helping bring the class to life through speaking games, storytelling, and interactive activities that support pronunciation, vocabulary, and basic grammar. At times, you may also help with English Club sessions. During this period, you’ll also experience hands-on stingless beekeeping training—observing hive behavior, learning simple hive maintenance, and understanding sustainable honey harvesting.
11:00 – 15:00 | Midday Break
Midday is your time to rest. You can return to your mini cabin to nap, read, write, or simply enjoy the calmness of nature while recharging for the afternoon activities.
15:00 – 17:00 | Afternoon Session
Your afternoon will be filled with relaxed outdoor learning. You’ll guide students through nature-based language activities, introducing eco-themed vocabulary through games and stories, and using nature walks or simple crafts to support their understanding. You’ll also facilitate small-group speaking practice to help students build confidence, while working with community members on beekeeping tasks such as preparing hive boxes, checking colonies, and planting nectar-rich plants to strengthen the local bee habitat.
19:00 – 23:00 | Evening (Optional)
For those who want to experience village life in a deeper way, evenings offer the opportunity to join traditional night fishing. You may follow local fishermen for spear-fishing or crab hunting using bubu traps in the mangroves—a unique cultural tradition full of excitement and local wisdom.
Day 6-7: Cultural & Adventure Day
Weekends open the door to cultural exploration and adventure. You can join a variety of donation-based (pay-as-you-wish) activities such as scuba diving, surfing, stingless honey tasting, cooking classes with local mothers, or digital literacy workshops with village youth.There are also opportunities for photo walks, trips to waterfalls, visits to the Gili Islands, and explorations of tourism villages across Lombok. If you’re riding a scooter, you can meet the group at the designated gathering point and join the ride to hidden beaches, scenic hills, and other nature spots around the island.
Especially Suitable For
Requirements
Free-Time Activities
In addition, participants may:
Detail on Arrival
Travel from your arrival point in Lombok (including Lombok Airport (LOP), Lembar Harbour, or Bangsal Harbour) is not included in your program package. However, we offer an optional, separate transport service for your convenience, which can be booked directly through us. Please select your arrival location and arrange your pickup here: https://www.indopackers.com/communities/ — to do this, click the Communities menu and choose the Transport Pickup option.
Once you arrive at our base camp (https://maps.app.goo.gl/d9sAuN9LupbSoTFT6?g_st=ipc), a full orientation on conservation protocols, local customs, and safety procedures will be conducted.
Availability
Available all year round. Minimum stay: 1 week. Maximum stay: 4 weeks. (Extensions possible based on mutual agreement)
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Additional information
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