Shepherd for a day
Οur family tries to offer you experiential and often unprecedented experiences in our farm.
Τhe day starts in the morning around nine o’clock milking the sheep, then we feed them and clean the places where they sleep.Νext is the henhouse, we feed chickens, turkeys and ducks and collect the eggs.
Depending on the season, other work will be done on the farm, such as work in the vegetable garden, in the crops or grazing in the fields.
When the work is finished, it’s time for food. until we prepare the food, you will taste homemade jam and tea from local herbs. We will cook the eggs we collected, make pancakes with our cheese and offer milk pie with sheep’s milk from the farm .
Starting time: Τhe experience starts at 9a.m. and lasts about 3 hours.
Available: The experience can be done all year round in consultation with the guests because the work will not always be the same during the year, for example we do not milk all year round.
Available in: Greek, English
Target group: Adults, Children over 12, Children under 12
What you’ll need: Visitors should be dressed comfortably in sports clothes and shoes.
What we provide: One use shoes and hand protectors.
Book before: At least 3 days in advance
Meet your hosts
Lefteris Karamixos , Areti Kontzia
Two young people, Leuteris and Areti, are the hosts of the farm. They raise sheep in a semi-mountainous village of 300 people. They have a daughter, Despina, who is ten years old. The love for animals and the freedom that nature offers you was the reason to chose to continue his family pharmacy freely.
Location: Our farm is located in Zitsa Ioannina in the region of Epirus. It is a village about 30 km outside the city of Ioannina.
