Accessible by Bus.
Totally self catering, Free Parking, Common Room,
Free good WIFI access Guest Kitchen, Hairdryer for Hire, No curfew 24 hour key access, Library, Outdoor Terraced Area, Reading Lights, Refrigerators, Tours Info, Towel Hire, Wheelchair Accessible.
For self catering guests there is a supermarket in Malin Head, a Centra Supermarket in Malin Town and four very large supermarkets including a New LIDL store in Carndonagh (CARN) with a Costcutters, Supervalu and Simpsons stores…. a massive selection and choice of foods. Also there is a large variety of ‘takeaways’ and cafes within the area, especially in Carndonagh.
There are Walks around Malin Head translated into several languages available in hostel for guests
A horse riding stable is available within 16 kms of hostel in Malin Town which offers beach horse riding.
If you would like to make a booking call 086 325 6323 or email sandrockhostel@gmail.com
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Sea Life Malin Head.
During summer months basking sharks, dolphins and seals can frequently be viewed from Hostel.
See a guest’s BASKING SHARKS video filmed from his kayak just outside hostel:
During the Summers since 2009, Malin Head and the North Coast of Donegal was teaming with BASKING SHARKS clearly visible from Hostel.
Throughout each Summer up to 50 DOLPHINS are seen outside of hostel and in the Malin Head area frequently.
Malin Head is described as a BASKING SHARK “HOTSPOT”
Over 100 were tagged by the Irish Basking Shark Project! See www.nature.ie and http://www.baskingshark.ie A family of Orca Whales (Killer Whales) have been sighted nearby during the first weeks of June each year
Each year 40 – 50 Bottle nose Dolphins were in the sea around Malin Head from May to end of year..
One of the Basking Sharks which was tagged outside the hostel in August 2012 ended up below the Canary Islands near Cape Verde in January 2013 on his holidays!
On arrival all guests are welcomed, given a tour of the hostel facilities and then a full description of what to do, where to go and given a personal map of the area and offered a complimentary tea/coffee and biscuits.
The hostel is entirely self catering and ingredients for meals can be purchased in the nearby supermarket or in local pub/shops for preparation in the fully equipped hostel kitchen.
The Skies at Night
Email DonegalSkies@gmail.com with Aurora Alerts in the subject. You will receive an email prior to any possible Donegal aurora display.
To see if you can catch a glimpse of the northern lights after receiving an Aurora Alert email, you should scan the west, north and north east horizons for faint, white inconspicuous domes of light. White beams of light may shoot from these domes to the centre of the sky. Should the display really pick up, it may be possible to see hints of colours in the aurora. Green and red are the most commonly reported colours visible in the aurora. These colours really show up well in long exposure photographs.
Excellent sites for keeping up to date with the solar weather and the possibility of low latitude auroras are App ‘Aurora Forecast‘ OR www.spaceweather.com and www.solarcycle24.com
and the local area on www.visitinishowen.com
BIRD LIFE
NEWS Birdwatcher Hostel Guests videod seven CORNCRAKES calling in Malin Head within immediate vicinity of hostel!!! Again this year!
Malin Head is a haven for bird life . The following are often sighted: Sea Eagles, Golden Eagles, Buzzards, Kestrels, Peregrines – all sorts of birds of prey, rare birds ie Twites, Corncrakes, Choughs and Lapwings, Curlews, Oystercatchers, various Plovers, various ducks including Shellducks, Eider (also a rare American Eider duck is in the area) , numerous seabirds and a family of Grey Herons are resident nearby.
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During summer months basking sharks, dolphins and seals can frequently be viewed from Hostel.