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Hello!
We are a hostel located in the village of Arugam Bay, we first opened in August 2023 and are excited to reopen for the season in 2025! We are a surf-skating hostel, we are proud to have opened Arugam Bays first ever skate park! Our high season runs from May-October!
The skate park is within our hostel along with dorm rooms, a private room, basketball ring, restaurant and communal areas.
We are a backpackers hostel that is becoming quite popular, especially among those who share the interest of skating. Our skate park is open for everyone, free to use for our guests and any visitors. We also organise surf trips daily, safaris and camping trips!
The hostel is located outside of town of Arugam Bay. Please note: it is around a 10-15 minute walk.
During this off season we have done some construction: now we are looking for some experienced artists to help us out and add their art!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Teaching
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Here volunteers will be living at our hostel and everyone is treated as family. We all eat dinner together most nights, surf daily together and skate together.
You will be a part of our journey to create a safe space for the kids and you will also be interacting with lots of locals who live in this area and become a part of the Arugam Bay community.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We are looking for an artist with some experience to help paint our walls! We have lots of white, blank space and want to add some art!
We can give you some inspiration, if you can work with that and add your own style- we want you!
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Sinhalese: Fluent
Tamil: Fluent
Accommodation
You will receive free accomodation daily (a dorm room) and will have access to make meals in our kitchen (provided you supply your own ingredients) .
What else ...
Arugam Bay is full of great night life, great food and great surf. There are so many surf spots around. You can learn to skate at our hostel, there are also jungle safaris and camping trips that we can organise. Arugam Bay will become quite busy during high season meaning you will make plenty of new friends and meet travellers from all over the globe!
Our hostel is located around a 15 minute walk from Arugam Bay town, we are located in the village!
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
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