Secondary School Programmes
Here at the Donegal Adventure Centre, we have an array of fun, educational and challenging programmes for half-day, full day and overnight residential tours.
We pride ourselves on providing custom designed safe and entertaining programmes - that are also value for money. We will work with you to make sure the right activities and agenda is picked to suit your school or group. However here a few sample programmes to illustrate the excellent options you have available to you. If you are interested in Gaisce/ Duke of Edinburgh or our famous Language & Adventure breaks, you can click on the links or choose those options from the menu for a more indept look at those programmes.
Half Day /Full Day School Tours
Students can do a land based day trip or mix one session of land
activity with an age appropiate water activity (Surf, Cliff Jump,
Snorkel, Body Board)
For more details of the
activities available, select the activities option on the menu on
the left.
Contact us here to book or for more details or you can click here to
download school tour flyer
Overnight School Tours : 1 or 2 nights with us.
Our Residential program includes activities, evening program FULL
nighttime supervision. All meals & equipment included. A great adventure
for 5th/6th class
Sample 2 day Programme
Day
1 Day 2 Day 3
1 pm Arrival & room allocation.
2 pm Climbing & Abseil
5:30 Evening Meal
6:30 Nightline
9pm Supper & Games
11pm Bedtime
9am Breakfast
9:30 Surfing
1 pm Lunch
2 Adventure Challenge Course
5:30 Evening meal
6:30 Jacob's Ladder/ archery
6:30 Nightline
9pm Supper & Games
11pm Bedtime
9am Breakfast
9:30 High Ropes
12:30 pm Lunch & Depart
Multi-Activity Weekly Courses :Choose from our Dry Land Skills or our
Multi-Activity Programmes
Dry
Land Skills Multi-Activity
Indoor Climb
Archery
Low Ropes
Climbing Tower
Abseiling
Leap of Faith
High Ropes Course
Archery
Obstacle Course
Nightline
Abseil
Bodyboard or Cliff Jump
Transition Year
Donegal Adventure Centre has a variety of options for your transition
year group. As well as the classic day and overnight trips we can
provide certificates in Surfing, Life Support & Lifeguarding. We can
organise team building days / leadership training days & trips, surf
safari's and Multi-activity specialist events. We also facilitate Gaisce
/ Duke of Edinburgh awards and have several meeting rooms and facilities
available for cross border groups & workshops.
THE IMPORTANT STUFF!
PRICES
Packages are available to suit all budgets. Multi-activity programmes
usually include a mixture of land and water-based activities. Most
residential programmes include full board and supervision in the price.
It is impossible to offer all of activities in a two or three night
package, but we will work with you, and your budget to put together the
best possible value for money. Some activities are very dependent on
suitable weather conditions and tide times.
Special offers and rates are available during less-busy periods. We are
open all year round, except for Christmas week. We have winter wetsuits
and other equipment which allows all of these activities to take place
winter and summer, and even better value deals are available from November
through to February.
We guarantee that all participants will get superb value for money.
Staff at DAC are fully trained and experienced. We do not take shortcuts,
or scrimp on food, evening activities or equipment. Teachers and leaders
are well looked after. We appreciate you coming to us, planning the
trip, collecting money and giving your time to do this. We will do our
best to accommodate your wishes, with the highest standards of safety
and care.
For a quote on any of our activities or packages, please contact us at
07198 42418 or info@donegaladventurecentre.net
TEACHER PREVIEW WEEKENDS
We invite teachers and youth leaders to visit our centre twice a year
for a ‘preview’ weekend: you come and stay with us, do or observe the
activities, check out the facilities and meet the staff. There is a
small charge for the weekend, which is refunded to you if you return
with a group in the following six months. These weekends take place in
February and October each year. Please contact us for reservations and
price. Non-teacher/leader friends are welcome to join you.
SCHOOL /CENTRE VISITS
We will come to you, meet participants /parents/ leaders if you wish,
and discuss all the details of a trip away. Please contact us to
arrange.
ACCOMMODATION & SUPERVISION
We have two centres on campus- Donegal Adventure Centre has 48 beds
available, in rooms of 2, 3 ,4 or 6 sharing. There is a mix of standard
and en-suite rooms. Homefield house has 60 beds, in rooms of 2, 4, 6 or
8, mostly en-suite. All bed linen is provided (no sleeping bags please.)
Most of the beds are bunk-beds, but ground floor accommodation and
single or double beds are also available. Teachers and leaders are
offered private accommodation, as near or as far from the students as
they choose. Night supervision will always be done by DAC staff, but
leaders and teachers may assist if they wish. Teachers and leaders are
welcome to enjoy Bundoran hospitality in the evenings if they wish, but
in accordance with our child protection policy, we must have one leader
or teacher available on-call in case of emergency.
MEALS AND TRANSPORT
Breakfast, lunches and dinners are provided by La Sabbia restaurant,
which is part of Homefield House. Self-catering is also an option. We
can supply you with bus prices to and from your school or centre.
Transport to and from activity sites is provided by us. Bundoran is
approx 3.5 hours from Dublin, 2.5 hours from Galway & Belfast.
SAFETY POLICIES.
Bundoran has also other amenities locally, suitable for youth groups,
including a multiplex cinema, bowling alley, waterworld and funfair. We
most strongly discourage ‘free time’ for students downtown, and
recommend that all groups avail of the excellent resources provided in
the evening on-centre.
We have a strict policy on alcohol and substance abuse. No student under
18 years can leave campus or partake in any activity involving the
above. Please note- if alcohol or drugs are found, the programme is
immediately suspended and the group will be asked to leave immediately.
This is made clear during our initial ‘meet & greet’.
A full safety statement is available on request.
All participants under 18 years will receive a parent-consent form,
outlining the risks involved in outdoor pursuits, what to bring, and our
policy on behaviour and conduct. Problems are very rare, as our
enthusiastic and firm-but-fair management of teenagers is popular and
successful.
Bumps and bruises do happen – all staff are fully qualified in first
aid, there is a medical practice in Bundoran, and Sligo hospital is 25
minutes from the centre.
