TOBHA MOR

Howmore Hostel

National Grid Ref: NF757365 (OS Sheet No. 22 ) 13 Beds Open All Year Shop & Post Office on the main road just south of Ben More House, 1 mile from the hostel. The warden calls regularly at the hostel.
The hostel looks eastwards, over the ruins of an ancient church and graveyard, towards Hecla (1820ft) and Beinn Mhor (2033ft), the highest mountain in South Uist. Fine coastal walks along the machair (flora) and beaches. Loch Druidibeg Nature Reserve, 2 miles; Flora Macdonalds birthplace, 7 miles; ruin of Ormiclate Castle, (Clanranald) 4 miles;
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How to find Howmore Hostel From the main island road (A865) take the turning marked "Tobha Mor". The hostel is the white stone thatched building with a porch entrance, by the church, at the road end. Click here for an enlarged view from
Howmore has been a popular hostel since it opened in 1966, providing accommodation on the west coast of South Uist. Sea, sand dunes and machair are within strolling distance, as is some of the Hebrides best hill walking. A live Gaelic culture all round explain the hostel's popularity. For twenty five years, Mrs MacSween served as the warden and was remebered by many a hosteller for her quiet and charming manner, her patience and cups of tea. Her daughter, Betty MacDonald now runs the hostel.
Hostels are run by the Gatliff Hebridean Hostels Trust, a charitable organisation which helps local people run traditional crofts as simple hostels. No advance bookings accepted.
Info from SYHA