Highland Estate offering 5 beautiful holiday cottages and a fully catered Lodge sleeping 22 guests. Managing a highland estate can be a challenge.
Find peace and relaxation in our five 4 star holiday cottages, fishing on the River Drynachan and a Shooting Lodge. Lose yourself in the best and beautiful landscape that is, the Scottish Highlands. But thanks to our team we’re thriving. Our cottages aren’t just holiday homes. They’re part of a living estate. Behind the scenes, our team work hard to make sure we preserve our heritage and make sure
you get the most out of your stay. We rely on people like our farm manager. His team farm the 3,000 acres of arable land on the Estate. Gaze out a cottage window and you might see him cultivating crops. Our moorland management means guests can hear the call of ground nesting birds in the spring, see a patchwork of purple heather in late summer and watch sheep and highland cows grazing. We’re preserving the landscape and growing timber in a sustainable way. The Estate and its surroundings are naturally beautiful. We’re committed to conservation so it remains that way for all our future guests. Because of our management of woodlands and purple heather moorlands, our visitors can see blackcock and capercaillie again. Our partnership with Findhorn Nairn and Lossie Fisheries Trust will keep the River Findhorn flowing with salmon and trout. Sustainability is key for us too. Working with Cawdor Forestry Limited, we sell mature timber to local sawmills where it’s chipped for biomass or used to create commercial timber products. As part of the Cawdor community, we create local employment and help businesses grow. Our idyllic holiday homes and lodge help boost tourism in the area. They offer the ultimate retreat for couples, families and big groups. Every single year, we’re able to show visitors what the Highlands have to offer. From local community groups to farmers, we work with a variety of stakeholders to strike a balance between our commercial viability, environmental sustainability and community responsibility. We want to boost the economy of the place we call home. We employ nearly forty permanent and seasonal staff, let out farmland on long-term and seasonal grazing agreements and lease cottages to many of our team. Why not come and join us for a true Scottish holiday reveling in the majestic Highlands landscape and reconnecting with yourself and nature in the peace and quiet that is Cawdor Estate.
14/02/2025
🩷 Happy Valentines Day! 🩷
We have been lucky to host many honeymooners in our holiday cottages over the years. One couple very kindly shared their engagement photo after a proposal during a stay at Drynachan too!
If you are looking for somewhere special for a romantic break then our cottages are ideal. Oodles of outdoor space for romantic walks, lots of restaurants to dine out in locally, or lovely farm shops to pick up local produce for cooking in the cottages. Explore the local area, enjoy a cold water dip in the sea, visit Castles and other historic sites, or simply light the open fire and relax!
Winter woodland walks are simply the best! Explore the outdoors during your stay and enjoy quality time with family and friends.
29/01/2025
Did you know our holiday cottages are dog friendly? For a small charge, we welcome your well-behaved four legged family members, meaning the whole family can visit!
24/01/2025
A stay in our cottages isn't complete without a visit to Nairn beach. With miles of gorgeous sandy beaches and views over to the Black Isle it is the perfect place to enjoy some time.
21/01/2025
The perfect corner in Gardener's Cottage for curling up in with your favourite book 📚!
17/01/2025
A wee throwback to last week at Resaurie when we had all the snow, now it is a balmy 12c! Very odd January weather.
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10/01/2025
A rather cold morning at Fisherman's Cottage this week 🥶! Thankfully there is a wood burning stove to warm your toes after exploring the winter wonderland!
Another fabulous show of the Aurora Borealis at the weekend, captured beautifully by Kenny Macleod Photography. Have you ever been lucky enough to capture the aurora while staying in our cottages?
31/12/2024
2024 has been another fantastic year. As always we have had lots of returning guests, but we have also welcomed many new parties. Some people like to come and go and we have very little interaction with them, and others become part of the Cawdor Estate family. Either way, we love that everyone comes and enjoys this beautiful part of the world that we are lucky enough to live in!
We look forward to seeing what 2025 brings, hopefully another successful fishing season, a very busy holiday cottage season and lots of great weather!
Enjoy your Hogmanay celebrations this evening, and Happy New Year!
27/12/2024
Resaurie offers two spacious double rooms and one twin bedded room, an ideal family holiday space. There is one double and a shower room on the ground floor, with a double and a twin with a bathroom upstairs. There is oodles of outdoor space to explore, or just allow the kids to run about and enjoy. If the weather isn't allowing outdoor time then there is a games room in the garage to keep the kids entertained!
The gorgeous Christmas trees at Drynachan Lodge providing some Christmas sparkle ✨!
18/12/2024
Christmas has arrived in our cottages! All our beautiful Nordmann Fir trees are in situ and have been decorated for our guests staying over the festive period.
13/12/2024
Our holiday cottages are all beginning to look very Christmassy - just look at these gorgeous wreaths from Villagegreenery!
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Videos
These autumn mornings at Drynachan 😍! Beautiful skies and nothing to hear but the sheep baaing and the birds tweeting, just bliss!
With the river right on the doorstep Fisherman's Cottage is the perfect location for our fishing guests. Or perhaps you are looking for a more remote stay with family or friends, then sleeping up to 6 this cottage is ideal? There is plenty of dining space inside, or make the most of the surrounding and enjoy picnics on the banks of the river.
https://www.cawdor.com/accommodation/fishermans-cottage/
Book online or contact our bookings manager on 01667 402402 or [email protected].
Gorgeous blue skies and the happy chitter chatter of the birds at Ivy Cottage. Bliss!
The beautiful views from Achneim Cottage. It sounds like spring with all the birds chirping away!
Winter at Lochanshelloch Cottage
The thaw has started today, but we had a lot of snow yesterday! It was beautiful looking out over the snow covered fields from Lochanshelloch Cottage. We definitely recommend a 4x4 vehicle for stays in our more remote cottages at this time of year!
We have taken advantage of the quieter spell before our Christmas guests arrived and have been doing some work in our cottages.
Ivy Cottage has had a complete kitchen makeover with the layout changed and a new kitchen installed. We love it!
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🎄Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas in our cottages! We love getting our trees delivered and decorated for our guests arriving for the festive period ✨️✨️.
One of our guests created this lovely reel during his stay in Gardener's Cottage this week 😍. Don't forget to tag us in your photos and reel, we love to see them!
Imagine wakening up to this gorgeous view on your doorstep! Book a stay in Fisherman's Cottage and this is what you will have! Enjoy a picnic or a glass or wine on the river bank, or take a stroll along enjoying the views.
https://www.cawdor.com/accommodation/fishermans-cottage/
🎄We can't give you chocolate so our advent calendar is a little different - each day we will share our favourite places to visit when visiting the area! 🎄
🎁 Day 14 - Loch Morlich, Aviemore. Only an hours drive from our holiday cottages Loch Morlich is brimming with activities during the summer months. Whether you kayak, swim or paddleboard this is a perfect spot,. During the winter months it is the perfect loch to take a walk around and enjoy the surroundings, maybe spot some wildlife!
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Over the winter months we recommend a 4 wheel drive vehicle for a stay in our more remote cottages, Gardener's Cottage and Fisherman's Cottage. Days like this are why!
It is just gorgeous at Drynachan this morning, winter has most definitely arrived!
Find peace and relaxation in our five 4 star holiday cottages, fishing on the River Drynachan and a Shooting Lodge. Lose yourself in the best and beautiful landscape that is, the Scottish Highlands.
Managing a highland estate can be a challenge. But thanks to our team we’re thriving.
Our cottages aren’t just holiday homes. They’re part of a living estate. Behind the scenes, our team work hard to make sure we preserve our heritage and make sure you get the most out of your stay.
We rely on people like our farm manager. His team farm the 3,000 acres of arable land on the Estate. Gaze out a cottage window and you might see him cultivating crops.
Our moorland management means guests can hear the call of ground nesting birds in the spring, see a patchwork of purple heather in late summer and watch sheep and highland cows grazing.
We’re preserving the landscape and growing timber in a sustainable way. The Estate and its surroundings are naturally beautiful. We’re committed to conservation so it remains that way for all our future guests.
Because of our management of woodlands and purple heather moorlands, our visitors can see blackcock and capercaillie again. Our partnership with Findhorn Nairn and Lossie Fisheries Trust will keep the River Findhorn flowing with salmon and trout. Sustainability is key for us too. Working with Cawdor Forestry Limited, we sell mature timber to local sawmills where it’s chipped for biomass or used to create commercial timber products.
As part of the Cawdor community, we create local employment and help businesses grow. Our idyllic holiday homes and lodge help boost tourism in the area. They offer the ultimate retreat for couples, families and big groups. Every single year, we’re able to show visitors what the Highlands have to offer.
From local community groups to farmers, we work with a variety of stakeholders to strike a balance between our commercial viability, environmental sustainability and community responsibility. We want to boost the economy of the place we call home. We employ nearly forty permanent and seasonal staff, let out farmland on long-term and seasonal grazing agreements and lease cottages to many of our team.
Why not come and join us for a true Scottish holiday reveling in the majestic Highlands landscape and reconnecting with yourself and nature in the peace and quiet that is Cawdor Estate.
Highland Estate offering 5 beautiful holiday cottages and a fully catered Lodge sleeping 22 guests. Managing a highland estate can be a challenge.
