In The Wild

Explore amazing places to stay in Scotland

For real escape, go wild. Our In The Wild collection is made up of remote cottages, bothies and cabins in some of Scotland’s emptiest places, at the end of farm tracks, on remote peninsulas and on islands with few neighbours. Expect red deer, eagles and otters, dark skies and no traffic. Some are off-grid and some take effort to reach, which is part of the point. Book direct with the owner and check access details before you travel.

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From ^£800_{a week}

Highland Haven

Lochinver, Assynt & Coigach

A spacious three-bedroom house in the crofting township of Badnaban, two miles from Lochinver on the NC500, with panoramic views across Loch Inver Bay to the hills.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

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Special offer

From ^£139_{a night}

Hearthstanes Steading

Biggar, Scottish Borders

Five stone cottages from the 1600s in a steading on a working hill farm in the Tweedsmuir Hills, with the River Tweed running alongside.

10 Bedrooms
8 Guests

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Special offer

From ^£145_{a night}

Knoydart Luxury Lochside Pod

Knoydart, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

A self-contained pod for two on the remote Knoydart peninsula with a private deck overlooking Loch Nevis.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

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From ^£135_{a night}

20A Kirkibost – Isle of Lewis

Isle of Lewis

A 2023-built, dog-friendly home overlooking an Atlantic sea loch on the west coast of Lewis, with views to the Uig hills.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

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From ^£875_{a week}

Benview Cottage

Whiting Bay, Isle of Arran

A one-bedroom cottage for two at Whiting Bay on the Isle of Arran, with a wood-burning stove and natural, understated interiors.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

From ^£150_{a night}

Sycamore at Finnich Estate

Drymen, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs

A cottage for two in the restored sandstone steading on the Finnich Estate, with views over 13 miles of countryside to Ben Lomond and estate tracks to walk.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

From ^£214_{a night}

The House at Mackay’s

Durness, Sutherland & Caithness

A grown-up house in Durness with huge beds and baths, a wood-burning stove, a private garden and views over the Atlantic.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

Special offer

From ^£200_{a night}

Railway Cottage Killin Junction

Killin, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs

The restored stationmaster's cottage and bothy at the old Killin Junction station, in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park with views over Glen Dochart.

2 Bedrooms
4 Guests

From ^£105_{a night}

Garmoran Square

Mingarry, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

Four courtyard cottages in Mingarry, Moidart, built in local stone to look like old croft byres, at the gateway to Ardnamurchan.

9 Bedrooms
18 Guests

From ^£170_{a night}

Knoydart House Studio Room with Large Lochside Hot Tub

Lochaber, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

A studio for two in Knoydart with an antique French canopy bed and a large hot tub looking over the loch to the Small Isles.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

From ^£210_{a night}

The Lodge, Inchmurrin Island

Inchmurrin, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs

A three-bedroom lodge on Inchmurrin Island on Loch Lomond, reached by private passenger ferry, with island walks, beaches and a summer restaurant.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

From ^£2,050_{a week}

Traigh Cottage

Traigh, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

A converted whitewashed cottage close to the white sands of Traigh beach near Arisaig, with a cosy lounge and the Small Isles in view.

4 Bedrooms
7 Guests

From ^£315_{a night}

Coopers Knowe House

Roshven, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

A five-star modern house on a 60-acre private estate on the shores of Loch Ailort, with its own sandy beach.

5 Bedrooms
10 Guests

From ^£1,215_{a week}

Osdale Cottages – The Byre

Dunvegan, Isle of Skye

An 1870s barn beneath MacLeod's Tables near Dunvegan on Skye, converted for four with sheepskins and luxury linens, and views to the Cuillin ridge and Loch Dunvegan.

2 Bedrooms
4 Guests

From ^£80_{a night}

Birds Nest

Carrick Shore, Dumfries & Galloway

A cosy studio for two at Carrick Shore with a super-king bed beneath roof blinds for stargazing and an accessible wet room.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

From ^£335_{a night}

The Boathouse – Loch na Beinne Moire

Tomich, Inverness & Loch Ness

An off-grid boathouse bothy for two near Tomich, powered by wind and solar, with a loch-side hot tub, a private fishing loch and a boat.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

From ^£141_{a night}

The Brochs

Achiltibuie, Wester Ross

Two turf-roofed roundhouse brochs at Achiltibuie, filled with art, with mountain views, sunsets over the sea and their own sauna.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

From ^£395_{a night}

Mint Croft Cottages

Waternish, Isle of Skye

Two restored Hebridean crofters' cottages for couples on a six-acre croft at Waternish on Skye, with stone walls, turf roofs and sea and island views across Loch Snizort.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

From ^£280_{a night}

The Ben, Inchmurrin Island

Inchmurrin, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs

A house for eight on Inchmurrin, Loch Lomond's largest island, reached by private passenger ferry.

4 Bedrooms
8 Guests

From ^£150_{a night}

Oak Cottage Finnich Estates

Drymen, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs

One of four cottages in a 19th-century red sandstone steading on the private Finnich Estate, on the edge of Loch Lomond National Park.

2 Bedrooms
4 Guests

From ^£2,385_{a week}

Traigh Beach House

Traigh, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

A beach house right by the white sands of Traigh near Arisaig, with views to Muck, Rum, Canna and Skye.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

From ^£530_{a week}

Haunn Cottages, Treshnish

Treshnish Point, Isle of Mull & Iona

Three traditional blackhouses and a cottage on a 1,900-acre farm on Mull's wild north-west coast near Calgary beach, Green Tourism Gold rated.

1-2 Bedrooms
2-5 Guests

Special offer

From ^£1,000_{a week}

Poolewe Beach House

Poolewe, Ross-shire & The Black Isle

A new-build, single-level house right on the shore of Loch Ewe at Poolewe on the NC500, with otters, seals and sea eagles in view.

4 Bedrooms
9 Guests

From ^£750_{a week}

Craigton Croft House

Ross-shire & The Black Isle

A former crofting family's home right on the shores of Loch Carron, with wild swimming, otters and seals, kayaking and sunsets over the Bealach na Bà.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

From ^£295_{a night}

Kingsburgh Boathouse Skye

Kingsburgh, Isle of Skye

A stone boathouse from Jacobite times, restored for two on the edge of Loch Snizort on Skye, with flagstone floors, total privacy and sunsets from the terrace over the Atlantic.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

From ^£445_{a night}

No4 & No5 Steading Cottages, Glen Dye Cabins

Banchory, Aberdeenshire & Royal Deeside

Two heritage steading cottages on the banks of the River Dye, with a 30,000-acre private estate to explore.

4 Bedrooms
4 Guests

From ^£200_{a night}

Monkstadt 1745 Restaurant with Rooms

Portree, Isle of Skye

A restored 18th-century lodge on Skye's Trotternish peninsula, once home to the Chief of Clan MacDonald, now a restaurant with rooms.

6 Bedrooms
12 Guests

From ^£125_{a night}

The Stable Bothy

Rogart, Sutherland & Caithness

A 200-year-old converted stable for two in the hills near Rogart, with original rustic features, a log burner and picture windows over the valley.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

From ^£1,480_{a week}

Traigh Bothy

Traigh, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

A bothy for two on a working sheep farm at Traigh, with views from the gallery bedroom to Eigg and Rum, next to the farm's nine-hole golf course and near the white beaches.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

From ^£125_{a night}

Rowan Cottage Finnich Estates

Drymen, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs

A one-bedroom cottage for two in a 19th-century red sandstone steading on the Finnich Estate, with views across 13 miles of countryside to Ben Lomond.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

From ^£1,750_{a week}

Innis-A-Chro Croft Cottage

Morvich, Lochalsh & Eilean Donan

A croft cottage at Morvich near Kintail, with a vaulted lounge, log-burning stove and a full-height glass gable facing the mountains.

2 Bedrooms
4 Guests

From ^£145_{a night}

North Lodge & River Cabin, Glen Dye Cabins

Banchory, Aberdeenshire & Royal Deeside

An 1890s lodge and river cabin deep in woodland on the banks of the River Dye, refurbished in 2018 with a retro feel.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

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Horseshoe Cottage & Ruby

Melrose, Scottish Borders

A stone cottage and a real Romany Bowtop caravan side by side in a Scots pine woodland near Melrose, facing a wildflower meadow and the Eildon Hills.

2 Bedrooms
6 Guests

From ^£575_{a week}

Kirkdale Port

Carsluith, Dumfries & Galloway

A traditional cottage on the Kirkdale Estate near Gatehouse of Fleet, on a private shoreline with a garden that runs down to the sea and views over the Solway Firth.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

From ^£175_{a night}

Kilnbarn Cottage

Sanday, Orkney

A Scandi-style cottage on Sanday in Orkney with its toes in the sea, ocean views from every room and an outdoor bath by the shore.

2 Bedrooms
4 Guests

From ^£220_{a night}

Newbyth Garden Cottage

North Berwick, Edinburgh & Lothians

A traditional gardener's cottage in the East Lothian countryside with a sunny garden among the trees, close to the John Muir Way.

2 Bedrooms
5 Guests

Special offer

From ^£2,000_{a week}

Lewis Longhouse

Coll Sands, Isle of Lewis

An architect-designed stone and larch longhouse on a family croft at Coll on Lewis, 50 metres from the beach with views across the bay.

2 Bedrooms
4 Guests

From ^£220_{a night}

Creag Beag

Badenoch, Cairngorms & Speyside

A modern cottage in Boat of Garten, just north of Aviemore, beside the Abernethy Forest with walks from the door.

3 Bedrooms
7 Guests

From ^£900_{a week}

The Old House Glen Orchy

Glen Orchy, Argyll & Bute

An early 1800s fishing lodge built by the Earl of Breadalbane, restored in isolation in Glen Orchy above the River Orchy.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

From ^£275_{a night}

SeaBeds Luxury Lookouts with Hot Tubs

Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

Design-led lookouts perched above Loch Linnhe, each with a bubbling hot tub and sea-to-sky views.

1 Bedrooms
4 Guests

From ^£357_{a night}

Croft 103 Durness

Durness, Sutherland & Caithness

Two glass-walled eco cottages for couples near Durness, each with an outdoor bathtub, total privacy and 360-degree views of mountains, water and sky.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

From ^£700_{a night}

Seabank Lodge

Oban, Argyll & Bute

A contemporary lodge on the shore of Loch Creran near Oban, with a wood-burning stove, an outdoor hot tub and sea views from all four bedrooms.

4 Bedrooms
8 Guests

From ^£332_{a night}

The Bothy, Glen Dye Cabins

Bridge of Dye, Aberdeenshire & Royal Deeside

A refurbished bothy for two on the Glen Dye estate, facing east for the sunrise, with a private Swedish wood-fired hot tub and an outdoor kitchen.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

Special offer

From ^£90_{a night}

Croft Cottage

Mallaig, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

A cottage less than five minutes' walk from a secluded white sand beach near Mallaig, with red deer grazing outside.

1 Bedrooms
3 Guests

From ^£3,695_{a week}

Ormidale House

Glendaruel, Argyll & Bute

A 17th-century laird's house on a 22-acre private estate on the Cowal peninsula, 1.5 hours from Glasgow.

13 Bedrooms
35 Guests

From ^£1,250_{a night}

Point Clair House

Fort Augustus, Inverness & Loch Ness

A house on five acres of private grounds near Fort Augustus with its own beach on the loch, a log fire, huge living room windows and a four-metre dining table.

6 Bedrooms
13 Guests

From ^£111_{a night}

Lochside

Lochaber, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

A renovated whitewashed cottage in Knoydart with a large outdoor hot tub over Loch Nevis and a lounge with panoramic sea views.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

From ^£95_{a night}

Bread Oven Cottage

Kelso, Scottish Borders

A 17th-century cottage in the listed Smailholm Granary near Kelso, with two bedrooms, each with its own shower room, and a wood-burning stove.

2 Bedrooms
4 Guests

From ^£84_{a night}

Oak Lodge Sunart Adventures

Glenborrodale, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

A five-star lodge on the shores of Loch Sunart in Ardnamurchan, looking out to the Atlantic, with eagles overhead and the water at your door.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

From ^£350_{a night}

Lochside House and Apartment

Aberfoyle, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs

A stone house and a separate apartment, built in 1900, on the shores of Loch Katrine in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park.

8 Bedrooms
16 Guests

From ^£208_{a night}

The Cottage at Mackay’s

Durness, Sutherland & Caithness

A coastal cottage in Durness, a few minutes' walk from the beach, shop, pubs and restaurants, with heated stone and oak floors and natural, muted interiors.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

From ^£1,105_{a week}

Osdale Cottages – The Farmhouse

Dunvegan, Isle of Skye

A stone-built 19th-century farmhouse near Dunvegan on Skye, with window seats, a wood burner and views to the Cuillin ridge and Loch Dunvegan beneath MacLeod's Tables.

2 Bedrooms
4 Guests

From ^£1,270_{a week}

Tigh na Bruaich Apartment at Traigh Beach

Traigh, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

An apartment a stone's throw from the white sands of Traigh beach near Arisaig, with views to the Small Isles, sheltered bays and machair.

2 Bedrooms
5 Guests

From ^£995_{a week}

Tigh Ruaraidh

Applecross, Wester Ross

A house in Lonbain, one of only five homes in the township, on the north coast of the Applecross peninsula.

4 Bedrooms
6 Guests

From ^£150_{a night}

Owl Cote

Carrick Shore, Dumfries & Galloway

A restored, dog-friendly house at the end of a coastal driveway on the shores of Carrick Bay, three miles from Gatehouse of Fleet, with a sandy beach close by.

3 Bedrooms
5 Guests

From ^£480_{a night}

Cuttieshillock Glen Dye Cabins

Strachan, Aberdeenshire & Royal Deeside

A historic house on a private 30,000-acre estate in Aberdeenshire, with a private wood-burning sauna and an outbuilding with a wood burner for writing or art.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

From ^£199_{a night}

The Crofters Suite

Argyll & Bute

A luxury suite for couples beside the duck pond near Strontian, with views of Ben Resipole, a four-person hot tub and a cold plunge pool.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

From ^£195_{a night}

RiverBeds Luxury Wee Lodges with Hot Tubs

Glencoe Valley, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

Compact riverside lodges for two in woodland in the Glencoe valley, each with a private veranda, firepit and bubbling hot tub.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

From ^£120_{a night}

Farm Cottage at Newtonmill House

Montrose, Aberdeenshire & Royal Deeside

A restored cottage for two on the 25-acre Newtonmill Estate in the Angus countryside, between the east coast beaches and the Cairngorms National Park.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

From ^£250_{a night}

Three Lochs View

Kyle of Lochalsh, Lochalsh & Eilean Donan

A stone-clad cottage for two on a family croft near Kyle of Lochalsh, built with stones from nearby village ruins, with floor-to-ceiling windows over three lochs.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

From ^£575_{a week}

Garden Cottage

Carsluith, Dumfries & Galloway

A traditional Galloway cottage on the Kirkdale Estate near Gatehouse of Fleet, set into the corner of its own two-acre walled garden.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

Special offer

From ^£160_{a night}

Smiddy Cottage

Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire & Royal Deeside

A newly built cottage up its own tree-lined lane near Stonehaven, on a raised half-acre plot beside woodland, with a large hot tub.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

From ^£1,345_{a night}

The Hayloft – Glen Dye Cabins

Banchory, Aberdeenshire & Royal Deeside

A former hayloft on the Glen Dye estate near Banchory, redesigned in 2012 by an award-winning young architect, within 15,000 acres of private land.

2 Bedrooms
4 Guests

From ^£420_{a night}

Borrodale House

Borrodale, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

A historic Highland house near Arisaig with Jacobite connections, a large garden with a burn, and Borrodale beach a short walk away.

8 Bedrooms
16 Guests

From ^£125_{a night}

Balloch Apartment Inchmurrin Island

Inchmurrin, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs

An apartment on Inchmurrin, Loch Lomond's largest island, reached by a private passenger ferry.

2 Bedrooms
4 Guests

From ^£84_{a night}

Birch Lodge Sunart Adventures

Glenborrodale, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

A five-star lodge on the shores of Loch Sunart in Ardnamurchan, with the water at the door and eagles overhead.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

From ^£149_{a night}

Crosple Cottage, Melfort, By Oban

Melfort, Argyll & Bute

A secluded shoreline cottage for two on a private working hill farm at Melfort near Oban, with a wood-burning stove and sweeping views.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

From ^£125_{a night}

Roulotte Retreat

Melrose, Scottish Borders

Seven adults-only French Romany roulottes around wildlife ponds in a wildflower meadow near Melrose, with eco hot tubs and outdoor wood-fired features.

1 Bedrooms
4 Guests

From ^£700_{a night}

Seabank House, Oban

Benderloch, Argyll & Bute

A new eco-friendly, architect-designed house on the shores of Loch Creran near Oban, minutes from the beach, with a spiral staircase and large hot tub.

6 Bedrooms
10 Guests

Special offer

From ^£300_{a night}

Camus Ciuin

Morar, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

A new beach house between Morar and Arisaig with ocean-view decks and a white sand beach on the doorstep.

2 Bedrooms
6 Guests

From ^£125_{a night}

Balmaha Apartment, Inchmurrin Island

Inchmurrin, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs

A two-bedroom apartment on privately owned Inchmurrin Island, with a passenger ferry across Loch Lomond, the ruins of Lennox Castle and an island restaurant and bar in summer.

2 Bedrooms
4 Guests

From ^£220_{a night}

Boloquoy Victorian Farmhouse & Watermill

Sanday, Orkney

A restored Victorian farmhouse and watermill on Sanday in Orkney, furnished with the Fea family's original belongings to show island farm life between 1880 and 1950.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

Special offer

From ^£90_{a night}

Skye Shepherd Huts

Heaste, Isle of Skye

Two handcrafted shepherd huts on a peaceful croft at Heaste on Skye, between the mountains and the Isle of Rum, offered as hut and breakfast.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

Questions and answers

Where are the most remote places to stay in Scotland?

Some of the most remote are on the Knoydart peninsula, which has no road link to the rest of the mainland and is reached on foot or by boat. There you can stay at Knoydart Luxury Lochside Pod. Others include Haunn Cottages, two miles down a farm track on Mull's wild north-west coast, and cottages in Durness, Assynt and on Sanday in Orkney.

Are there secluded self-catering cottages in the Highlands?

Yes. Eagle Rock sits on its own land high on the Applecross peninsula with views to Skye, Craigton Croft House is right on the shore of Loch Carron, and The Brochs at Achiltibuie look out over the mountains and the sea. All are hand-picked and booked direct with the owner.

Can I stay in a secluded cottage on the beach in Scotland?

Yes. Traigh Beach House near Arisaig sits by the white sands of Traigh, Lewis Longhouse is 50 metres from the beach at Coll on the Isle of Lewis, and Kilnbarn Cottage on Sanday in Orkney sits right by the sea with an outdoor bath on the shore.

Are there remote cottages in the Scottish Borders or Dumfries and Galloway?

Yes. Hearthstanes Steading is a group of 1600s stone cottages on a working hill farm in the Tweedsmuir Hills, with the River Tweed running alongside. In Dumfries and Galloway, Kirkdale Port has a private shoreline on the Solway Firth, and the cottages at Carrick Shore sit on a quiet bay near Gatehouse of Fleet.

Can I have an off-grid holiday in Scotland?

Yes. The Boathouse near Tomich is an off-grid bothy for two, powered by wind and solar, with a lochside hot tub, a private fishing loch and a boat. Our Off-Grid collection has more.

Are there remote log cabins in Scotland?

The Hideaway Lodges are Scandinavian-style log cabins for two in Drumlang Woods on Mull, with deer, otters and eagles nearby. Forsa Lodge is a traditional Estonian log lodge in private woodland on Mull's Glenforsa Estate.

Can I bring my dog to a remote cottage?

Most cottages in this collection welcome dogs, including the cottages at Traigh near Arisaig, Hearthstanes Steading and the Mackay's cottages in Durness. Check each listing for the number of dogs allowed and any charges.

Can I rent a remote cottage long term?

Some owners accept longer stays, particularly outside the summer season. Because you book direct, you can ask the owner about longer lets, monthly rates or winter availability before you book.

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