The timber cabin lit at dusk against a pink sky, a hot tub steaming on the deck beside two chairs.

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Places to Stay in Scotland in the Woods

A cabin on stilts among the pines, a treehouse in an ancient wood and nothing to hear but the birds. These are the places to stay in the woods in Scotland, from bothies in the Cairngorms to cabins on the shores of a sea loch.

Curated and written by Hidden Scotland

Updated 13 November 2026.

You wake to a woodpecker somewhere above you and light coming green through the leaves. Scotland's woods are old and quiet, and the best places to stay in them are built to keep you there. In the Pluscarden Valley a bothy for two has a bathroom that looks out to the trees, and at Dunkeld a cabin clad in the estate's own larch stands on stilts by Cally Loch. In Perthshire and Stirlingshire there are treehouses in ancient woodland, built from timber grown on the estate. In the Cairngorms, bothies sit among Scots pines where red squirrels run the branches, and at Nethy Bridge the trails of Abernethy Forest start at the door. And above Loch Rannoch, a cabin looks out from the ancient wood over the water.

More infoPluscardenCallie BothyPlace to stay · Sleeps 2

A bothy for two in the Pluscarden Valley, in Moray, hidden in its own woodland. The bathroom looks out to the woods.

A red timber cabin with a steep pitched roof stands on a hillside among pines, a covered deck and chairs to one side.

More infoDunkeldJuniperPlace to stay · Sleeps 2

A one-bedroom cabin on stilts at the edge of Cally Loch, near Dunkeld, clad in larch from the Atholl Estates.

The black timber cabin's exterior, with a chimney above the roofline and a freestanding bath standing on the decking below.

More infoBalmulloBracken Treehouse at AirditPlace to stay · Sleeps 2

A cabin on stilts in the Airdit woodland above St Andrews and the Eden Estuary, built to put you among the trees.

A landscape view of Kin between two birch trunks, its black boards and rusted panels above the blaeberry, spruce behind.

More infoKinloch RannochKin at Redhill RetreatPlace to stay · Sleeps 2

A cabin above Loch Rannoch in ancient woodland, with the mountains across the water.

A stone cottage with a slated roof sits nestled among dense woodland, two paddleboards resting on the lawn in front.

More infoLochgoilheadRed Squirrel CottagePlace to stay · Sleeps 6

A cottage on the shore of Loch Goil, in Argyll, with woodland all around it.

More infoCarlopsWilderkin CabinPlace to stay · Sleeps 2

A cabin in a private glade among wild apple and cherry trees, with the Deepsyke forest behind it. It's clad and floored in local larch, Douglas fir and hemlock.

The house's gabled wing with a decked terrace and two chairs, solar panels along the roof, seen across a grassy slope.

More infoGlenborrodaleBorradill HousePlace to stay · Sleeps 6

A house in Sutherland with paths from the door into twenty-five acres of woodland, where non-native trees are being taken out so the native ones can come back.

Parus on its slope at dusk above bluebells in the grass, its gable windows lit.

More infoStruyParus at Eagle BraePlace to stay · Sleeps 2

A cabin at Eagle Brae, in Glen Strathfarrar, hidden among mature trees but open to the sky and the glen.

Pitmiddle Hut, green and corrugated, on the grassy hilltop with pines behind

More infoInchturePitmiddle HutPlace to stay · Sleeps 6

A hut in Perthshire with ash, oak and Scots pine behind it and nothing to hear but the trees.

East Dell in spring sunshine, a low stone cottage with a red door and a mossy roof beside its garden and an old oak.

More infoNethy BridgeEast DellPlace to stay · Sleeps 5

A house on the edge of Nethy Bridge, the forest village, where the trails of Abernethy Forest start at the door. There's a fire pit in the wood.

DouneThe Treehouses at LanrickTreehouse · Sleeps 2

Five treehouses in private woodland on the River Teith, near Doune, on the edge of the Trossachs. Willow Warbler, for two, is among beech and sycamore.

GargunnockThe Treehouses at LeckieTreehouse · Sleeps 2

Four treehouses in ancient woodland at Gargunnock, near Stirling, each named after a woodland bird and built largely of timber grown on the estate.

DinnetCairngorm BothiesBothy

Twelve off-grid bothies deep in the woods of a Highland estate near Dinnet, on Deeside, in the Cairngorms National Park. Dogs are welcome.

AboyneCairngorm LodgesLodge

Five eco-lodges hidden in a forest on a Highland estate near Aboyne, on Royal Deeside. Dogs are welcome.

InvergarryCaledonian CabinsCabin

A log cabin in the woods above Loch Garry, where the bath looks out over the trees and the burn. There's a hot tub in the woodland too.

BracoCraighead HowfsTreehouse

A treehouse made by hand in the branches of an ash tree near Braco, in Perthshire.

PeeblesGolden Oak TreehouseTreehouse · Sleeps 10

A treehouse for up to ten among the fir, larch and spruce of Glentress Forest, above the Tweed valley, with a hot tub on the deck.

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