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Cairngorms

Killiehuntly and Glenfeshie

WildLand's farmhouse hotel and four cottages at Killiehuntly and in Glenfeshie, for two to ten, on land being restored to wild forest.

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Welcome

A farmhouse hotel and stone cottages on two Cairngorms estates, where old pine forest is being brought back.

Anne and Anders Holch Povlsen have made their home at Glenfeshie, and their company, WildLand, looks after estates across the Highlands with a 200-year plan to restore them to their natural state. In the Cairngorms you can stay on two of them. At Killiehuntly, near Kingussie, there's the 1850 farmhouse, now a small hotel with suppers round one table, its Hayloft room in the old steadings, a bothy in the courtyard and Geordie's Cottage in a quiet corner. In Glenfeshie, Kennels Cottage sits in ancient woodland and Coire Domhain on the banks of the river. All of them share a calm Scandinavian style, with fires, good linen and larders stocked to start you off, and dogs are welcome in all the cottages.

We wish to restore our parts of the Highlands to their former magnificent natural state.
Anne and Anders Holch Povlsen, WildLand
The houses

A farmhouse hotel and its Hayloft room, then four cottages for four to ten.

Stone farmhouse surrounded by autumn trees and hills in the Scottish countrysideKilliehuntly Farmhouse5 rooms
  • Supper round one table
  • A sauna yurt and cold plunge
Check datesA stone barn with a red door and a steep slate roof stands among trees turning gold in autumn.The HayloftSleeps 2
  • In the old steadings
  • The room for dogs
Check datesA row of stone cottages with a slated roof and four chimneys sits behind a gravel courtyard, hills visible in the distance.Killiehuntly BothySleeps 4
  • In the farm courtyard
  • A walled herb garden
Check datesA stone and dark timber house sits beneath autumn trees, logs stacked in an open store and hills visible in the distance.Geordie’s CottageSleeps 5
  • A stone-walled sitting room
  • Paths from the door
Check datesKennels Cottage, CairngormsKennels CottageSleeps 6
  • In ancient Glenfeshie woodland
  • An open fire and a log stove
Check datesA whitewashed cottage sends a thread of smoke from its chimney, framed between pine trunks with a dog bounding through the grass.Coire Domhain CottageSleeps 10
  • On the River Feshie
  • An AGA and an open fire
Check datesPart ofWildLandAll three WildLand estates, and every house on them.See all of WildLand
Where it is

In the Cairngorms National Park near Kingussie: Killiehuntly on the east side of the Spey, Glenfeshie a few miles up the River Feshie.

Close byWhere WildLand sends its Cairngorms guests.
  1. Autumn trees line a wide loch with forested hills beyondUath LochansLittle lochans in the pines at the foot of Glenfeshie, one of the owners' picks for a walk and a swim.6 miles12 min by road
  2. Loch framed by autumn branches, forested hills rising beyond the waterLoch an EileinA loch in the Rothiemurchus pinewood with a ruined castle on its island, for a touch of Highland history.12 miles19 min by road
  3. Pine trees line a rocky loch shore with an exposed root bankRothiemurchusThe old forest whose trails the owners suggest walking from Glenfeshie.12 miles20 min by road
Directions
A rowan tree heavy with red berries hangs before a white harled house, a round table and chairs set on the gravel behind.CairngormsCairngorms Church Hill HouseSleeps 4 · 3.3 miles
Two Japanese macaques huddled in the snow.AttractionsThe Highland Wildlife Park7.4 miles
A landscape view of Park Cottage in the snow, its windows lit, forest and a white hill behind.KincraigPark CottageSleeps 6 · 8.2 miles
Ruined castle on a small loch island beneath low mistAttractionsLoch an Eilein Castle12 miles
A climber crossing between platforms among autumn trees.AttractionsTreeZone Aviemore12 miles
The Barn at Rothiemurchus, a timber building under the pines.CafeThe Barn at Rothiemurchus12 miles
A handler in tweed raising a gloved hand as a golden eagle lands beside him, CairngormsShoppingRothiemurchus Farm Shop12 miles
Falconer in a field flying a bird of prey towards his gloved handAttractionsRothiemurchus Falconry12 miles
Coylumbridge Aviemore Hotel entrance lit up at dusk, surrounded by pine treesWalksFun House at Hilton Coylumbridge13 miles
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