Dunalastair Estate is located in Highland Perthshire, an area renowned for its beautiful scenery and quiet glens such as Rannoch where the estate is situated. Only 2 hours drive from Edinburgh and Glasgow, our nine individual, luxury cottages are a perfect base for touring. The area has a huge number of activities for all ages from walking and cycling to visiting distilleries, from bungee jumping to white water rafting, horse-riding to cycling, gardens to theatre, safaris to geocaching and so much more.
Set apart on a 10,000 acres hill-farming estate, the cottages are all different and sleep 2, 4, 5, 6 and 8. Some are by the river and all have wonderful views and you can frequently see interesting wildlife near the cottages such as deer, osprey, red squirrels, whooper swans, otter, pine marten.
All cottages have woodburning stoves or open fire and all (except Bridge Cottage) have TV and WIFI. Changeover days are Fridays and Saturdays, depending on the cottage, but short breaks are often available, particularly out of the main season.
There is a tennis court available and trout fishing on the river or from rowing boats on Dunalastair Loch, and other traditional sporting activities are sometimes available at certain times.
We choose Dunalastair Estate cottages for a reason. They’re clean. It’s the little touches that give them the edge for us i.e bird feeders topped up.
There are always things for a brew (and biscuits) when we arrive.
The Old Laundry didn’t let us down. As it comes into view through the woodland it’s a picture postcard image.
You may not see people about, who needs them with the abundant wild life that can be seen from cottage.
We can’t fault the customer service, things like a call to say there was a shoot nearby, Beatrice new we had a dog and wanted to let us know.
Bridge Cottage has a superb location, very peaceful and excellent for wildlife spotting. The log fire ensures the cottage is very homely. All the facilities we needed were provided.
The staff at Dunalistair are very helpful. It was especially nice that some lights at the house had been left on for arrival - very useful and welcoming.
Thank you.
We chose East Lodge for our New Year's Eve holiday and had a very nice time here.
The house, in a stunning location, is very cozy and perfectly equipped.
After every trip it was nice to come back to the house.
We'd love to come back.
Thank you very much for the warm welcome.
We had a great time staying at Balmore cottage. It was warm and welcoming, homely and very comfortable. The surrounding countryside was magnificent in its autumnal colours and we loved watching the different birds on the garden feeders. A truly relaxing few days. Shame we didn't have longer. Thank you
The estate provided exceptional customer care and the location was just amazing. The garden was securely fenced and the amount of informative resources within the cottage ensured we had access to everything we had to know. The Christmas hamper and card upon arrival was a welcome surprise. When there was an issue with the dishwasher the handy man was promptly dispatched and it was resolved within hours. The log burning stove - along with ample wood - provided a cosy retreat each evening. We would love to come back to the estate to explore the area more.
Our family had a lovely Christmas at Rose Cottage. 2 adults and 3 kids (17/15/13) plus one well behaved dog. Toasty warm inside, we had snow a couple of days which was amazing given the lovely surroundings. Loads of logs in the log shed, internet worked well (for kids internet addiction). Great little cottage in summary, would recommend if you want to get away from everything/everyone! Lovely basket of local food and bubbly on arrival too - very nice touch.
We had a wonderful break at Tuim Cottage. Perfect location, lots of wildlife, great views and a lovely little walk right outside the door. There were some really nice personal touches by the owners and the cottage had everything we needed. The enclosed garden was brilliant for the dog. Thank you, we will definitely be back.