Nature Recovery Retreats

Three stunning Highland locations for corporate retreats, team-building events and group visits, with multiple expert-led tour options. Discover destinations below or get in touch to tour all three estates.

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In the heart of Aberdeenshire, a rural castle retreat in Beldorney’s regenerating landscape.

Beldorney Retreats
The perfect Highlands retreat at Bunloit Wildland, with exceptional views out over Loch Ness.

Bunloit Retreats
Explore the wild west coast from Coshandrochaid hamlet on the stunning Tayvallich peninsula.

Tayvallich Retreats

"Either Beldorney, Bunloit, or both combined, are perfect locations for the kind of executive retreat that 21st century companies increasingly need. This especially applies to those repositioning, or considering options, in the emerging natural-capital and regenerative-agriculture economy. The Highlands Rewilding team has world class facilities and faculty - I know, I have stayed there, and done the tours."

Paul Polman, Former CEO, Unilever
"I would recommend the Highlands Rewilding team and its wonderful land to any CEO wanting to take or send a team into nature, either for executive education in natural capital, or to build team spirit and create space for innovative thinking, or both."

Henrik Henriksson, CEO, H20 Green Steel
"Reconnecting people with living systems is essential for the health of our planet, and helps nurture well-being and spiritual growth. Highlands Rewilding is the ideal setting for intimate experiences of land and life in states of revitalization. From nature restoration to regenerative agriculture, their expert team of naturalists and scientists are fine guides for teams seeking to connect and re-energize in a landscape coming fully alive."

Joshua Kauffman, Co-founder of Ground Effect
"We found Highlands Rewilding's beautiful land and facilities at Bunloit the perfect place to unwind, reflect and connect with nature. Bunloit, Beldorney - and, now, Tayvallich - are great settings for family, group or executive retreats and an opportunity to focus on sustainability and other challenges together."

Neil Wallis, Environmental and Energy Consultant

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Beldorney Estate

Beldorney Castle

Beldorney Castle is located near Huntly in Aberdeenshire. It is the perfect location for corporate, educational and nature-based or rewilding retreats.

Situated next to the River Deveron and beautiful riparian broadleaf woodland (which is currently being expanded), the castle is part of the Beldorney estate - a 349 hectare rewilding project, featuring active regenerative agriculture, which you can explore with our expert guides or alone.

The Castle spaces

Beldorney Castle provides a choice of wonderful settings for discussions, workshops, and seminars for groups up to 30 people.

The grand hall:
The grand hall at Beldorney is a historic, wooden paneled drawing room providing a flexible space for presentations, workshops and activities.

The upper hall:
The upper hall, with its beamed, vaulted ceiling provides a second space for presentations, workshops and breakout sessions, as required.

Kitchen & Dining room:
Beldorney has a lovely welcoming kitchen, and comfortable dining room. A chef can also be arranged to ensure your team is well catered for during their visit. If the Halls are used for dining we can seat 30 people.

Bedrooms:
The castle has 5 double rooms, with 2 rooms in a separate wing (a double and single), and 5 more rooms available in cottages close by. We have good connections with high quality hotels nearby and will use these in the case of bigger groups. Please enquire for more information.

The castle is equipped with a projector and screen for presentations.

Bunloit Estate

Ardachy House

Ardachy House is nestled in the Bunloit estate next to the magical Scots Pine woods, with ancient trees, red squirrels, and its own hide to spy on the range of wildlife that lives here.

With stunning views over Loch Ness through the large lounge windows, it's the perfect place to relax but is also a well-designed and equipped space for workshops, discussions, and seminars.

Ardachy provides the perfect base to explore the 513 hectares of the Bunloit wildland while you are here, with a host of fantastic walks that will lead you through a range of different rewilding habitats.

Ardachy House spaces

Ardachy House provides a spectacular space with views over Loch Ness, for discussions, workshops, and seminars for groups up to 20 people.

The Lookout:
The Lookout provides a comfortable space, with stunning views and access to the terrace, overlooking Loch Ness. A screen projector for presentations is available.

Kitchen & dinning room:
A well equipped, big, open-plan kitchen leads through to the dining area with space to seat up to 20 people.

Bedrooms:
With 5 bedrooms (2 doubles, 2 twins, and 1 single) and 5 more at the Bunloit farm nearby, every room looks out into the nature that you are immersed in - it would be tricky not to get a peaceful night’s sleep here!

There are many local accommodation options available nearby for larger groups who would like to book these independently. Please enquire for more information.

Tayvallich Estate

Tayvallich

At the heart of Tayvallich Estate is the picturesque hamlet of Coshandrochaid.

Coshandrochaid offers 10 comfortable bedrooms in 4 residences and is a perfect location for relaxation, tours, and seminars. It has spectacular wetlands, salt marsh, and diving nearby on the east coast of the peninsula. A wholly unspoilt west coast, looking out on the Sound of Jura and the Inner Hebrides, is a short walk away across Drimnagall. We also offer expert-led guided walks from our team around the Tayvallich Estate.

Coshandrochaid spaces

The hamlet of Coshandrochaid includes 4 properties which are available for rewilding retreats up to 10:

Coshandrochaid House: 4 bedrooms
Coshandrochaid Cottage: 3 bedrooms
Kate’s Cottage: 1 bedroom
Keeper’s Cottage: 2 bedrooms

The hamlet suits groups of 10 people best, but most of the rooms are double bedrooms so it is possible to accommodate more people if your group includes couples.

Rewilding Activities

Highlands Rewilding offers a unique frontier tour of the emerging natural-capital economy, an extremely valuable window into the next system-change in the business world.

Our three rewilding projects have the habitats, land-management, data, faculty, activities and facilities for a life-changing experience for corporate or other teams, in cohorts of up to 30 people.

The spaces are available for your own retreats plus we offer expert-led tours in our varied habitats, demonstrating how we intervene to accelerate biodiversity uplift and carbon sequestration whilst growing food, measuring and monitoring with multiple front-line techniques as we go.

Because of the stunning beauty and variety of habitats in our landscapes, the setting, comfort levels of our residences, and the expertise of scientists and rangers, these experiences are likely to be life-changing.

Available activities include scuba diving in kelp forests, wild swimming in biodiversity-rich waters, kayaking, and boat trips to the many sites of ecological interest along our 40 km of coast.

We also offer seminars, interspersed with fieldwork, from our experts and visiting researchers who will share their knowledge and experience, and led discussions, as required.