We have a new attraction in the neighbourhood: Alpacas! Cairngorm Alpaca Trekking is based in the farm 200m from the cottages. This May our neighbour Jenni launched her new venture with four young male alpacas: Kevin, Rocky, Cloud and Teddy. Read More
Biking at Croft Holidays
Spring is coming to the Highlands, and we start to think about biking rather than skiing. In preparation we have built a new covered storage space for five bikes, and equipped it with locks, cleaning and repair facilities. We’ve included Read More
Fab skiing!
At the moment, there is fab skiing in all the Scottish resorts! After the dry and windy start to the season there has finally been enough snow and cold weather for all 5 of the Scottish Ski resorts to open Read More
Walk to Dun da Lamh fort
This stunning photograph was taken on a Winter walk to Dun da Lamh Pictish Fort, starting from Laggan Wolftrax. We have been enjoying some lovely crisp winter days recently. This day was particularly clear, with early morning fog, but when Read More
Autumn is on its way
The Cairngorm colours are slowly changing from the purples of the heather to browns and greys, showing that Autumn is on its way. It is a beautiful time of year to visit the Cairngorms National Park. The birch leaves turn Read More
Summer flowers in the Cairngorms
During June and July there are some wonderful Summer flowers in the Cairngorms. There is a stunning changing display of orchids, thistles, geraniums, foxgloves, thyme and so much more. As you can see from the photos, many of the flowers Read More
Did you know we also run an art gallery?
As well as the cottages, Anne and Ian also run an art gallery in Kingussie. The Kingussie flat is located just above the gallery, while the Croft Holidays cottages are 3 miles away in Newtonmore. Anne is a fused glass Read More
Dog walking opportunities.
There are so many dog walking opportunities in the area that Croft Holidays makes a great venue to come with your 4 legged friends. Whether you like going through woodland, along rivers, or up hills, all of these are possible! Read More
Happy Easter from the Cairngorms!
So we have finally reached the Easter weekend. Our sincere sympathies to those who booked with us for Easter 2020, who then transferred their bookings to Easter 2021, only to have them cancelled again! But as with the seasons, with Read More
Frozen! Lochs and rivers all freeze.
We have just come to the end of the most incredible few weeks of cold weather, in which the lochs and even the rivers have become frozen. Temperatures reached as low as -23 in the Highlands but, more significantly, the Read More