 | Tomdoun Hotel
Tomdoun Hotel, Glengarry, Invergarry, Inverness-shire, PH35 4HS
Telephone: 01809 511218
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Luxury in Wild Splendour
The oasis of Tomdoun lies a mere six miles off the bustling A87 road to Skye, on the quiet single track former drovers’ road to Kinlochourn. Dating from 1895 and retaining much of its Victorian charm, Tomdoun is a real retreat with no TVs, phones or faxes in the comfortable bedrooms.
The bar is frequented by the locals (always a good sign) and the “crack” is lively. By the fire, impromptu musical sessions are common.
Our restaurant offers the best from the Highland larder of Scotch beef, game and seafood, cooked with flair. This is accompanied by a fine wines list - and over 100 Malt Whiskies.
Long renowned for its fishing (especially its once record breaking brown trout), Tomdoun offers stalking and shooting, as well clay pigeon shooting, white water rafting and mountain biking.
The Hotel is a walkers’ dream, with dozens of Munros within a short distance, some with the best stalkers’ paths in Scotland. There are less taxing but equally rewarding walks by Loch and forest.
Tomdoun is remote but an excellent centre. Eilean Donan Castle and Skye are an easy day trip, and so too is Loch Ness and the Caledonian Canal. |
 The Hotel
Tomdoun is neither grand nor pretentious and retains all of its Victorian charm. The pitch pine staircase and doors remain as they were over a hundred years ago. The mix of comfy old leather chairs and luggage set together with polished wooden dressers covered in old books give an air of calm homeliness to this lovely, traditionally built hotel.We have ten bedrooms, five of which have views over the River Garry and the mountains beyond. Downstairs there’s a traditional bar, usually with at least one fire burning, stocked with over 100 malt whiskies as well as everything else you would expect to see. There’s a spacious Dining Room and comfortable Drawing Room both with open fires.
We welcome well behaved dogs but do ask that they are kept out of the public rooms. A five pound charge is made at the end of your stay as there’s always a little more cleaning to do. |
| Room Rates | | | Room 1 | Double & two single beds
River view
En suite shower
One £60 | Two + £55 | | | Room 2 | Double bed
Side view
En suite bath
One £55 | Two + £50 | | | Room 3 | Double bed
Side view
Shared bathroom
One £45 | Two + £40 | | | Room 4 | Twin beds
Side view
Shared bathroom
One £45 | Two + £40 | | | Room 5 | Double bed
River view
Ensuite bath
One £60 | Two + £55 | | | Room 6 | Double bed
River view
Ensuite bath
One £60 | Two + £55 | | | Room 7 | Twin beds
River view
Shared bathroom
One £50 | Two + £45 | | | Room 8 | Twin beds
River view
Shared bathroom
One £50 | Two + £45 | | | Room 9 | Single bed
Side view
Shared bathroom
One £45 | Two + £40 | | | Room 10 | Double and one single bed
Side view
Ensuite shower
One £55 | Two + £50 | |
 Dining
The restaurant in the hotel concentrates mainly on seafood, though there is always one meat dish, The meat, whether local West Highland wild venison or the best beef in the world from Aberdeenshire, is carefully sourced, and organic and non-GM whenever possible. |
Fishing & Stalking
It is not often that you find some of the best fishing and stalking in the same location, even if you are not experienced you can learn to either stalk or fish here at tomdoun. Many of our fishermen and stalkers have been coming here every year to enjoy some wonderful sporting moments.
For fishermen there is approximately 25,000 acres of water including our own river the Upper Garry and Lochs Garry, Inchlaggan, Poulary, Inchlaggan, Loyne and Quoich where one can fish from our own boats or from the bank. As far as stalkers are concerned The estates of West Glenquoich and Barrisdale are legendary. |
Wildlife
Increasingly tourists and travellers are seeking to refresh their spirits by engaging in interaction with the natural world from which we are too often cut off by the pressures of modern living. At Tomdoun there are ample opportunities for encountering and observing the rich wildlife of the Scottish Highlands. All the more so since around the hotel there is a variety of eco-systems and micro-climates, which create a great range in the animal and bird populations. Indeed, in the Glengarry area the wildlife outnumbers the people many times.
The lower reaches of Glengarry and its side glens are richly wooded, and contain many lochs as well as rivers. Here, even in the hotel grounds, you can encounter roe deer in the morning and evening, as well as red squirrels and the pine marten, now making a comeback in the expanding conifer forests. The extremely lucky-and patient -might encounter the ultra elusive badger after dark.
The lochs and rivers support a large population of wildfowl, with many species of ducks, geese and red and black throated divers, and the woodland is bustling with many smaller birds. Ospreys can also be seen fishing in the lochs, and dippers colonise the riverbanks. Otters also breed locally.
The landscape hereabouts is such a bio-diversity hotspot that it is being considered as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The moorland reveals its inhabitants to the keen observer. Here amidst the grass and heather is the home of the curlew and the snipe and the red and black grouse, as well as those raptors feeding on them: buzzards, hen harriers and of course, golden eagles. The moorland also sustains populations of foxes and wildcats, as well as small herds of wild goats
The high summits may seem at first devoid of life, but look carefully and you could see the ptarmigan camouflaged against the rocks, as well as pairs of ravens croaking at your approach. And even on the summit rocks, amongst the recesses can be found mice and other small mammals like the stoat. And when not hunting, the wide -ranging eagle can be seen soaring in the uplift wind of the mountain tops. |
For more information visit www.tomdoun-sporting-lodge.com  |
