Dall Cottage Camping

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  • Peaceful setting with riverside pitches and views of the Cairngorms
  • A 15-min drive from Blair Atholl, 20 from Pitlochry and 60 from Perth
  • Semi-wild camping with hot shower plus free-range eggs for sale
Peace in Perthshire, with views of the Cairngorms? Come along to Dall Cottage Camping. The sensible folk here have set up their small site to stay as close to nature as possible, keeping the vibe as semi-wild camping in a rural wildlife haven. The site is next to the River Garry over a river ford crossing and is only accessible to walkers, cyclists and 4x4 vehicles, which means a definite remote feel as well as plenty of space… (parking and a lift in a 4x4 are available for those travelling in normal cars). And for your adventures off site? This is a stunning setting for outdoor days: on the southern edge of the Cairngorms National Park (Britain’s biggest, fact fans), a short drive from three lochs and just north of Tay Forest Park. There’s easy access to towns and cities too: Pitlochry is 20 minutes’ drive away, the Fair Trade shopping of Aberfeldy within 40, and Perth just over an hour. Blair Atholl, home to the Atholl Country Life Museum and Blair Castle, is 15 minutes from the site. Wild camping of any flavour most certainly needs fire, and the Dall Cottage team turn up trumps here too, providing firepits for guests’ use so that eats, drinks and stargazing can be done alongside toasty flames. Amenities are well thought out too: there’s a hot shower, clean and well-equipped compost toilet. Please note that only four wheel drive vehicles can be parked next to the pitch; other cars will need to be parked on the other side of the river (transport can be provided across the river on arrival and departure, but please provide the team with a time in advance).

Site type

Tent pitches 4
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 1
Open now
Opens 29 March
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • No cars/motorbikes by the pitch/unit. All cars must be parked in the designated area.
  • This is a quiet site: no music is allowed.
  • Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.
  • Access to the site is through a river across a rough un-surfaced ford, so is only suitable for 4x4 vehicles with good ground clearance. Campers on foot, bike, or trail-type motorbikes can also cross, but with caution and by experienced riders. Most of the time the river is low, allowing for crossing, however, on occasion the river can rise quickly after heavy rainand be un-passable, please be aware of this. If you're travelling in a normal car, you'll need to park on the other side of the river and use the site's 4x4 to transport your gear (please arrange this in advance).

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 29 Mar to

Reviews

9.8

Overall rating based on 118 reviews View breakdown

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Lovely camp site!

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Excellent clean tidy camp site with friendly hosts. Unique beautiful and fun location.

Disliked: Did not dislike anything about the site just adding a suggestion, location on Google maps needs updating

Recommend to friends Visit again

Unique, friendly, low number of pitches with wildcamping vibes.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Ben M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Our adventure began with a friendly host picking us up to transport us across the river ford. Our pitch was perfect for our set up: 3, 2 and 1 person tents with small tarp shelter. Located above the riverbank with great views and safe access to the river. The section of river allowed safe paddling and exploring. Each pitch has a well set up firepit area. The composite toliets were very clean and easily accessible there is even an imaculate hot shower. Great little (unmanned) shop on site for firewood etc and the nice touch was the marshmallow kits also for sale. Felt like wildcamping with the bonus of the facilities and safe environment for families of all ages. Our teenagers really enjoyed the two night stay. Will be definitely returning. There is also a bothy available.

Disliked: Worth noting that if you do not bring a 4x4 on site, you should consider to bring all the supplies you require with you. We did make it across the river in sliders and bare feet though.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Wonderful little hidden gem.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Iain W. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Quiet, off grid, beautiful setting beside river. Little honesty shop with firewood, water, sweets, crisps. Toilets immaculate. Access over river no problem and fun with 4x4. Friendly welcome. If you want peace and quiet it's ideal. Lovely to be surrounded by nature.

Disliked: Road noise from A9, but it wouldn't stop us visiting again.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Quite, peaceful stay in wonderful location

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 8
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Amazing location, very peaceful and relaxing next to a river. The site has a compost loo and a shower with a small shop. The fire pits are great, you can buy fire wood and lighter from the shop. You have to cross a river to get to the site, the river is very shallow, I managed it easily with my bike and bags.

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Excellent site

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Campsite well maintained and staff are lovely. The hut with wood and other essential stuff great touch.

Disliked: Nothing

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Highly recommend

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Tim C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Remote escape in beautiful setting well hosted

Recommend to friends Visit again

Outstanding site really in keeping with “wild camping”

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Katie B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Owners were very welcoming and helpful. Amazing setting for a campsite. Loved the design of the pitches and how in keeping the facilities were. Will 100% be coming back here on my next trip to Scotland.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely site, helpful, friendly hosts. Wellies needed for crossing Ford

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 6
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Tom H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Lovely setting, and very friendly, helpful hosts.

Disliked: Lack of washing up facility, and on-tap drinking water. Reliance on host to ferry onto and off site.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Will 100% go back. Despite the weather had a fantastic weekend.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Great campsite, very spacious. Tents were a good distance from eachother and every pitch had its own fire pit. The shop was a nice touch which I wasn’t expecting and owners were fantastic.

Disliked: Male toilet inside lock didn’t quite line up so found it difficult to lock and still unsure how the shower was meant to lock. We were the only ones on site so didn’t ask for assistance though.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Absolutely amazing place with shower and toilet.…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Absolutely amazing place with shower and toilet.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

Campfires allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available Car parking by pitch/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Budget/backpacker Lake and/or mountain Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise Wild camping Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available No drinkable water point Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Farm Tiny (1-10 pitches)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Horse riding nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby

Location

Dall Cottage Camping

Calvine

Pitlochry

Perthshire

Scotland

PH18 5UL

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

56.79702°N
-4.03159°W

Route directions

From the south, stay on the A9 until you see the turnoff signposted Dalnamein to the left. Take the turning and almost straight in front of you you'll see two metal farm gates. Go through the gates (please do close all gates behind you) down the track and park on the right just before the river. Please text in good time prior to your arrival should you need assistance with crossing the river. From the north, look out for the Dalnamein sign to your right 1 mile after the dual carriageway and follow as above.

Nearest transport

Coach
13 mi Fishers Hotel
13 mi Fishers Hotel
16.8 mi Bus Bay
Rail
7.2 mi Blair Atholl Rail Station
12.5 mi Dalwhinnie Rail Station
13 mi Pitlochry Rail Station

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

Local village Blair Atholl is a pretty place to start wanderings off at, for a stroll around the extensive gardens of 13th-century Blair Castle… followed by fish and chips at the town’s acclaimed takeaway. Scottish tweed, other clothing and gifts are all sourceable at the House of Bruar. The Pitlochry fish ladder is a local destination to take your camera along to: this famed fishway has 34 pools in total, including one with an underwater viewing area and CCTV for easy viewing. In town, the Pitlochry Festival Theatre has performances and festivals throughout the year, or if you’re feeling energetic you can strike out on the long-distance Rob Roy Way which runs for 79 miles from Pitlochy to Drymen in Stirling. More walking paths and mountain biking routes are close by, along with walks by Loch Rammel, Loch Errochty and Loch Tummel all within 25 minutes’ drive. More placid options include the zoo and safari park of the Highland Wildlife Park (45 minutes’ drive), Aviemore (55 minutes), Cairngorm Reindeer Centre (also 55 minutes) and Scone Palace (an hour and five minutes). Further afield, get along to Dundee or St Andrews (an hour and 25 minutes and an hour and 45 minutes away respectively), for several castles and Firth of Tay views at the former and some of the most famed golf in the world at the latter.

Must see

Blair Castle 6.8 mi

Braemar Highland Heritage Centre 27.9 mi

Braemar Castle 28.5 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

Falls of Bruar 4.3 mi

Old Bridge of Tilt - Glen Tilt - Gows Bridge 7.2 mi

Schiehallion from Braes of Foss 8.3 mi

Schiehallion Scramble 8.4 mi

Beinn a'Ghlo from Loch Moraig (Blair Atholl) 9.1 mi

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

Want to know more about camping in Perthshire?

  • Does Dall Cottage Camping have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Dall Cottage Camping dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Dall Cottage Camping? Local village Blair Atholl is a pretty place to start wanderings off at, for a stroll around the extensive gardens of 13th-century Blair Castle… followed by fish and chips at the town’s … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Dall Cottage Camping?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.

    If you require assistance across the river, please call or text in advance with your estimated arrival time.

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  • How much does it cost to stay at Dall Cottage Camping? From £32 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.