Yes — the House at Borradill is particularly well-suited to families. It sleeps 4–6 guests and can comfortably host 10 or more for daytime activities, with generous indoor space for games, crafts, and rainy days. There is a cosy movie snug, a large deck overlooking the sea loch, and a boot room for drying kit. The surrounding 25-acre woodland and shoreline offer endless outdoor adventure for children of all ages. Both cabins are dog friendly.

Children who stay at Borradill — in both the House and the Cottage — consistently say the same things: the cosy wood-burning stoves, the colourful twin bedrooms, the adventure stories read late into the evening, and the deep sleeps that follow long days outside.

The woodland offers a secret children's den, miles of paths to explore, and extraordinary flora and fauna that make for natural scavenger hunts and self-directed adventures. The ponds attract herons, frogs, dragonflies, and otters. Pine martens — if you're lucky enough to have a close encounter — are characterful and playful. Deer and owls complete the picture.

Further afield, the landscape opens up: paddling in moorland streams and waterfalls, searching for sea glass, beach fire sausages on the local pebble beaches, rock pooling, and swimming at the white-sand beaches nearby.

And after dark, Ardnamurchan's remoteness reveals one more thing — some of the darkest skies in the British Isles. Stargazing here is extraordinary, and in winter, the northern lights occasionally make an appearance on the horizon.

Children find Borradill seriously magical — and they're usually right.

In the House, there is ample space for rainy days — multiple board games, arts and crafts, movies in the snug, and baking in the big kitchen. Bad weather days often turn out to be favourites.

The Cottage is cosier and more intimate, so on a truly rainy day you might want to head out and explore. The ferry from Kilchoan to Tobermory on Mull is a brilliant option — the crossing itself is an adventure, and Tobermory delivers. The Isle of Mull Cheese is a working dairy and cheese factory with a beautiful glasshouse, a giant wood-turner, and a counter of cheese, charcuterie, and wine. There is also a museum, a small theatre, and whale watching boat trips if the weather lifts.

Closer to Borradill, the Ardnamurchan Visitor Centre is adding a new child-friendly section later in 2026 — well worth a visit once it opens. The Ardnamurchan Distillery also runs tours that are genuinely interesting for children aged around eight and up, with plenty of machinery, steam, and atmosphere.`

With oak floors throughout, high chairs, and plenty of indoor and outdoor space to explore, we are confident our tiniest guests will feel very at home.

A note on safety: the Cottage has a guard rail around the wood-burning stove, keeping toddlers and dogs at a safe distance. In the House, the wood burner sits inset into a fireplace — care should be taken with young children nearby, as you would at home.

Outside, children should be supervised at all times. The ponds, streams, and woodland paths make for wonderful adventure, but the grounds are genuinely wild and adult supervision is essential throughout.

With the House and Cottage set approximately 100 metres apart, Borradill is ideally suited to intergenerational holidays — with space to be together, and crucially, apart.

Booking both cabins works beautifully for extended family groups. We have hosted several intergenerational stays, including guests in their eighties, and the setup consistently delivers. The views are so expansive that even those who can't join every adventure share the sense of being somewhere truly wild. And when the day draws in, there is plenty of space to gather — fires to sit around, long tables for meals on the deck, and evenings that tend to turn into memories.

We leave a selection of OS maps in both cabins, marked with local walks and our own notes on age suitability and fitness level — so you can plan your days without having to research from scratch.

For those looking to get a child up their first proper mountain, Ardnamurchan is an excellent choice. Ben Hiant is challenging but steady — around one hour and forty-five minutes at a comfortable pace, rewarded with spectacular views. We'd suggest it for children aged seven and up on a clear day.

The woodland around the cabins has paths that run through different types of woodland and out directly onto the moor, so for those who prefer shorter walks there are plenty straight from the door.