Tucked beside Overscaig House and overlooking the vast stillness of Loch Shin, this cosy loch-side annexe offers peace, privacy and the soft, wild magic of the Highlands. From the moment you step outside, the world slows. Deer wander through the garden, the light shifts across the water, and the hills rise around you in quiet, beautiful folds. Here, mornings feel untouched, and evenings feel like they were made for warm blankets, slow conversations and complete calm.
Inside, the Annexe is warm, comfortable and perfectly designed for couples or small families. Soft lighting, loch views and a gentle sense of space make it the ideal retreat after exploring the northern wilds. Whether you’ve spent the day walking the hills, watching storms roll across the water or simply sitting outside listening to the wind move through the glen, this is the place you return to for warmth and stillness.
The living spaces are cosy and practical, the bedroom peaceful, and the small touches blankets, books, wildlife views from the window make the Annexe feel like a true Highland hideaway. Remote, quiet and atmospheric, it invites you to slow down, breathe deeply and enjoy being wrapped in nature.
For anglers, the Annexe offers instant access to some of the most atmospheric waters in the Highlands.
You’re welcome to fish Loch Shin, just steps from your door, and enjoy access to additional nearby lochs where wild brown trout thrive in remote, untouched settings.
Loch Shin offers endless possibilities: calm early-morning water, long drifts across open stretches, and the thrill of casting into deep, quiet pockets surrounded by hills. Whether you're new to fishing or experienced, the loch delivers the kind of solitude and reward that makes Highland angling so addictive.
Guests may also take out the fishing boat on the main loch, heading out into water framed by mountains and sky a truly unforgettable experience.
Evenings often end the Highland way: tired arms, happy hearts and stories shared back inside as the weather moves softly over the loch.
If you want to explore the loch beyond fishing, the Annexe is perfectly positioned for water adventures.
Bring your wetsuit, paddle-board or kayak, and step straight onto the loch from the garden.
On calm mornings, the water turns to glass perfect for slow, meditative paddling as the first light touches the hills. Later in the day, the loch shifts with the weather, offering playful waves, sheltered bays and endless places to explore.
Wild swimming here is refreshing, exhilarating and unforgettable. The loch is cold, clean and clear an instant reset for the soul.
Whether you drift across the water at dawn, take a bracing afternoon dip, or watch the colours fade across the loch as you paddle back to shore, these moments become the memories guests talk about long after they’ve left.
The Annexe feels deeply connected to the land around it.
Deer graze at the garden’s edge, buzzards circle overhead, and pine martens occasionally appear at dusk. The silence here is unlike anywhere else soft, natural and restorative.
This is a place for:
• couples seeking romance, privacy and calm
• solo travellers craving space, quiet and inspiration
• small families wanting wildlife and adventure
• NC500 explorers looking for a peaceful base
• nature lovers, fishermen, paddleboarders and walkers
• anyone who needs to switch off and breathe again
Remote yet comforting, wild yet warm, the Annexe offers the kind of escape that stays with you.
A True Highland Hideaway
Days here are slow and simple: coffee with loch views, wildlife at the window, long walks, cold-water swims, afternoons spent reading or exploring, evenings wrapped in blankets as the hills turn golden. At night, the stars come out in unbelievable clarity, untouched by city lights.
This isn’t a typical holiday rental.
It’s a Highland experience quiet, wild, beautiful and deeply restorative.
Whether you’re here for adventure or stillness, Overscaig Annexe gives you both.
There is nowhere quite like it.
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