ABOUT US

A little about The Dairy at Daviot

The Dairy at Daviot is owned and run by a fourth-generation farming family who have lovingly restored the 19th century farm steading into luxury cottages.


 Dereck & Roz Mackenzie completed on the sale of Daviot Estate in 2003 which included the steading a listed B building. They have taken immense satisfaction from seeing the buildings which had fallen into a state of disrepair being restored to their former beauty. After a great deal of hard work they were very excited to welcome the first guests at the beginning of July 2008. Since then they love to bump into guests and hear how much they are enjoying their stay in the beautiful surroundings of Daviot Estate. Dereck & Roz describe where they live as "idyllic" and for them being able to share this beautiful, peaceful part of the world, with others gives them great pleasure.

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Our promise is not only to provide our guests with the finest luxury self catering, but also to make you feel like you are staying with friends.


By consistently exceeding visitor expectations and ensuring we provide the highest of standards. We aim to provide everything our guests would expect from their stay and a little more while they relax and experience the Highlands.

What people have to say about us....

Amazing accommodation and superb location, the milk and ice-cream are the best we have ever tried very helpful and obliging hosts thanks for a great break.

Simmental, October 2020 Louis Maclennan

“Home from home”

Jersey, September 2020 Louise Shearin

We greatly enjoyed the accommodation in Simmental and the cottage is so well furnished and fitted out. So many places too visit from the location and in a spectacular area of Scotland.

Simmental, September 2020 Paul Sales

Lovely peaceful setting, plenty space between cottages/guests. Evening walks down the drive were so peaceful with the old mature trees adding to the relaxing feeling. We were very sorry to leave. Thank you very much for everything.

Holstein, September 2020 Jean Wallace

Quiet, comfortable, family friendly accommodation with beautiful views and a great play park on site for small children, complete with sandpit!

Guernsey, September 2020 Martin Gault

The pictures looked great but I still arrived armed with a bag full of cleaning materials, just in case! I know I am fussy and I don’t apologise for that, I’m even more so now, but WOW there was nothing I could complain about here, it is spotless. The place was immaculate and that’s not a compliment I give out often.

Friesian, September 2020 Sharon Brown

We had such a lovely time, the cottages were perfect for our families and we will definitely come back!

Jersey, September 2020 Rhea Manuguerra – patten

As a whole family, we absolutely loved the stay at The Dairy at Daviot. Our welcome was lovely. The cottage was beautiful. Every single area was spotless, homely and so comfortable.

Jersey, 2020 Benjamin Butler

We had a great time, the girls loved the playground and the cottage was a perfect base for us to explore the coast and national park.

Holstein, August 2020 David Moores

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