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£1,500

The Rock House

A 5-star dwelling built within a Rock Garden

Rent

£1,500

The Broch

5-star 21st century comfort in an Iron Age Tower

Rent

£1,100

Tarasaigh House

A well-appointed family house a few steps from the beach

Rent

£500

Laxdale Cottage

A truly remote cosy loch-side cottage

Rent

£995

Claddach House

A traditional croft house with all family comforts

Taransay

The Estate includes the uninhabited island of Taransay, where you can experience majestic mountains, pristine beaches, ancient sites and wildlife

Estate Guest Book

The Year’s Most Romantic Designer Retreat

The Sunday Times

Taking the self-catering experience to a level of sophistication previously unknown in the Hebrides.

The Financial Times

We booked for our silver wedding anniversary, and will be back to celebrate my 50th birthday! Thank you for a lovely relaxing week, will recommend to all our friends.

Karen & David Young, Ardersier, October 2015

Such an amazing place, so unique,really well equipped and thought out. Third time on Harris and it gets better every time.

Margaret & Patrick, Manchester, August 2015

It was a pleasure to stay in such a unique place, the island has such a stunning coastline.

Bill & Rosie, Chichester, July 2015

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We have been lucky to receive our share of the war

We have been lucky to receive our share of the warm summer sunshine and blue skies over the last few days. While we have enjoyed ourselves on the beaches, the dolphins have also had fun in this fine weather with a little boat racing, just off North Harris coast.
Mornings also bring a captivating hill fog to the North Harris hills.
#YCW2020 #visitouterhebrides #shorewatch

More photographs of the Mary Jane in the beautiful

More photographs of the Mary Jane in the beautiful turquoise waters at Horgabost on a fabulous day.... wish you were here?
#YCW2020 #visitouterhebrides

What a glorious day it has been for the launch of

What a glorious day it has been for the launch of Mary Jane.
We have finally launched our new landing-craft which arrived with us a couple of weeks ago after being caught up in lockdown. Our plans for her to take visitors on daily adventures to Taransay have been placed on hold for the moment, (due to the virus that shall not be named!), but all being well we can take stock and get everything in place for next spring!

Some things are worth waiting for..... It is with

Some things are worth waiting for.....
It is with much anticipation that self-catering accommodation has begun to emerge from hibernation this month and Harris is beginning to see the return of visitors to the island.
We have missed our guests over the last 4 months and are now thrilled to confirm we will be reopening our doors from 1 August 2020.
We are doing everything we can to keep our team, guests and the community safe during the ongoing pandemic and have signed up to Visit Scotland’s ‘Good To Go’ Scheme and Sawdays ‘Clean and Safe’ initiative. We are also operating at reduced occupancy for the moment, leaving fallow days between bookings to allow more time for the clean, sanitise and disinfect regime, so our apologies to those who have been unable to book with us because of this.
So whether this will be your first stay with us or a return visit, we are looking forward to welcoming you to Borve Lodge Estate #isleofharris
#visitscotland #visitouterhebrides
#staycation2020 #ycw2020

Birdlife galore. Here on Harris we get a wide vari

Birdlife galore.
Here on Harris we get a wide variety of bird life all year round. In addition to the resident oyster catchers which we see all year round, we are also visited by swans, redwings, various ducks and geese to name just a few. This time of year sees the return of other migratory birds including the swallows, cuckoo and also the elusive corncrake…… well not so elusive. This little chap arrived earlier this morning and spent 5 minutes outside our door at home, calling in his distinctive way (quite loudly I might say), and appeared to want to come in, before flying off into our croft and hiding away! We’ll probably hear them more often than see them for the rest of the season, but it was lovely to get a close encounter (although not my first, as I was once ‘attacked’ by a panicked corncrake whilst walking out at Rhenigidale… but that’s another story)!
So remember to bring your binoculars and a good bird book with you on your next visit to Harris.

You can find lots of information about birdwatching and all sorts of other wildlife at
@RSPBScotland and @RSPBLoveNature
#isleofharris #visitouterhebrides #rspb #BreakfastBirdwatch

Small Island, BIG skies! Many people have been gaz

Small Island, BIG skies!
Many people have been gazing upwards the last couple of nights hoping to catch a glimpse of the Lyrid meteor shower. With the lock-down and absence of school/work for many people, this is a good time to take the opportunity of staying up late and watching the skies. Harris is an ideal location for any astronomy-based activities as, due to the very low levels of light pollution, the skies are huge and filled with stars! They say there are as many stars in the sky as sand on the beach; well you know what great beaches we have on Harris and how much sand there is, and this theory is certainly supported on a clear night.
It’s not just meteors you can watch for, but you will see satellites tracing the sky, including the Space X Starlink, planets (like Venus) and also the ISS. The ‘creamy’ swirl of the Milky Way can be seen clearly, and you might even see an aurora as we captured on camera in the early hours of 22 April. Although we are coming into summer with its very long days, at the moment there is still enough darkness for amazing views; the winter months, between Nov and March, are even better as it is darker much longer.
When you’re all done, head inside and have a nice mug of hot chocolate or milky, malty drink to warm you, ready for a blissful night’s sleep.

So, when it’s safe to travel again, if you’re looking for big, dark skies why not head for Harris and see what you can discover.
More info here: https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/ ; https://findstarlink.com/ ; https://ras.ac.uk/…/for-eve…/92-getting-started-in-astronomy
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#darkskies

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