Cameron Club Lodges — Hotel in Great Britain

Five of us stayed in the Coach House lodge 105, handy location (2 min walk) for the Clubhouse/Golf and Spa. The lodge is fully equipped with the all cooking utensils and crockery, including kettle and toaster. Main hotel is around 3 miles away however there is a shuttle bus that you can book in the evening and during the day it runs back and forth - after 6pm you can arrange collections via a number they give you, recommend you book the shuttle in advance. The Spa is lovely, the thermal spa and rooftop infinity pool is complimentary with the lodge and there are other treatments you can pay for. I think the location is great if you are keen on the spa and golf, but if you have kids/teenagers the lodges at the hotel are a better location for activities. The in-house hotel cinema play current box office hits, it can be very popular so pre-book. The Tavern bar holds quizzes on a Thursday which is fun but extremely popular so you need to get there early (like 7pm) for a table. The spa pool is not accessible to under 18s but the hotel pool is suitable for children and adults, the gym is complimentary with fitness instructors walking the area, absolutely excellent leisure facilities, towels available at both so you don’t need to take one, the spa also provide robes and flip flops. Again you definitely need to prebook spa treatments way before your arrive. The Scotsman bar is amazing with luxurious seating and probably one of the best whiskey bars I’ve seen, recommend an afternoon scone and hot chocolate there and other guest mentioned they do takeaway club sandwiches there. Paddle boarding is fun, you can pre-book - in fact I recommend you prebook as much as you can to save disappointment. Outside the hotel I highly recommend Duck Bay hotel for a lunch or evening meal, down near the pier is a shopping centre and the aquarium which is great for a little wander, again about pre booking we turned up to the aquarium and it was fully booked so you really need to prebook this online before you turn up. A couple of co-ops nearby for stocking up lodge, I recommend taking bags of ice which the coop sells. You have everything including hob, double oven, quality furnishings and lined curtains, 2 fridge freezers, coffee pod machine (pods are supplied), microwave, kettle, dishwasher. Shop local and use the farm shop next door for eggs, milk, ice cream etc from Auchentullich Farm which is right on the junction for the lodges. Hairdryers are in the bedroom cupboards, lovely local Highland Soap Company toiletries are available in all bathrooms (body-wash, shampoo and conditioner). Also there was so much nature going on such as swans and signets on the loch, pheasants, hares and deer literally walking past us at our back doors. All in all we had absolutely no complaints, we were joking about what we could complain about and the main item was the toilet seats aren’t soft closing :-) staff across the resort are brilliant, kudos to them all who make the holiday even...

We had a brilliant stay at Cameron Lodges. The lodge itself was clean and very generous in size, with all the essentials. We didn't make use of the balcony as the weather wasn't the best during our stay, but it would be perfect for warmer summer days. Once we had explored inside and unpacked an arranged concierge drove us to The Boathouse restaurant, which really is only a 5 minute walk from our lodge, but as it was pouring it down and pitch black we took a car instead! The Boathouse restaurant is a lovely little eatery, with a fantastic fire place and fabulous boat themed decor, we were impressed as soon as we walked through the door. The boys were particularly taken with the model boats on display. The leisure centre facilities are free to lodge residents, simply present your card to the desk and they will provide you with towels and point you in the direction of the changing rooms. The changing rooms are split into men’s and women’s, so remember to split your swim things into two bags if you’re going with the kids. You also need to put in your own four digit code to the lockers and remember it for when you come out again (I may have had an issue with remembering what the code was the first time…).

There are two main pools, the smaller one has a splash pool by the side for the littlest kids and a flume down into the deeper end of the pool. We mainly stayed in this pool for the kids to practice swimming, my husband and I took turns to go down the flume as the kids weren’t interested! There are classes in the smaller pool at certain times, so we were asked to move to the larger pool when we were there in the morning.

There are plenty of places to visit around the area for both children and adults. Plus the spa, boat trips and seaplane at Cameron...

We’ve stayed here at the Colquoun Mansion House many times, as we own a timeshare apartment. It’s in a great location and we usually love it. However, our recent stay was extremely disappointing. The maintenance was poor: the handle fell off the door, trapping us inside the lounge, the wheels had fallen off the dishwasher rack, the music system didn’t work because the battery was flat, the poor quality of signal meant the TV picture was appalling. In addition the condition of some items in the apartment was shabby. (See photos of tablemats and flowers). Whilst there, we were disturbed by technical problems with the fire alarms and scaffolding on the front to repair leaks over the porch. We were unable to get a booking in the hotel restaurant and were told it had no availability from Monday to Thursday evening. The restaurant on site at the Carrick golf club bar closed at 4.30pm each day. It seemed like the management have spent all their time, effort and finances on getting the Cameron House Hotel back up and running after the disastrous fire four/five years ago to the detriment of the timeshare owners. When I gave feedback, it took them eleven days to respond and their response was not at all...