Posts for April, 2025

All are invited to journey with us through Holy Week from Palm Sunday where we recount the Passion Narrative, and each day following until we end on Easter Day with the risen Christ.

Join Us for an Easter Sunday Full of Fun & Delicious Food!

This Easter Sunday, gather the family and enjoy a mouthwatering Sunday roast lunch or choose from a delicious selection on our main menu—there’s something for everyone!

Make a day of it with our Easter Family Fun Day, packed with activities for all ages:
– 100ft assault course
– Bouncy castles & inflatable games
– Kids’ DJ playing music, leading party games, dances & giving out prizes
– Easter Bunny appearance & an exciting Easter Egg Hunt

This event is completely free for all to attend—we’d love to see as many families join us as possible!

Optional extras available to purchase: Candyfloss, popcorn & slushies from Bruce Entertainment.

Food & drink will be served all day, including our Wee Rascals kids’ menu to keep little ones happy. Plus, every child dining with us will receive a special Easter Gift from the Easter Bunny!

Mark your calendars and hop on over for a fantastic Easter Sunday!

A great selection of food, drink, arts and crafts, from businesses around the local area and highlands.
Set in the grounds of The Winking Owl Car Park come and browse and shop and then enjoy some lunch in the pub.

Enjoy a fabulous three course meal in our restaurant and then head out to explore the majestic evening sky with Kyle. Afterwards you’ll return to the warmth of the hotel and its open fires for a hot chocolate and a chat about what you have seen.

Please wrap up warm for the one hour walk and be prepared for any weather! Bring your mobile phone so that we can show you how to learn more about the stars after the experience has finished.

Times: Dinner is served at 7:30 pm and the walk starts at 8:45pm
*times may be subject to change and will go ahead in inclement weather.

Give your father a great treat and create memories. Fathers and Grandfathers enjoy a complimentary Beer.
Gluten free, Dairy free and vegetarian options available.

book online at www.rowantreehotel.com or call to book 01479810207

Gather with your friends and family this Easter, feel loved and cherished, whilst eating delicious food.
Gluten free, Dairy free and vegetarian options available.
Traditional Sunday Roast served from 12pm-3pm
Book online at www.rowantreehotel.com or call to book 01479810207

We are very excited to welcome back Will Hamer of Wild Kabn Kitchen for the first instalment of our 2025 supper club series. Will’s unique and wonderful open fire style of cooking allows you to explore the connection between food, fire and nature in the beautiful surroundings of the ancient pine forest here at The Dell. They will be offering up a beautifully curated 5 course meal cooked over the fire which celebrates local Scottish produce, in particular venison from right here in the Abernethy forest. The bar will be run by ourselves with a wide selection of soft drink, beers, wines and a cocktail or two for good measure. For more information and to book a place, please do get in touch

We invite you to join us for a celebration of Ballindalloch Distillery, Whisky and Estate, an unmissable afternoon of Whisky, food, music and fun. Think Festival within a Festival!

Your ticket includes use of a free shuttle bus service running from Elgin, Rothes, Craigellachie and Aberlour for those who want to fully enjoy everything we have to offer at our Ballindalloch Estate BBQ.

Come and explore our beautiful Single Estate Distillery and discover what makes us unique in Speyside: our traditional manual production process and the circular economy within the Estate of our natural resources and by-products. From the very outset, the production of our Whisky was always destined to be “hands on”. With a clear commitment to tradition, the Single Estate nature of our process allows us to control every aspect of Whisky making. From the barley we grow at our Home Farm to the draff fed back to cattle across the Estate, we craft our Whisky in a way that generations past would have recognised.

Your ticket includes access to the Distillery production area, where you can discuss Whisky making with our highly skilled production team. You will be joining us for an afternoon of Ballindalloch Single Malt Whisky drams, food from our Ballindalloch BBQ featuring Aberdeen Angus meat, the breed closely associated with Ballindalloch (a delicious vegan option will be available too), all catered by Calum’s Kitchen.

As a family owned and working estate, the Macpherson-Grants invite you to experience many aspects of estate life through various fun activities. We will have archery, golf challenges, and live music. Also, as Chieftain of the Aberlour Highland Games, current Laird, Guy Macpherson-Grant is looking forward to watching you join in some caber tossing and other Games sports. With so much to see & do, we guarantee you a great afternoon at Ballindalloch.

You can use your ticket to secure a discount in our shop, with the opportunity to purchase our exclusive Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival bottling!

After the roaring success of last year, we are so excited to be brining back the ‘Gather Inn’, our Friday night pub night in the tipi.
A space for you to unwind on a Friday evening and kick off your weekend in the right way, we’ll even have cold frothy draft beer on rotation by the brilliant organic Black Isle Brewery!
The tipi has always been the perfect space for gathering together and enjoying a drink around the fire, but to top it off we will be joined (most Fridays) by ‘Highland Slice’ serving up tasty pizzas from his gorgeous horsebox. You will order directly with Andrew ahead of time via his Facebook or Instagram page (Highland Slice) but can then dine with us in the tipi or just come along for a few drinks, some good craic and nice tunes.
Our ‘Gather Inn’ nights will be starting from Friday 4th April and will be running all the way through summer and in to autumn, minus the odd Friday where we have other events running. We will be open from 5 – 10pm, with children welcome until 8pm

We really can’t wait to get going again, it’s always the highlight of our week! Hope to see you here x

Hop over to Highland Wildlife Park for a special pastry breakfast this Easter weekend with arts, crafts and activities for all the family to enjoy. Peter Rabbit™ will also be making an appearance for families to meet.

Prices

Adult £30
Child £25
Adult member: £20
Child member: £15
Under 3: £5
Under 3 (with activities and Pastries): £15

Tickets include entry to Highland Wildlife Park for the day.

For further information please contact [email protected].