Mobile Wood-Fired Sauna in Highland Perthshire
Wellness | Stillness | Cold Water Therapy in Kenmore near Aberfeldy
WildEmber Bothy (n.) – An inviting, rustic sauna, sitting lightly on the land, rooted in fire and tradition. A place to reset in nature, secluded, elemental, and connected to the wild
Just outside Aberfeldy, near Kenmore on the banks of Loch Tay in Highland Perthshire, Scotland,
WildEmber Bothy is an outdoor, wood-fired sauna immersed in nature. Designed for stillness, connection, and cold water therapy, it offers a wild sauna retreat where fire, water, and breath meet. Whether you’re seeking calm, recovery after adventure, or a deeper reconnection, we invite you to slow down, and return to something elemental.
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”
– John Muir, The Mountains of California (1894)
We like to keep things simple, just like fire and water.
Choose your session type, pick a time that suits, and you’re in:
Community sessions Join up to eight guests in a shared sauna experience - £16.
Private hire - Book the Bothy exclusively for yourself or your group. To enquire and reserve your slot, just drop us an email. If your group includes under-16s, we kindly ask that you book a private session. This allows us to lower the heat slightly and keep the atmosphere restful for everyone £130.
Founding Flames – A 10-session pass for communal sessions £130 saving you £30.
January Reset Sauna Pass. Cold days make the heat sweeter. January is when sauna makes the most sense, dark mornings, cold air, long nights. In Scandinavia, winter isn’t something to push through. It’s something to meet, with warmth, contrast, and regular ritual. We’ve created a January Reset Sauna Pass:
3 sessions to use through January only. No roll-over. No pressure. Just somewhere warm to return to.
A small reset, not a resolution. £45
Weekly Pass - A weekday session every day for five days - £50.
Ember Circle Locals - don’t forget to sign up for access to members pricing.
Tuesday Club - Pre Work Sauna - offers an early-morning sauna before the working day begins, a simple, repeatable ritual of warmth and stillness. Sessions are booked as monthly blocks, holding space for a small, steady group to return each week.
Gift Cards Now Available
Perfect as a gift of kindness - or for Birthdays and Christmas.
Choose from one, five, or ten community sauna sessions, or a private session at a time that suits you.
Gift cards can be bought off the shelf, or you can email us to include a personal message or create a bespoke value.
Special Events
Weekly Yin Yoga & Sauna 10:30am - 1pm - £35pp - Every Sunday from January 25th till April
Come join Tina Logan Yoga and ourselves every Sunday, and slow down with a 75-minute Yin Yoga class in our log burner heated WildEmber Tent overlooking loch Tay. Then ease into the Sauna with optional dip in Loch Tay and finish with herbal tea and nutritious energy balls.
Sound Bath and Sauna. 15th January - £35 pp
Join us for our second and very popular deeply restorative evening of Sound Bath
(in the Log burner heated / lit WildEmber Tent) before moving across to the WildEmber Sauna for the second hour.
Meditation and Sauna. 29th January - £35pp
Join Susan Grandfield and WildEmber for a night of meditation in the WildEmber Tent, logburner crackling under candlelight from our chandelier for an hour before sliding into the heat of the Sauna for the second hour followed by a refreshing herbal tea.
Tuesday Club - Pre Work Sauna. Offers an early-morning sauna before the working day begins, a simple, repeatable ritual of warmth and stillness. Sessions are booked as monthly blocks, holding space for a small, steady group to return each week.
Sauna Listening Party. 18th December 2025 £16pp
Last Month: Pink Floyds Dark Side of the Moon, This month the poll is out between, Prince, David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac and Carole King - See instragram to poll or take a gamble and sign up! We then listen to the whole album, whilst we sauna and dip.
Sauna Book Club
Taking names for our Inaugural Sauna Book Club - Email to register your interest.
Acoustic Jam Night | The WildEmber Sessions FREE
Monthly Sunday Jam session, Free to join the music in the WildEmber Tent. The sauna is lit next door and taking bookings for those between sets or listening along. Please click the link to let us know you're coming along.
A Place of Connection & Renewal
✔️ Step into the warmth of the wood-fired sauna.
✔️ Cool off with a wild dip.
✔️ Sit in stillness, taking in the lochside views and the quiet rhythm of the water.
✔️ Enhance your experience with pop-up sessions like sauna & yoga, sauna & sound baths, and sauna & meditation.
✔️ Thoughtfully designed amenities, including a changing area, toilets and outdoor shower alongside The Scottish Crannog Centres Cafe.
What to Bring for Your Sauna Session:
✔️ Swimsuit
✔️ Toe covered footwear with grippy soles (for moving around outside the sauna)
✔️ Towel x 2 (one to dry you off, one to sit on)
✔️ Bag for wet kit
✔️ Water bottle
✔️ Warm layers for after your session
Rooted in Nature.
Designed for 8 - 10 people, the wood-fired sauna is a space to slow down, breathe deeply, and embrace the elements. Here, the rhythm of heat, cold, and recovery follows the natural cycles that have existed for generations.
