🏔️ Kenai's best kept secret! Situated on acres of serene landscape, this hidden gem chalet offers you spectacular views of the lake and mountains that you will love!
🏔️ Boasting a vaulted great room, full kitchen and bath, 2 TVs with Netflix, loft bedroom, backyard deck and fire pit, and fast WiFi, you will find everything you need for a cozy vacation. With fast Wi-Fi, it also makes a perfect getaway for digital nomads!
🏔️ This is the idyllic setting for you to experience Alaska's natural beauty with your family and friends in comfort and style.
🏔️ Only minutes from the Nikiski airstrip where you can book an amazing flightseeing adventure to Lake Clark National Park to get up-close views of glaciers, the Mt Redoubt volcano, and the bear inhabitants of the park in their natural habitat. Great fishing adventures too!
🏔️ LAKE VISTA CHALET 🏔️
Enjoy the natural beauty of the lake and the comfort of our remodeled cabin.
🏔️ Features/Amenities:
- Private and secluded location surrounded by nature and wildlife
- Situated with spectacular views of the Lower Salamatof Lake and the mountains, including the magnificent Mt Spurr volcano
- 15 minutes from Kenai town center
- 5 minutes from the Nikiski airstrip and access to Lake Clark National Park
- 1 queen daybed in the great room
- 1 queen and 1 single bed in the loft
- High speed Wi-Fi and streaming TV
🏔️ Great Room
- Beautiful views of the lake, mountains, and woodland area
- Comfortable leather sofa
- 1 queen daybed
- TV with Netflix, Prime Video, Apple TV+, Paramount+, Hulu, ESPN, and Disney+
🏔️ Dining Area
- Dining table for four, with leaf to expand
- Dishes, silverware, and glasses for 8
🏔️ Kitchen
- Full size and fully equipped kitchen with everything you need to prepare delicious meals for your group
- Gas range with oven, microwave, dishwasher, full size refrigerator and freezer
- Coffeemaker and complimentary coffee and hot chocolate
- Fully equipped with pots and pans, cooking utensils, dinner plates, salad plates, bowls, drinking glasses, wine glasses, mugs, and cutlery
- Cooking essentials: Oil, cooking spray, salt, pepper, and various spices
- Dish towels, paper towels, dish soap, dishwasher pods, sponge, and dish brush all provided for quick cleanup after meals
🏔️ Loft
- 1 queen bed and 1 single bed
- Pack and Play crib for a little one
- Dresser
- TV with Netflix, Prime Video, Apple TV+, Paramount+, Hulu, ESPN, and Disney+
- Frame wardrobe to hang clothes
- Leather chair
- The loft is accessed by a steep staircase with narrow steps. Please use care when going up and down these stairs.
🏔️ Bathroom
- Tub/shower combo
- Toilet
- Vanity sink and mirror
- Complimentary soap and shampoo and conditioner
- Bath towels and bath mat
🏔️ There are lots of wildlife around, including moose, porcupines, loons, eagles, and cranes. Though rare, bears have been spotted in the neighborhood in the summer months.
🏔️ GUEST ACCESS 🏔️
The chalet is accessed by gravel road off of the Kenai Spur Hwy. At the chalet, there is room for at least 4 cars to park in front. It is plowed and shoveled during the winter for year-round access.
You are welcome to explore the neighborhood, hiking, biking, snowshoeing, and cross-country skiing. During the warm half of the year, there there are many lakes nearby where public access is available, including Captain Cook State Park and Stormy Lake. The fishing is amazing!
🏔️ WHAT TO SEE AND DO ON THE KENAI PENINSULA 🏔️
If you are starting your journey in Anchorage, here are the highlights of what I recommend:
NATIONAL PARKS. While it may be tempting to go north to Denali National Park, keep in mind that Alaska is a big state, and you will spend so much of your limited time just getting there. The Kenai Peninsula is close and has everything the rest of Alaska has to offer, and more! Including not just one, but THREE national parks: Kenai Fjords National Park on the eastern coast of the peninsula, Lake Clark National Park just on the other side of the Cook Inlet, and Katmai National Park further south at the mouth of the Cook Inlet.
ANCHORAGE TO KENAI
From Anchorage, you will want to drive south to the Turnagain Arm of the Cook Inlet. I recommend making the following stops at Girdwood and Portage:
1. Alyeska Resort. Take the tram to the top of Mt Alyseka. The view is spectacular. Pay a little more and have lunch up there.
2. Portage Glacier. Take the boat ride to see the glacier.
3. Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. The animals have all been rescued, and it's amazing to get so close to these wild animals. Check out the TV series "Alaska Animal Rescue" about it on National Geographic/Disney+.
WELCOME TO THE KENAI
After these stops, continue on to the Kenai Peninsula. The drive through the Chugach mountains is beautiful! The city of Kenai is a good central location to everything you want to see on the peninsula. 1.5 hours to Homer, 1 hour to Cooper Landing, 2 hours to Seward, 2 hours to Girdwood and Portage, and 2 hours to Hope.
1️⃣ Homer
🦦 Katchemak Bay and the Homer Spit offer breathtaking views. See lots of ocean wildlife including adorable sea otters.
🦦 Catch a halibut fishing charter, and they fill up fast.
🦦 Last summer we decided to go kayaking instead, and we were so glad we did. Breathtaking experience for our first time to go kayaking!
2️⃣ Cooper Landing
🐟 If you're there during the salmon runs, hike up to the Russian River Falls (easy hike) and see the salmon jumping up the falls.
🐟 We didn't see any bears when we were there. It's worth the hike to see the falls even if the salmon aren't running.
🐟 You can book a river fishing trip on the beautiful Kenai River.
3️⃣ Skilak Lake Loop
🐻 From Sterling or Cooper Landing, you can take the loop to see Skilak Lake. It's a dirt road, but well maintained, and worth it.
🐻 Lots of hiking and camping and fishing options. The lake is so beautiful! Stop at all the scenic outlooks.
🐻 Great place for you to see bears too.
4️⃣ Kenai Fjords National Park
🦭 Drive to Seward and catch a day cruise to see the fjords. Get the 8 hour cruise that includes dinner at Fox Island.
🦭 You're going to see glaciers, seals, otters, puffins, and even whales. We a saw a humpback whale jump and three killer whales.
5️⃣ Historic Kenai
🫎 Explore the historic parts of this once Russian settlement. Many Russian descendants still live here, and the Russian Orthodox Church is the oldest in North America.
🫎 The Kenai Reindeer Farm doesn't offer tours on site, but they will bring their prize reindeer out to see you at our property.
🫎 Also check out Kenai Beach for some scenic views of the river and Cook Inlet.
🫎 If you're a dog lover, pick up a tour of the Iditerod dog sled team kennels that train in Kenai.
🫎 You will want to get a meal at Louie's Steak and Seafood for the real Alaska dining experience. Make reservations in advance because this place is popular!
6️⃣ Hope
This picturesque town is a place where you seem to step back in time to an earlier age of Alaskan history. You can find some great white water rafting and salmon fishing there. The town is also famous for gold panning.
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