Entire home

Your "Home Away From Home"-Rustic Alaskan Home

Your "Home Away From Home"-Rustic Alaskan Home

Photo gallery for Your "Home Away From Home"-Rustic Alaskan Home

Your "Home Away from Home"
While cooking, you can visit with people in the living room or dining area.
Bedroom offers two full beds, TV with Netflix to rest & restore!
Master suite offers spacious living with your Jacuzzi tub and private balcony.
Bedroom offers two full beds with space to unwind. TV with Netflix provided.

Overview of Your "Home Away From Home"-Rustic Alaskan Home

Reviews
10 out of 10 Exceptional
3 bedrooms3 bathroomsSleeps 10242 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Hot tubHot tubHot tub
  • FireplaceFireplaceFireplace
  • WasherWasherWasher
  • DryerDryerDryer
  • Outdoor spaceOutdoor spaceOutdoor space
  • Barbecue grillBarbecue grillBarbecue grill

Explore the area

Map
Soldotna, AK
  • Popular LocationSoldotna Regional Sports Complex9 min drive
  • Popular LocationSoldotna Creek Park10 min drive
  • Popular LocationKenai Peninsula College Fishing Academy14 min drive
  • AirportKenai, AK (ENA-Kenai Municipal)24 min drive

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 10)

3 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Bathroom 2

Bathroom 3

Spaces

Deck or patio
Balcony
Dining Area

About this property

Your "Home Away From Home"-Rustic Alaskan Home


Welcome! Are you looking to stay in a private, beautifully treed Alaskan setting? We offer a beautiful, rustic 2600 square foot custom home featuring 3 spacious bedrooms, 3 baths and a loft. Our home comfortably sleeps 10 people and there is plenty of room for extra guests if needed.

There is a fire pit located in the lower front yard with plenty of firewood to relax in the evening and swap stories of your experiences during the day. Large ample parking available on-site. The two large bedrooms contain two full beds each (new!) with a total of four beds!! The loft has a couch where you can have time alone to read a good book and enjoy the cool breeze coming through the window. The master bedroom has a queen bed, full master bath complete with Jacuzzi tub and a balcony. A back deck with a gas grill is provided for your use to cook that fresh salmon steak you caught or purchased earlier in the day.

In order to keep the bears away, there are no provisions to clean fish on site. We will be happy to provide information where you can get your fish processed locally in the Soldotna/Kenai area. Two freezers will be available to store your fish if needed.

Laundry facilities are available and the house is completely stocked with linens, towels and dishes for your use. We offer a TV in each bedroom with Netflix to wind down your day with a good movie or documentary. We also supply wireless WiFi. (Please remember I have raised my family here and have had animals in the past. Every bed is new and has been replaced. There is new bedding-sheets, blankets and comforters. The home is professionally cleaned every year and after every guest. Every effort is made to have it clean for past, current and future guests).

We are conveniently and centrally located 4 miles south of Soldotna, 70 miles from Homer, 10 miles from Kenai and 50 miles from the Russian River. The Kasilof River is just ten miles away with beach access located at Mile 4 from the South K-Beach/Sterling Highway intersection. Homer is just 75 minutes away for all your deep sea fishing experiences. Enjoy what our towns have to offer with unlimited and unique gift shops for the folks back home, quaint restaurants and shopping for the basic supplies to make your trip complete. Go carve your own wooden bowl from our Alaskan birch trees. There is unlimited fishing, kayaking, and hiking opportunities with a 26 mile loop bike pathway connecting Soldotna and Kenai for walking, jogging or riding your bike. For those who enjoy a good game of golf, we have three courses where you can make your selection.

There are beaches where you can look for unique agates or unusual rocks or you can watch the local setnetters and dipnetters fill their nets with salmon.

If you are looking for a quiet place to relax in the evenings, make your reservation with us. We will be happy to assist you in any way we can as we will be staying nearby to help make your stay enjoyable. It will be your "home away from home" where you will want to kick your feet up and relax. Isn't that what a vacation is all about?

Property manager

Gayle D. Koger

Amenities

Hot tub
Washer
Dryer
Outdoor space
Barbecue grill
Fireplace

House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Check out before 11:00 AM

Children

Children allowed: ages 0-17

Events

Events allowed

Pets

No pets allowed

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted
Relax and enjoy 😉

Damage and incidentals

You will be responsible for any damage to the rental property caused by you or your party during your stay.

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Parties and events are allowed on site
Host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip
Host has not indicated whether there is a smoke detector on the property

We should mention

A car is required for transportation to and from this property

About the area

Soldotna

This vacation home is located in Soldotna. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and Kenai River, while Soldotna Homestead Museum and Kasilof Historical Regional Society are cultural highlights. Soldotna Creek Park and Jumping Junction are also worth visiting. Be sure to check out the area's animals with activities such as game walks and birdwatching.
Map
Soldotna, AK

What's nearby

  • Soldotna Homestead Museum - 9 min drive
  • Soldotna Regional Sports Complex - 9 min drive
  • Soldotna Creek Park - 10 min drive
  • Centennial Park - 10 min drive
  • Kenai Peninsula College Fishing Academy - 14 min drive

Getting around

  • Kenai, AK (ENA-Kenai Municipal) - 24 min drive

Restaurants

  • Amore Mocha - 13 min drive
  • Taco Bell - 11 min drive
  • St Elias Brewing Company - 12 min drive
  • Odie's Deli - 10 min drive
  • Dairy Queen - 9 min drive

Reviews

10

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
Learn moreOpens in a new window
Rating 10 - Excellent. 19 out of 20 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 1 out of 20 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 20 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 20 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 20 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

10/10

Location

10/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Charles H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Kenai Dream Vacation
This was a great location for us as we were close to Soldotna which had all of our shopping needs. It is also centrally located for Kenai fishing, Homer and Seward sight seeing and fishing as well. The home had all of the privacy that you want yet close to town. Gayle was great through out our stay.
Stayed 19 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lou Ann W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Alaskan feel log cabin
Beautiful house, and all the conveniences needed. Clean & homey feeling. Great place for our group!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Connie T.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great Location
Love the cabin feel of this property. The kitchen, living room, and dining areas are all in one big open area as you enter. It was great being able to all be together and having an area big enough for all 7 of us to sit comfortably. We were a group of two families with our adult children, ages 19-23. We especially loved being able to see the mama moose and her two calves that came by two times. We were able to watch them safely from the home's balcony and from inside thru the windows. We would love to visit this property again.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Tim N.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Soldotna Retreat
Very nice cabin. Well maintained, very clean with close access to Soldotna.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Cheryl R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Loved this home
Great location. Plenty of yard for the grandkids to play. Well stocked kitchen. Plenty of room in the house to spread out. Would stay here again.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2022

About the host

Hosted by Gayle D. Koger

Host profile image
I get the privilege to be your hostess-an Oklahoma gal who knows all about good southern hospitality. I love my home state and I love Alaska where we have lived the past 25 years. "Life is good" living here in Soldotna, Alaska-we love the wildlife, the beautiful mountain scenery, looking for agates on Kasilof and Nikishka beach and fly-fishing early in the morning on the Kenai River. Camping offers unlimited opportunities to experience the peace and majesty of the Alaska wilderness. Please feel free to text or call me with any questions you may have before you come visit. If I don't know the answer, I promise I will find the answer you need to make your trip a great experience. I am here for YOU. Please stay in our Alaskan rustic setting and enjoy your "home away from home". Let me help you make it great.

Why they chose this property

Our property offers the convenience of being close to town but not living in town. We like the privacy of not living in a subdivision and a place where we can relax around the fire in the warm evenings. Being centrally located between the Kasilof and Kenai Rivers gives us the opportunity to enjoy what the Alaska outdoors has to offer. Homer is just a quick drive down the way. We love it here. We know you will too.

What makes this property unique

We love the extra homey touches that are inside our home-the birch staircase, the rock fireplace that contains a wood stove adds that rustic appeal that we enjoy year round. Having two lawns-the upper lawn where the house is located and the lower lawn that allows us the opportunity to sit around the fire at night and enjoy our Alaska summers to the fullest. Having lived in this community for almost 25 years gives us a lot of extra knowledge of fun ideas to do, fishing guides we can make referrals too and places to visit that maybe you have not thought of by looking at a travel guide. We definitely know the good places to eat and are willing to share our knowledge and experience with you.
Tell us how we can improve our siteShare feedback