Villa #AK501

Lodge Description

Paradise lies deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Immersed in nature, a hundred miles from paved roads, you’ll discover a lodge steeped in luxury and centered on adventure.

Sunlight streams in through a wall of glass. You stretch out on a bearskin rug, breathe deep the smell of wood smoke, and gaze out at the vast expanse of water, the mountains towering over Alaska's Chitina river.

Your luxurious cabin is nestled on a hillside alive with flowers and the Alaskan lodge's abundant vegetable garden. Leading up from the runway, a river-rock path winds along the hillside to the next cabin, and up the slope to the main lodge.

The main lodge sits at the top of the hill and houses the dining room, open kitchen, and sitting room with floor-to-ceiling windows looking out over the mighty Chitina River and mountains to the South.

After a long afternoon of exploring, hiking, skiing, fishing or flying, you make your way up to the wilderness lodge's wood-fired sauna. The tendrils of fragrant smoke billowing out of the chimney tell you the staff has lit the fire and luxurious comfort awaits you inside.

Your group dines that evening at the main lodge, in a spacious, sunlit room. A long banquet table is surrounded by tall chairs. Outside, the mountain peaks are already gilded in pink.

A moment later the windows steam up, and the sky becomes a blur of pink and gold: in the kitchen, the hostess has pulled out a rack of fresh-baked bread. 

The chef and the cooking crew create their dishes from the bounty of the wilderness around you. Every meal features fresh Alaskan game and fish, the harvest of fresh vegetables from the family garden, fresh-baked bread and pastries from the ovens. You drink freshly-melted glacier water from the cistern.

You trade stories and snapshots of the day’s adventures, all the while knowing that right now, you are living the perfect moment. You have been unbelievably – perhaps unexpectedly – transformed by the spectacularness of this Alaskan wilderness.

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