Name: Alaskan Wooden Bear Cabins
Address: 35170 Glacier Avenue E, Sterling, AK 99672, USA, Kenai Peninsula, Kenai Peninsula, Kenai Peninsula, AK 99672, United States of America
Rating: 8

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My teen boys & I stayed 3 nights. The log cabin had so many artistic touches and details to keep finding - stunning log cabin experience. I enjoyed being tucked back in the woods and we saw moose hanging around. We loved their sweet dogs and the cedar wood burning hot tub was a treat! I booked direct with them and after a nice chat on the phone they were gracious enough to let us have a log cabin first 2 nights and move to their “stick” cabin the 3rd, otherwise we would have missed out on the log cabin experience since it was booked.   The stick cabin was great as well though since it had the full kitchen and chest freezer for fish. I wish I had known earlier that Rose could have processed my fish though because I ended up doing a fish exchange at a processor in town when I got back from our excursion since we were flying home the next day.  We enjoyed chatting with the hosts and other guests and using the outdoor kitchen. If you’d rather keep to yourself, that’d be hard.

Authentic & artistic wood cabins

Stayed 4 nights Sept 2020 what an amazing stay. Jack and Rose made our stay so comfortable and definitely went out of there way to accommodate us. I'm Returning July 2021 look forward to seeing you all.

Jack and Rose are the best.

Horrible experience, they stole approximately $1000 from me. Tried to resolve and got a bunch of phony answers then they ghosted. 

STAY AWAY!! Other people have had same bad experiences, they give Alaska a bad reputation

These people are criminals

Our 2 night stay was very enjoyable!!  Jack and Rose were extremely accommodating. Their 2 dogs were friendly and a pleasure to have around. We enjoyed the quiet ie no highway noise. Our hosts gave us great advice of things to do nearby and also for our next adventure to Homer. Also we were pleasantly surprised when they offered to process and pack our 30 lbs of silver salmon. We would definitely stay again and highly recommend others to stay here


Excellent Hosts and Stay

The Good:
The cabins at Alaskan Wooden Bear Cabins are second to none and have excellent craftsmanship.  After shopping around to about 12 other places in the Kenai Peninsula, this place is also competitively priced.  Sterling is geographically convenient for those visiting Homer, Seward, Soldotna, or Kenai.  It is far enough off the highway so you don’t hear any traffic. 

The Bad: 
There really is no view from these cabins.  If you want to sit outside on the porch, you will be staring at the cabin across from you or the car you drove in.  It is surrounded by trees and you can’t see any of the mountains or the Kenai River, like many of the lodges in the area.  Only one cabin has an indoor stove so you will likely have to cook your meals on the outdoor grill in the rain like we did on many occasions.  There was also something wrong with the well and it cycled on an off constantly.  It was loud enough to keep us up every night.  When I mentioned it to Jack, his response was that even if he had help fixing it, it was going to cost $1,200.00.  No apology. If the pump doesn’t keep you up at night, the dogs will continue to keep you awake during the day.  One will howl sitting under the porch every time they aren’t home, and the other will howl from inside the house all evening when you’re trying to relax.  I’m a dog lover at heart, but these two never shut up.  I even recorded them with my phone and played it back for Jack and Rose.  They responded with a laugh and it didn’t occur to them that it bothered other people.   

The Ugly:
Under no circumstances should you book any excursions/guide service through them.  Do this on your own if you stay.  They had 9 months of notice that we were coming and still didn’t book our Halibut trip until the last day we could fish. The weather turned to crap and the boat turned around.  We never got to go and we were at this lodge for two weeks.  I realize they can’t control the weather, but they certainly controlled the scheduling and did a horrible job at that.  They also booked a Salmon trip for us on the Kenai River and told us to be at the boat at 4:00am.  What they neglected to tell us is that we needed rubber boats or waders because the boat simply takes you to a spot where you get out and fish off the bank.  There is nothing worse than standing in glacier water with nothing but hiking boots on.  The guide was shocked that Jack didn’t relay this information to us.  Having direct communication with the guide could have avoided this, but Jack wouldn’t tell us who he was using ahead of time.  I also asked Jack to book a fly out fishing trip/bear-viewing months in advance.  Jack told me these things fill up quick and that I needed to pay in full in advance at a rate of $595.00 per person using PayPal.  We went on the trip and had the time of our life.  The problem is that this company (High Adventure Air) only charges $395.00 per person.  I think you can see why I was upset.  I came back to the lodge and asked him why he charged me $200.00 more per person and he immediately got in my face and starting yelling that he didn’t like where the conversation was going.  He then gave me an excuse that it was the first time he has used this company and that his usual company was (Talon Air).  He wasn’t aware there was a price difference.  WHAT????   Unfortunately for Jack, I had already stopped by Talon Air and they also only charge $395.00, so his excuse didn’t hold much weight.  He was simply trying to charge me $400.00 more until I caught him.  After having him bounce off of me and spill his drink on me and the porch, his wife finally had to tell him to get away from me and get back in the house.  We packed our bags, left 3 days early, and went to town to stay.  They ended up refunding that money but we had had enough.  No one should treat a customer like that.  Deep down they are probably good people, but you can’t run a business when you’re drunk every day and treat people the way we were treated.  I’m going back to Alaska next year with 12 people but we won’t be staying here.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

We spent two weeks at  Alaskan Wooden Bear Cabins and it was the best experience. this was our first time to Alaska and it will not be our last.  Jack and Rose are great hosts and helped us to find the best fishing guides, glaciers tours, restaurants, hiking trails.  They know the area and we did not have a bad day the whole time we were there. We used the cabins as our home base and travelled each day to different places, the location was ideal.  It is close to Soldotna, a town with anything that you may need, even has two great local breweries.  Can't wait to visit again.

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