Old Town Kenai Bluff House, Breathtaking Views
House in Kenai, AK
10 guests · 4 bedrooms · 2 baths
Reasons to book
Guests love it hereGuests give this property a top rating
Free cancellationFull refund if you change your mind
High-end valuePrice for this property is higher than average in the area
About this house rental
Kenai Bluff House is located in downtown historic Kenai. The house was built in 1935, and bought by my grandparents in 1947. My dad was raised in this house! Of course, the house has been remodeled and has all the modern conveniences, but has a wonderful and rich family history. The home has four bedrooms and two bathrooms, a fully stocked kitchen and plenty of room for your whole family.
The property has a large lawn and outdoor furniture for enjoying the stunning view of Cook Inlet. You can watch the fishing boats come and go with the tide. Eagles often land right on the lawn as they are out cruising for their next ocean meal.
Kenai is a small town and the “downtown” is quaint and quiet. The home is located at the end of a residential street. It is located next door to Erik Hansen Scout Park, a small community park and contains a bronze statue of a Boy Scout overlooking the Cook Inlet. Interpretive displays point out many physical features of the landscape and a memorial plaque is attached to the base of the statue. Park includes few trees, some shrubs, two flower gardens, and a gravel walkway leading to the bluff’s edge. This is a great area just to sit, relax and enjoy the extensive views over the lower Cook Inlet, tidal lands, and mouth of the Kenai River.
We are located within walking distance of the historical Russian Orthodox Church and Kenai Visitor and Convention Center which has a historical walking tour available within this area. This property is on the walking tour, as The Showalter House (#10) !!
There are several nice places to eat where you can walk as well.
Reasonable rates per night for four people. No separate cleaning fee. However, guests must not leave fish remains on property. Cleaning fee applies if fish remains are left on property.
The property has a large lawn and outdoor furniture for enjoying the stunning view of Cook Inlet. You can watch the fishing boats come and go with the tide. Eagles often land right on the lawn as they are out cruising for their next ocean meal.
Kenai is a small town and the “downtown” is quaint and quiet. The home is located at the end of a residential street. It is located next door to Erik Hansen Scout Park, a small community park and contains a bronze statue of a Boy Scout overlooking the Cook Inlet. Interpretive displays point out many physical features of the landscape and a memorial plaque is attached to the base of the statue. Park includes few trees, some shrubs, two flower gardens, and a gravel walkway leading to the bluff’s edge. This is a great area just to sit, relax and enjoy the extensive views over the lower Cook Inlet, tidal lands, and mouth of the Kenai River.
We are located within walking distance of the historical Russian Orthodox Church and Kenai Visitor and Convention Center which has a historical walking tour available within this area. This property is on the walking tour, as The Showalter House (#10) !!
There are several nice places to eat where you can walk as well.
Reasonable rates per night for four people. No separate cleaning fee. However, guests must not leave fish remains on property. Cleaning fee applies if fish remains are left on property.
Amenities
Kitchen or Kitchenette
Internet / Wifi
Parking
Laundry
Dishwasher
TV
Garden
Family friendly
Map of Kenai, AK
££££
Ratings and reviews
5.0 / 5.0
We fish the Kenai every year and usually camp or spend 2 nights in a hotel. This year we had family visiting from out of state. We planned 2 different fishing trips so needed to stay for 5 days. A house was the perfect solution. The location was perfect with a great view of the mouth of the river and the inlet. My husband spent several hours on the bluff watching dip netters and boats coming and going. We walked around the neighborhood and enjoyed the historic buildings. The house was well equipped and comfortable. We will come back!
5.0 / 5.0
Beautiful property with awesome Kenai River mouth and Cook Inlet views. Eagles soar over yard and often land. Loved everything about this historic 1935 built home.
5.0 / 5.0
We had an awsome Trip
5.0 / 5.0
This is an amazing property with the beach overview and the firepit to enjoy the midnight skies, trail is a little ways off to the beach for dipnetting
4.0 / 5.0
Wonderful location. House is tired. Kitchen contents limited. Needs a few more chairs. Need grab bar in showers. Loved the fire pit.
4.0 / 5.0
Great location and the view is beautiful.
5.0 / 5.0
Nice view of the bay. House could use some TLC, but it is an old house.
4.0 / 5.0
Love the view, right on the bluff, overlooking the mouth of the Kenai River and ocean; plus mountains! Property is old, but very roomy and nice set up; it does need some minor maintenance, and it was sometimes difficult to get a response from owners when we had questions. Overall, we enjoyed our stay!
4.0 / 5.0
Great location and plenty of room. Not nasty dirty but not as clean as it should be. We saw in guest book a baseball team eating three meals a day was here before us but some of the dirt was before them. I would stay again for location and split bedrooms were good for separating kids and us old folks.
5.0 / 5.0
It was perfect for our needs.
5.0 / 5.0
We were in town for my dad's 95th birthday and my brothers nd sisters enjoyed the property. The bluff views were amazing. We managed to get the only sunny weekend in a couple month run.
5.0 / 5.0
Great house for 3 families (8 of us) to stay in. Space for every one to have their own space! Loved having a view of the water, the teens loved venturing down the road for beach access and checking the beaches for sea creatures during low tide. We had eagles fly by all the time and even have a couple stop in the yard. Thanks for sharing your house with us!!
5.0 / 5.0
Great
4.0 / 5.0
Fishing with Friends
This place was great. Not right on the shoreline like the pictures indicate, but really enjoyable. We had fires in the back yard fire pit and eagles land feet from us and what a great time. Highly recommend to stay here. Personally plan on another stay here.
Thanks
4.0 / 5.0
Beautiful Views
The house had beautiful views and was spacious. It is an older home that could use some TLC though to make it truly exceptional. The kitchen was rather hit and miss on dishes. We also had some issues with the wifi but the owners were helpful getting it fixed when they were contacted. Overall I would recommend the location but some extra effort in the house would really make it Great!
5.0 / 5.0
Mat-Su Miner trip
Beautiful view
4.0 / 5.0
Beautiful views!
This property is in a fantastic location, with the best views ever! The house is old but large and great for families or large
groups. The kitchen is large but could use more consistency with dishes. The house does need some minor maintenance, and small fixes that would go a long way. We had a great time and really enjoyed the large yard, fire pit and especially the views.
5.0 / 5.0
Great Time In Alaska
We have stayed at the Bluff House several times. It is central for all of our activities (fishing). The views from the property are stunning. Jennifer and Jason more than met all of our requests during the stay.
5.0 / 5.0
Amazing
This is our 5th times staying here and we just love it!
4.0 / 5.0
Comfortable Home
This house was very "homey" with comfortable furnishing. The kitchen was large and well equipped. Nice views of the Kenai River and bay. It's central location was good for day trips to Homer and Seward. WIFI did not work for our entire stay. Tried several times to contact the property manager with no reply. Beds were a little too soft for us.
5.0 / 5.0
It was the perfect place to stay!
Amazing views, comfortable accommodations and great access to Kenai.
4.0 / 5.0
Bluff house
The house was very spacious. We loved that it had two bathrooms. That made it easy for our family to get ready each day. The view was beautiful! We loved sitting outside and watching the boats and fisherman each evening. We did have a few issues getting the TV to work and the internet was sort of on and off. The property manager was very good at resolving these issues. The house did not appear to have been dusted recently and the living room furniture was very uncomfortable—hard to get off of because you sink down into. All in all....the house fit all of our needs and was incredibly spacious.
1.5 / 5.0
We love the location and we’ve stayed here for 4 years now for a project. With that said, we’ve seen that zero of the money given to this rental goes back into the house. If you stay, bring everything you could imagine needing for cooking-there were plates, 2 bowls and about 3 cups and a handful of silverware. Zero grill tools and the tank was empty. 1 knife that cut like a butter knife. Baking sheets are non existent and the pans have seen better days. We arrived and did not have check in codes from the owners so we spent 3 hours locked out calling, texting, and emailing with zero response. We finally got ahold of an outside party who relunctantly gave us the code. The tv didn’t work, the house had 1 roll of toilet paper and zero trash bags and no outside trash can. Black out blinds only exist in 1 bedroom. The internet cut out after a week. Management desperately needs to put the smallest amount of effort back into the house. With that said, the house is spacious, clean, and relatively comfortable. The view could not get any better overlooking the river entrance. There is great quick access to the beach and the neighborhood is quiet. Everything you could need to access is within a mile. Thanks for having us.
3.0 / 5.0
Great views, house needs attention
We love the location and we’ve stayed here for 4 years now for a project. With that said, we’ve seen that zero of the money given to this rental goes back into the house. If you stay, bring everything you could imagine needing for cooking-there were plates, 2 bowls and about 3 cups and a handful of silverware. Zero grill tools and the tank was empty. 1 knife that cut like a butter knife. Baking sheets are non existent and the pans have seen better days. We arrived and did not have check in codes from the owners so we spent 3 hours locked out calling, texting, and emailing with zero response. We finally got ahold of an outside party who relunctantly gave us the code. The tv didn’t work, the house had 1 roll of toilet paper and zero trash bags and no outside trash can. Black out blinds only exist in 1 bedroom. The internet cut out after a week. Management desperately needs to put the smallest amount of effort back into the house.
With that said, the house is spacious, clean, and relatively comfortable. The view could not get any better overlooking the river entrance. There is great quick access to the beach and the neighborhood is quiet. Everything you could need to access is within a mile. Thanks for having us.
5.0 / 5.0
Great location, amazing view
Host's very responsive, Jason brought a TV over for us as one had failed, gave us early checkin and late checkout, really made our stay nice for us, as we travelled last minute over Thanksgiving
4.0 / 5.0
Quiet, exceptional view.
We had a great family get together in a home setting!
4.0 / 5.0
The property setting was fabulous and it housed 8adults comfortably.
The view was spectacular and convenient to everything Kenai and Homer. We were disappointed that the kitchen silverware, mugs, cutlery and glasses were limited. Having the washer and dryer was a big plus. We enjoyed our stay and the historical area.
5.0 / 5.0
Gorgeous view
There was plenty of rooms and space for our family reunion. The view was amazing, we were able to fish from the beach below, and the park next door was a bonus treat. We will definitely consider staying her again in the future.
5.0 / 5.0
Kenai Stay Weekend
We love the bluff view the last weekend of July.
5.0 / 5.0
Kenai Hamptons!
this house is amazing! This house is perfect for any type of visit to Kenai. We rented it for our dip netting trip, but its such a perfect house, located in the cute part of old town kenai. We could walk any way and have amazing views, food, parks, beach access and so much more. this is One of our favorite rental we've ever had.
5.0 / 5.0
2018
The view alone from The Bluff House is worth the money!! The home is very comfortable for a large crew. Loved it!
5.0 / 5.0
Great location
The location on the bluff of the mouth of the Kenai River was amazing. The house is nice with a large entryway. We enjoyed the fire pit in the yard with wood available. Every day I walked down the nearby path to the beach. The kitchen and table were great and we appreciated the laundry room. Great trip! We would definitely stay here again.
5.0 / 5.0
Better than expected!
Slept 5 adults and 6 kids with no problems at all! Views are AMAZING. Wish we could've stayed longer but only needed it for the weekend. Couldn't get the tv to catch anything but channel 2 but it made no difference to us since we weren't there much. Will absolutely be booking this next year.
5.0 / 5.0
The property was beautiful even in the winter. The house was great!
We really enjoyed our stay! Beautiful sunrises and sunsets!! We enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving with our family! Amazing kitchen!! Jason and Jennifer were great!! Always answered our calls and very accommodating!!
5.0 / 5.0
great views
great location and view, plenty of room and very comfortable. could use more seating (only a couch in living room)
5.0 / 5.0
Million Dollar views!
You know you have a good view when tourists come into your yard to take pictures!
Great location for exploring the Kenai Peninsula- Homer, Soldokna, & Seward
Great room inside house and great outdoor living area
5.0 / 5.0
An Unbelievable Setting, Historical character on the outside with modern on the inside.
It is clear why this location was built on so many years ago. Literally right on the bluff where the mighty Kenai River dumps into the Cook Inlet. We had a rather long drive down to Deep Creek for our fishing excursions but the drive was well worth it. Would love to make a return trip with others in my family. Loved our stay!
4.0 / 5.0
Very special place
It is just as described. This was the second time we have stayed at Bluff Housed. We would like to stay next year but it was already booked. It is close to everything but is on a dead end street and out of the way. The view from the yard or sun room is spectacular. The only problem we had was trying to get hold of the owner. I tried several times to contact her by email, HomeAway message, and phone with no success. She finely got back to me to get my credit card # which is why I was trying to get hold of her in the first place. The bank had changed the # because of suspicious activity. When we got to the house, the code we had did not work but there where four phone numbers posted in the window and we where able to get hold of someone that came promptly down to let us in. In the end, everything worked out.
I would recommend Bluff House to anyone without question.
4.0 / 5.0
very nice with an incredible view
very enjoyable once we got passed the communication ( Lack of prior to arrival) issue
FAQs
How much does this house cost compared to others in Kenai?
The average price for a rental in Kenai is £137 per night. This rental is £144 above the average.
Is parking included with this house?
Yes, parking is listed as an amenity at Old Town Kenai Bluff House, Breathtaking Views. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.
Is there a pool at this house?
We didn’t find pool listed as an amenity for this house. It may be worth double checking if a pool is important for your stay.
Is Old Town Kenai Bluff House, Breathtaking Views pet friendly?
Unfortunately, this house is not pet-friendly. Try searching again and filter for "Pets Allowed"
What amenities are available at Old Town Kenai Bluff House, Breathtaking Views?
We found 8 amenities for this rental. This includes kitchen or kitchenette, internet / wifi, parking, laundry, and dishwasher.
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