I stayed here with my husband and two children in August for one night. Let me say at the outset that a single night here cost us around $1200, including a bay cruise in the Kenai Fjords. For a couple it would be far more affordable, but still ridiculously overpriced for what you get. We had a nice and tastefully-decorated cabin with one room and two beds, and very good meals that did not include any beverages in the price. We met some very interesting people. The beach is lovely, and the hiking trails challenging. But there is a sense that you are being ripped off here. During dinner someone from the kayak concessionary showed up to offer a kayaking "special" after dinner- for something like $80/person they would take you kayaking in the perfectly calm bay! Is it too much to ask that kayaks be included when a family is paying over $1000/night? We enjoyed our short stay, indeed it was the highlight of the trip for one of us, (so nice to get away from hordes of people for a while) but you can find better and similar wilderness lodges for one quarter of the price in British Columbia, Oregon, and Maine (these are just the ones I have visited- there are probably better and cheaper wilderness lodges many other places, including Alaska). No s'mores- but it was raining.

This place is amazing. So great to have a personal chef and staff eager to serve and fulfill any request from s'more makings to best hiking trails. Fox Island is like paradise--so quiet and beautiful with awesome food, a lodge where you can read or play board games and relax on the flat rock beach, frequent animal sightings, and sunshine all the time (in the summer). Thanks for a memory that will last forever!

Beautiful setting for a beautiful lodge. No worries during stay. Room was spacious and very comfortable. Beautiful grounds.

Sorry to be writing this so late but the beauty of this place has remained fresh in my mind two years later. The car ride down here (although the amazing Alaskan rail goes here as well) from Anchorage went through terrain that was like riding through one screensaver after another. Once you reach Seward you take a boat to the island with a ranger telling you about all the sea life you see on the way there.

Once you arrive on the island you enjoy a delicious salmon bake lunch on a deck that overlooks a small interior lake surrounded by unbelievable scenery. It was so beautiful that when the paper wrapper holding the dessert flew off the table and fluttered to the lake I dove for it fearing that if it hit the water, we would all wake up and find ourselves in our beds in whatever hellish urban center we were escaping.

The cabins are bare bone, a bed and a small bathroom. Meaning, you should only be in it if you are sleeping, showering, or the other (--) one does inside. It did not matter, the beauty of the surroundings demanded you were outdoors. We took a hike that started out behind the lodge, the worst part of it was the beginning where you had to essentially climb up and over some pretty rugged tree roots, but once past that you continued up at an easy uphill grade, plucking blue and salmon berries off the branches as countless raptors of varying feather swooped over you with naked eye identifying closeness. Be warned, once you reach the top and see the most beautiful view (picture posted here) over some knee high brush STOP! as right past the brush is a sheer drop off which I can only hope they have warning signs up for now. If you have little ones keep them close and maybe turn back, if not walk the trails to the left or right for more amazing views but mind your step.

The food is commendable, the chef took great pains to try to keep the meals with as much local food as possible. It was outstanding and I have been accused of being a foodie. The menu is fixed so do not expect choice, but it is so well done, it is worth trusting the chef. The wine list was very impressive as well. The staff consists essentially of young college students interning, given their service to the national parks their lack of training should be graciously overlooked.

You can kayak, and there are ranger led nature talks. Exploring the island, in my opinion can take up a day or two. We spent only a day and the next went on the day loooooong boat trip (definitely bring sea sick meds if that is an issue) where I saw more wild life in one afternoon then I will ever again. Three types of whales, terns, puffins, bald eagles, seals, and I don't know what else. The captain of the boat was very knowledgeable with both the natural and cultural history of the area. His knowledge of the glaciers we saw bested that of a PhD in Geology. It was extremely educational. The lunch on the boat left much to be desired and again only one choice but make sure you are sitting inside back by the service are afterwards when those warm cookies make it out of the oven!

If you do one trip in Alaska that is not Denali, this is really the one to do. Remember, the lodge is an eco-lodge and more concern is put into having the least impact on the environment than your comfort, but you recognize immediately that the natural beauty is what you came for and not accommodations. I have been many place including Tahiti, throughout the Caribbean, Asia, and quite a bit of Europe and nothing compares to this place for natural beauty. We also went to Talkeetna and would have traded that entire trip for one more day here.