Your Complete Alaskan Adventure

For parties of less than 8 guests that are interested in exclusive use of the lodge, we offer a lodge buyout rate of $8,800 per night. Parties of 8 or more automatically get exclusive use of the lodge at our per person daily rate. Please call us if you have any questions, or for more details.

The Ridgewood's unique location offers the complete Alaskan Adventure: mountains, the ocean, glaciers, wildlife, first-class food & lodging. Why go anywhere else?

Soak up the Alaskan wilderness at this intimate, timber framed lodge in the island community of Halibut Cove, adjoining the Kachemak Bay State Park. Enjoy three deliciously prepared meals each day, and highly personalized attention with majestic scenery, miles of beaches, and secluded salt water coves right out the front door.

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We are committed to making your time in Alaska memorable – GUARANTEED! Kevin and Bowman have a combined experience of 65 years on Kachemak Bay and in Kachemak Bay State Park. Whether your interest is fishing, glacier kayaking, wildlife viewing, bear viewing or hiking in the mountains, they can show you Alaska at its best.

True Alaskan hospitality at Alaska's Ridgewood Wilderness Lodge.

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Alaska’s Ridgewood Wilderness Lodge is the vacation gateway to the Kenai Peninsula’s 150,000 sq. miles of extraordinary excitement and adventure. In one trip you can experience just about anything Alaska has to offer.

At our Alaska Wilderness Lodge, we can arrange area eco-tours such as:

brown bear photography trips
halibut or salmon charters
guided kayaking
flight seeing
jet-ski tours

Other guided activities included in the cost of your stay are bird watching, marine wildlife viewing, hiking the extensive trail system within the Kachemak Bay State Park, glacier lake kayaking, miles of beaches to walk and beach comb, or let your imagination wander, visiting a last-century trapper’s cabin set amongst massive cotton woods along a clear mountain stream.

Don't forget your trout rod for this may be the opportunity to catch that big rainbow trout.

Eco-Tours and Activities

“Beautiful and breathtaking – a lifetime dream fulfilled. Thanks for the hiking, boating, and hospitality. Warm, kind, giving – you made us feel at home!"
Haddix & Alexander Families, Sylvania, OH

We are authorities at helping our guests book the best, most stunning Alaska bear watching tours.

A brown bear sow with 3 cubs walking through a large expanse of sedge grasses on the Alaska Peninsula. A river and large, snow-capped mountains are in the background.

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When you return to the island, you can relax in the lodge, a secluded getaway with dramatic high ceilings cut across by rustic timbers.

A picture of one of the peaks at the back of the Ridgewood Lodge. The low evening light showcases the fireweed blooming in the foreground.

Indulge your senses watching for whales, porpoises, sea otters, and seals from the decks that surround the lodge. This eco system is quite unlike any other. Enjoy the sounds and the smells of this rich marine environment.

Your hosts in this secluded getaway are two sourdough Alaskans, Kevin and Lucinda Sidelinger. Kevin, who built the lodge using timbers from the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, created a building that compliments the environment. The Douglas fir, timber-framed bedrooms offer plenty of space as well as large windows and panoramic views of the bay, mountains, and beaches, along with private baths and an undeniably Alaskan flavor.

Enjoy the mountains, and the cove from a comfy deck chair, talking to Kevin and Lucinda about their life in Alaska. They can always be encouraged to share their years of pioneering oyster farming on the bay, or trekking across remote wilderness areas in the Great Land with their favorite Llamas. It is the perfect complement to a very Alaskan experience. Join Lucinda as she prepares your meals, or just enjoy the melding of scents wafting from the kitchen. Lucinda will help you plan a memorable earth friendly Alaska family vacation.

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A view from the top of the West end of Ismailof Island, looking down on the community of Halibut Cove. The blue of the sky matches the water, the vegetation is dark green, and the snow-capped mountains of the Kachemak Bay State Park are in the background.

Halibut Cove and Kachemak Bay, Alaska

Halibut Cove is a small island community in a majestic setting. There are approximately 100 summer time residents and visitors who enjoy the 1 local restaurant, boardwalks, and 2 art galleries that culminate on one end of the island. Even Alaskans vacation to this part of the state to remind themselves of why they moved to Alaska in the first place.

Alaska’s Ridgewood Wilderness Lodge is located on the Kenai Peninsula, on the South side of Kachemak Bay in Halibut Cove, Alaska, and is adjacent to the Kachemak Bay State Park, just 7 miles from Homer, Alaska.

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