Our stay at Anastasia’s Domain was an amazing, and educational few days! Truly one of Hipcamp’s best stays with an amazing host to boot! Victor has dreamt up and created this beautiful farm over the past few years and has thought of pretty well everything for his off-the-grid farm. We honestly couldn’t recommend this stay enough!

With his worldly-inspired wood cabins, and Finnish cookhouses all handmade by Victor himself- it felt like we were travelling abroad. Each loft-style cabin has all of the cooking utensils, dishes, water dispensers, linens, etc. you’d essentially only need to bring your clothing and food. Each cabin also has a private composting outhouse on the back. Our favourite part of the cabin was the tiny cube woodstove which deceivingly heats the space quickly! I could only imagine how cozy this place would be in the winter! Sadly we missed the peak of his sunflowers, but we were lucky enough to see the beginning of the leaves changing colours.

We did our dinners in the cookhouse, which is fitted with a grill and cast iron flat top - which we took advantage of for a wood-fired pizza. Victor was gracious enough to provide us with some fresh farm eggs, and a taster of his honey that we included in our breakfasts.

During the day we rented the E-Bikes and biked along the many trails Alexandria has to offer along the boardwalks, lakes, and tree-lined trails - a perfect full-day activity. If you haven’t E-biked or aren’t a long-distance biker, the E-bikes are a great way to go far, QUICK!

Victor is a very passionate and eager teacher and we loved hearing about his bee colonies. If you have time to chat bees with him - Do it! Victor and his family's way of life is so inspiring, it truly is a blessing he shares this experience with others. We hope to be back to see what projects he’s completed and to soak in more of his knowledge.

Thank you for your hospitality Victor, it doesn’t know unnoticed!