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OctaFarmRetreat 🌳 Gateway To Sequoia Natl Park 🏔

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Reviews

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
3 bedrooms2 bathroomsSleeps 10

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Washing machine
  • Dryer
  • Pet-friendly
  • Air-conditioning
  • Parking available

Explore the area

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Visalia, CA
  • Place, Visalia Country Club
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Place, Visalia Adventure Park
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Place, Visalia Convention Center
    ‪8 min drive‬
  • Airport, Visalia, CA (VIS-Visalia Municipal)
    ‪8 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 10)

Bedroom 1

1 King Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 3

1 Queen Bed

2 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 2

Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Kitchen
Office

About this property

OctaFarmRetreat 🌳 Gateway To Sequoia Natl Park 🏔

Recently remodeled and completely unique 4bed/2 bath Octagon Home. Located in quiet Exquisite Visalia neighborhood, Visalia is the gateway to the National Sequoia Forest. Just under 40 miles to the national park, and a short drive to beautiful downtown Visalia where you will find plenty of dining, local coffee shops and breweries, and shopping!!
The space
You will fall in love with this modern Octagon Farmhouse! Master bedroom hosts a welcoming king size bed, walk in closet and stunning, large step in state of the art shower, with private access from the backyard. The two additional spare bedrooms share a hallway with the guest bath, and house queen sized beds. Designated office space to get some work done before heading to the Sequoias for a hike/swim. Living room hosts smart television with access to your favorite platforms, a pull out bed in the comfy couch to accommodate additional guests. Cozy up by the fireplace with your morning cup of coffee and/or evening night cab. Hangers provided for clothing, along with towels and an iron. In the kitchen, you will have all the necessary cooking utensils and dinnerware, small kitchen appliances (toaster, refrigerator, and Keurig), and stove. Small covered patio to enjoy the evening breeze or sunsets.
Guest access
Guests have access to the house, yard, driveway, extra parking spaces,
Other things to note
In the event you are traveling for work here are some of my other listings should you need accommodation in any of the following cities.

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Halona’s Cozy Cabin 2M To Lake

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OctaFarmRetreat Gateway To Sequoia Natl Park
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The Royal Oak Splash Sequoia Nat'l Park Lake Mts

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The Cozy Rustic Sequoia Wi-Fi & 2 Garage

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Dwtw Exeter Cottage Mtn Lake Nat’l Park

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Sequoia Blue Cottage Nat'l Forest Lake Mts

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Check out before 11:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

Pets allowed: limit 2 total
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Check-out instructions

The host requires you to complete the following before checking out:
Load and start the dishwasher
Gather used towels
Remove personal items, remove leftover food and drinks and take out the rubbish
Turn off the lights and lock the doors
Failure to complete these may result in a negative review from the host.

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property

Frequently asked questions

Is OctaFarmRetreat 🌳 Gateway To Sequoia Natl Park 🏔 pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows pets (limit 2 total).

How much does it cost to stay at OctaFarmRetreat 🌳 Gateway To Sequoia Natl Park 🏔?

As of 7 Apr, 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at OctaFarmRetreat 🌳 Gateway To Sequoia Natl Park 🏔 on 29 Jun, 2026 start from S$244, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking at OctaFarmRetreat 🌳 Gateway To Sequoia Natl Park 🏔?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at OctaFarmRetreat 🌳 Gateway To Sequoia Natl Park 🏔?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at OctaFarmRetreat 🌳 Gateway To Sequoia Natl Park 🏔?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is OctaFarmRetreat 🌳 Gateway To Sequoia Natl Park 🏔 located?

Situated in Visalia, this holiday home is 2.6 mi (4.1 km) from Visalia Adventure Park and 2.7 mi (4.4 km) from Visalia Country Club. Valley Strong Ballpark and Visalia Fox Theatre are also within 6 miles (10 km).

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 19 out of 28 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 5 out of 28 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 28 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 28 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 28 reviews

9.2/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Check-in

9.2/10

Communication

9.8/10

Location

9.4/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Kathy P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great place and great communication
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 4 Feb, 2026
Great communication with hosts, left place in great conditions making sure to follow all check out instructions. We look forward to hosting you again!
Verified

8/10 Good

stephanie lauren B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The place was quiet and clean. The beds and sheets were comfortable and everyone slept well. However, only 4 stars because we didn’t find it fully equipped for our stay, and lacked some basic supplies like trash bags and laundry detergent. Overall, nice stay- thank you!
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 4 Feb, 2026
Thank you so much for the feedback, it was A pleasure to host you, welcome back anytime!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Amber P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
This unique home in a great neighborhood was just what we needed as home base while exploring nearby National Parks.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 8 Jan, 2026
Thank you so much for trusting us with your stay, welcome anytime!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Juliane S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Beautiful home, lots of space. Would definitely stay again
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025
Verified

6/10 Okay

Dennis D.

Liked: Check-in, location, listing accuracy
I enjoyed the space of the unit, approximately to the Sequoia National Park and we did use washer and dryer.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Reservations G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
This unit fit all of our needs regarding location, cleanliness, and amenities. I would 100% recommend this property to my friends and family and will revisit this if I'm in town in the future!
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Juan R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great property

Stayed there a while back beautiful layout and property
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Verified

6/10 Okay

Pat C.

Liked: Communication, location

Visalia Stay

Property is in a very nice neighborhood, the bedrooms are fantastic. The main living area is a bit different, we could have used more towels, paper towels, and bath tissue.I would stay here again.
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Carla H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect accommodations

We all fell in love with this place. Super cute and clean decor. Accommodations were perfect for our group of five including 25 year old best friends who shared a room but had their own beds. Would definitely stay here again! Plus Hal was a great host!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Lina B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing Stay

The house is beautiful , nicely decorated with all amenities as described . We had an amazing time and will definetly come back when visiting Visalia .
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Carlos

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, communication
I enjoyed staying in this property. Lot’s of room inside for our group of ten. The area is super quite and close supermarket, gas stations and restaurants. Communication was perfect on any questions that I had.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

Jill F.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
This house is in a really nice neighborhood. There was plenty of room for the five of us. The property could have been cleaned better prior to our arrival. The floors were dirty and some of the cooking utensils I had to clean before we used them because they didn’t seem like they were all very clean. The distance is not too bad to Sequoia snd Kings Canyon National Parks. It took us about 45 minutes, so it wasn’t a bad drive.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Thomas M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fun place to stay.

This place was great. Our family of 10 had no problem all fitting in this house. Hal was very responsive to our messages. Would stay here again if in the area.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 3 May, 2023
Thomas and his Family were great guests. Property was treated with respect and left in clean proper conditions! Thomas and his Family are most definitely welcome back any time!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jorjia M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Very clean, unique, comfortable space! We loved it!

Wonderful experience at the Octafarm! Clean, quiet, safe location. I highly recommend!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 3 May, 2023
Jorjia, was truly a pleasure to host and Definitely welcome back any time! Thank you so much for trusting us with your stay , we hope to host you sometime again!
Verified

8/10 Good

Monica

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication
Pet friendly house with a large yard, 3 bedrooms, laundry room and fully stocked kitchen
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jeremy D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Uniquely comfortable

We enjoyed the layout and comfort. The octagonal seating area is very nice for conversation.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Lots of room and clean!

Lots of room. Very clean. Recently renovated and looks lovely.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, communication
The house was unique and perfect for our family of 6. The location is in a charming neighborhood. It was clean and comfortable. The front gates were a bit wonky and a little difficult to open and close.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Kris D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful home

We had a great stay. We had a late flight the night of check in, but still easily found the home and had no issues getting settled in. Communication with host was smooth and he checked in on us to make sure all was well. The home is unique and lovely. We were able to visit Sequoia National Park and enjoy the beautiful area. Would stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Tony R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect OctaFarm Escape

The property is beautiful and a very unique design! The inside is more spacious than it seems in the pictures. The sunken fire pit is an amazing experience and this house has a WOW factor when you check in. The owner was very communicative throughout the whole booking/stay. I would love to stay here again!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Alexandra R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Character and charm!

Overall this was an excellent place to stay! Well stocked (I did have trouble finding the towels but they were all freshly laundered in the dryer!) and had many seasonings and soaps Available (even though we didn’t need them, it was so nice to offer it! We had a couple little issues that were resolved promptly and communication was excellent! The only complaint is that there was only landscaping in the front and the outdoor furniture was covered in bird poop (and no bbq) so outdoors was not a good place to hang. My kids were SO dirty after playing outside and had to go straight to the shower. I think all the construction around brought out some buggies too. Overall we would DEFINITELY stay there again! Plenty of space and so comfortable for our family and local friends to have dinner and great conversations by the fireplace! Thank you Octafarm!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Marsha P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Visalia

There was no written information at the house about the WIFI or the check out procedure. Everything else was gret.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Mario

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was nice to not be boxed in like a hotel room would’ve been. There’s room to relax,eat,sleep,wash clothing,study,watch television, 3bd. 2ba. Pet friendly though didn’t bring mine on this trip. Can use and wash the on site dishes & cookware. Cook own food. Use fridge,microwave,oven and do laundry. 1 room has two beds. Covered patio with table and chairs. All around a really nice place to stay and plan to rent again soon.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2023
Verified

6/10 Okay

Kayla K.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location
Check-in was rather easy and simple. Communication with the host happened via what seemed like auto responses. Neighborhood appeared safe. When we entered, the host did not have the air conditioning on and so the thermometer read 95 degrees which was super uncomfortable with it being 105 degrees outside. We got it on and working, but it only came down to 85 degrees time we went to bed. One of the beds had a tear in the sheets with a blood stain and two black spots. The host was notified of both instances and an apology was given. We had to wear socks during our entire stay because the floor was so dirty. We also had to wash a lot of unclean dishes and noticed dead bugs throughout the home. The exterior doors are not tightly sealed and the backyard is one big sand pit, not like what is shown in the pictures. Overall, it was a 2-star hotel stay. I don’t think I would stay here again.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 8 Jan, 2026
Thank you for your honest review. We take every review up to consideration and take action on the issues mentioned on our feedback to provide a comfortable stay for all of our guests.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Roger Q.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great for family gatherings

Everything from the pictures and the listings is spot on!! Without hesitation recommend!! Hal has been one of the best host I've ever dealt with!! However, looking back at the listing i noticed a coffee table as part of the patio set was missing during our stay. Luckily we had a folding table. Also, if you want to bbq there is no barbecue on site. Which was a bummer. Again, i would not hesitate to stay here again!! Roger
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 3 May, 2023
Roger was certainly a pleasure to host! Roger and his Family are welcome back anytime!

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