Kadri Talvik

Kim Kim, our itinerary was really good. I found my most dreaded part, kayaking; was a favorite. I had never kayaked before and at 70 it was a new first. I enjoyed all aspects of our trip but I wish we had had better views in a couple of places. The apartments would have been great if they’d been easier to access, at least for luggage and better views. They had limited provisions. I did not have any personal contact with your agency but would recommend for others.

Activity Review

Glacier Kayaking Excursion

Norway

Great guides, Lucien and Maria. Despite our initial concerns with weather, sleet, rain, thick fog, we were able to end our day with lots of history, beautiful scenery and a wonderful place to view a glacier. Awesome trip. To imagine the mountains and the tremendous glacier in all their glory.

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Must drive the mountain following the team.

Thank you to Kadri & Fenne for helping me plan & book our exquisite girls’ trip to Norway! From the recommended adventures (glacier kayaking, RIB tour of the Finnabotn Fjord, & Loen Skylift) to our drives to the Vøringsfossen waterfall, Lovatnet, the Jostedalsbreen National Park, the Kjenndal Glacier & the Borgund Stave Church, our trip was full of water, mountains, waterfalls, skinny roads, roundabouts, more tunnels than I’ve ever seen in my life, & absolute beauty. Kimkim was extremely responsive for any questions we had along the way, guiding us when we got confused & ensuring we had all of the information we needed. The team ensured we had a memorable trip in a land foreign to us, guiding us (as requested) off the beaten path into the backroads & beauty of Norway. I highly recommend using KimKim for your travel needs, & I will be using them again in the future - 10/10!!

Activity Reviews

Glacier Kayaking Excursion

Norway

This was an amazing experience! Our tour guides, Maria & Jens, were excellent in teaching us the proper way to kayak & guiding us to the glacier for lunch & viewing. It was a very fun day.

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Guides, Drivers and Staff

Maria & Jens were fun guides!

Transport

We drove ourselves, following Jens & Maria in their car.

Finnafjord Safari by RIB

Balestrand

The RIB tour was awesome! We went to the Finnabotn Fjord to experience quiet solitude in nature. It was beautiful, & the boat ride was fun.

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Lars was a great tour guide - very friendly & knowledgeable.

Transport

The boat ride was fun!

Loen Skylift (round trip tickets included)

Loen

The Loen Skylift did not disappoint. The views at the top are amazing!

Quality of Experience

A fun trip up & down!

Transport

Felt safe the entire ride.

We all loved our trip to Norway, it was fun and full of adventures. Our hotels were very comfortable and in great locations. Food was very good. I was also surprised how clean and comfortable mountain huts were.
I will definitely recommend you to all my friends who are planning to go to Norway.
Best of luck, Irina

Activity Review

Romsdalsstigen Via Ferrata - Intro wall

Åndalsnes

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Alesund was an amazing town to slowly start the trip. Gorgeous views. Lovely town to walk around in and get rid of jet lag!! We drive to Runde Island for a do it yourself hike. We saw puffins on the hillside in flight and in the water from afar. That was amazing!

A quick trip up the Atlantic Ocean road to Kristiansund was “okay”. The weather was rainy and windy and we more or less missed the highlights bc of weather. We thought the road would be miles and miles of bridges but was actually quite short. The city offered a few areas to walk around and a little hike up in a park area but one night there would have been better skipped and added into Oye (see below) IMO.

Andalsnes the lodging at Rosvang Gard w Otto and Albert was incredible. Food to die for. Again scenery was awesome. We drove over to the Stave church across the fjord. The Golden Train and Gondola were wonderful to see and do! Eating at Eggen was dreamt as well!

Geiranger was a stunning site! Kayaking w Martina (from Argentina) was fantastic. The Four Sisters didn’t disappoint.

Oye was the most perfect pristine town ever. Kayaking with Jorge from Baja was very enjoyable. A lovely quiet fjord to paddle in and a few easier trails to explore the hillside was a great way to wind down the week. Would have loved to be there two nights

Last night near Alesund at Storfjord hotel. Also would have loved two nights there. Or at least a later flight to take in the breakfast there. Oh well!

We had a wonderful visit to Norway and Denmark, made easy, fluid, enjoyable and more personal working with Kadri via kimkim. Our hotel in Bergen, Oslo XVI, was perfect for location, comfort and quality. The food and culture tour we took was just what we wanted to start out with, to get to know the city more intimately and Diane was a great guide around the city to food stops we may not have found on our own, and she treated us to stories and tastes that made us feel so good and grounded in the city. The Fjordrive tour we booked on our own was also wonderful with such a warm welcome from our driver/guide Bjarte. His lux van, warm nature and expertise in all things Norwegian coupled with the exquisite beauty of Norway itself made the all-day tour to fjord and viewpoints wonderful. Kadri gave us all the information we needed to make the city of Bergen our own -- we loved it! Bergen is an incredible place to visit -- so much to do. so walkable, so beautiful, so friendly, and with Kadri and Kimkim team's help we were able to be in city for the first time as if we knew what we were doing. The transfers to airport and hotel were also lovely and stress-relieving for us. The only trouble we had was due to my lack of preparedness. Our phone service isn't perfect when traveling abroad and when we encountered a flight delay, I struggled to know how to reach the driver picking us up in Copenhagen. The best I could do was alert the kimkim team by email -- it was all I could think of to do. While the team (Kadri) responded quickly, they were not able to alert the driver in time to save us an unexpected fee. If I had a do-over, I would make certain I had all contact numbers and means of contacting support more at my fingertips. Everything had gone so smoothly the whole trip that we weren't ready for the flight delay when it happened. Overall, what I appreciated most from Kadri and kimkim was the access to local knowledge and expert choices/information so kindly shared with us, that made this first visit to Norway, 2nd visit to Denmark, really special from beginning to end.

Hotel Reviews

Opus XVI

Bergen

This hotel is perfectly situated in a beautiful, bustling part of Bergen making walking or access to trains, tours, and funicular easy. Though there can be a lot going on around there, our room overlooking the square was quiet and comfortable. Breakfasts in the morning are lovely as well, and the staff are welcoming and helpful.

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Close to Bryggen and starting point for many tours, close to everything actually.

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Copenhagen Admiral Hotel

Copenhagen

This beautiful hotel may still be finishing up its renovation. It is ideally situated close to the water for easy, beautiful walks, but our access to our room was strangely blocked by large covered carts containing supplies (?) maybe? So our first encounter with the floor we were on and getting to our room felt strange -- as if we were on a storage floor rather than a floor occupied by hotel customers. Otherwise, all else was nice -- nice aesthetic, clean room, comfortable bed. Just not outstanding, yet.

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Activity Review

Food & Culture Walk

Bergen

I felt as though this was the best thing we could have done to start out our wonderful time in Bergen. Our guide, Diane, was friendly and kind and knowledgeable, and she helped us feel at home in the city, taking us to places we wouldn't have found on our own and introducing us to foods we may not have tried. She took us through the big, wonderful fish market (incredible) and we tried a warm fish cake unlike anything we'd ever had before that was so much fun to eat. She gave us bites of dried cod to try. She walked us up and down and around the old parts of the city and told us interesting stories as she popped us into a cool coffee shop and a wonderful old bathhouse now local hangout and a cool pub. This tour was great from beginning to end and gave us a welcoming, wonderful introduction to the city.

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Amazing trip organized to Norway by KimKim. Especially Kadri who did an amazing job coordinating the trip. Everything was excellent (locations, hotels chosen, etc). Communication was great.

The Alesund area or the Romsdal region is one of the most beautiful areas in the world. The hiking, biking, sightseeing is like no other. Very easy to drive. Ferry system is seamless. The safest region I have visited in the world. Friendliest people. Visited in early summer with very little rain and 18 hours of sunlight. Temperature averages around 50 degrees which is fine for activities.

Very very highly recommended to schedule trip with KimKim to the Romsdal region.

My daughter and I traveled to Denmark and Norway to celebrate my 75th birthday. We started the trip in Copenhagen and ended in Oslo so we had city experiences on both ends. In between, we explored Bergen and Flam, enjoyed outdoor activities and spectacular landscapes. All the hotels were excellent choices and we used public transport to an from airports, except on the last morning when an early taxi took us to airport with our bags.

Having never been to either country, we relied on Kadri to arrange the itinerary and special excursions. She was incredibly attuned to our interests. Our Huggae tour in Copenhagen was a wonderful introduction and we enjoyed the guided bike food tour as well. We had plenty of time to explore museums and arrange delicious dinners--what a special food scene. I arranged the "scaffolding of the trip" and my daughter did extensive research on museums and restaurants. We especially loved the Louisiana modern art museum a little ways out of town.

Bergen is a special place and our hotel was located in the heart of the Unesco area. The ferry on the fjord to Cornelius restaurant was such a special experience that Kadri arranged for us, and we enjoyed meeting the owner, Oyster Dundee, and his stories about the film, The Menu, inspired by the writers dinner there. Kayaking was a highlight and our guide was wonderful. While expecting rain, I think we brought the California sunshine with us and had perfect weather the entire trip. Norway in a Nutshell travel from Bergen to Flam is not to be missed and we especially loved the ferry on the fjords--what a blissful sail on the upper deck.

Flam was super fun, we hiked on our own the first day and enjoyed a guided hike the next day. Cycling along the fjords is majestic. Thankfully, we were leaving Flam the day the big cruise ship pulled in, not sure how Kadri arranged that or if it was coincidence but it worked for us.

Our final stop was Oslo, with lots of walking, shopping, eating and museums. Outdoor sculpture park, the Folk Museum (not to be missed) and the Munch museum were all easily accessible--public transport in Oslo is wonderful and easy to navigate, but we also walked a lot which allowed us to see lots of details. On our final day, we booked a floating sauna on the fjord which was so much fun.

Kadri, thank you for the memories!

All of our planning and questions were handled very well snd quickly by Karri and the team. Arrival in Oslo was seamless. Hotels, all were of very good quality and location for our activities. Train and ferry tickets issued under one bar code did 6 people certainly simplified our travelling.

Overall we had a great experience from start to finish

Hotel Reviews

Karl Johan Hotel

Oslo

Well located in central Oslo. Very good breakfast buffet. Accommodating staff

Authenticity & Character

Vetyckean, organized and well appointed

Location

Easily walkable to transit stations , restaurants and sight seeing locations

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Heimly Pensjonat

Flåm

Helpful and friendly staff. Easy walk from the r train station. Friendly atmosphere

Authenticity & Character

Location

About 10 minute walk from train station and village centre

Staff

Helpful with all requests and queries

Cleanliness & Comfort

Bathroom a but small, but very functional

Kviknes Hotel

Balestrand

Tremendous location overlooking the fjord. Great breakfast and friendly welcoming staff

Authenticity & Character

Helpful staff. A lit if attention to detail and presentation

Location

Easy walk from the ferry dock and close to business section of town

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Scandic Torget

Bergen

Steps from the ferry dock. Rooms quite warm even with windows open. Close to business and shopping areas. Clean building and pleasant staff

Authenticity & Character

Efficient competent staff

Location

Steps from the ferry dock and shopping/ restaurants

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Activity Reviews

Private Floating Sauna Experience

Norway

First time experiencing the Nordic experience of sauna and cold plunge. Fantastic!

Quality of Experience

Efficient check in to a well maintained facility

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Fjærlandsfjord Cruise & Bøyabreen Glacier Visit

Balestrand

Felt a bit rushed between the ferry landing, catching her bus to the interpretation centre, viewing the centre and then going on to the glacier. More timdd ed in the interpretation centre would have been good. Didn’t get to see the exhibits, watch the videos and grab some lunch without feeling rushed. Add 20 - 30 minutes to this portion of the trip

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I’m

Fortunately, our custom tour arranged be Kadri and Fenn, resulted in little necessary communication to KimKim….BECAUSE….YOU arranged everything without a glitch!
Our vouchers, tickets, etc … for a group of 6… perfectly arranged!
I would recommend your services to anyone!

Hotel Reviews

Karl Johan Hotel

Oslo

Amazing breakfast selection- top notch! Comfortable, a bit warm because of the outside temperatures! Would revisit!

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Heimly Pensjonat

Flåm

This was a lovely spot, but not much fun dragging luggage up the hill and stairs….not a problem for our group, but maybe for others. The staff were very helpful and we thoroughly enjoyed our stay!

Authenticity & Character

It felt very “original”

Location

I loved our waterfront view

Staff

The staff were very patient with any question!

Cleanliness & Comfort

Be prepared for a small room and a smaller bathroom…but the common area was spacious

Kviknes Hotel

Balestrand

The location speaks for itself.

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Scandic Torget

Bergen

Great location! I was surprised at the care and concern taken to access our room…but it was in a busy location…and very happy for the feeling of security.

Authenticity & Character

Location

Absolutely perfect local for funicular, market, and walk to the fountain.

Staff

There seemed to be confusion about what time breakfast was available…the desk staff told us 0730 and our friends were able to access breakfast at 0700.

Activity Reviews

Fjærlandsfjord Cruise & Bøyabreen Glacier Visit

Balestrand

I loved it…but I did not have enough time at the information centre.

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Private Floating Sauna Experience

Norway

It is definitely a “must do”

Quality of Experience

It was a fun event with friends!

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