Moonika Apart

We hadn’t booked with KimKim before but our experience has been excellent. Moonika booked us a week’s trip in Finland with hotels, transport, transfers and tours in each place we visited. The hotels were very comfortable and the tour guides, Alvaro, Karri, Andy, Leesa, Chris and Justine were all very interesting, professional and charming. Moonika was very supportive during our trip and checked with us to see all was going well. She responded to all our queries promptly and efficiently. We would definitely use KimKim again and recommend them to others.

The entire trip was very well organized. Moonika created the ideal itinerary based on our specific requests. We stayed in nice hotels and had wonderful guides who really personalized our experience throughout.

Hotel Reviews

Solo Sokos Hotel Turun Seurahuone

Turku

Lovely hotel in Turku. Walking distance from most tourist hot spots.

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Hotel Haven

Helsinki

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

GLO Hotel Art

Helsinki

Interesting layout as the hotel is spread across two buildings. Based in the Design district with lots of Art galleries within walking distance. Great breakfast buffet. Walking distance from the waterfront and tourist spots.

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Activity Reviews

Helsinki Sauna Tour

Helsinki

Was hesitant about trying the sauna experience but it turned out to be a high point of the trip.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Turku Gourmet Tour

Turku

Quality of Experience

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Helsinki and Suomenlinna Private Tour

Helsinki

Lots of walking but a lovely full day with lots of immersive experiences.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Porvoo Private Day Tour

Helsinki

Small town - probably could discover on your own.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Turku Walking and Boating Tour

Turku

Wonderful boat ride - best way to see the city!

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Our trip to Finland was wonderful! A large part of it had to do with Moonika our KimKim travel agent who helped with all our arrangements. She was terrific as far as communicating with us in a timely manner and, I especially appreciated her flexibility with plan changes and help at the very end. We had booked a final trip on our own to Estonia and it got mistakenly cancelled. She booked a new trip for us just a day in advance! We were a group of nine and so there were multiple rooms in each town and transfers and one couple went to the airport early and one group of three had their plane pickup and drop off changed. She made all these changes successfully!
Our guides in each city were great, but I loved Sari, our guide in Helsinki! Her English was great and her insight and love for Finland made her tour personal and very informative!
The hotels we terrific, especially Glo in Helsinki and the Lapland Hotel Arena! They were more than comfortable and yes, the breakfasts were truly amazing!!
My most memorable trip was our sailing trip on the Archipelago to a small island where we hiked. Our captain built the boat which was impressive and the trip on the sea was beautiful! We also had a lovely simple lunch that he provided.
It was a trip of a lifetime! We loved Finland!

Hotel Review

GLO Hotel Art

Helsinki

Loved the uniqueness of the hotel along with the comfortable beds and rooms. The breakfast was amazing as advertised!! Rooms were quiet. The location was walkable and seemed very safe. The front desk was helpful with several good ideas for restaurants. We stayed several nights. The only small complaint was that the AC did not seem to be adjustable. The first nights we were there it seemed warm, and they did bring a fan in for us. At the end of our trip we stayed again and the temperature was better.

Authenticity & Character

Breakfast! Unusual architecture.

Location

Restaurants and grocery store close by. Walkable to downtown.

Staff

Very helpful! Polite.

Cleanliness & Comfort

Rooms were very clean and was the rest of the hotel! Everything was in good repair. The beds were very comfortable!

Activity Review

Boat Trip from Nauvo

Turku

This was the primary trip I was interested in and it didn't disappoint! It was a long trip to get to the boat, but the travel there was comfortable in our own large van or small bus. We sailed on a sailboat built by the captain, just our party, to a small island in the Archipelago. The boat was built in the fashion of a traditional work boat from the past. The captain was interesting, informative and friendly. I loved being on the sea and seeing the multiple islands! It was a treat! We were also served a delicious lunch of fish stew!

Quality of Experience

The beautiful land and sea made this special and being on such a unique boat with my family.

Food

The captain's fish stew!

Guides, Drivers and Staff

The vehicles were more than comfortable. One was a Mercedes van.

Transport

Nice vehicle. Nice to not have to figure out the driving! Everything was on time.

Our travel agent Moonika setup an amazing trip for us. She was very efficient with all details and always available when needed. Would highly recommend her. All of the cities, Helsinki, Hameenlinna, Tampere, and Turku were amazing with beautiful sites to see. Our tour guides were very knowledgeable and friendly. We truly enjoyed everything we did. It was a trip of a lifetime.

Hotel Reviews

GLO Hotel Art

Helsinki

Love this hotel. Within walking distance to many restaurants and sites to see. Clean, comfortable beds, very friendly staff and a great breakfast.

Authenticity & Character

Location

close to restaurants and sites

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Scandic Tampere Hämeenpuisto

Tampere

We did not stay here. Our hotel reservation was changed

Hotelli Helmi

Turku

This hotel was okay. Very friendly staff, beds were comfortable and close to sites and restaurants. Unfortunately no one is there overnight so if there's something you need you have to wait till morning.

Authenticity & Character

Location

Within walking distance to restaurants and sites

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Activity Reviews

Helsinki and Suomenlinna Private Tour

Helsinki

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Porvoo Private Day Tour

Helsinki

Loved our tour of Poorvoo. A very quaint and charming city with beautiful sites to see.

Quality of Experience

Transport

The Industrial Past of Tampere

Tampere

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Turku City Walking Tour

Turku

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Our Finland trip was fantastic. Moonika was so easy to work with, very responsive. All the excursions were great. The guides were knowledgeable, well informed, very pleasant and always on time. The hotels were very nice with amazing breakfasts. I would use and recommend Kimkim Travel again.

Hotel Review

Scandic Tampere Hämeenpuisto

Tampere

The breakfast was amazing, so so many choices. Love the rooftop lounge area and sauna.

Authenticity & Character

Love the vibe of the hotel.

Location

Easy to walk to start our city tour, shopping and the train station.

Staff

Very helpful

Cleanliness & Comfort

So very clean.

Activity Review

Boat Trip from Nauvo

Turku

Sailing was a great way to see the archipelagos up close. The captain was knowledgeable and funny. And sailing was very fun.

Quality of Experience

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Moonika is a wonderful organizer and very responsive. I changed my mind about a few things and she did her absolute best to make it work for me.

My favorite part was being met and escorted to my next location by very reliable drivers in very comfortable cars. It took all of the worry away to know I would be met on time.

Moonika was always available when I needed her and she was totally involved in every bit of my trip.

In addition, she is kind, sweet and competent! She will care for you like family.

You all did a great job of putting together a wonderful vacation. The hotels are top rate with great food. Pyha didn't have any food service and there was some confusion on where to meet for the fatbike tour. My wife, Bea was the only one to make it on the bike, Donna Lee gave up in the parking lot, I face planted on the first turn and took the tram to the mine. The consisted of tailing from their mining. It was what we expected but the ride up and seeing the smile on her face from succeeding on the fat bike was worth it.
Being mostly Fin myself, I didn't listen to the guides recommended boots. We really needed crampons for the waterfalls, the trail was pure ice. I fell about 12 time an the guide got us crampons and took us on a different route. He was wonderful for putting up with us.
Any difficulty we had was due to age and not in as good shape as we thought. All the guides are top notch and very forgiving of our short comings.
Moonika was on top of any issues or questions we had, she was great. Her help in putting this together an d suggestions made a memorable trip for all of us. After falling down I could hear my grandfather laughing with me about why he came to the US. Thank you and your staff for making this happen.

Hotel Reviews

Arctic Light Hotel

Rovaniemi

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Wilderness Hotel Muotka & Igloos

Sodankylä

We did not stay in a igloo but are room had a great, private sauna

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Pyhä Igloos

Pyhä

The lack of a on site food could be made up if tourists are remind by driver to stop and shop. Thewalk up to the ski lodge is tough. The hotel room was one of the best we have stayed in. The outside of the hotel isn't fancy but the room was great.

Authenticity & Character

Location

Not near food

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Overnight Train

Best train trip

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Hotel Fabian

Helsinki

Great food and a 5 star all a round. Good location to walk around Helsinki.

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Activity Reviews

Northern Lights Tour

Rovaniemi

Cloudy day wasn't guides fault no northern light's that nightBe in better shape

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Korouoma Canyon & Frozen Waterfalls Adventure

Finland

I gave this a 3 star not due to anything the guides did but because I'm 75 and the ladies are in their 60s. There is no easy way to the falls. The poor guide may have gotten tired helping up a240 pound man with knee replacement. May God bless him

Quality of Experience

Food

Got tired of sausage

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Full Arctic Adventure

Rovaniemi

Snow shoes belong on young folk

Quality of Experience

Food

More hotdogs

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Their knowledge and friendliness

SnowHotel & Ice Dinner Experience

Rovaniemi

Quality of Experience

Food

Reindeer

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Sami Culture Day

Finland

My grandfather told me about the Sami .

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Husky Safari

Saariselkä

Wow, we all loved it.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

They love their dogs. We did too

Transport

Aurora Adventure at Lake Pyhäjärvi

Pyhä

We had wonderful Guide an a great walk in the woods. Weather was our enemy

Quality of Experience

The guide made it a great night

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Fatbike Tour to Amethyst Mine

Finland

I give this a 5 star only because wife made it up and back on a bike. The top of the mountain was beautiful but the mining experience was a let down

Quality of Experience

Not much you can do to up grade a tailings pile, all loose rock with frost line about 2 inches down. Hard stand our get up on loose rocks. I

Guides, Drivers and Staff

They made it fun

Transport

Helsinki City Walking Tour

Helsinki

We didn't get the library because we where so busy learning from the tour guide about the finish history.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Porvoo Private Day Tour

Helsinki

Oh boy. We went to a small Cafe on our Wallander it was like we're in her living room. This was the finland we had in mind. Cities have there place but small places have the charm.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Gas station donuts are the best

Tallinn Day Trip

Helsinki

Wish we had more time and we were not so worn-out from the two weeks before.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

The ferrie was what we need to rest. Thank you Moonika,.

Moonika perfectly understood our preferences and did her best to provide the best experience. She was very responsive and 7x24 pending on every detail to make our experience unforgettable.

Moonika was always quick to respond to my questions. She also was able to make adjustments to the itinerary when I was delayed arriving in Helsinki so I didn’t miss any activities.

This is my second time booking through Kimkim and it was a great experience. Moonika was very responsive and well organized in terms of bookings, ensuring enough time in between activities and her overall knowledge of the area was outstanding. I must say she is a very patient person and accommodated our requests. The itinerary provided was detailed and we did not face any issues during the trip. Finland is a place that I will never forget and I left the country speechless!

Activity Reviews

Finnish Sauna Experience

Rovaniemi

Quality of Experience

The hosts were amazing

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Ice Fishing Experience

Levi

It was an okay experience to see how icefishing is done

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Aurora Ice Floating

Finland

A MUST!

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Aurora Tour on Wooden Snowshoes

Finland

The experience was amazing it was like floating on top of the snow!

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Superb guide

Transport