Asia Aventura Travel

Doris was quick, efficient, and friendly in all our interactions in planning and executing our trip to SE Asia. When there were changes during the trip, she was very accommodating and continued to be available to us as needed. Doris was quick in responding to our quesitons. The accommodations were lovely and the tour beat all our expectations. I would book with KimKim again and if Doris was our agent, it would make us happy.

Activity Review

Bangkok - Railway market - Floating market

Bangkok

This was unique for us and we thoroughly enjoyed the experience. I had reduced mobility and it was no trouble having help getting in and out of the boat. We highly recommend putting this on everyone's list.

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Guides, Drivers and Staff

Very alert to shoppers' needs and directed the boat to the wants of the travelers

Transport

Doris was easy to coordinate with, very responsive to our changes to the trip before and even during our vacation.

Our guides in each of the locations were friendly, knowledgeable and communicated well. The van drivers were all very good at navigating the tricky traffic. We have traveled in East Asia, Europe, North, Central and South America and this is the first time we have used a travel service like Kim Kim. Kim Kim handled all of the logistics of hotels, traveling from sight to sight and city to city, very well. It was low stress compared to handling all of it by ourselves.
We had one person in our group with mobility issues and all of our guides did a good helping this individual and keeping us on point with our tour.

Bangkok - Hotel - Very nice with a great location close to the river and sights.
Guide and driver - Mr Oakky was pleasant, spoke good English and unassuming.
Methavalia Sorndaeng restaurant was a very nice surprise.
Best stop - Wat Arun or Grand Royal Palace.

Siem Reap - Hotel - Metta- Nice Hotel with a quick TukTuk ride into the city.
Guide -Peuro, Driver-Tom Both did great.
Favorite stop. Loved them all. Ta Prohm Temple was amazing and Angkor Wat did not disappoint.

Ho Chi Minh
Hotel- Eden Star -
Guide - Happiness - Took extra steps and friendliest guide. He took pictures and short video clips and sent us video of the highlights with music. Added extras of the engraved straw on the Lan Thanh Cruise and engraved chop sticks at Xom Nho were appreciated.

Dong Hoi to Hoi An
Various Hotels
Guide - An, Driver Mr E
An did a great job for us going through the paradise cave and the DMZ.

Hanoi
Hotel -Delicacy - Least impressive but a good location.
Hotel - Paradise Grand Cruise - Best accommodations.

Guide - Huy(Wee) Did. Great job the first allowing us to see the Hanoi Hilton and the railroad market which were not included in our tour. Very friendly and spoke great English. He had a family emergency which he had to attend to. Our Driver Hung did above what was expected taking us to our cruise and back without a guide.

Hotel Reviews

Centre Point Hotel Silom

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Eden Star Hotel & Spa

Ho Chi Minh City

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Sun Spa Resort

dong hoi

Authenticity & Character

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Enjoy the beach. Only place with a beach

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Metta Residence & Spa

Krung Siem Reap Siem Reap

Authenticity & Character

Location

Outside of the city but an easy TukTuk ride into the city

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MK Premier Boutique hotel

Hanoi

In two rooms in this hotel. Room 803 smelled musty and had some water damage on the outside wall. Good Air conditioner. The second room 502 the safe was not working. Friendly staff

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Water damage and musty smell in room 803 and safe did not work in 502.

Hoi An Delicacy Hotel & Spa

Hoi An

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Thanh Lich Royal Boutique Hotel

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Peony Cruise

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Activity Reviews

Bangkok City tour (B)

Bangkok

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Bangkok - Railway market - Floating market

Bangkok

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The pancakes and spring rolls were good.

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Bangkok - Fly to Siem Reap, Cambodia

Siem Reap

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Siem Reap: Banteay Srei - Pre Rup - Tonle Sap Lake

Siem Reap

Banteay Srei - Pre Rup was amazing. Since it was not the raining season, Tonle Sap Lake was low and we couldn't appreciate the area as much as expected. The stilted houses were interesting but didn't see wildlife or the floating village.

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Siem Reap: Angkor Thom - Ta Prohm - Angkor Wat

Siem Reap

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Siem Reap - Fly to Ho Chi Minh - Ho Chi Minh half-day city tour

Ho Chi Minh City

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Happiness was great

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Ho Chi Minh City - Mekong Delta, Explore Ben Tre - Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam

Hanoi - Halong Bay, Overnight on Cruise

Vietnam

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Ho Chi Minh - Fly to Dong Hoi - Phong Nha Cave - Paradise Cave

Vietnam

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Dong Hoi - Hien Luong Bridge - Quang Tri Citadel - Hue

Vietnam

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Hoi An Free Day

Hoi An

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Halong Bay - Hanoi

Vietnam

We would like 2 nights here

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Hue: Thuy Bieu Ecovillage, Cooking Class & Imperial Citadel

Hue

Hoi An - Cam Thanh Coconut Village - Hoian Ancient Town

Hoi An

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Hue, Visit Tomb of Emperor Tu Duc - Hoi An

Vietnam

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Ok

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Hoi An - Da Nang Airport - Fly to Hanoi

Vietnam

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Wee and Hung were great this day

Transport

Hanoi city sightseeing

Hanoi

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My trip to Chiang Mai and Laos went exactly as planned by Doris! Someone was waiting for me as I arrived in Chiang Mai, Luang Prabang, Paske, and Vientiane. All of my guides were courteous, spoke clear English, were knowledgeable, and friendly. My drivers all drove very safely in clean, well maintained vehicles. My favorites were 1) visiting the Elephant Sanctuary outside of Chiang Mai; 2) the Plain of Jars; 3) the scenic yet bumpy drive to/from the PoJ; 4) swimming & zipline at Xangvieng; 5) the many beautiful waterfalls near Paske.

Trang our local specialist was super responsive and catered our trip for group of 6 including a 9 and 11 year old children. I think the planning advice was good. She was helpful too when I had questions about Hanoi hotels and logistics. She advised printing out VN visa which was helpful. We did see an eco village at the sapa mountainside during our trip which I think we would have preferred to stay at because it really captures sapa well. We spent 2 night and 3 days in sapa coming from Hanoi. It was cool that we could hire a tour guide and a private limo van the entire time. The “limo” van unfortunately wasn’t very comfortable and felt like a pickup truck. We had been in other limo vans in Vietnam and unluckily we got a real beat up one. The ride to sapa was rough. Happy we made it safely though. The tour guide was nice but didn’t demonstrate much knowledge of sapa. He had only guided for 6 months.

Overall I would use kimkim travel again but maybe stay at an ecolodge and figure out how to get a better limo van and more knowledgeable tour guide but sometimes it’s hit or miss.

Hotel Review

Pistachio Hotel Sapa

Bfast was amazing. Prob the best we had in Vietnam. Beds comfortable and very spacious rooms.

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Activity Review

Hanoi - Transfer to Sapa (Private Limousine)

Vietnam

Car was very uncomfortable. Felt like a pickup truck. We had other limo vans that were very comfortable in VN, just not this one. Driver was rough. Lots of sudden stops

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Donna and I had a wonderful trip to Vietnam with special thanks to Alex (for support on building a great itinerary, and also supporting us when we had eVisa support issues), and Bo for his solid driving skills getting us to and from our destinations, and Mr Binh for his outstanding guide assistance and local knowledge of Northern Vietnam!

Hotel Reviews

Meliá Hanoi

Hanoi

Excellent location and Accommodations

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Hôtel de la Coupole - MGallery

Beautiful hotel and great staff

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Jiva Hoa Lu Retreat

Perhaps the best resort of the trip. would have been great to spend and extra day!

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Crazy beautiful

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Paradise Elegance Cruise

Very nice boat and accomodations

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GRAND HOTEL du LAC Hanoi

Nice hotel, a bit small but clean and lovely location

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Activity Reviews

Hanoi - Sapa – Tram Ton Pass – Love Waterfall - Sapa

Sapa

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Sapa - Hike to Explore Local Villages: Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai & Ta Van

Sapa

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Sapa - Mường Hoa Mountain Train - Fansipan Peak - Conquer the Roof of Indochina - Free afternoon

Vietnam

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Ninh Binh - Halong Bay Cruise - Overnight on boat

Ha Long Bay

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Halong Bay - Hanoi

Vietnam

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Sapa, Visit Cat Cat village - Transfer Back to Hanoi

Vietnam

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Hanoi - Ninh Binh - Hoa Lu, Ancient Capital - Mua Cave - Tam Coc Boat Trip

Ninh Binh

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Hanoi By Night Food Tour - Vespa Tour

Hanoi

We did not take this tour during our visit. We chose to relax before heading back to states

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There is so much to say about how amazing this trip was. We have never used a travel agency, but planning a 2-week trip to Vietnam felt a bit daunting, so after reading many reviews, we decided to go with KimKim. Our travel specialist, Alex, was beyond helpful, and together we planned a wonderful trip. I MUST mention our driver in Hanoi, Bo, who was the BEST out of the many drivers we had on our journey. Our Hanoi guide, Quyet, literally held my hand as we made our way up and down hundreds of steps to visit some of the sites. The staff at the Q Boutique Hotel in Hanoi made us feel like Royalty (shout out to Bob). Our next guide, Vy, made us feel like part of her family as she shared the Tet holiday and her beautiful city of Hoi An. We had such a peaceful time cycling through the rice fields to Tra Que village, which we followed up with a great cooking class and lunch. In Ho Chi Minh City, our guide Loan was incredible—he had so much insight into the history of the Vietnam War. We even worked up the nerve to crawl through the Cu Chi Tunnels; definitely a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ experience! ;) All that said, we are currently planning our next trip with KimKim to South Africa; can't wait to see what's in store!