Brazil Green Travel

I give KimKim lots of credit for finding this very obscure trip for me. I have an interest in prehistoric rock art and wanted to find a way to visit Serra Da Capivara National Park, which has very few foreign visitors because of its remoteness in northeast Brazil.
That said, I had very little interaction with KimKim following the booking. Once I had the WhatsApp number of my local guide, I stayed in contact with him.

Both Wanessa and Bruno were incredibly generous and friendly people. They cared if we were enjoying the tour and always checked to see if we needed more time at the different locations. They advised about places to eat and looked after our wellbeing at all times. Communicating in English was easy with them. Bruno went above and beyond to give us the best experience touring Rio de Janeiro - Brasil. He helped us with different issues a few times.

Activity Reviews

Carioca Lifestyle and Carnival Culture (by Public Transport)

Rio de Janeiro

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Visit to the Botanical Gardens & Santa Teresa

Rio de Janeiro

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Excellent, excellent! Our wonderful tour guides were just like having local friends in Rio. I don't know what we would have done without them. They made sure that everything ran smoothly, organized activities for us that we thought of at the last minute and did some heavy duty problem solving - such as when my wife discovered she had left her medication at our hotel just as we arrived at Rio airport for our next destination. Thank-you KimKim, thank-you Renata and many thanks to Bruno and Wanessa, our lovely tour guides. I highly recommend your services, and I have left Brazil with very warm feelings.

From the beginning to the end the planning and execution of our trip exceeded expectations. Our local specialist Renata was responsive and very helpful. Our guide, Felipe, was very thoughtful and very knowledgeable. He took care of the smallest details (booster seat for a child) and personalized the tour with our interests in mind. He was very responsive and quickly changed plans after an unexpected schedule change. Our favorite stops - Samba School, Christ the Redeemer, and the Botanical Garden. We also enjoyed Little Africa and the Selaron steps.

All three guides (Luis in Rio, Lillian in The Pantanal, and Orico in Iguazu) were stunningly good.

Renata was great at providing various updates through the planning process, and dealing with some changing schedules.
But we ended up doing a lot of the work that we thought a travel agent would assist with. For example, we often found the better way to travel throughout the country and which flights to take instead of relying on her. Also in the past travel specialists have provided us with "must do" things or provided more guidance, and we were kind of left to do a lot of that ourselves.

Further, there were some things - like making sure water bottles were in the cars - were completely overlooked.

Hotel Reviews

Hotel Intercity Manaus

Manaus

It was fine, but nothing special. Good breakfast.

Juma Amazon Lodge

Autazes

It was fun staying in the tree lodges. But, there was no a/c.

Belmond Hotel das Cataratas

Foz do Iguaçu

Worth the extra money to be in the park. Sunset in the tower is a must do.

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Transfer by hidroplane & immersion in the rainforest (JL - Day 1)

Brazil

Adventures in the Jungle Lodge (JL - Day 2)

Brazil

Some great activities. Wish there was a little more to do.

Iguaçu Falls Hike on the Argentina Side & Gran Aventura Boat Tour

Foz do Iguaçu

Amazing and our guide here was awesome.

We had a fantastic trip. Renata did an excellent job planning our Brazil trip which include visiting the Amazon, Iguazu Falls (both sides) and time in Rio. We loved our stay at Turtle Lodge in the Amazon and both our guides for Iguazu Falls and Rio were great. All our airport pick ups and drop offs went great as well. We hope to visit Brazil again. Thanks for a wonderful trip

Hotel Reviews

Hotel Intercity Manaus

Manaus

The front staff were great, both friendly and informative. Rooms were comfortable, but a little rough in spots, such as cabinets in bathroom coming undone or the multiple mysterious stains on white wall that look like had not been cleaned for awhile.

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Sanma Hotel Foz do Iguaçu

Foz do Iguaçu

Nice hotel. Breakfast was great. Pool fantastic. Really close to the Falls. Room a bit small for King size bed and AC blew annoyingly in our face throughout the night.

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Arena Leme Hotel

Rio de Janeiro

Great views of the beach.

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Amazon Turtle Lodge

Great place to see Amazon. Staff were great our guide was super informative.

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Activity Reviews

Transfer & immersion in the rainforest (Turtle Lodge - Day 1)

Brazil

Adventures in the Jungle Lodge (Turtle Lodge - Day 2)

Brazil

Food

Good, bit repetitive at times

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Bike & Hike on the Brazilian Side of the Falls and visit to the Bird Park

Foz do Iguaçu

Our Guide Orico was amazing. He was informative, friendly and dedicated. Orico goes out of his way for his tourists.

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Iguaçu Falls Hike on the Argentina Side & Gran Aventura Boat Tour

Foz do Iguaçu

Day Tour of Sugarloaf Mountain (walking trail) and Christ the Redeemer Statue

Rio de Janeiro

Edwin was a great tour guide. He took us all around Rio, while giving us both a history and culture lesson of Brazil.

Adventures in the Jungle Lodge (Turtle Lodge - Day 5) and Transfer to Manaus International Airport (MAO), Departure

Brazil

Adventures in the Jungle Lodge (Turtle Lodge - Day 3)

Brazil

Adventures in the Jungle Lodge (Turtle Lodge - Day 4 - 4NPackage)

Brazil

The whole trip was memorable, in such small space of time we managed to cram in so much largely down to the planning by our local specialist Camille.
All transfers were a breeze and visiting local attractions with the guide meant we skipped queues and maximised out time and overall enjoyment.
I would definitely recommend kim kim and will be using them again for our next trip.

Hotel Reviews

Arena Copacabana Hotel

Rio de Janeiro

Great location on Copacabana beach and the staff were very friendly and looked after guests coming in and out. Rooms were clean and spacious and ideal to lounge in during the evening, shame they did not have smart TVs but there was a large section of free channels. Had a lot of choice for breakfast and the rooftop bar had great views of the surrounding area.

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Hotel Intercity Manaus

Manaus

It was adequate for a nights stay but felt the hotel lacked character.

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Amazon Premium Lodge

Manaus

Considering this was in the Amazon the lodge was amazing. Staff were amazing and super helpful and had fun with google translate to communicate some of the conversations. We were really well looked after, the food was tailor made for my wife as she was a vegetarian. Rooms were clean and comfortable and given the location you have to expect some bugs, we had fun with 2 tree frogs in the room, but they were harmless. AC unit in the room was a god send as even thought there was no wifi or tv in the room it was fine as all the activities planned throughout the day meant we were on the go most the time.

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Activity Reviews

Pão de Açúcar (Sugar Loaf) at sunset

Rio de Janeiro

Had an excelled guide and she knew all the tricks to skip the queues which meant we maximised our time at Sugar Loaf. Having a drink and some nibbles on the terrace bar was amazing as the views were spectacular ...shame it was misty as we did not get to see the sunset but you can imagine it would be spectacular. There was even a DJ performing at the top and there was a very safe and friendly vibe with all the locals and visitors.

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Corcovado & Christ the Redeemer Tour

Rio de Janeiro

Once again our guide knew all the tricks to get us through quickly and best places to sit on the tram and for pictures at the top.

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Carioca lifestyle with lunch

Rio de Janeiro

Really insightful walking tour and nice and lovely local authentic lunch

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Hiking to Pedra Bonita

Rio de Janeiro

Lovely hike, just the right pace and not too challenging. Our guide was very knowledgeable and very friendly. Spectacular views at the top.

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Transfer & immersion in the rainforest (AP - Day 1)

Brazil

The boat trip our of Manaus was lovely but then the speedboat trip to our lodge was spectacular. Bus transfer was a bit squashed as we have lots of out tourists so the only negative would be to have a slightly larger mode of transfer or not over book passengers

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Adventures in the Jungle Lodge (AP- Days 2 & 3)

The Amazon

All the activities were amazing and very varied and insightful, our guide was excellent and looked after us extremely well

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Transfer from the Amazon Jungle to Manaus

Brazil

It was sad to leave the Amazon and the transfer back seemed to quicker and after a drop off to downtown Manaus we were safely dropped off if good time at the airport.

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We had an excellent time and will certainly my use KimKim again.
While initially we had to get aligned with Renata, she was great. Renata went out of her way to meet our needs before the trip and during the trip. Really appreciated her.
Our guide in Rio, Bruno was sensational. We loved having him. Would recommend him to anybody. Truly amazing.
The anavilhana lodge was truly beautiful. All the personnel there were excellent. Nothing but accolades.

Hotel Reviews

Anavilhanas Jungle Lodge

Manaus

Absolutely amazing!!! Loved all the personnel especially the guides.. Kendrick, Ramon, etc Truly an amazing experience e

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Arena Ipanema

Rio de Janeiro

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Arena Copacabana Hotel

Rio de Janeiro

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Activity Reviews

Half-Day Tour of Sitio Burle Marx, Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Simply amazing… truly awesome experience

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Full Days at the Anavilhanas Jungle Lodge

The Amazon

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