Kimkim Trip Reviews

The hotel has a very nice pool and access to a wide, clean white sand beach. Water was too rough for swimming. The Beach Grill for seafood was great. We had Ayurvedic massages which were relaxing.

Cruising the backwaters was so peaceful and relaxing. Our houseboat, Saffron, has 1 BR and there were 2 staff taking care of us. Food was delicious and beautifully presented.

Take advantage of the complimentary boat ride on the hotel’s private boat as well as complimentary high tea. We were able to walk to most of the sights in Cochin from the hotel.

Great location across the street from the Gateway to India with sea views. The historic bar and signature cocktail were great. We stayed in a heritage room. High tea was special and there was a large variety of restaurants.

Beautiful hotel. It might have been worth upgrading to a room with its own entrance into the pool with a lake view. Our room did not have much of a view.

A stylish boutique hotel near the clock tower. Our room had a rooftop deck with views of the fort. The pool area was lovely.

It maybe the best hotel in the area, but needs refurbishing.

We got upgraded to the Maharajah’s suite, which was amazing. Loved the dance performances during dinner.

Loved having a view of the Taj Mahal from our balcony. Restaurant and staff were excellent.

Beautiful riad close to the sooks but far enough away to be peaceful. The staff was friendly and helpful. Large room with a massive bathroom.

It was stunning. The bath, the views of the ocean, the dinner at the connected hotel. It was romantic and relaxing and so comfortable.

The staff was incredibly helpful and friendly. The location was a short trip to the city center and the stay was great for the smaller hotel stay of our trip.

This was such an amazing experience, the tour guide was fantastic and knowledgable. The trip out was a bit long but once you get there being able to walk on a glacier is breath taking. They were very careful about safety.

Location Location Location. Steps from the beach. Restaurant was superb. Best fish sandwich !

Best hotel springs and pools. Food was great and breakfast was the best.

Felt like we were deep in the rain forest.

Thank you Nicole for special service and Manu for great private tour of San Jose.

Great way to spend last day in CR on a private sail boat, snorkeling and enjoying the beautiful scenery.

Saw alot of wildlife.

Guide was very knowledgeable.

Very remote and rainy. Best nights sleep listening to rain falling on our cabin.

Our guide Manu was the best.

HOSTESS WAS AWESOME / VERY CLEAN / PREFERED CENTER HOTEL PLAZA BUT THIS LOCATION WAS NOCE AS WELL

Room 35 / 30ft wall of windows / HUGE room with kitchen / VERY NICE - HIGHLY RECOMMEND

BOUGIE / GREAT HAPPY HOUR / FRIENDLY STAFF / DELICIOUS FOOD / LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION / POINTING NORTH FOR NORTHERN LIGHTS TOO!

A bit sterile but very nice and accommodating

LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION!!!!

LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION! BEAUTIFUL ACCOMMODATIONS!

Favorite of all we visited - hands down!

After a long trip in Thailand, we flew from Phuket to Bangkok the night before leaving Thailand. Our international flight home was set for 7 am, and we were so tired from a great vacation, that we were a bit down on energy. However, upon walking into the hotel, our spirits picked up immediately! This hotel is absolutely gorgeous! It is modern, beautiful, clean and so comfortable. After staying in several locations throughout the country for a long time, we were not looking forward to checking in to one more hotel. However, our attitude changed right away, as the check in process was a breeze and very fast, and the accommodations are so very nice. The hotel is very large, but is it also very peaceful and comforting. The breakfast buffet starts at 3 am for travelers who have early flights out, so we were able to have an absolutely wonderful breakfast buffet before catching an early flight. In addition, after a long vacation, we were able to use the hotel gym to stretch out and recoup from a physically demanding vacation, not to mention to reset the body before getting on a very long international flight. The gym and locker room are so very nice and spacious, with fantastic gym equipment and amenities. Oh yeah, the hotel is essentially right across the street from the airport, but you wouldn't know it as it is so quiet and comfortable. Likewise, it is so convenient - it was so nice knowing we were so close to the airport that it took stress away from worrying about packing up and getting to the airport on time. The hotel shuttle immediately brought us to the hotel from the airport the night before with zero wait time, and in the morning, the hotel shuttle immediately brought us to the airport with zero wait time, and the shuttle ride is only about 5 minutes total - so convenient! This was a wonderful hotel and experience.

The hotel is located close to the airport and is so convenient to traveling in and out of Phuket. In addition, it is located across the street from a most lovely beach, and it is essentially located inside the national park, so it is a very quiet and beautiful location. Despite it being located in a quiet area, there are plenty of restaurants and shops within easy walking distance, and it must be repeated that a most beautiful and quiet beach is just across the street! The breakfast buffet is absolutely wonderful and first class, but the restaurant also serves 1st class food that is so fresh and delicious. The hotel staff are so friendly and accommodating and make sure that you are taken are of. The hotel provides nice touches like flip flops, beach towels, a carry bag for the beach or shopping, and umbrellas to use. So nice! We found all of the staff to be so friendly, from the maintenance workers to cleaning staff as well as the restaurant and pool/bar workers. The hotel offers a complimentary yoga class several days of the week, and our instructor was so sweet and nice. And of course the desk staff (Vicky and Jib especially) and bell people were really, very nice and attentive, that they all really made our stay such a nice experience.

The hotel is a boutique hotel with a lovely atmosphere. Our room was very clean and quiet, but also large and comfortable. The location is perfect - it is on a quiet street but a very close walking distance to many restaurants and bars inside the old town. The breakfast buffet is very nice and we looked forward to eating at the restaurant every day. The hotel staff were so friendly and accommodating. During one of our activities in Chiang Mai, we got bitten by ants and other insects and had such itchy skin that there was no way we would be able to sleep. We asked the staff for directions to a pharmacy, but did not need to visit the pharmacy as the desk staff had extra ointment that they offered us to try. It worked, and it saved us time trying to find the pharmacy, etc., and we were able to sleep that night. Such nice people and so accommodating.

Our room was spectacular, but it seems that every room is also. The hotel is very modern yet charming and clean. The pool is beautiful and clean, and the views are simply amazing. We watched a distant thunderstorm over the mountains off our balcony one night, and it was lovely. We also kayaked on the river using the complimentary kayaks. Also, the restaurant is very nice with a fantastic menu and the food was delicious. All of the staff were very friendly and accommodating, and went out of their way to make sure we were comfortable.

We got in very late on our first night in country after a long international flight, so we were tired and not very alert. However, the hotel staff made check in easy for us and made sure that we were comfortable right away. The breakfast buffet was a highlight of the stay - the food was outstanding and fresh and delicious, but the accommodations were also comfortable and quiet. After a long flight, it was nice to have access to a gym so as to stretch out and get a workout in to feel more normal. This is such nice hotel and all of the staff were very friendly and helpful.

This is a very nice golf course and club. All of the staff were friendly, and we just had a great golf day. Our caddies were fun and competent and professional, and also did a great job figuring out which clubs to hit and how to approach the hole so as to reduce potential danger. The clubs we rented were new and in great condition. The course is very pretty and the greens really protect the course from low scores.

This scenery and activities on this trip are wonderful, but the company staff and philosophy made it that much more special. The staff made sure to explain the agenda and what to expect, and the boat traveled at a very calm speed so that you are immediately immersed in relaxing atmosphere. The company emphasizes a quality experience (as opposed to quantity), and they also emphasize giving back and supporting the local people and culture. They made sure that there is plenty of wonderful food to eat the entire day, and workers and guides ensured a quality and safe experience. The guides ensured that we saw so many cool things that we otherwise would have missed, and each guide was so personable and went out of their way to ensure we had a great time. This trip was so relaxing and fun, but also educational.

The staff on the boats worked very hard all day long to ensure we had a great time. They were very good at organizing people onto the boats and clearly explaining the agenda for the day. In addition, they made sure that everyone on the boat was safe, and I always felt their safety presence when we were swimming in the sea. The food on the boat was really tasty and we also had a wonderful lunch at or near Monkey Beach. The scenery on this trip was spectacular, and everywhere we turned was a photographic moment. The sea and islands are simply gorgeous.

This was really a lovely experience for us, as the elephants are definitely the star of the show. The sanctuary really made sure that we interacted with the elephants, and we felt safe the entire time. It was so much fun to simply stand and touch the elephants but even better feeding them and bathing and giving them mud baths. We learned so much about the elephants, and they are truly regal beings. The sanctuary staff were all very friendly and competent. They made sure that our safety was a big concern, as well as the welfare of the elephants. The reality of our modern world means that these sanctuaries are ever more important, and we were impressed with how the elephants were treated and housed.

This is a really nice golf course and golf club. Our caddies were very friendly and personable, and quickly learned how far we hit our rental clubs, which made for better golf. The staff at the club were all very friendly and welcoming.

This is a big park and absolutely beautiful! We did a short trek through the countryside with our guide Amy and a local Karen guide as well, who showed us many things that we would not have noticed, such as various insects (caterpillars and spiders), wildlife (Gibbons and snakes) and fruits/nuts (Passion fruit and various acorns) from the trees. The waterfalls in this park are absolutely beautiful and amazing. The countryside and jungle here are spectacular.

This was such a fun trip! We really got a feel for the flow of the city while riding through the town. The humidity felt sticky, but having the breeze from riding made it a pleasure. Our guide Amy was a real treat for us - she was able to gauge what we were interested in along the way and she made sure we spent more time at areas we really enjoyed. For instance, the local market is so vibrant with sights, sounds and smells that we really enjoyed sampling various fruits and foods. Amy is extremely knowledgeable and is a wealth of information, and she really took the time to make sure that we had a great experience.

The park is very beautiful and the waterfalls are spectacular. It is a moderate hike to get to the viewing area of the upper waterfalls, but all of the waterfalls below are eye-opening as well, so you cannot go wrong wherever you stop. The park was crowded, but the views and scenery of the waterfalls and jungle are so worth the effort.

The bridge itself may not appear to be so impressive, but it is the story behind the bridge and the conditions that the POWs and other forced laborers had to endure to complete it that is amazing. The museum visit is an eye-opening experience, and the displays give you an idea of the brutal conditions that existed during the war. The European theater tends to dominate WWII history, so this museum is so important for Westerners when learning about the southeast Asian theater. The cemetery is adjacent to the museum, and it is kept in beautiful condition.

This was a beautiful tour of the larger and popular temples in Bangkok. Our guide taught us a lot about the history of the temples and the importance to the Thai people.

Food was delicious. View was amazing. The surprise music, flowers, and photos blew our minds ❤️❤️❤️

Loved our local guide up the volcano!! He was so friendly! Appreciated that JJ was also there to help interpret when needed.

JJ was fantastic!! He knew just where to take us to learn and experience the best of the villages.

Benedicto was amazing!! He was always checking in to make sure we were okay and had great suggestions for food. We appreciated not just his incredible knowledge of Maya history, but also his knowledge of the plants and animals in the region as well.

Excellent lounges and breakfast

We were upgraded to lake view and were blown away by the setting. Access to town was great.

This was a fun evening and a feast

Loved this hotel! Very charming and right by the dock where all the historic buildings are. Breakfast was good and felt very safe when I was there.

Breakfast was amazing and in a very convenient location to all the places I needed to go for my excursions. However, my room was not clean when I stayed there, and had to return a pillow because there was visible dirt on it, and the back door (this room had a glass door to a open area behind the hotel) that would not lock, so I felt a little unsafe.

Morocco trip will not be compkwte without Hammam exoerience

Liked the beach. Didn't liove the hotel

Pretty Fort, albeit a little touristy

Beautiful spot. Also enjoyed the Tea factory

Really fun experience

Beautiful town in the mountains. Really enjoyed the Ella Rock hike. One of my few criticisms of Dhanushka was he didn't fully brief us on the hike. Called it a walk.

Really interesting place

Fantastic. Being so close to the animals was amazing

Guide took us to a relatively obscure sushi restaurant featuring a private session with a sushi chef who explained and prepared everything before us. Sushi was fresh. Probably the best I've ever had!

Entertaining and educational. But not a true sumo match. Still worth it.

Perfect location for overnight before flight.

Another treat. Very upscale and lovely hotel. Buffet was exceptional.

Comfortable and big rooms. Quiet.

This was a lovely property; well run with lovely spaces to hang out. Spotty wireless which was the only drawback.

Such a lovely desert camp for our overnight.

Our fav. Lovely, classy, great location.

Great location. Rooms were a bit noisy. Seemed a bit weary.

Lovely place to stay. Fun to get to through the Medina.

Good hotel for our night in Casablanca; nice view of the ocean; adequate breakfast buffet; rooms were adequate for an overnight.

This was a super day as well. Noel and her daughter were such wonderful hosts…and the food was superb.

Excellent guide; lovely tour; really great day.

Long day but so interesting. Saw the gorge on this day and then Ait Ben Haddou as well. Ali worked with our needs and let us doing some shopping. Rose cooperative was not a particularly interesting stop. Great guide at Ait Ben Haddou. Found the experience at the movie location very disappointing. I would highly recommend skipping this part of the tour or find a better guide. I don’t think you can take private guides in there; we were in a huge group with a guide that was very lackluster.

Really enjoyed this day. Went to the market; went to the village. Had a very interesting tour with Sharon’s husband and a wonderful, wonderful young woman learning to be a guide. There had been a funeral in the village so we didn’t cook, but participated in a lovely tea ceremony and had a great meal. Really interesting day.

The stop to see the Khattara was remarkable. The gorge was also lovely.

Beautiful drive.

Superb. Guide was outstanding. Tour of Jewish quarter was remarkable; tour of outside of palace; Medina, lunch all wonderful.

Drive was long. Tour at Volubilis was adequate; guide was adequate. Very quick drive through Meknes. Beautiful vistas and views. Good stops for rest and snacks.

Loved Chefchaouen. Loved our guide. This should be a must see for anyone traveling to Morocco.

Ali provided good information about the drive. We stopped for breaks. We also stopped at an olive processing plant which was so interesting. Loved the stop when we entered the city for the view and photos.

Superb quide. I really appreciated the attention the team paid to having diverse quides—including women guides.

The mosque was really special and enjoyed seeing it. See comments below. Our time in Casablanca was more of a drive through than a tour.

This hotel was pretty amazing, but it was more of a roller coaster. The breakfast bar was great; I'd have been blown away had I not just been at a Keio Plaza that set my expectations sky-high. This hotel's breakfast had most of the same stuff, though our other hotel literally had a soft serve ice cream machine... how do you compete with that? Additionally, this hotel's restaurants had very weird hours. Some were only open alternating Tuesdays/Thursdays, for example. The dinner restaurant required reservations... at a hotel. Otherwise, the amenities were on point, and I particularly appreciate the hotel shuttle to Kyoto Station. The rooms had a good deal of floor space but were short on furniture, meaning there weren't many places to set things, so luggage just had to sit on the floor. At least doing so left plenty of walkway. The fixtures (showers and toilets) were all great, there were no problems with water temperature or pressure, and the hotel had blackout curtains and other lighting control. The hotel paid a lot of attention to aesthetics; the lobby was stunningly beautiful. However, there was only one set of elevators in the whole hotel, so we managed to stop on every floor on our descent from level 6, just to watch people elect to wait for the next elevator.

This hotel's breakfast bar is carrying it. It was that wonderful. The hotel had water pressure problems and the shower flailed wildly between unpleasantly cool and painfully hot. But I worked around that by drawing a bath, and I'd do that every day for the breakfast bar, which blew the other hotel from our trip out of the water. The beds were comfortable, though on the firm side, which I believe many will appreciate. Beyond that, our experience was perfect. The rooms were small but there was space to put our stuff under tables and on a shelf above the beds' headboards, so we did better here than at our other hotel which had more floor space but no furniture to put things on.

This experience really made the trip for me. Kiyumizu was breathtaking; a real must-see among the temples. We actually hit multiple on this tour, and our guide was so friendly and accommodating; she made plenty of time for all the stuff we wanted to do. Dinner selection was on us, which was also stunning. If I ever book through KimKim again, I'd just tell them I want more of this. It was night and day in so many respects. We met the guide at our hotel, at an hour we set; she provided us bus passes so that we didn't have to worry about transit for these events (or anything else that day), we did everything we wanted at the temples, had a great meal, and left ecstatic.

Experience oozed authenticity; any deviation from that was carefully noted by our hostess. Good for tourists as there was time for photo shoots in our kimono, which was strongly encouraged. The place featured a small "zen garden" kind of structure for it, and while said garden was pretty much in the heart of the city where I'm not sure grass can actually grow, they made it work. Sitting on my knees is hard, but the hostess was very accommodating in that respect.

The tour guide was friendly, spoke great English, and took us through some basic Japanese language and culture lessons, which was cute. These stops were over-commercialized tourist traps that managed to be all about Mount Fuji while exhibiting surprisingly little nature (our final stop was better, as it was a shopping center located next to a very scenic lake). The stops on Fuji itself were just tourist traps that charge you (separately and individually) to so much as use the restroom (there *is* a free one on site, as well). I was told to avoid Mount Fuji because it's a tourist trap, and I accepted the risk because hey, I'm a tourist. What I didn't expect is some extremely poor planning on the part of KimKim that made the whole day a huge pain. We had to leave our hotel before breakfast opened (which would have been at 7AM) to make it to the meetup point on time (a bit after 8 AM). To add insult to injury, the bus we boarded in Tokyo passed within a few hundred meters of said hotel an hour later. I was livid. My party constituted three of the five individuals on this tour, and the other two were from a separate stop; KimKim should have arranged a stop for us. Breakfast was not provided on the tour, nor did we have time to catch any before departure. Lunch was some sad prepackaged meal offered at a random hotel along the way. I enjoyed our time by the lake, though.

A lot of good sights, especially the thunder temple, and a good guide to tell us about them. Japan has largely over-commercialized these temples, but it doesn't feel so bad because it's all cheap, all done on the honor system (within the temples; stands around them are pretty touristy), and all deeply rooted in their culture (even most of the local shops and food stands). Some of the pacing could be improved; I'd rather walk and talk when possible, but this tour still left some wiggle room so we could do what we wanted in the area, and the guide made time for photos and helped us out with them. The tour also left us plenty of time to structure the rest of our day around it.

Our guide was great. The choice of eateries was questionable. The food selection was predetermined, rather than just setting a budget, so some members of our group left after eating very little (of the 8 pieces of sushi and 3 tempura that were offered at the first joint). The second joint seemed to be higher quality and was far more impressive. We actually bailed on the third place because it was just some type of ice cream and our group was falling asleep, nearly out of phone battery, by that point in the day.

Unluckily there was construction going on in front of hotel, completely out of their control, but it did take away from the general atmosphere

All the staff at the hotel were very attentive and happy. The hot water did not last very long for a shower.