Kimkim Trip Reviews

Great price; great staff...everyone was very pleased. So much better than the big cruise ships.

Absolutely gorgeous!

Great views

Great location. Super nice staff.

Really nice but just a quick trip. Only 3 hours. Not what I expected.

I just helped cook a dish which was good and fun but that was it. Only lasted about an hour.

It was a repeat itinerary of what I already did so I canceled it. Don’t think I was reimbursed for that one but unsure.

This was canceled twice due to weather. Sounded great though. Only rated it to continue this survey.

Very nice. Also included Manitee and coral reef.

Gummi made it happen 😜!!!! Weather was not cooperating.

Outstanding! Had a ball!

This was the most unusual location and surroundings of any of the hotels. Trogon Lodge is tucked away 'way down' into the valley, with roads that required some careful attention for driving (7 kilometers off Route 2 on a narrow, curve-filled drive). Nevertheless, the location was well-worth it! Note that it was cold (relatively) since it sits at roughly 7000 feet in altitude. The dining room was very nice with excellent food. and service. A beautiful river, with many waterfalls, runs directly through Trogon grounds with several trails to explore along the river. The casitas are also located such that you will follow one, two or more trails to get to your lodging. In this sense, a person with handicaps would be challenged, but could ask for a casita most closely located to necessities. Trogon Lodge is also fairly isolated, meaning no gas station or other convenience stores are within 20-30 kilometers. We didn't need them, though we had some concern about having only a quarter tank of gas. Not a problem, since the nearest gas was 31 kilometers away and well within reach. Though cold much of the day, we thoroughly enjoyed the natural setting and our stay (2 nights)!!

This hotel was a different, but enjoyable, experience. The casita was hidden away nicely with a path to breakfast readily available. The views from the restaurant were good, but not spectacular. The food was good, well prepared, and excellently served by the wait staff. Our experience was fewer opportunities to explore the mountains without going a ways out of town, though Monteverde itself was an interesting place to explore.

Lovely setting outside the city of La Fortuna; we visited the community several times. The breakfasts were overly generous offerings with a beautiful view of a lagoon with dozens of white herons, our couple spa experience was fantastic, the grounds were beautiful. The staff was always ready to help and...we greatly enjoyed the Arenal Zip Line experience. and much more.

This was my (Ellie's) favorite place - the breakfasts were wonderful, the room was high above the sea from which we could see for miles into the ocean, service was wonderful, the room was spacious with a lovely little deck to sit on when we felt like we wanted to be outside. We had wonderful love-making here, too!

Fantastic from the casita we had, the pool, the food, the hiking trails. It was genuinely a hideaway for a moment in our lives. We had wonderful love-making here!

What's to say!! It was a genuine sunset cruise, on a 3-sail, wooden sail boat (according to our guide the only one in Costa Rica?). Food was excellent, staff, too. Opportunities for swimming and snorkeling were provided. Fun time and people!!

This was a major highlight of our time in Costa Rica. The National Park is over the top, especially given that we had a guide who was informed, informative and responsive to questions. We learned much about all manner of wildlife. In addition, our guide was a historian of Latin America providing us wonderful detail about the creation and evolution of the National Park. Included in that, of course, was information about colonialism, the United Fruit Company and the history of America Central as opposed to Central America (the latter being the history with which many of us are familiar).

This worked well. The first distance down the mountain (Route 606) was ok. The main route (Routes 1 and 324) were ok, too. Keep in mind that the infrastructure of Costa Rica is not as clearly developed as we in the US, spoiled as we are, are used to. Most of our highway routes were two lane, with a few four lanes now and then. In some cases, as when we went to Trogon Lodge, the 7 kilometers to the Lodge were very curvy and narrow. But, hey, it's part of the experience!!!

This was an event set up by KimKim (Serendipity Adventures) with us. We had a good guide (Ian). He was able to show us several spectacular bird events. The most exciting was seeing a Quetzal perched in a tree. Through the guides monocular, we took several pictures we will treasure.

Excellent night walk!! Our guide was eager to show us all forms of frogs, snakes, birds! But the frosting on the cake was finding a Tapir (with four young ones) 'eating up the forest'. Yes, they feast on small trees and other fodder of the forest. We were able to get excellent video evidence of this experience.

Amazing and fantastic, with a very helpful and entertaining crew!! This is a 12-platform zip line, one of which is a kilometer long in itself.

The staff was very helpful as eight of us descended on them at the start of our visit to Argentina. They helped get rooms ready and held back food for some of us who arrived on later flights. Very kind of them to hold our bags for a week as we went to Iguazu and Mendoza, as we were returning back to this hotel.

A brand new hotel in the heart of Iguazu Falls but still away from the main thoroughfare. Clean rooms, a great roof top bar. Walking distance to restaurants downtown.

This was one of the best hotels we stayed at on our Argentina trip. The staff were very accommodating, the room and location was great! A group of 8, we had a great time here.

Perfect introduction to Sydney, extremely helpful staff!

Pleasant drift over the beautiful rainforest.

4 hours of snorkeling available during the cruise, really nice staff and cruise

Rebecca was a friendly informative guide, introducing us to a beautiful area of the country

A gem!!!!!!!!!

Oasis in Gestemani. Walking distance to everything or a quick Uber ride. Friendly staff, comfortable rooms and beds. Breakfast was bountiful and pools relaxing and clean.

The Lowry Hotel was one of the best we’ve ever had the pleasure of visiting. We couldn’t say enough kind things about the outstanding staff in this hotel. They were attentive to all of our needs and we felt like we were part of the Lowry family. The rooms were outstanding and every detail was perfect. We especially appreciated the delicious pastries that were delivered on our first evening. The location was also ideal in that it was a quick walk to shopping and restaurants.

Comfortable, good location. Pretty generic hotel.

Comfortable room, good amenities on site, though it's a bit out of town.

A fairly generic hotel with a medium quality breakfast

Great view, good location, very comfortable. The breakfast is subpar, so we recommend just going to town.

The room had a great view, but was small. The buffet for dinner and breakfast was mediocre for the price. The staff were very helpful when we were trying to reschedule our start gazing tour. Overall, we would have preferred to stay in the motel for less money.

Great location, clean and comfortable.

The room was a bit old and let a lot of light in. The breakfast was only ok. The staff was a little bit difficult when we tried to verify the boxed breakfast that our travel agent had arranged for an early morning departure. We did enjoy the thermal baths on site.

Clean and comfortable. Location is great. Staff was helpful - lending us an umbrella for the day when it was pouring rain. We didn't eat there, so can't comment on the restaurant/bar.

This was definitely one of our favorite activities. The scenery during the cruise was truly incredible. Then the underwater observatory was also really cool. We even got to see an octopus, which is pretty rare. Finally the kayaking was a perfect way to move around while spending more time in the Sound, paddling around surrounded by these massive cliffs.

It's a great way to get across the country while soaking in the views. The audio guide was a nice touch.

This was a lovely and pleasant kayak trip on a rainy morning. Luckily it rained much less on the lake than at Franz Josef. It was nice to hear a lot from our guide about the local wildlife.

This was pure luxury for us. A private hot tub overlooking a beautiful river valley with drinks and snacks included - it's an ideal way to end a day. Of course it's not an actual onsen, but we knew that going in.

The luge track is really fun!

The steam ship was very cool. We couldn't believe it's been operating the same way since 1912! The buffet dinner was out of this world good, especially the meats and desserts. And the farm show was thoroughly entertains, especially the sheep dog.

Unfortunately the tour was cancelled both days we were at Mt Cook. They did offer a planetarium show instead, which was a nice consolation.

The buffet dinner was great and overlooked the geyser, which put on an impressive display. The cultural show was a lot of fun as well. Ending up with hot chocolate and a close up view of the geyser was really nice.

The guides were very nice and paddling around at night into little caves with the glowworms was pretty cool. Ultimately, we were hoping for a bit more in terms of size of caves or length of the trip.

A great experience all around. The guides were super fun and engaging throughout. We really appreciated the conservation efforts that the tour was supporting.

It's a pretty good value and very easy logistically. One downside is that the bus can get full, in which case you have to wait for the next one, and the timing of the buses is pretty unpredictable. There was also a range of experiences at the wineries, from personable and attentive at Batch to corporate and efficient at Stonyridge.

It's not worth the cost and queueing. But once you do get up there the view is nice.

The complex at Anuradhapura is so interesting and the whole part is very well maintained.

The cave temples were stunning!

Morning visit was very beautiful!

Excellent and responsive service

Very friendly staff and excellent food. Too bad the ship common areas are equipped to deal with the cold temps we had during the trip.

Taking off a star because the restaurant wasn’t staffed for dinner and had very limited choices.

The ceiling fan was not working in the room

We had an exceptional stay at the Sofitel Calablanca. The property is beautiful. All rooms are lovely, have spectacular Caribbean views, and are beautifully decorated. The food at all the restaurants was excellent. But, what makes this place truly exceptional is the service. Every member of the staff is well-trained, kind, friendly, and focused on the customer experience. We took the high speed boat from Cartegena to the hotel. Fun experience and so much faster than taking a car service back! One note...while the beach at this hotel is lovely and quiet, it is not the "white sand" of Playa Blanca on Isla Baru, which was a slight disappointment. The beach is pretty gravelly--I'm guessing the jungle originally came right down to the beach (as it does on either side of the property), and when Sofitel developed the property, they dredged the coastline and brought in sand. We wanted to avoid crowds, so this did not diminish our enjoyment of the property, but if you are looking for soft white sand gently sloping into the ocean, that is not what this beach offers.

Beautiful hotel, great location, outstanding service. Clearly lots of thought put into the design of the hotel to make it not only lovely, but comfortable for guests.

We didn't really understand what this was until we arrived that evening. While the food was okay (honestly, it might just be that we don't love traditional Columbian food, which doesn't use very many spices), we really enjoyed the young woman who hosts this experience. She was a fascinating person with great ideas and observations about food, culture, and Columbia.

We enjoyed going to the market, and trying the fresh Arepas con Chocolo (literally right off the grill). Otherwise, we're not big juice drinkers, and perhaps we are just not big fans of street food in Columbia.

Great day. We really enjoyed and learned a lot at the flower farm (the gentleman who hosted us there was delightful!). We were a bit surprised (honestly disappointed) at how commercial Guatape was, but very much enjoyed the drive and the view from the top. The walk through the town afterwards was fun as well.

Absolute highlight. The guide was excellent, and really helped us understand Medellin's unique history, and all that has been accomplished in the last 15 years. Loved taking the authentic experience of taking the metro system and the gondolas around town.

A very nice resort Hotel with French architectural influence. The grounds and pools areas are spacious and immaculate. It is an easy walk along a large river to get to downtown Can Tho. We really enjoyed our stay at this property.

The Hotel itself was fine. The rooms were very nice, new, and clean. However, as older travelers, we did not like the Ho Chi Minh City traffic and bustling crowds. If you don't mind the City traffic and crowds the hotel is in a good location to explore the primary downtown area of HCMC.

A fantastic resort hotel in a great location. The facilities, grounds, pools and walkways that connect them are beautiful and perfectly maintained. It is an easy walk to the Historic Town area and very quiet on the property itself. This was by far and away our favorite hotel stay in Vietnam.

We happened to hit Mai Chau in an unusually cold and foggy spell in January. The property itself was beautiful and the owner was on-site and provided great service. The area is beautiful but the cold and fog we experienced was uncomfortable. So just beware of January north of Hanoi.

A very nice hotel in a great location from which to explore the Old Town District of Hanoi. The staff were very friendly and we considered the breakfast buffet here to be the best we experienced in Vietnam.

We explored the city and tried some street food. It was a great way to get a taste of the local culture and cuisine, however we didn't enjoy the chaotic atmosphere of the city and the traffic.

We had a private group tour to visit the Cai Rang floating market in Can Tho. It was a unique and vibrant experience to see the market on the water and interact with the local vendors and all the small businesses. We enjoyed the bustling atmosphere and trying some delicious fresh fruits.

We started with a trip to the market to learn about local ingredients, and then had a hands-on cooking class. It was a fun and interactive experience, and we learned some new recipes to try at home.