Kimkim Trip Reviews

Very good breakfast...nice room...easy check in

OUTDATED...food needs sign ificant improvement...wonderful staff

Excellent tour

Excellent tour guide but unable to reach the peak due to local regulations.

Absolutely charming; great food; great staff.

Understated luxury at its best. Great restaurants, lovely atmosphere and unbeatable location.

Great location, great food, great service. Marcos takes immense pride in his work, and loves what he does. Visit this spot, if only to get to know Marcos.

The location is unbeatable. The property is cute, clean, cozy and comfortable.

Nice hotel; Not much around it by way of eating options, so the hotel outlets are the main options, and they are not great.

We enjoyed Arenal glamping very much. The “tents” were luxurious with lovely hardwood floors, comfortable beds, air conditioning and my favorite feature, the deck off the back of the tent in the rain forest where you could see birds flitting about. The pool and area are impeccably maintained. Breakfasts were delicious with a variety of options. We used the barbecue several times. When we stayed here we didn’t have a car, but because Arenal Glamping is a 25 minute walk into La Fortuna to get groceries or to go to a restaurant, it’s best suited to people who have a car.

This tour was the highlight of our trip to Costa Rica. We really enjoyed seeing and learning about the animals.

Close to the water and historic buildings. Shopping and bay close as well as old fort for walking. Rooms small but comfortable. easy access to bus to airport.

cute little boutique hotel. Rooms are small but work if you're out much of the time, which we were. Close to many attractions and bus/train routes. Breakfast good.

This is so well located. You can walk to most anything in a short time. Close to the cathedral, good restaurants and shopping. Dinner cruise is just outside the front door. Breakfast is amazing.

This is a nice hotel but isn't the level you might expect for a resort at a ski area. Rooms lack washcloths, bath matts, tissue box, coffee maker, fridge, extra pillow, and safe. Bowling doesn't open until 4 pm. If skiing is closed due to wind, not much to do. We were there when a huge real estate retreat was going on and the partying was out of control. However, you can runt skis, and the cross-country track is great, even for snowshoeing around the lake. Restaurant has limited menu that would get boring after 1 night. Town has some amazing restaurants.

this is a nice cruise around the bay. Food was ok, not great, and meant for fish lovers. We had bad weather, so no going outside or seeing northern lights.

This is a must. would recommend doing it in the day time, 1 hr before sunset, to be able to see all the mountains around the area.

This tour takes you on a packed bus more than an hour outside of town for dark skies. The staff are pretty quiet. Only went to one location. No guidance on where to look, what you're looking for, or how to take photos...that would help. A bit more narrative of a history of the area would help. Others on the trip stand in front of your pictures, use their flashlights, without regard to others.

This is an open air sail boat but they make it warm and cozy. Peaceful ride and good way to start a trip. Glogg warm drink is a must!

excellent

good location for getting to airport

Really really comfortble, so pretty and nice walking distance to sites and shopping.

Nice and comfortable

i enjoyed floating around in the company of friendly staff and guests

Though it was a bit chilly at the time we visited the homestay owner was very friendly and an excellent cook.

Very comfortable and the staff were very helpful. Great location.

Fun!

Excellent! A must do if you like to eat

It was good to visit My Lai Massacre memory, pay respects. This is a place you have to have a lot of intention and purpose in your visit

very relaxing

The Angkor Miracle hotel was below our expectations for a five-star hotel. The rooms felt dated and lacked the luxury feel we were expecting. Despite the staff's efforts to make up for these issues, we would not recommend this hotel for future travelers.

While the Angkor Wat morning visit was visually stunning, the day felt long and hectic. We felt that our guides could have offered more flexibility in the schedule to accommodate our needs and preferences.

These activities were quite well organized and enjoyable. However, there was a bit of a language barrier as our guides had a strong accent which made it difficult to understand them. This made it challenging to fully engage and enjoy the activities.

This lodge had a beautiful view. The lodge was small, the rooms were large with comfortable beds. None of the 3 of us in our party enjoyed the food there. We were glad we only had one night here.

This lodge was nothing special. It's a dated and worn. The staff weren't nearly as friendly or well trained as other places we stayed. Nothing special about the food it was adequate.

Great location. Beautiful in appearance. Hotel room looked old and tired. No privacy between bathroom and bedroom ( It was a see through wooden carved door). Not adequate lighting in room. Heavy drapes and cushions harbor allergens so people with allergies need to take anti histamines if they stay here. All Riads have stairs everywhere but not adequate support. Needs handrails on either side of stairs. Breakfast was average. Cheese seemed stale and bread was hard. Mesamen was fresh and great as were their juices.

Great location on the beach. Clean and comfortable. No facial tissues provided. Food was plenty but average

Good location. Rooms require stair climbing therefore need hand rails on both sides. Room was spacious. Need place to keep luggage. No closet. Bathroom sink did not drain properly. Beds very hard. Their breakfast buffet was good. One day we were served at the table which was average.

Great location. Clean and comfortable. Unique table service for breakfast. Stairs need rails on both sides for people with physical limitations since all rooms are on higher floors. Bathroom needs maintainance ( paint peeling, caulking etc)

This tour was not meant for people with physical limitations. It involves a lot of walking on rough unpaved paths and climbing mountains. We were unaware prior to embarking on this trip what it would entail. We had to abort this excursion less than halfway through. We were disappointed to not meet the Berber family for lunch. The roads leading up to the point where we were dropped off were under construction and it was a sad sight watching people still in tents after the earthquake last year. I would have picked another excursion. The best part was meeting our guides' mother!

Our guide Hannan was knowledgeable, friendly and very professional.

Amazing beach and walk on the ocean. Berber Souk was a great place to shop.

Felt crowded with 4 other people in "first class". Restroom facilities not up to par

Wonderful, warm and welcoming family. Word of caution for those who are claustrophobic and have physical limitations climbing stairs.

Mr Hafeez was enthusiastic and professional. Saw and learned a lot.

Our driver Soufian was friendly and helpful and on time. Drove us safely to Chefchaouen.

A perfect location with a lovely pool and kind staff! My suite was insanely perfect!

A gorgeous hotel with lavish pool, fabulous food and attentive staff!

This was a very special place and an incredible team showed me the wonders of the orangutans, probiscis monkeys and Sun Bears. I highly recommend a visit to this mind blowing lodge!

Fantastic location and luxurious!

Great guide got me through the airport and to my flight. She was really wonderful!

Nothing special here

I think the folks at the sanctuary need to be able to explain more about the elephants and the natural surroundings

This was a long drive and then boat ride, no history was given about the cave it wasn't the best

This wasn't organized and there was no guide

Gorgeous temple but the drive took hours to get there

The chef was wonderful and the guides made this adventure so incredible

The hotel was far from Medan and so I couldn't see anything, basically stuck in a hotel

The hotel was over 1.5 hours from Jakarta so I couldn't even see anything in Jakarta, I was basically stuck in a hotel

Just fabulous! I learned so much about the rain forest, its creatures and thoroughly enjoyed this experience!

It was a Riad with the most Beautiful interior we had yet seen in Morocco. It felt like we were moved back in History and time. It's location with respect to the Central Square Jemaa el Fna is prefect. Access to Qutubia Mosque was also convenient. The hotel staff was friendly and helpful. We would have preferred a bit more lighting or brightness level in our room -- but it was what it was. Dim lights. This Riad did not have a TV in the room - but the internet Wifi was strong - so who needs TV.

It is like any good hotel in the USA -- to come here after your stay in various Riads of Morocco, one feels a great sense of relief. You can breathe, eat, walk. Everything functions as it is supposed to. Large verandahs, great views, access to the Boardwalk Promenade and of course to the Beach and the sea. There is not much to do in the town itself. Shop the Souks and Handicrafts. The hotel does exchange your money to local Moroccan Dirhams - a great convenience for a bit of loss for the convenience. Taxi is available at the front door, so one does not get the feel of being trapped, like in Caribbean resorts.

Stunningly Beautiful. Great Location for the Fes Medina access. Decor inside the hotel and the room is great. Not the fault of the hotel - but a stale putrid smell is present in the streets of the Medina the hotel is located in. Inside the hotel no problem - but you can fell it the moment you step out in the street.

This Hotel Deserves a Full 5 star rating EXCEPT for -- see below. It is ideally located -- Near the central restaurant area of the Chefchaouen, and also car transport when coming into the city can drop you real close to the entrance of the Riad. It is really beautiful and clean inside and well staffed. No worn out or excessive draperies etc. It had a pool and other miscellaneous services (like Hammam) are probably available- we did not use them. Excellent Breakfast and Breakfast nook with a real log fire. As Riads go -- one encounters narrow and sometimes winding staircases with triangular steps to navigate curves and turns in the stair case. Something to make note of as it may be physically challenging for some. (This is something common to many Moroccan hotels) The one thing I didn't like was how our luggage was handled. The Hotel sent personnel to take our luggage from the car to the Hotel reception for which they get 10/10- but instead of putting suitcases in a luggage cart, they simply lugged our suitcases over stone lined cobble stone streets - like conducting a Consumer Reports Stress test of our luggage wheels. Thud Thud, rutt tutt rutt thud - Definitely not worth it -- if your your luggage wheel breaks off -- the rest of your Moroccan and return journey across airports will be "Hell" with broken off wheels. We saw in other places in Morocco how Hotel staff does use Luggage Carts to carry your suitcases.

A trip to Agadir after going through colorful Morocco is like a relief valve. Agadir is not like "the madness" of various Medina's full of vendors and tourists shoulder to shoulder full.

I loved my ride on the train from Fes to Marrakesh. If needed I would do it again. You meet travelers - some like to engage with you in conversation, some don't - its the travel experience.

Visit to an actual home in Fes Medina was a delight. A family opened its doors to us and met us with Grace and love. We really appreciated it. The only handicap is "Language" - wish we had an Arabic speaker with with us. The family's young son Hatim was fluent in English but too young to realize his much needed role to translate and facilitate conversation.

We had no desire to pursue this activity but the Kimkim office bearers wanted us to -- don't know why - may be the Government wants every traveler to go here. After having seen Roman ruins in Rome, Greece, Turkey, do you need to see one more

The Arrival process is easy and efficient.

Our Tour Guide Hannah from Kimkim gave us a wonderful tour. She was good with her English fluency and answered our queries very satisfactorily.

Rich in History and Monuments we enjoyed Fes a lot,

All-inclusive with great view of the bay. Very kid-friendly. We stayed in the hotel section, which had it's own parking lot, view of the bay overlooking the main pool and buffet restaurant (dinner/breakfast was fine but they ran out of food so sometime you were waiting) Staff was nice, my Spanish is rusty so they were patient and kind. Cocktails were inconsistent but it's free so not complaining. They have a lot of on-site activities (like movie night by the pool, dancing lessons) and beach shuttle. Note: need to go to the pool by the wet bar to trade in your towel card, open til 5pm. In the hotel, we didn't see elevators, it's not hard to navigate the stairs but just a note if you have heavy suitcases :) Driving in Entrance is split by two booths, one for Condovac on the left and Villa Sol on the right.

This place was a dream. Don't leave during sunset, the views are amazing. We had the honeymoon suite, which was huge and the balcony made my life. We only had the breakfast buffet, which was great, bustling during pre-tour hours and the good variety. Treated to a spa massage, amazing. Wish we had more time here to check out the indoor pool and canopy tour but next time! Note: Take the hotel shuttle or drive, everything is uphill; or walk, your calves will look amazing afterwards.

We spent most our time off-site but we did enjoy the volcanic mud spa massage and little walking trail. Location was convenient for us, we had parking, breakfast buffet was good, enjoyed the rainforest showers and birds from our 'porch'. Close by recommendations: El Chante Verde, Rainbow Chocolate tour, Tiquicia - town is a 7 min drive We went to Paradise Hot Springs at night, the front desk was able to rearrange a pass on short notice.

Pros: Wonderful staff, great location, breakfast buffet, swim up bar, quiet Cons: dated premise, spotty Wifi (at checkout the credit card machine went offline), our bathroom had soap scum and hair, common areas are hot, quiet (we were here on a weekday so the vibe might pick up during the weekend idk) Our meals were fine at the hotel, very nice and friendly staff. We also ventured out and can recommend El Chante (low key 80/90's American pop music), Morpho Beach Bar (walkable) and El Avion (nice sunset views in an old airplane hanger)

Kuna Vela was great time! The staff was helpful, they even took some photos on the beach and on the boat. Originally, when we booked it we thought we were going to a snorkeling site but with the recent rainstorms, they recommended going to Huevos Playa where we could check out the caves AND do some snorkeling. It was a great alternative. We spent an hour on the beach, checked out the cave (we didn't get to walk to the other beach but it was still good photo op and great timing cause after 45min there were waves and the tide was definitely coming in), they gave out some snorkel gear and noodles to float, some people saw a turtle, lots of fish. Then we took the dingy back to the sailboat, plenty of food, offered lots of drinks, relaxing sail back, saw some dolphins, flying fish, birds, birds, birds, and a manta ray.

I'm terrified of heights and had to do the 7-course zipline! I would recommend the Sky Adventure Sky tram + Zipline tour, we had a nice ride up the skytram, where the guides made small talk about a little history of Arenal and some biodiversity facts. The only way down was going through the 7 ziplines (1 intro, 5 long, 1 short to the finish line), our group made it through fairly quickly and with ease. The guides did a great job distracting us during any hold ups or waiting on line. I felt very safe and comfortable, even when I was terrified. This was for sure a once in a lifetime experience for me, I even bought the photo package.

Walking the dark trails were exciting, we loved the idea of being able to see the nocturnal nightlife. We saw a lot of bugs and an armadillo lol but it was still fun. Our guide had fun stories and good trivia facts. I enjoyed how the guides helped each other, communicated via radio and left sticks pointing to sleeping creatures. Wish we saw some more frogs and more animals but that's definitely not in the control of the our guide.

I was nervous about kayaking the ocean waves but our guide was kind and patient, he explained the schedule and we were off! It was basically a straight shot to the snorkel area, we had good time, it was a bit cloudy but we saw some cool fish and starfish. Our guide tried to point out as much as he could but it was a bit cloudy and here was just some fish (at the time, and I was admittedly a little distracted with the low tide and avoiding rocks). The snorkel gear was basic and I couldn't get my life jacket out of the way (lol) but it was a good kayak, swim, fruit snack, and then kayak back, hop in the shuttle and drove to the tour's restaurant for casado lunch.

Our guide, Luis, was so knowledgeable and set the bar pretty high for the rest of our trip. He balanced giving information, addressing questions, taking photos in a great pace. The tour walk is short in distance but I felt very satisfied in what we learned and saw. We spent some extra time in the park afterwards exploring the beaches and other trails, we definitely did not see much without Luis' trained eye :)

Good hotel but we were unable to adjust the temperature in the room. Great breakfast spread. We did not find the staff very helpful in giving directions as far as where to leave the luggage while we were completing the check in process and we had to carry it up and down several stairs which was not easy given our physical limitations.

The location of this hotel is great but the hotel rooms backing into the street and bar can be very loud until quite late at night. The staff at the front desk were professional but in the breakfast area the staff were very warm and helpful. The spread was great as well.

Great location. Friendly and helpful staff. Good breakfast and afternoon tea was a bonus! The only issue we had was that we could not adjust the temperature of the room. We were offered a fan which helped some.

Please make sure that if there is a change in the itinerary that people should be informed. If unable to get a hold of them by phone a message should be left at the front desk of the hotel.

The front desk people were amazingly helpful, courteous and knowledgeable. Taxis pull up to the front door -- a great convenience.

When you arrive at this hotel -- the main desk is located at an "inaccessible", "up a flight of stairs" location. You obviously have to first go to the front desk to check in, however there is NO REASON TO BE LUGGING UP YOUR LUGGAGE UP TO THE FRONT DESK. No one tells you this. You do not need to lift heavy luggage to the front desk, because this area will NOT lead you to your room anyway. The reception staff could have easily told us this. We lugged up our luggage up a flight of stairs manually (no Elevator at this level) to the front desk -- only to learn, now you have to carry the luggage back down again to pathway leading you to your Lift/elevator that takes you to your room.

Very Good Location for visiting all the Citadel sights and sounds. In the center of Cafe's and restaurants nearby.

Of course Alhambra and the Gardens are amazing and not to be missed. Out trip was marred by: -- Tickets bought for a particular Date and Time slot in advance were suddenly changed ---We had to wait 2 hours to meet our assigned Tour Guide -- The place is easy to get to by Taxi -- but there was no clear cut guidance about where and how to get to the Taxi stand once the Tour ends. Asking around we only got vague and incorrect guidance. The tour ends "FAAAAR" away from where you can catch your return Taxi -- beware.

Very clean and comfortable, in a good location for an overnight stay.

We just day transited here. I wouldn't want to stay here any longer than a day transit in the rooms we had which were small and looked into a central courtyard onto other rooms. It was fine for our purpose but would not like these rooms if staying overnight.

The hotel is old and needs upgrading. The hallways and rooms are tired/ The pool has no shaded areas around it and there's a lot of concrete which makes it extremely hot and uncomfortable. We couldn't;t utilise the pool due to this. The location on the water is good and if they fixed up the pool area, brought in plants and shade it would be a lot more attractive. The rooms and premises definitely need an upgrade.

This is a great hotel for travellers who are out of their rooms through the day and just need a room to sleep in. Rooms are clean and tidy and beds comfortable. The pool and bar are very welcoming and a great place to watch the sunset. Would definitely stay again if had full day activities booked. Staff are lovely

Loved the hotel, the position is perfect, up on the headland looking down Alona beach. The absolute best place to view sunsets. The pool is gorgeous and the staff fabulous. IThe only thing I'd change is my room type as ours didn't have a balcony and I do really like to have a balcony off my room. Otherwise rooms were lovely.

It is worth doing. Really just a walk/climb up to a lookout for views over El Nido, but the view was very pretty.

Another fabulous day with Jhonas. This area is SO beautiful. the snorkelling and water activities were amazing. You just have to see the waterways off the Philippine islands to appreciate them. Jhonas also used his own go pro to video and photograph our whole day. Such a generous man.

This was a very close second best of all our activities. We had the most awesome guide Jhonas who went out of his way for us and used his own go pro to photograph and video our families day. The snorkelling on this trip is the best we did. The first snorkel was at a sunken Japanese warship and that was just fabulous. The ship is relatively close to the surface so you can free dive down to it. The coral growing on the wreck and the fish are amazing. The second snorkel was even better, some of the best snorkelling we've ever one. There is an abundance of coral and fish. it is just beautiful. Jhonas....unbelievable. Thank you

Oor snorkelling was cancelled due to the weather but we did swim with the sardines which was amazing

So so pretty, the lagoons and islands are just lovely. Water is crystal clear and warm, boat comfortable.

This was our absolute favourite day in the Philippines which is a big call because everything was great. It was so much fun, trekking through the water, jumping from the cliffs (they do give you options) and going through the caves. The water is beautifully clear, the activities fun, the guides exceptional. A must do!!!

the dolphin spotting was amazing! Coming from Australia where dolphins are pretty common we weren't expecting much but the sheer number of dolphins and the show they put on is unrivalled. Dolphins fantastic. The first snorkelling spot on Baliscag Island was not good. It was crowded with tourist boats and tourists who could not swim clinging to boats in their life jackets. There was nothing to see and snorkelling was difficult because of the shgeert number of people there. The crew listened to our concerns and took us around the back of the island and it was completely different. The snorkelling was lovely and there were fish and coral to see. so much better than the first location.

This was an amazing experience! I learned a lot and really enjoyed going to the market for fresh local ingredients. I’ve cooked the meal we made in Rome several times since we returned and everyone loves it!

Beautiful hotel on beach!

Omg this hotel and the view is spectacular!

Windy because of the location. But the room - absolutely amazing! Must go!

Beautiful hotel. Reminds me of a bed and breakfast!