Kimkim Trip Reviews

First off, the trip I thought I was booking and what I got were not the same thing. What I actually got was so much better. It was very easy to get set up with kimkim and the trip that Hien put together for me sounded amazing. My husband and I were excited for all of the tour activities we were going to be doing. But it wasn't until after we arrived in Thailand, had transferred to our hotel, and had gone out for our first day's activities that we realized that First off, the trip I thought I was booking and what I got were not the same thing. What I actually got was so much better. It was very easy to get set up with kimkim and the trip that Hien put together for me sounded amazing. My husband and I were excited for all of the tour activities we were going to be doing. But it wasn't until after we arrived in Thailand, had transferred to our hotel, and had gone out for our first day's activities that we realized that we weren't booked to join group tours each day, we were actually getting private tours and we would have a dedicated tour guide and chauffeur for the entire time we were in Bangkok.
Joey was fantastic as our tour guide. He anticipated our comfort, taught us so much about Bangkok and life in Thailand, and we would not have had the same quality of experience on our trip without him. We were delighted by the food he helped us order and the level of service we received at every turn.
Our time in Chiang Mai was shorter but was also excellent. We did have different guides each day because our scheduled guide was ill but her coworkers took excellent care of us.
To end a great trip our days in Phuket were relaxing and full of time spent in the ocean.
We would absolutely recommend kimkim as a platform, Hien from Realistic Asia as a travel agent, and Joey as a local guide. We wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to our family and friends and we will use them again ourselves. we weren't booked to join group tours each day, we were actually getting private tours and we would have a dedicated tour guide and chauffeur for the entire time we were in Bangkok.
Joey was fantastic as our tour guide. He anticipated our comfort, taught us so much about Bangkok and life in Thailand, and we would not have had the same quality of experience on our trip without him. We were delighted by the food he helped us order and the level of service we received at every turn.
Our time in Chiang Mai was shorter but was also excellent. We did have different guides each day because our scheduled guide was ill but her coworkers took excellent care of us.
To end a great trip our days in Phuket were relaxing and full of time spent in the ocean.
We would absolutely recommend kimkim as a platform, Hien from Realistic Asia as a travel agent, and Joey as a local guide. We wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to our family and friends and we will use them again ourselves.

Karim was a wonderful driver and guide - he was very friendly and knowledgeable. It always felt like he was excited to be sharing his country and his culture with us, which made the trip much more enjoyable. He was also very clear that he was always available to help us with anything.

Our driver guide was Karim. He was very knowledgeable and especially about Berber culture. He made the trip so enjoyable with interesting stops along long drives, insight into the lives of the people and the lifestyle and ensuring that the whole trip was completely seamless.

Our trip was incredible! We enjoyed every place we went. Our driver Karim was so kind and we loved spending time with him. He taught us helpful phrases in Arabic and Berber and we felt prepared and safe with him. He is knowledgeable and loves sharing his Berber culture. We highly recommend him and would travel with him again.

Hotel Reviews

Tiziri Luxury Camp

Merzouga

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Dar Rihana Dades

Douar Aït Ouffi

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Riad Ghita

Fes

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A Nomad Family and the Music of the Desert

Merzouga

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A Journey from Merzouga to Boumalne Dades

Morocco

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Scenic walking through Dades valley,

Morocco

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Transfer from Fes to Merzouga via Erfoud & Camel Ride

Morocco

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Guided Sightseeing in Marrakech

Marrakesh

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Half-Day Guided Sightseeing in Fes

Morocco

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Transfer to Marrakech via Roses Valley, Ouarzazate, Aït Benhaddou & Atlas Mountains.

Morocco

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Our 10-day itinerary covered everything we wanted to see, and our driver Karim was the perfect guide. He was knowledgeable and passionate and provided great context on the long drives (in addition to, of course, delivering us safely to each destination). I especially appreciated his insider knowledge of Berber cultures when we were in Merzouga and Boumalne Dades.

Hotel Reviews

Tiziri Luxury Camp

Merzouga

I was expecting comfortable accommodations and a beautiful vista - which I got - but I wasn’t prepared for this to be the best food we’d eat on our trip! We would have happily stayed here longer

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Dar Rihana Dades

Douar Aït Ouffi

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Riad Ghita

Fes

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Activity Reviews

Guided Sightseeing in Marrakech

Marrakesh

Hanan was an excellent and knowledgeable guide. She was clearly passionate about the history of her city and was ready with in depth answers to all of our questions.

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Scenic walking through Dades valley,

Morocco

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Ashley stayed in constant touch. That was great. Guides were ok. We booked a couple of tours on our own and found the guides from other companies were better. Especially disappointed with the guide in Sapa, she did not show up to welcome us like in all other cities for her personal reasons. Due to the weather the tour was quite short. No one can predict the weather, so we understand that. But during that such short tour, she was constantly handling her own issue over the phone. We were not the priority. Only the driver showed up at train station who did not speak English.
Overall good experience.

I had the best experience, and in fact, this was possibly the best trip I’ve ever had, even as an experienced traveller. From the initial planning stages, to the airport drop off at the end, everything was perfectly and seamlessly handled. Where things didn’t go as planned (things outside of anyone’s control such as a sand storm on the day of my camel sunset ride) they more than made up for it by upgrading my hotel at the next stop. But the best part of it all was my experienced personal driver, Soufain, without whom this trip would not have been the same. Not only did he “protect” me (as a single female travelling on her own) from aggressive vendors and scammers, but he made sure that my every need was taken care of. Thank you, Soufian! Hope to see you again when I bring my family 😃

With Mathia's help and patience we completed the most amazing trip to Norway! We first visited Tromso, then Sommaroy and finished off with visiting London for a days! We would not have seen the spectacular Northern Lights without Mathia booking us on a sail around the sea! Captain Kenneth's knowledge of the waters helped him navigate us and four others to find the Lights. Satchi served us the most delicious vegetarian soup! While we longed for more lights, the trip was made perfect by the dogsledding! Those huskies are amazing and we thoroughly enjoyed sledding in the wilderness! Mathia worked magic to get us drivers and we avoided large bus travel for the most part. The trip was perfect from the hotels, the scenery, the food, the weather, polar might, Aquavit and more! We cannot wait too plan our next adventure!

Activity Reviews

Northern Lights Sailing Cruise

Tromsø

Fantastic sail with perfect hosts! Recommend highly!

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Dog Sledding Day Tour

Sommarøy

Wow! Just wow! The entire trip was great! The ride to the remote area was beautiful. The dogs are beautiful, friendly and well trained for sledding. The guide and everyone who worked there were knowledgeable and fun.

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Beautiful animals, beautiful surroundings!

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Warm, friendly, safe and humorous too!

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We had an amazing time in Portugal. Our local specialist, Marina, helped us plan an itinerary that was very specific to our needs. We were exposed to so many different cultural parts of Portugal, seeing both urban culture in Lisbon and historical culture in Porto. We were constantly in awe of the beautifully colored buildings. We were able to immerse ourselves into the food culture with a private cooking class. Taking the ceramic tile class helped us get hands on with the art/ history of the country. Wine tasting in Douro Valley was absolutely beautiful, filled with breathtaking views. It was such a wonderful experience and I was so happy with our trip. Can't wait to come back.

We're still absolutely blown away by our incredible trip to Colombia. It's an amazing, friendly, beautiful, adventurous, exciting, safe and super-friendly country and we loved every minute of our time there.
And the main reason for that is the wonderful service we received from Michael at Chaska Tours, who from our very first enquiry in March 2023, to our eventual arrival in Colombia in Dec 2023 was on hand with suggestions, advice and a friendly approach - nothing was too much trouble!
And then from the minutewe set foot in Colombia, and throughout our entire five weeks exploring, Michael and the Chaska team took care of everything - all our transfers, guides, accommodation and excursions - in the most professional and efficient way imaginable.
We couldn't have seen, done, experienced and met everyone and everything we did without their help, and it was fantastic.
Thanks so much for everything... we will remember this trip for a very long time!

la nostra avventura alle Filippine non è stato solo un viaggio ma qualcosa di più' importante per noi, ossia la nostra luna di miele.
L'agenzia grazie all'aiuto di Thao, ci organizzato il nostro itinerario in tutte le giornate permettendoci di visitare luoghi ma anche di svolgere delle attività ricreative che ci hanno fatto conoscere meglio e godere alcuni posti. Tutti i giorni siamo stati seguiti per lo svolgimento delle attività da Adam che oltre ad informarsi sullo svolgimento delle attività ci ha aiutato in diverse situazioni di contatto con le agenzie locali o risolvendo dei problemi che sono presentati.
Grazie a loro il nostro viaggio è stato un'esperienza indimenticabile

Se tornassimo indietro l'unico aspetto che migliorerei è la qualità delle strutture in cui abbiamo dormito, specialmente nei primi giorni, sicuramente in questi paese è molto più' saggio non scendere mai sotto i 4 stelle. Mentre all'agenzia Mango Tiger suggerisco di porre maggiore attenzione alla selezione delle agenzie locali e nel fornire loro le linee guida su come loro vorrebbero fosse realizzato il servizio.

Hotel Reviews

Amelie

Manila

The hotel was not really well cleaned

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Hibiscus Garden Hotel

Puero Princesa

A comfortable Hotel with an excellent restaurant, you can find a lot of international dishes specially Italian. Also the cocktail are done with quality ingredients

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Lime Resort

El Nido

Although the hotel is modern and the pool very nice it wasn't really well managed. There was a smell of sewage due to the fact that they discharge directly into the sea and in the rooms there was a smell of humidity that could certainly not be eliminated due to the lack of maintenance of the ventilation systems. If it were in another country it would be closed instantly, for further details I suggest reading the many reviews on Google

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Oasis Resort

Bohol

Beautiful resort just close to the beach

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Activity Reviews

Tarsier, Chocolate Hills, and River Cruise Tour

Bohol Island

The activity was really unbelievable, thanks at our local guide that also choose a beautiful restaurante were we spent our lunch

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Puerto Princesa explore with Underground River

Philippines

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Island-Hopping Tour

Coron

we had the opportunity to make a private tour in Coron and it was really nice, thanks To Thao to give us this opportunity and thanks to our local guide to make it unbelievable

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El Nido Island Hopping

El Nido

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I have had an amazing holiday and experience in Morocco
Meeting Soufian our guide has been so special
He made our whole holiday and journey very comfortable and fun.
Soufian was very caring, respectful and helped with everything we needed.
He explained lots to us so we could understand the country and Moroccan way of life.
We enjoyed every place we visited
Soufian always gave us good information so we felt safe to go out and explore

I hope one day Soufiane visits us in Australia and we can share back to him

The guide in Marrakech, Hanan was so lovely as well.
She taught us so much.

I will definitely be recommending these tours to people in Australia.

Excellent and thank you

Hotel Reviews

Riad Bayti

Marrakech

Very welcoming, clean and beautiful Riad. Comfortable bed and yummy food

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Colourful and like a home

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Right near the centre of everything

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Attentive and helpful

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Clean and comfortable

Mövenpick Hotel Casablanca

Casablanca

Big rooms and comfortable

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Hilton Garden Inn Tanger City Centre

Tangier

Very close to the beach

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Modern hotel

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Riad Ghita

Fes

Great place to stay. Very authentic

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Hotel Dar Mounir

Chefchaouen

Loved it.

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Great decor

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Very central

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Activity Reviews

Guided Tour of Hassan II Mosque

Morocco

Such a big mosque Guide could speak every language possible

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Dine with a Local Family

Morocco

Very interesting experience Very welcoming family Food was yummy

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Very yummy. But I didn’t like knowing I had eaten pigeon

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Fes to Chefchaouen via Meknes & Volubilis

Morocco

Loved the colours of this city

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Casablanca to Fez Passing via Rabat

Morocco

Loved the beach

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Guided Tour of Tangier: Where Two Worlds Meet

Tangier

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Guided Tour of Fez Medina

Fes

Fascinating city. Very energetic day Amazing Spa and massage

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Mohamed was a good guide and knew lots of information but I felt because we visited the place on a Friday we could not go to places to get bargains Only went to the places selected by Mohamed. They were interesting but possibly top cost

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Lots of walking through the Medina

Half-Day Guided Tour of Marrakech

Marrakesh

Very interesting and Hannan was such a good guide with so much knowledge Loved walking around, felt very safe and was so good to be in the market square both during the day and night

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Full of information

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Tasting olives and dates

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Had an extraordinary trip of a lifetime with my family. So much, that my kids want to go back and go places we were not able to visit. Initial and planning communication with Gibwa was outstanding. The places she chose to visit and transportation logistics were out of this world. Once in Japan, we did run into some minor incoviniences like for example misunderstandings about meeting points with a guide, but that's expected even in the most perfectly planned trip. Those instances Alan came through in solving the issue via chat even making calls in behalf of us. Guides we used that we highly reccomend are Keiko and Hiroshi. Planning with Gibwa allowed us to choose some hotels by our own research and others recommended by them. One memorable one was the onsen at Hakone, very luxurious but worth the price for this once in a lifetime trip. The trip was a perfect combination of guided days and independent traveling, we felt we got the mos out of it. We can't thank Alan enough for imparting his recommendations and knowledge of Japan and tips for visitors

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Tokyo Food Tour

Tokyo

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It’s my first time to Morroco and I hope it’s not my last.
Our guide Soufian was helpful and went out of his way so we enjoyed our trip. He is extremely friendly, accommodating, and ensured my elderly mum was well cared for and young daughter also enjoyed herself.
It’s hard to say what was the best part-the food, medinas, tours, country side was beautiful.
The local people are friendly and we felt safe.
I love textiles and crafts. It was inspiring seeing to see the intergenerational craft passed down.

Driver Samir was amazing.
Tour guide at Marrakesh (lady)was good. Guide at Fes(Mohammed) was good but he took us too many shopping places. Essaouira guide was so so. Ait Ben Haddou guide and movie studio trip were bad. They were only interested in tips.
In general, Hotels were good.
We loved Fes and Sahara expirence. At the tent, our guide Hamid(? Nomad 4x4 driver/guide) was very good.
We love Morocco!

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Riad Fès - Relais & Châteaux

Fès

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Guided Tour of Fez Medina

Fes

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A Nomad Family and the Music of the Desert

Merzouga

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Dine with a Local Family

Morocco

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Transfer from Fes to Merzouga via Erfoud & Camel Ride

Morocco

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Half-Day Guided Tour of Marrakech

Marrakesh

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Essaouira on Foot: Medina, Harbour and Ramparts

Essaouira

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We spent two wonderful weeks in San Pedro, San Ignacio and Guatemala with one other couple. Our vacation was arranged by Eduardo. Eduardo took care of everything for us. During our vacation he kept in touch with me to make sure all was going well. He genuinely wanted to make sure we had a good trip. One thing I greatly appreciated was that for most of our tours Eduardo planned them for just the four of us. We were very lucky to NOT be part of the big groups. Being this was our first time to Belize we were really unsure of where to go and what to expect. Our transportation was all pre-arranged which took a ton of stress off of me. Our first driver, (Cameron) was waiting for us at the airport and took us to the water taxi to get us to San Pedro. He was full of conversation and pointed so many things out on our way. He was wonderful. We started our vacation in Belize on San Pedro. We stayed at Tres Cocos Resort. This is a very clean resort. The staff, be it office or grounds, they were all so nice and went out of their way to help us. We went night snorkeling and also did a whole day snorkel with Inland and Sea Adventure (Eric and Maya). We had a really good time going to Hol Chan, Shark Ray Alley, and Caye Caulker for lunch. We were able to see manta rays, sea turtles, mannatees, and lots of different fish. The water was a little rough which made for the water being murky and having to deal with alot of human "trash". The tour company was wonderful. They made sure that we all had a really good time and of course safety was number one. The main transportation to get around San Pedro is a golf cart. Do know that the roads are full of pot holes and very rough. We ate at a couple different restaurants that in my opinion are worth mentioning: 1. for dinner Caramba 2. for breakfast Tres Cocos Waffles and Smokehouse. One thing to be prepared for while on the island: Things are very expensive. For example a pound of butter was $21.95 BZE. After spending 5 days on San Pedro we headed inland. Our next destination was San Ignacio. On our way there we again had Cameron as our driver. We learned so much from him. We made a stop to do a river tubing tour. Our guide for this tour was Victor. He was always talking and sharing his knowledge. I do wish that he had slowed down a little as my husband and I were a tad slower on the walk to the river and we missed out on most of his conversation. We also felt that we were rushed during the tubing part of the tour. Not sure we would do this again, but perhaps the kayaking instead. While in San Ignacio we stayed at the "Falling Leaves Lodge". I can't say enough good about this lodge. I absolutely loved it. ALL of the staff were so friendly and helpful. We ate breakfast there every morning, delish... One of the chefs is Mo. He personally came out of the kitchen at every meal to make sure that we had enjoyed everything. Paula (the manager) is the most wonderful person. She went out of her way to make our stay memorable. She really should be proud of her staff. The grounds are well kept and it is a very beautiful layout. The pool was not finished when we were there (December 2023), but it was being worked on between rainy days. We definitely will be staying with them on our next trip. On a side note there is a ruins that is just a walk from Falling Leaves Lodge: Cahal Pech. This is a self guided tour, but definitely worth it. A most interesting tour was the Cacao Farm and Chocolate making. If you want to know where chocolate really comes from and not a "Willy Wonka tour" this tour is for you. Adrian took us to the small farm where the cacao trees grow and then his family demonstrated how the Mayans make chocolate back in town at their shop. One tour that you do not want to miss is the ATM cave tour! There are many different comments on this tour about it being hard, and what you can bring with on the tour. I am 58 years old, not in the best shape: I did it!! You do have to cross 3 "river spots", but there is a big ol' rope to hang on to. There is a bit of swimming, but most of it is "walking" through the water. There is climbing on and through rocks (water shoes are a must). There is one spot where you have to climb up rocks, but there are so many helping hands in the groups to help, everyone makes it up and also down. Our driver, Hugh, stayed with the van and had a most delicious lunch waiting for us. Now as to what you can bring on this tour: Nothing, no wet bag, water, camera or anything. The guide carries it all in their bag. The one thing that you will need is an old pair of socks that you can throw away. You can bring a change of clothes as you will get wet. But that is left in the van. After you get to the top of the one climbing spot you may NOT wear shoes, that is where the socks come into play. Our guide here was Gonzo. Talk about a great guide, he is the best! Our next couple days were spent in Guatemala, heading to Tikal Lodge. Our driver to the border was again Hugh. As always he is so pleasant and full of knowledge as he is a retired tour guide. He made sure we got into Guatemala without trouble and found our connecting ride and guide. At the border on both sides there are many currency exchangers waiting to make sure you have Guatemalen money. Do make sure you get small bills not just large ones as the small shops aren't always able to make change. On our way to Tikal Lodge we stopped for lunch. Please know that Spanish is the main language in Guatemala so ordering lunch was a bit of a challenge since we don't speak Spanish. After lunch we headed to Yaxha Maya Ruins. This is an out of the way ruins. But boy is it worth seeing. Our guide, Oliver, was hoping that we would be able to see the sunset here, but due to the incoming rain, we missed out on that. This is one place that we got to see the howler monkeys and various birds. One suggestion I have is to leave earlier than 10 a.m. from San Ignacio if you are heading to Guatemala to do this tour. The travel time is a bit long due to ALL the "potholes" and rough road. We stayed at Jungle Lodge Tikal while in Guatemala. This was a clean lodge But... be prepared for no hot water, they shut the lights and electricity off at 11 p.m. (as they are basically off grid) in the rooms, the only internet is at the lodge not in your room, the restaurant is fair (it seemed that they were out of things on the menu and usually things we wanted to order) and again they only speak Spanish which makes things difficult. The staff wasn't overly friendly either. We were scheduled to have a free day in Flores on our own. Had it not been for our guide, Oliver, offering his services for the day it would not have been such a fun day. Again, we don't speak Spanish and it would have been a struggle without him. His helpfulness with the language barrier was most appreciated. He also took us places that we never would have known about, such as a wood carving school where the students are able to sell their projects and get the money, the animal sanctuary (Arca's) and another off the beaten path ruins. Our main reason for going to Guatemala was the sunrise tour at Tikal National Park. The nice thing about staying at Jungle Lodge Tikal is for the sunrise tour you're right there to start the walk to the temple. So with that in mind we would over look some of the down sides and stay here again so that we are right there for the sunrise tour. One thing to bring is a flashlight or even better a head lamp so your hands are free. One thing we wished is that we had allowed a couple days for Tikal, as our guide told us that about 2-3 days is what you need to see it all. We really didn't get to see much of Tikal because we didn't realize it was such a huge ruins. After getting back to Belize the next day we did a horse riding tour of Xunantunich Maya Ruins. This was alot of fun with our guides, Elio and Miguel. You get to see a bit of different scenery off the beaten path . One thing to remember this is a half day tour so there is no lunch provided. We ended our vacation with a Cooking Class in San Ignacio at Marie Sharp's Tourist Center. This was a blast! We were taken to the market by William (our instructor). He shared alot of information about San Ignacio while at the market. We all pitched in and helped prepare our lunch which was very tasty chicken, rice, bread pudding and other tasty things. This was a hands on cooking class. One thing to remember about Belize and Guatemala even though you go during the "dry season" this does not mean it won't rain. We found this out on many days. Our vacation was incredible! Alot of the credit goes to Eduardo for planning things out so well. We can't wait to start planning our next visit to Belize and Guatemala.

My trip with the help and direction of Franck was great. Unfortunately with the change in weather we were not able to do all the things that we paid for on the trip to the rain forest as some of the roads were flooded but a driver John did try his best to help out and took us as far as he was allowed. But all was great and we had a wonderful time.
Thanks again Franck and his team

Hotel Reviews

Regent of Rotorua

Rotorua

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Ruapehu Country Lodge

Ruapehu

The people were great ,food was wonderful, the animals were cute especially the goats and Lama

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cute place felt like home

Location

A little out of the way from downtown but it is in the country area so still beautiful

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the family was great

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everything was clean and comfortable

Naumi Hotel Wellington

6141

The colours were wild, very modern, only problem they do not have enough parking for visitors that have a car. Other than that ok.

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The wild modern colours

Location

Location was great right in the middle of everything

Staff

They were helpful and considerate

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It was clean and comfortable

Activity Reviews

Wine Tastings & Vineyard Visits on Waiheke Island

Auckland

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Mt Tarawera Crater Walk Experience

Rotorua

Loved it very scary and exciting all at the same time

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Guides, Drivers and Staff

The driver and staff Jessie and Ahn made it more fun than expected

Transport

Bumpy ride but well worth it.

Glowworm Paddle Board Tour

Rotorua

It was fun

Quality of Experience

It was with friends

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Staff very great and helpful

Transport

The driver was cute

unavailable at the moment Kayak Taupo - Maori Rock Carvings

New Zealand

The day was perfect no rain and very interesting information

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Fun

Guides, Drivers and Staff

The captain of the ship was funny had jokes to tell along the way

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Tongariro Alpine Crossing in Summer (guided)

New Zealand

Did not get to finish the trip had a small accident on the way up but although we only got to do 12 k it was worth it.

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Did it with friends

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The driver and staff was great waited for us to come down and helped us back

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Great

Adam was an incredible planner who paid special attention to create a memorable trip for us that catered to our preferences as we fulfilled our dream of finally visiting Iceland. As requested, it was a perfect mix of planned excursions and self-guided activities as we often prefer to go at our own pace. The planned activities he booked for us were clearly arranged with excellent companies as our guides were friendly, knowledgeable, and even went above and beyond to make sure every participant walked away with great photos. The dog-sledding expedition and ice cave tour were our favorites! The natural sites we saw were events in their own right, as was simply driving around the country; making our way from one place to another felt like its own excursion as we passed so much excellent scenery along the way. Knowing we had Adam to help us if we wanted to alter our plans or to get updates as the volcano eruptions happened gave us such peace of mind. He was always extremely responsive and checked in regularly during our travel to make sure all was going well. Thank you for a great experience!

Hotel Reviews

Hótel Hafnarfjall

Hvalfjarðarsveit

The hotel was great—charming with local character. Only reason for four stars instead of five is that there was construction going on during our trip (which the hotel didn’t let us know about in advance), so some of our evenings were disturbed by that. Also, the water pressure in the shower was quite low.

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Very near restaurants in the heart of Borgarnes

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See main review re: construction and shower water pressure.

Stracta Hotel

Hella

Lovely hotel with nice amenities, including restaurant and bar. Good breakfast with lots of options.

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Skuggi Hotel by Keahotels

Reykjavík

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Right in the downtown area. Only a few minutes to drive or walk to the main shopping district and downtown sites.

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Activity Reviews

Reykjavik Northern Lights Cruise

Iceland

Three stars only because we weren’t lucky enough to see the Northern Lights! I’m sure it would be incredible if the stars align for you ;). Even though we missed out, this company is great and offers you a voucher to come back anytime in the next 2 years if you don’t see them on your cruise.

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Dog Sledding

Iceland

This was my personal favorite excursion of our trip. It was clear that the owners truly love all the dogs and take good care of them. If you are a dog-lover, this is a must-do!

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Katla Ice Cave

Iceland

This was so much fun and incredibly beautiful.

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Guide went above and beyond to make sure everyone had a great experience!

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The Secret Lagoon

Iceland

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Leo was so great to work with. He was very responsive and planned an itinerary that provided us with exactly what we wanted. Batangas was a beautiful dive spot and we were blown away with the biodiversity that we saw. The island hopping tour in Coron was spectacular and Johnas was a great guide. The Kawasan tour canyoneering was so cool and fun. The tour guide wolves was awesome and they took some crazy good pictures and videos of us. Smock from Lakbay Palawan was so kind and attentive, great knowledge of reef restoration, and kept us entertained on our boat transfer from Puerto princesa to Coron. All of our tours and guides were amazing and we can’t speak more highly of this trip and fully recommend it.

Hotel Reviews

Bohol Beach Club

Bohol

Beautiful hotel, great food, and friendly staff. Wish we could have stayed longer.

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Bluewater Maribago

Lapu-lapu City

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Two Seasons Coron Bayside Hotel

Coron Town

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Hue Hotels and Resorts Puerto Princesa

Puerto Princesa

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Cadlao El Nido Resort and Restaurant

El Nido, Palawan

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Activity Reviews

Kayaking with Fireflies

Philippines

Friendly tour guide, very knowledgeable, and amazing food at the end.

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Discover Scuba Diving in Anilao: Introductory Diving Experience

Anilao, Batangas

One of the most beautiful dives I have been on. Highly recommend!

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Bohol Island Day Tour

Philippines

Enjoyed this day very much, the chocolate hills and tarsier sanctuary were highlights of this day!

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Canyoneering in Kawasan Falls

Philippines

Dante’s peak canyoneering adventure was so great! Very fun, beautiful to see, and very exciting! Our tour guides took amazing pictures and videos of us.

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Dolphin Spotting and Snorkeling in Balicasag Island

Philippines

The dolphin spotting tour was really cool. We saw so many pods of wild spinner dolphins. The boat follows the pods.

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Honda Bay Island Hopping Day Tour

Puerto Princesa

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Island hopping in El Nido - Tour A

El Nido

So many great snorkeling spots and biodiversity!

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Puerto Princesa Underground River Day Tour

Philippines

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El Nido to Coron 3 day boat expedition

Philippines

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Coron Lagoons & Lakes Day Tour

Coron

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Powder Day: Sand and Stellar Beaches

Coron

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We booked a 2 week trip along the east coast, starting in Sydney and then driving north to Brisbane. Everything arranged through Kim Kim went well. The hotels selected were excellent, the car and tour arrangements that were made went off without a hitch. We lucked out and only had 1 rain out day of the two weeks, the locals said were lucky as the 2023-2024 spring / summer season has been especially wet. If in Sydney don't miss a guided tour of the Opera House, and in Brisbane be sure to visit the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. Gold Coast Beaches are not to be missed and Sydney is very sightseeing friendly with an excellent mass transit system including ferries to visit parts of the town adjacent to Sydney Harbor.

Hotel Reviews

QT Gold Coast

Surfers Paradise

The room, staff and views are top notch!

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Just 1 block off the Esplanade, close to the beach, shops and dining.

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The Convent Hunter Valley

Pokolbin

Boutique hotel in the middle of "wine country", we plan on staying here again if we ever get the chance to visit Hunter's Valley in the future!

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Restored old convent, like visiting an 19th century Victorian mansion.

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Very helpful and friendly

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Discovery Parks - Emerald Beach

Emerald Beach

Glamping on the beach, if that is your thing rent a cabin here.

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It is a campground, cabins available.

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Only about 100 yards away from a fabulous beach.

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Cabin was modern and very clean, think Glamping!

Activity Reviews

Morning Private Hidden Gems & Historic Artefacts - Australian National Maritime Museum

Sydney

If you are into history, take this tour very worthwhile. you can visit the archives with a docent and go behind the scenes where they are restoring items and exhibits. One can visit a number of ships while there.

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Sydney Opera House Tour

Sydney

We had an excellent tour guide a Texan actually. Very informative on the creation of and the construction of the Opera House.

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