Kimkim Trip Reviews

Outstanding trip. Local guides were amazing and the trip was full of adventures and wildlife.

The overall experience from planning to our actual first day in Spain was wonderful. I have tell all my friends about Kim Kim and how easy was to organize and set everything. Our special thanks to Luis , who helped us making this trip memorable . We wouldn't hesitate for one second to organize our next trip through the platform.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!
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Hotel Reviews

Slow Suites Bellas Artes

Madrid

This were the biggest, we were surprised since been in the city regularly apartments are small. Very comfortable and spacious

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Beautiful

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Walking distance to major attractions

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Very attentive and available.

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Extremely clean

Happy Apartments

Barcelona

Comfortable, spacious, excellent localization Beautiful apartment

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Beautiful apartment

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Closeness to major attractions

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Always attentive and available

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Super clean!

Slow Suites Setas

Seville

This were our favorite. Easy access, no need for key Beautiful decorations

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Just beautiful

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Easy access

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Attentive and available

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Extremely clean

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Tapas & Flamenco night

Seville

This was one of our favorite. All the senses explored. Beautiful performances

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Airport transfer (return)

Spain

Drivers were extremely courteous. They were on time and drove us safely to the airport

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Tapas in Malasaña

Madrid

Also one of our favorites Our guide Irene clearly dominates this tour. A wonderful experience with the culinary traditions from Spain. We had a lot of fun and time flew.

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Irene was the best!

Private City Tour

Toledo

Also one of our favorites. Beautiful and our guide was excellent

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Essential Madrid bike tour

Madrid

A little worrisome since bikes and traffic are a litty bit scary. In fact one of the bikers fell, but overall a different experience

Day tour to Granada & the Alhambra

Seville

Day tour to Córdoba

Seville

Beautiful city, but if by train available it would have been less tiresome

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Off-the-beaten-path City Tour

Seville

Wonderful tour and both guides excellent

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Beautiful city

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Knowledgeable and attentive

Kayaking & Snorkeling

Spain

Due to season and weather a little bit cold but the ones who participated were happy, the only thing that could improve was the lunch served

Full Day City Tour & Gaudi (incl skip the line Tickets for Sagrada Familia & Parc Güell)

Barcelona

Overall experience was great and our guide Giovanni was excellent

It was a one of the best organized trips I had been on.. from the hotels, car pick ups, tour plans to sight seeing it was a very well organized and very thoughtfully done. It was a customized tour plan and since I was a single traveler Murat and team made sure I was always taken care and never felt unsafe.

From Volkan, hatice to Murat himself were very good hosts and excellent travel buddies.

Istanbul - hotel, food everything was good. It’s a vibrant city and should be seen only on foot like I did! Do not miss the baklava, grand bazaar or the blue mosque!

Cappadocia- by far my most favorite destination. Gul Konnaklari!! Is a beautiful medieval castle.. and I MYST recommend their small restaurant for a dinner. Absolutely gorgeous! Both food and people
And my best guide was Hatice- she is fun and knowledgeable and practical. And the highlight of Turkey is the Hot Air Balloon that nobody should miss!

sirince - it’s a beautiful location but the crown jewel is the hotel NISANYAN! I landed late at night and was not so impressed but in the morning I instantly regretted not staying longer.. the food was fantastic.. service is amazing and the room they gave me had the best views. Not only do I recommend I will definitely return to enjoy more time there..

All in all it was a very well organized tour. Highly recommend Murat and his team if you are planning to go.. Turkey is a beautiful country with a lot of heart and soul! must Visit

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Doğa Thermal Hotel & Spa

Denizli

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Nisanyan Houses

Selçuk

Highly recommend

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Gül Konaklari Sinasos (Rose Mansions Sinasos)

Nevsehir

Beautiful in every way!

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Pera Palace

Istanbul

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Activity Reviews

Explore the Ancient City of Ephesus

Turkey

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Discovering the Ihlara Valley and Light Hiking Along the Melendiz River

Cappadocia

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Whirling Dervish Ceremony at Saruhan Caravansarai

Turkey

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Visiting Göreme Open Air Museum (UNESCO World Heritage)

Cappadocia

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Explore the historical + modern hub: Galata, Karaköy and Beyond

İstanbul

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Explore the Sultanahmet Square, Blue Mosque + Hagia Sophia

İstanbul

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Our trip was exactly what we wanted. Tricia was very helpful in providing information and making adjustments where needed. She also went out of her way to keep in touch while we were on our trip to try to ensure we saw the northern lights (which we did!). The staff at Mefjord Brygge were helpful. Sebastian was knowledgeable and kind and made several suggestions regarding the best way to experience this beautiful country. We thoroughly enjoyed our time!

We had great guides and drivers, especially Valter, Francisco, Sophia, Ricardo and Daniel.

The trip was just the right combination of structure and spontaneity, and we didn’t get exhausted from doing too much.

The local company, Original tours, was quick to reply with any questions, requests or issues along the way. Our driver drove us safely but we would suggest that the vans have working seat belts for passengers. Accommodations were good except for the Kasbah in Bonaire Dades. It was a little lower in standard of both rooms and food. Overall a good experience. It was our choice to cover a lot of territory so the days were long but we got to see and do a lot!!

Thank you Ashley, Bobby and Tony for your help during our vietnam trip. Ashley was quick in making alternate plans when our Danang / Hoi An plan was foiled due to bad weather. Our son got sick and both Tony and Ashley showed they really care by helping us out both in tending to him as well as in making alternate plans and food arrangements. Not our ideal vacation but this team ensured it was not a bad one despite adversities. Thank you Bobby for the warm greeting at Hanoi and being so friendly with our kids.

What would have helped is transparency on the pricing. Since our plans changed so much and we did not cover Hoi An, Ba Na Hills etc, there would have been cost savings which uou could have passed on. I do agree there were changes made to the plan and there is a cost to that but transparency always helps. We understand the value you offer and are ready to pay for it but breakdown would help. Hope you can take this feedback.

We had an incredible trip to Greece! Harris did an incredible job working us to plan the right amount of activities and staying within our budget. He recommended we visit Naxos instead of Mykonos and it was the highlight of trip! Once we arrived to Greece we were impressed by the quality of the tours & lodging, and all of the logistics worked perfectly! We appreciate all Harris and the Travel12 team did to make our trip special!

I was hesitant using a travel agency & I had not heard of KimKim before. From the beginning Chris was communicative & extremely helpful. He allowed me to be the driver in what type of vacation I was looking for. I have to say everything from planning to execution, our trip had no hiccups & was everything we hoped for. Transfers, travel in between islands, hotels & excursions were all super seamless. Basically all we had to do is just show up. Took so much stress off the travel experience. A bonus & a super personal touch was meeting Chris in person once we arrived. We really enjoyed the software they use to outline the details of the trip. We used it as a reference the entire time, plus it was fun to read over in anticipation to our trip. Chris gave great suggestions for our free days, several suggested restaurants and detailed info with pics to each destination.
We visited Delphi which I highly recommend. So full of amazing history and in such a beautiful mountainous area. Our driver & guide that day were so informative, it was like hanging out with friends for the day. From Athens we flew to Crete. Such a lush island. We really enjoyed the port towns and visiting the smaller villages in the countryside, tasting grapes from the vine & eating fresh cheese from the farm. From Crete we took a ferry to Santorini. That island is a dream, tall cliffs, blue waters & white buildings. Our hotel was nestled in the cliff side and the views spectacular. We enjoyed watching the famous sunsets from the pool or our balcony. We did a wine tasting & cooking class while in Santorini. Such a fun & wonderful experience of delicious wines & local foods. The chef & guides were so fun.
From Santorini we ferried to Naxos. One of my favorites because it had beautiful sandy beaches, clear water & mountains. We hiked mount Zas & checked out the cave as well. One of our favorite experiences. The rest of our time on Naxos consisted of lazy sunning at the beach which was such a perfect close to our vacation. Greece was a highly anticipated trip that had been on my bucket list for many years. Chris put together an amazing experience we will not forget.

My cousin and I did the Pikey Peak trek in 5 days, this was the perfect trek to do if you have only a few days of vacation to take in Nepal. You will see just about everything in a short amount of time including Everest if you are lucky and get a clear day up on Pikey Peak. Kunchock was fantastic in setting up our itinerary and really made sure we were safe the whole time. We even had some flight issues getting to Nepal but Kunchock made sure everything was adjusted to fit our schedule. Dolma was our tour guide for the trek and I could not have asked for a better one, she let us customize and do just about anything we wanted to during the trek and was extremely friendly and knowledgeable on the Pikey Peak area. Definitely going back the only thing I would say about my trip was I wish I personally had more time!

Hotel Reviews

Hotel Ambassador

Kathmandu

Very nice hotel I felt like I was in a hotel back home in the United States, the food was great at the restaurant upstairs and the staff was very friendly and helpful. Location is great as well since it is not to far from the market in case you wanted to buy any souvenirs.

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Pema Boutique Hotel

Kathmandu

The hotel was great, the area it is in really makes you realize you are in Nepal the culture is very different and the restaurant downstairs has great authentic food.

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Depart Kathmandu Nepal

Nepal

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Drive from Shivalaya to Kathmandu

Nepal

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Trek from Chaulakharka to Shivalaya (1770 m)

Nepal

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Trek from Pikey Peak Base Camp to Chaulakharka (1460 m) via Pikey Peak

Nepal

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Trek from Jhapre to Pikey Base Camp

Nepal

The first part of the trek was not to difficult and a perfect length for just getting done with a 6 hour car drive. You will see prayer flags, stupas and some animals on the way up to base camp

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Drive from Kathmandu to Dhap, Trek to Japre (2920 m)

Nepal

I must say although of course the trek and the peak was the highlight of the trip, my favorite part was just driving to the trek start location. It was about a 6 hour drive and I got to see so many different villages and farms that you pass through along the way. This was something I enjoyed since I could see many different parts of the country and lifestyles other then the city and the mountains.

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Tasos did a fabulous job from our very first interaction. All of our guides were knowledgeable and personable and the response times from Travel 12 were immediate and helpful in all situations.

Hotel Reviews

Grand Ambassador Aegean Luxury

Santorini

Beautiful and comfortable

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Poseidon Paros

Paros Island

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Very far from everything, and taxis were very expensive no matter where we wanted to go, requiring us to rent a car during our stay.

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Katikies Mykonos

Cyclades Islands, Greece

The hotel itself was beautiful and the rooms were lovely and comfortable. The shower however was a bit slippery. The restaurant served delicious food and the staff across the board were friendly and helpful.

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A bit isolated, requiring transportation wherever we went.

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The Zillers Boutique Hotel

Athens

The rooms were tiny but the building itself was a lovely and in a fabulous location. The upstairs restaurant had a wonderful breakfast with beautiful views. Service was exceptional in all cases.

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Heart of Plaka district

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Activity Reviews

Morning Catamaran Caldera Cruise

Santorini

A must

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Santorini Highlights with Wine

Greece

Vasili was fabulous

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Local Transfer in Santorini

Greece

Our tour guide and also our driver on most occasions was Vasili who was absolutely delightful and knowledgeable and a joy to spend time with.

Local Transfer in Paros

Paros

We really enjoyed our driver whose name we couldn’t quite understand no matter how many times we asked. It started with a PAN and he was an absolute delight

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Private Naxos Food & Culture Tour

Naxos

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Private Sunset Boat Trip

Paros

Although the family whose boat it was were lovely and friendly, we were fairly disappointed in the experience. We expected to move around a bit more and there was some confusion between the driver and the captain as to what time we needed to be back in port so as a result our dinner was almost not served at all and when it was it was sort of rushed.

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Day-Trip to Delos Island

Mykonos

Fascinating and educational

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Farm to Table and Wine Tasting

Mykonos

Although the meal was tasty, the tour itself at the little farm was not all that interesting and we would probably not recommend this tour.

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Local Transfer in Mykonos

Mykonos

Most of the drivers were friendly and helpful, however one was annoyed because he had been given a particular time to pick us up and we had been given a later time and he was annoyed that we were late even though we were following our instructions. Another one was on his cell phone the entire time so we were unable to ask him any questions or get any information from him. The rest were just lovely

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Private Acropolis Hill & Museum Tour

Athens

Lize was incredibly knowledgeable and very personable. We learned a lot and enjoyed her company.

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Dinner in Athens

Athens

Dinner at Nolan was a highlight of our trip

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I really enjoyed using Kim Kim, they struck the perfect balance of giving us the skeleton of the trip without scheduling us every hour of the day. They helped us put together a great experience.

We thought we wanted to use Airbnb’s for our lodging, which I’m sure would have been fine. They convinced me however to use boutique hotels and I’m glad they did. We would have had a great trip on our own, but it was amazing because of their advice. Was definitely worth the extra money to have them involved in the planning process.

Also, they were very responsive while on the trip, because inevitably things went wrong and they helped fix them promptly.

Will use again.

Hotel Reviews

Avra Hotel

Rafina, Attica

It’s an adequate larger hotel in Athens. We stayed here for the proximity to the airport in Athens. Nice, but won’t blow you away.

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Rodia Boutique Hotel Zagori

Epirus

Great little hotel in small village of zagori mountain area. We loved this place. Very quaint and authentic. Only thing to be aware of is you can’t park at the hotel, have to park 500m away and hike up village road to get there. The staff is very helpful and accommodating. Would stay here again!

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Tsikeli Hotel Meteora

Meteora

Probably our favorite hotel of our trip. Just very nice rooms and facilities. It is farther from restaurants and town center - I would recommend having a rental car if staying here.

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Sweet Home Hotel

Athens

Would definitely go back. Loved how small and intimate it felt. Great location in the city as well, close to some great restaurants and shops.

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City Hotel Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

They went above and beyond to help us. The room was great, location was amazing.

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Activity Reviews

Corfu Countryside Cooking Tour

Corfu

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Vikos Gorge Crossing

Zagori

Meteora Sunset Tour

Meteora

This is an adequate tour made great by the guide.

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Thessaloniki Sunset Bike Tour

Thessaloniki

We loved this mix of activity and history. Just short enough to keep us involved, but long enough to see everything. 10/10 would highly recommend.

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Local Transfer in Athens

Greece

Loved lampros. He picked us up at beginning and end of trip. Very friendly, knowledgeable, and has a wonderful car for transfers.

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Our trip to Norway was planned very well by Julia. Her selection of hotels are excellent with respect to location, quality and food. Also, she was flexible with making changes to the initial plan so that our expectations are met. The tour chosen by Julia to see Northern Lights was excellent - Chasing Lights. Overall, I highly recommend Kim Kim if you are looking for a trip to Norway.

Hotel Reviews

Scandic Torget

Bergen

Excellent location to get the best view of Bergen. But the room was very tiny. Breakfast was good. Recommend it if you are particular with location and room view. Else, it could be quite expensive.

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It was very clean but the room was tiny and hence reduced one star for less comfort.

Scandic Copenhagen

København

Very good location, spacious room and good breakfast. Highly recommend this hotel.

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Thon Hotel Tromsø

Tromsø

Very comfortable and spacious room. Excellent location and very good quality food. Highly recommend.

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Hotell Bondeheimen

Oslo

Excellent location, cozy & beautiful room. Very high quality food at their restaurant. Highly recommend this hotel.

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Activity Reviews

Northern Lights Hunt by Bus

Tromsø

Couldn't ask for more! Excellent team with knowledge and communication skills. The team made sure we get as much as possible from the tour. Loved Meda and Julia! Highly recommend if you are in Tromso for Northern Lights!

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Oslofjord Sightseeing Cruise by Traditional Boat

Oslo

A perfect tour and a must do if you are in Oslo!

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Diogo, our guide and trip planner was a joy to work with. He understood our interests and did an outstanding job planning our long and varied itinerary. We had the pleasure of meeting him in Lisbon, as he was our tour guide for our last 4 days. He was patient and open to our requests. His historical and present day knowledge of Lisbon and the surrounding areas is astonishing! Our favorite visits included The Azores- truly a magical place! Nazare and the Pangaea Restaurant for the many octopus dishes and the beach town feel. The Peña Palace and surrounding park will never be forgotten. The kind, caring people we met everywhere we went made our trip very special.

Hotel Reviews

PortoBay Marquês

Lisbon

Thomar Boutique Hotel

Tomar

NH Collection Porto Batalha

Porto

Terra Nostra Garden Hotel

Furnas

Activity Reviews

Évora Guided Day Trip

Portugal

Charming town with a long history. Loved the drive through this area. Stopping to visit the mystery stones, seeing the cork trees, wineries and unique sites in Evora was an unexpected fabulous day. Diogo, our guide , has so much information about everything ! He answered every single question! We had many..

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Cascais & Sintra Guided Visit

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Enjoy Dinner with Live Fado Music

Lisbon

The location is like being in someone’s kitchen. It is a tiny spot and little space to move around. The food was good. Mostly like small tasting menu. The singers and musicians were excellent.

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Guided Tour of Lisbon

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Port Wine Tasting Tour

Porto

Morocco was one of our most memorable trips! The booking process and itinerary suggestions that Megan provided were great. All of the Riads and hotels were really nice. We were able to visit all of our points of interest, plus some additional suggestions that we wouldn't of thought of. A wonderful thing about the trip was having a private driver to take us between destinations securely and private guides in the cities to provide facts and details of Moroccan culture. We enjoyed having this experience without being in a group tour. Our driver Aziz really looked out for us and made sure our local guides and hotel staff were able to accommodate our schedule. He was able to make the trip worry free. It was a relief to know that all of the travel would be taken care of. We highly recommend Aziz and Megan if you plan on traveling to Morocco. We look forward to booking another trip!

The trip plan that Christina at KimKim.com put together was perfect for us. I stressed that we enjoy all kinds of local interaction and don't mind figuring our way around. We look forward to figuring out new countries on our own, it really gets you immersed in your destination. Then all I did was pick 1 city as the starting point and explained that we like to do one thing each day. She recommended a few places and away we went on trains and ferries!

The local guide John in Bergen, Norway was very knowledgeable and eager to engage, as was Luis in Aurland, Norway. He took us hiking/climbing - lucky for us he was very accommodating as we wore ourselves out the day before our hike, and wished to take it a little easier. He was very friendly and knowledgeable of all the history in that area of the fjords.

Christina was responsive throughout planning and travel, whenever we had a question she got back to us quickly which puts your mind at ease. We would not hesitate to use her services for traveling in Norway again.

We will happily book future jaunts with Kimkim.com!

Amazing trip, the local guides for our hike and safari were absolutely incredible and made our holiday so easy. The whole trip was well organised and we felt very relaxed.

We had an absolutely magical 10 days in Iceland. The itinerary developed for us was perfect, taking into consideration our preferences. We particularly enjoyed the inclusion of Hornstrandir, the western fjords and Husafell. The accommodations selected for us were perfect and it is unlikely we could have found them on our own. Loved our stay at the Lysuholl Farm and Skalholt. Rinolda was excellent. So responsive, quick to understand our needs and to develop a brilliant itinerary. The detailed itinerary was very informative and really helped us plan our days. We appreciated the dining and shopping suggestions too. Rinolda checked in throughout the trip, was quick to address minor issues that arose (for example, for some reason I couldn't download the ferry ticket, Rinolda got me a copy within minutes). Have recommended Kim Kim and Rinolda to several friends and look forward to being able to use Kim Kim again for future trips.

Hotel Reviews

Hotel Lotus

Reykjavik

This was a delightful little hotel not far from downtown. We arrived in the afternoon and were offered a piece of cake! The breakfast room offered a lovely breakfast. The rooms were new and modern and very well appointed. Loved the bathroom!

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Hótel Klaustur

Kirkjubæjarklaustur

Beautiful hotel in a lovely town. Fantastic room, good wifi

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Hotel Skalholt

Selfoss

This was a very interesting location. It was a little difficult to figure out how to check in and dragging bags to the room wasn't necessarily easy. However, the room was comfortable, wifi was very good, and the included breakfast was fabulous. The restaurant served phenomenal meals.

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We very much liked the Church and the archeological aspects of the church grounds

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Lysuholl

Snaefellsnes

We had a wonderful cottage with glorious views of the Snaefellsnes Mountain and glacier. Amazing Sunset! Lovely to have the animals around. Great breakfast included with the room. Dinner was available for guests at a reasonable cost and it was very good.

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Nice little cottage rooms with fabulous views

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Fosshotel Westfjords

Patreksfjörður

Lovely hotel, beautiful views

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Very friendly staff

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Hotel Horn

Ísafjörður

The room was very comfortable. The only downside was it was necessary to walk to a sister hotel for breakfast. This was a very minor inconvenience. We would happily recommend this hotel to anyone visiting Isafjordur

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Activity Reviews

Husafell Canyon Baths

Iceland

This was as unexpected delight. The Canyon baths are very private (only six guests when we did it). The changing rooms are amazing, and the bathes themselves quite wonderful. The guide was amazing, knew so much about the region, the history of the bathes etc.

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Wildlife and Arctic Foxes tour in Hornstrandir

Iceland

We very much enjoyed the day, but I think it was because there were only 6 guests. The guide mentioned that in busier times they have many more, and that would have diminished the experience. There was some confusion over whether or not lunch was included. Arriving late the night before and departing early in the morning meant it was difficult for us to arrange to bring our own lunch (we brought a pizza that we had ordered the night before). However, the soup, bread and wild mushrooms provided prior to our departure from Hornstrandir was fabulous. We also enjoyed the bonus whale watching on the boat ride over.

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Thank you Duncan for arranging our 11 day self drive adventure in Iceland. Also, thank you to a local agent, Sigurdur, who provided much needed information when our wifi didn't work.

We definitely recommend KimKim to all our friends. Your complete plan was easy to follow and allowed for just the right amount of time to drive from one destination to the next. The hotels were all clean with great beds. All the little things really do add up. We would never have been able to see as much of Iceland as we did had we planned this self drive trip by ourselves.

KimKim seems to have everything covered and was timely in negotiating our trip plan. Duncan was quick to redo our plan when we added a day and also delayed our departure.

We look forward to arranging another adventure in the future with KimKim.

This was a wonderfully organized trip. We would have never seen as much of the country without KimKim and Original Travels help. Our only negative is that the trip cost more than our requested budget but we could have eliminated some items so that is on us.
Our driver, Ilyace, was the heart and soul of our trip. He was extremely knowledgeable, personable and it was very fun spending long hours in the car with him. He was an excellent driver and we always felt safe with him, even on the crazy one lane, winding roads.
Our guide for the tour in Fes, Hafid, was fine but we felt the emphasis of the tour was to sell us local crafts, not experience Fes. We felt way too much pressure to make purchases.
Hanan, our guide for the Marrakech half day tour and the food tour, was excellent. She was very knowledgeable, kind and we enjoyed spending time with her. She answered many questions about local customs. The food tour was fun as we tried several items we would not have tried otherwise.

Hotel Reviews

Palais des Princesses

Marrakech

Very nice Riad but not as impressive as the others. Location was inside the Medina so very convenient for restaurants and central plaza. Breakfast buffet was excellent.

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Riad Salam Fes

Fes

This Riad was spectacular with very impressive design/interiors. Our room was very large with a separate bedroom and living area. (We noticed many rooms were smaller like a normal hotel room.) There was a rooftop area that we discovered the second night and enjoyed spending time under the stars. The breakfast was fine but they brought out trays and baskets of items, many being types of bread, and we could only eat a small fraction of the food. Seemed very wasteful.

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Lina Ryad & Spa

Chefchaouen

This was the smallest Riad we stayed in and we loved it. The location was central to everything although we would not have been able to find it on our own. A porter met us at the drop off location and we walked 5-10 minutes to the riad. The staff was wonderful. Breakfast was delicious. We enjoyed a couples Hammen at the spa and strongly recommend it. (It was a full body scrub with a very stiff loofa).

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Inara Desert Camp

Marrakech

This was one of our favorite nights. The Glamping was amazing. We enjoyed the pool, camel ride, fancy (and delicious) dinner in the outdoor tent. The sleeping tent was above and beyond our expectations with shower and bathroom included in the tent and 5 star linens!

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Marrakech to Agafay Desert with a Traditional Lunch in the Atlas Mountains

Morocco

This was actually two separate trips: hiking in the Atlas Mountains and the Camel ride at the hotel. The hiking with a guide was a fun adventure. It was about an hour and a half and we had some great views of the mountains and a waterfall. We choose not to do the Berber Lunch but in hindsight we should have. The camel ride was just as expected, a little corning but so worth it. Got some great sunset pictures that included the camels.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Marrakech Evening Food Tour

Marrakesh

We had the same guide, Hannan, for this tour as the previous tour so it was nice to see the friendly face again. We enjoyed trying some new foods that we hadn't tried yet.

Quality of Experience

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Half-Day Guided Tour of Marrakech

Marrakesh

This tour had a nice variety, beautiful mosque, amazing Palace tour and great overview of the Marrakech Medina including the square.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Guided Tour of Fez Medina

Fes

As mentioned before, the tour was too focused on trying to sell us 'stuff'. The tile factory and leather tannery were interesting but the sales pitches after were annoying. The carpet showroom was over the top annoying; we didn't actually see anyone working on a rug! It was straight to the salesroom and after saying a dozen times that we weren't interested, they brought out more carpets. I felt so much pressure to buy that I considered a small, 20" x 30" rug until I found out it was $200 US$. I finally got mad and said 'we are done' and we walked out. The rest of the tour was hurrying through the Medina at a fairly fast pace.

Quality of Experience

No sales pressure and a slower pace.

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Again.... our driver, Ilyace :-)

Chefchaoeun to Fez via Volubilis, Moulay Idriss & Meknes

Morocco

This is a long drive so a stop somewhere is needed. However, the Ruins were only so-so interesting as we have seen many Roman Ruins elsewhere.

Transport

Our driver was amazing for the whole trip.