Kimkim Trip Reviews for Bolivia

Camila was fantastic! She set up everything for us from beginning to end. She asked us for the type of trip we wanted and set up all of our tours, hotels, and guides. When we arrived in Bolivia, we had our driver, Gonzalo, waiting for us. He stayed with us throughout our time in La Paz and was absolutely amazing! We also had an English speaking guide, Juan, who showed us Tiwanaku. Then our time in Uyuni was incredible. Omar and Alvaro were awesome! We spent 3 days exploring the salt flats and desert with them before returning to La Paz. I would 10/10 recommend Camila, KimKim, and all of the guides on this tour. It was executed to perfection and I can’t wait to do another country with KimKim!!

I cannot say enough about the amazing experience I had with Camila! We shared with her all of our ideas for our trip via the messaging app on kimkim and she made the entire planning process a breeze. She was quick to reply and executed all of our ideas perfectly! From the moment we arrived in Bolivia, all of our tour guides and drivers were prompt and genuinely amazing human beings to work with! We are so thankful for the amazing knowledge our guide, Al, provided throughout our time in the salt flats and Potosí! Our drivers Gonzalo and Omar were also amazing to work with and our tour guide for Tiwanaku and la Paz, Carlos, was so incredibly kind and knowledgeable. He made sure we got the most authentic Bolivian experience, which we greatly appreciated. I highly recommend doing the private tours as we got to make some additional stops at local cafes and markets that were so amazing to experience. I loved all of the food! I highly recommend staying at hotel Luna salada on your trip in the salt flats, as well as Stannum in la Paz! Bolivia is amazing and I am so grateful for the people, culture and amazing sites I was able to see thanks to Camila and the kimkim team!

Activity Reviews

Night bus La Paz - Uyuni

La Paz

The bus was incredibly comfortable and Clean! Great meal in the evening, as well.

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The bus was super comfortable.

Day-Trip to Tiwanaku & Lake Titicaca

Bolivia

Carlos was such a knowledgeable and personable guide! We thoroughly enjoyed our entire experience in tiwanaku! We also really loved the restaurant he took us to for lunch and the authentic Bolivian meal we got to experience! Try the llama! The boat ride on lake titicaca was also a major highlight and we loved learning about the papyrus boats!

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Gonzalo is an excellent driver!

Explore the amazing Uyuni Salt Flats

Bolivia

By far my favorite part of the trip, although it was all so amazing and so hard to choose! Our guide and driver prepared a picnic on the salt flats for us with authentic Bolivian food which was such a treat and so cute! We also loved hiking up Incahuasi island! Al was so knowledgeable and such a joy to have guiding our 3 day tour! We also loved the star gazing at night and Al knew all the most amazing photos tricks! We captured some amazing shots our friends couldn’t even believe were real!

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From the start I was impressed with Camila. She responded quickly and thoroughly resolved any concerns or questions I had. She put together a custom itinerary, matching exactly what I wanted to see and do. She went out of her way to make sure that this trip not only met my expectations, but exceeded them. Everything I wanted to do while I were there, no matter how big or small she made sure I got to do it. The only con that I have is to have a copy of the itinerary and invitation letter in Spanish and English as nobody in immigration spoke English and the walk from the hotel in Samay Wasi hotel to the bus terminal is not five minutes (actually about 20 minutes). We had to take a taxi. I would have no reservations recommending Camila and the Kim Kim team to others. I am beyond thankful to her and her team and would wholeheartedly recommend her to everyone. Special mention to Alvaro Oropeza in Uyuni. He and the driver were awesome!!! Book your trip of a lifetime with this wonderful team. I learnt a new word Un-Boliviable :)

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Night bus La Paz - Uyuni

La Paz

The night bus was like flying first class....wonderful!

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Day use hotel in La Paz

La Paz

Everyone was nice and accommodating....could have more vegan options

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Urban trek Full-Day

La Paz

I had a great time on the Urban Trek full-day tour. The guide was knowledgeable and accommodating to our needs. The only downside was it got extremely hot during the day, but that's outside of anyone's control. Overall, it was a good experience.

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Explore landscapes of Sud Lipez

Bolivia

I enjoyed exploring the landscapes of Sud Lipez. We saw some flamingos, although not many at the time of our visit. Overall, the experience was enjoyable, and the typography was stunning.

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Day-Trip to Palca Canyon

La Paz

The day-trip to Palca Canyon was a great experience. The guide was knowledgeable and spoke excellent English. The scenery was impressive, and I highly recommend this trip.

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Begin the Uyuni Salt Flats Expedition

Bolivia

AMAZING!!!!!!!!! The Uyuni Salt Flats Expedition was amazing, with wonderful guides and drivers. The experience was unforgettable, and I got some fantastic photos during the trip.

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Camila did a fantastic job of putting together an unusual itinerary in a very short period of time.

She listened to my feedback and incorporated it while giving her perspective when I had questions as a first time traveler to Bolivia.

The highlights were hiking up Volcán Tunupa near Uyuni with Juli and Doli and staying in Santiago de Okola and doing an amazing guided plant medicine walk with Victor, Naira, and Arturo. Aymara and Quechua language lessons on the fly were an amazing gift to receive. Everyone I met was generous with themselves and their insights and the interaction between the La Paz based guides and the local guides was a joy to witness. There was a lot of learning and sharing all around!

Bolivian Dream Vacation:
Johanna helped create for us a detailed and individualized vacation that suited our interests and time constraints during our April visit to Bolivia. She was easy to communicate with and tried very hard to include as many of our wishes as was feasible. This was not an easy task, since we wanted to see everything but only had a week to devote to our travels. Johanna and Kristy were both available to us during our trip through WhatsApp for any last minute questions or problems, but overall our trip was flawless. Everything flowed smoothly and we experienced no issues.
We started our guided tour in La Paz, seeing all the highlights of the city. The next day we were off in the direction of lake Titicaca with a side trip to Tiwanaku where we marveled at the ruins from this pre-Inca civilization. Next was lake Titicaca where we took boat trips around the lake to the Sun and Moon islands. We were offered and enjoyed a traditional Inca lunch that included trout from the lake and rehydrated potatoes. Our trip then brought us back to La Paz where we took a flight to Uyuni. We visited the salt flats, the red and green lagoons and saw many scenic views along the way. We saw Llama, alpaca, vicuña, viscacha-wild Andean rabbit, emu, wild donkeys, fox and flamingos. While everything was absolutely stunning, I think I can say with out exception the salt flats was the highlight of our trip. As the views were breathtaking. Marisol, our tour guide, educated us on geology, history, culture, food, and more. She was very attentive and remained flexible. She also helped us take fun pictures with a green dinosaur and interactive photographs on a reflective lake. We were able to enjoy both a secluded picturesque lunch on the salt flats and a memorable sunset drink in a salt lake.
Marisol was with us for our entire trip and was an invaluable resource. She imparted the history and geology of the various sights we visited and included many fun facts that made listening pleasurable. She and Samwel were there to greet us when we arrived at 7 am and with us at 3 am at the end when we passed into the customs when we left Bolivia. Both Samwel, our driver in La Paz , and Ever, our driver in Uyuni, were amazing and present on all of our adventures. They drove us for many hours covering vast and varied terrains from salt flats to bumpy paved and unpaved roads. We felt safe in their hands and they were pleasant to be with.
There is only one thing I would change and that would be listening to the warnings of the altitude sickness. Having come directly from sea level by plane to La Paz we had little time to acclimatize, pre planning with meds and excersise would have been helpful. Having said that Marisol and all the personal including staff at the hotels were ready to help. We were able to get oxygen delivered to our room on one occasion when we felt we needed it, without charge. This did not stop us from hiking up and down hills , enjoying lavish sometimes Michelin rated meals and taking exceptional pictures.

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Atix Hotel

La Paz

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Hotel Rosario Lago Titicaca

Copacabana

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Hotel Palacio de Sal

Uyuni

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Mallku Cueva

Villa Mar

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Depart La Paz-Farewell Bolivia!

La Paz

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Welcome to La Paz

La Paz

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Half Day Tour of La Paz + Valley of the Moon

La Paz

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La Paz to Tiwanaku, to Copacabana

Bolivia

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Isla del Sol, and back to La Paz

Bolivia

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Explore the Small Lagoons (Day 2)

Bolivia

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Laguna Colorada, Sol de Mañana geyser, Green Lagoon, and overnight bus back to La Paz (Day 3)

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Free day in La Paz

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La Paz to Uyuni

Bolivia

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My trip from Chile to Bolivia, particularly Atacama Desert, Uyuni, and Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve was fantastic! I had great guides throughout the trip, particularly during my private guided tour in Bolivia with Oswald. Also, especial thanks to Camila from La Paz on Foot who planned a very nice trip for me and ensured that I had a safe and fun adventure. She was great at resolving any issues that came up during the trip.

Overall, an amazing trip and well worth the extra $$
Milenka our local specialist was very patient with us and organised our trip with next-to-no fuss.
Our highlights were the Uyuni salt flats (almost too early in early Dec) and Macchu Picchu.

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Explore the amazing Uyuni Salt Flats

Bolivia

The view doesn't disappoint. Amazing portion of the trip!

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The organisation of our trip was exceptional. Tomas met us on the first day to go over our itinerary which gave us peace of mind. All the drivers throughout our trip were on time and courteous. We highly recommend David Quecana. He met us in La Paz and remained with us for the trip to Lake Titicaca and the Island of the Sun. David was knowledgeable, attentive and went out of his way to ensure that we enjoyed our time in his lovely country. Our tour guide from Sucre to Uyuni multi tasked he was our driver plus the guide. Wilfredo thank you for the information provided and safe driving. Ready to answer our questions and again very attentive. Finally to the highlight of our trip, Uyuni Salt Flats. Alvaro Oropeza was fantastic. He and his driver were amazing. Besides driving, the driver cooked and with help from Alvaro set up the lunch and the surprise bubbles and nibbles for the sunset. A wonderful experience. Alvaro thank you so much for making the time in Uyuni and the Eduardo Avaroa National reserve extra special and for helping us create fond memories. A big thank you also for helping us through customs crossing the border into Chile. Kimkim thank you. This is our second trip with you. Your attention to detail was excellent.

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Explore the amazing Uyuni Salt Flats

Bolivia

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Great trip to Bolivia and Chile. We were well looked after and the local guides were very knowledgable. All in all a good job organised by Kimkim

Excellent service, the transfers all happened on time and took the stress out of travelling alone. Great service.

I spent a total of two weeks traveling in Bolivia booked through kimkim and its local partner. Everything was very well organized, all of my guides and drivers were on time and professional. Prior to my arrival a WhatsApp group was set up in case I needed to contact the operator, which was reassuring. This was a pretty ambitious trip with lots of internal flights, many different hotels, and a full program, and everything worked according to plan.

While our trip to Bolivia was short, the choice of hotel accommodation was excellent. The food was amazing. Milenka was always available to help.

We wouldn't have made it in to the country without our great guide, David, who was also really good at interacting with the kids (aged 11). The countryside around Lake Titicaca was stunning. La Paz was an amazing city. Bolivia was the last stop on our visit, we had already been traveling for a month, but David made it exciting and fun. Our drivers were super and always helpful and accommodating. When we come back to Bolivia, I'll definitely use kimkim.

I did the 3 day tour of Uyuni. Milenka was a great travel agent and arranged everything so there was nothing I needed to do but enjoy my trip. Lucio was a great guide. My only suggestion, is to consider booking “luxury” accommodations over basic. The hotels were chilly and only one of the two hotels had hot water…so basic has a different meaning in Bolivia. That said, both were clean, and comfortable aside from being cold! The night bus was surprisingly nice and everyone I interacted with from start to finish was friendly and helpful. It goes without saying that the scenery was spectacular and the wildlife and ecology of Bolivia were breathtaking.

Bolivia has soooo much potential to be an amazing place to visit but from the beginning of our trip everything was a hassle. We arrived to La Paz at 2:30am my husban and my 8 year old daughter are Americans are they were treated very poorly we with the most absurd demands of paperwork and visas ($130 each ) that the government officials didn’t even know how to work in the computer..it’s very obvious they don’t want Americas to visit because all the Americans that came in that flight were the last ones to leave the airport . I came with a Colombian ID and there were no issues. We left the airport at 6:30 am super tired to only arrived to a terrible hotel, smells soo bad with very uncomfortable beds and terrible food.. La Paz didn’t have much to offer. Then we took a 8 hour bus ride.. we couldn’t sleep the driver was going over every speed bump possible and was a very reckless driver 🥺 Uyuni was absolutely gorgeous Almost magical but our tour guy didn’t speak any English and his personal hygiene wasn’t great and makes us listen to his music in the car the whole 3 day tour.. silence could be much better. The first hotel “palacio de sal was pretty good and the service was great it had a nice warm pool that after a long drive or trip was a nice treat.. also it had a beautiful architecture. The second hotel Flamingo longe was terrible. They didn’t have our reservations, then the heater was broken so the whole place was freezing, the Internet works for few hours so by the time to arrive to the hotel they had turn it off.. there is not much to do there.. the next day we went to the lagoons and hot springs.. long ride for a child who got very sick from the altitud and fainted in an area with poor hygiene, the bathrooms were traumatizing, no water the smell of feces was unbearable .. to only found out that the oxygen tank that the our driver had in the car was empty and the mask was super dirty so you can literally die in the middle of no where with not medical attention or the minimal basic aid kit .. I’m sorry but $2000 + for this tour was a total rip off we will not recommend this tour to anyone specially with children.. the tour company should had been more informative.. this was definitely not a family trip..it was like vacation from hell.. we canceled our hotel reservation that the tour had booked for us.. to book our own hotel in La Paz to be able to sleep and rest before leaving Bolivia.. at the airport again to exit it was another nightmare.. the immigration officer gives you a code to scan everyday during your stay and let them know of every place you stay.. how are you supposed to do that is there is not internet ?? Well there is another huge fee.. we had travel all over the world and had never experience anything close to this.. very disappointed with this tour. Highlights definitely the salt flats.. everything else 👎👎👎

The guides were exceptional. All of them went out of their way to help us resolve any issues we encounter. They were very accommodating based on our capabilities and needs. Without their knowledge and willingness to please this trip would not be possible.

I want to reiterate this on all of them, Juan Carlos, Moises, Pablo, Elsa were unbelievable on the way they conducted themselves. Their knowledge of the place, people, culture were crucial to make the experience what it was.

Milenka was excellent to work with. She was very responsive to my many questions while planning the trip and was very flexible and helpful when we had to make a major change a few weeks before embarking on the trip. All of the guides, drivers and planned experiences were absolutely wonderful.

We unfortunately had to change our plans at the last minute due to the protests in La Paz however Malenka was super helpful in changing our plans and giving us options to choose from.

Our driver and our guide (Carla) were great. We even have a continuing contact with her now we liked her so much. Her English is good and she was great at explaining the bad political current climate we couldn't understand. We had to change our plans because if it and Milenka had our back as well as she could with the last minute changes.

We really enjoyed the trip and Collin was great about listening to what we wanted and making it happen for us. For the most part, the trip was easy and enjoyable and things ran smoothly. The accommodations, food and guides were excellent for the most part.
There were a couple of communication errors -- For the Salar de Uyuni trip, we were not informed of any details during the 3 days, so for example, we were not told to bring suits and towels for the hot springs. Also when we arrived to our hotel in Sucre, we were told they did not have a booking and we were sent to a different hotel, where they told us they had booked a matrimonial suite with one bed for us. Everything worked out in the end, but it was a little stressful and we don't understand why we weren't told of the change until after we had arrived at the wrong hotel.
For the Salar de Uyuni tour, we had been told it was just us on the tour, but when they picked us up to leave the next morning, they left us waiting for another family for over one hour and we didn't depart for the salt flats until after 11:30 am. This family expected a French language tour and came with a screaming 5-year old child. They kept us waiting several times over the 3-day tour, resulting in some rushed sight seeing and late arrivals in the evenings. The Uyuni guide was good, but also said some things that we thought were less than professional. While we understand this is "luck of the draw," we can't help but feel that this wasn't quite the tour we had arranged and paid for.

Milenka was great and we had an awesome trip. We are 3 adults in our 30s and we really loved our time in the Pampas we stayed in Mashapique Eco Lodge and had an awesome guide named Wilman! Death Road, Tocana Coca Village, La Paz and Coroico, were soooo nice. Our guide in La Paz area David was THE BEST.

We also loved seeing the Salt Flats and Desert. The one issue here was that our guide Jaime in the Uyuni area really wasn't good. He rushed us and didn't really explain things well and was just not fun. Milenka explained that he is not usually the guide they use though. Just our guide had an emergency at the last second.

Overall we had a great and awesome experience. Highly recommend Milenka and KimKim