Kimkim Trip Reviews for Slovenia

Tarun did an excellent job organising our transfers around Slovenia. Where he was not able to make it, he ensured that someone he trusted was there at the appointed time and knew exactly what they had to do. Tarun and the other people we met through Tarun were all very knowledgeable about Slovenia and, the places he booked for us, were amazing including Lepa Vida wines, our Soca River rafting experience and Broken Bones Distillery. He ensured we were at the appropriate places by the required time to make each of the tours and took us to some lovely out of the way places that as a tourist we would not have seen. He was an easy person to be around and had a great sense of fun and humour.

Tarun also ensured we got to do the things that I had found before engaging him and wanted to do like a day yacht trip from Izola south along the Slovenian coast to Croatia and back again on board, "Alice in Waterland". Damjan and Fredrica were the perfect hosts and couldn't do enough for us and our fussy group of eaters. I had also booked our accommodation all of which turned out to be fantastic.

I think the best thing about working with Tarun is he would have been happy to organise the whole trip for us or to work with me and fit in additional things around what I'd organised or wanted to do. He was very flexible.

Everyone we met in Slovenia were amazing. Kind, engaging and generous. The food in Slovenia is incredible. Beautiful fresh produce cooked to perfection. The water is very clean and the environment pristine. There are a number of fabulous walks, lakes and other adventures. I really thoroughly enjoyed our time in Slovenia and would go back again in a heartbeat and ask Tarun to help me organise the trip again.

Activity Reviews

Small family wine yard tour ? :)

Slovenia

Lepa Vida Boutique Winery. We loved our trip to this small winery. In addition to the wine tasting they created some amazing food to have with it and said, if they had of known in advance, they could have also catered to any allergies or intolerances. We tried each of their wines and loved them all. Walked away with 6 bottles of wine none of which made it home - they were too good. The winery owner was amazing, fantastic knowledge of wine, the winery's history and the local area. Couldn't recommend this winery too highly

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The quality of the wine, food and the owner's generosity in ensuring it is the best experience possible for you

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We had our travel specialist collect us from Venice and drop us at the winery on time

Transport

The car was clean, comfortable and appropriate for the number in our group

Visiting Izola and Strunjan

Koper

We did a tour down the Slovenia coast past Piran and onto Croatia on "Alice in Waterland" a beautiful 51 foot yacht. The yacht owners, Damjan and Fredrica made sure our day was perfect with breakfast and coffee when we boarded the yacht and a swim stop in a sheltered cove just north of Piran followed by an amazing lunch, beautiful wines and gins. They made sure that the trip was perfect in every way.

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It was the best experience with two wonderful humans

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We walked to the yacht

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The yacht was in immaculate condition

We had a wonderful trip. Petra designed a terrific itinerary; modified it with our feedback. It was a great combination of ideas from her, and spur of the moment decisions we made on the trip. Slovenia is a marvelous country. We loved our experience.

My husband did most of the planning with Petra but she helped me immediately when I contacted her after our stay in Bled when I left my silk pillowcase there. She arranged for it to meet up with me at the end of our trip! The tour guide Jasmina who led our food tour of Ljubliana was terrific - friendly and knowledgeable. I would say that the only things I think would have been useful were to know in advance how things work in Piran with the car and not to drive through the castle in Goriska Brda! We were clueless at first about getting to our hotel but one call to Hotel Piran and we understood what to do. In GB, the signage didn't really indicate that one shouldn't drive through the castle and that you park on top and walk from there. Luckily, we made it through without scraping any walls (of the car or castle!). Lastly, we didn't realize that Roundabout was the name of our tour services once in the country rather than kimkim but obviously, that became clear right away. Luka at Hotel Cubo was amazing. He was so friendly and warm and even loaned us the hotel's laminated map of Slovenia to return at the end of our trip. The whole experience was fabulous and we highly recommend your services!

We were very impressed with KimKim. They did everything as promised and did it quickly and efficiently.
Our account manager Nikola was detail oriented, professional and extremely pleasant to work with. We would recommend KImKim to our friends and family and very much use them again.

Domen and Slotrips put together a great itinerary and experience in lovely Slovenia. He customized a blend of hiking, biking, and rafting around my interests with many additional side options depending on time/desire. When the weather was rough the last part of my trip, Domen worked with local companies to rearrange times for trips. The GPS provided for hiking and biking was superior! Highly needed for some trails in the national park where trail marking can be confusing. Excellent accommodation selection and very good restraunt suggestions. Would strongly endorse letting Domen and Slotrips organize your next trip to Slovenia.

Overall, we were satisfied with our trip. There were a couple of small glitches but that can be expected during a 2 week holiday.

Activity Reviews

Full day in northern Istria

Slovenia

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Rovinj & around

Rovinj

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Miha organized a fantastic trip for my wife and my honeymoon in Slovenia. He was super flexible in accommodating our interests of outdoors activities (hiking, biking, rafting) with high quality dining options and boutique hotels, allowing us to pack a ton into our 10-day trip without feeling overwhelmed nor rushed. We also felt like we were able to get a good sense of the different regional characteristics of each place we visited due to the way Miha put our trip together.

Miha quickly responded to our requests/questions and crafted a trip that let us have flexibility on the day, without having to worry about any of the small stuff (car rentals, hotel reservations, even where to park).

We could give a full list of our highlights but that would be too long; however, we must give a high recommendation to Soča Splash rafting in Bovec, Winestronaut wine tours in the Vipava Valley, and Majerija for dinner.

Hoping to visit Slovenia again!
Dave & Nicole

Best trip I’ve ever been on! It was exceptionally organized and provided great variety in the activities and regions of exploration. I loved all of the overnight accommodations and the meals that were included were excellent.

Overall, well organized and very flexible in terms of booking options. Antonia provided excellent recommendations and was able to make last minute changes if they came up. Very happy with this service.

Hotel Reviews

Hotel Soča

Bovec

Loved this hotel. Rooms are are very spacious, uptodate and comfy beds. Pool is awesome. Location is great. Walkable to shops/restaurants. Lots of outdoors activities in the area.

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House Klasika

Bled

I would rate this hotel a 3.5/5. Everything is clean, and tidy. Beds not the best. Washroom had a weird smell. But overall nice hotel. Highlight was the breakfast.

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Kempinski Palace Portoroz

Piran

Excellent hotel in a great location. Breakfast is amazing. Directly across from beach. Lots to do. Highly recommend.

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Hotel Cubo

Ljubljana

Not bad, but not amazing. Rooms are nice, but AC was not working the best when there. Beds were a bit soft for my liking. Breakfast was a 4/5.

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Activity Reviews

Ljubljana City Tour with E-bikes

Ljubljana

A bit underwhelming. I think it was due to a bad guide. Nothing personal but he just didn't seem to know the details/history of this city, wasn't what you would normally expect.

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Hike to Debela Peč Mountain

Slovenia

Nice hike. Not all that challenging, but great views. Our guide was great. My personal opinion is that this hike is totally doable even without guide. Location not hard to find. Hike well marked.

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Hot Air Balloon Flight Over the Bled Lake

Slovenia

Great experience. Gregor and his team are very detailed and true professionals. Excellent views.

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Explore Škocjan Caves

Slovenia

Amazing once in a lifetime experience.

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Food & Culture Tour of Piran

Piran

Interesting city with lots of history. It's worth doing the tour.

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We are a family of five - children aged 19,17,15. Domen did an excellent job planning the trip for us and taking into consideration our preferences. Communication was very smooth. First a telephone conversation, followed by a few iterations by mail. He was quite flexible and happy to adjust according to our feedback. Trip turned out to be well thought out, with the right mix of activities and places to stay. Having the entire trip and the hike maps available in apps is great and very convenient. Although there were some complicated logistics involved (transfer of luggage, mixed trips hiking + biking etc.), everything worked out 100% (e.g., pick up at 8:40 to drive to rafting = pick up at 8:40 on the mark). We have done several trips like this across the world. The service provided by Domen I would rate among the highest if not the highest. Many thanks to Domen and Slotrips.

We had a terrific 9-day driving tour through Western Slovenia, focusing on beautiful Triglav National Park. Domen Strle, our virtual tour guide and travel agent, chose excellent places for us to stay and activities including hiking, fly-fishing and touring. Without his intimate knowledge of the area and his responsiveness to our questions, we would have had a difficult time planning such a trip (our first to Slovenia). He quickly accommodated last-minute changes to our schedule (e.g., an unplanned but very worthwhile stop in Lubljana; changing the day of our fishing trip), and provided feedback on activities we discovered en route. Altogether, the trip was planned just enough to avoid the stress of finding places to stay and eat, but with enough flexibility to allow spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment activities. The ability to switch digitally from places on the overall trip plan to Google maps driving instructions made navigation easy and painless. It made for a very diverse and fascinating trip, which we enjoyed immensely.

Our experience in Slovenia was magical. Nika understood what type of travelers we were and catered the entire experience to our specific interests perfectly. The variety of landscape, culture, and activities we were able to do and experience each day was incredible. Every day was a new adventure and thanks to Nika's expert scheduling, we never felt rushed. We had ample time to take in every experience and not simply check it off the list. I only wish we could have stayed longer. In short, 5/5!

Nika was wonderful, she listened to our feedback on the trip and adjusted perfectly. She was also available during our trip when rescheduling and timing changes needed to be made. We had such a fantastic honeymoon and would def use Kim Kim again depending on the country. One thing that would have been nice was to know of the local holidays beforehand so we could planned accordingly. There were several Slovenian holidays (where lots of attractions were closed) during our trip and a wine festival in Gredic that would have been fun to include if we had planned accordingly.

Hotel Review

Hotel Majer'ca

Bohinjsko jezero

Hands down our fav from our stay! It was cozy and the restaurant was absolutely superb! We ate there twice it was so great!

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Activity Review

Ljubljana Food Walking Tour (shared tour)

Ljubljana

Jashmin was a highlight of our trip! We are so glad that we took this tour at the start of our vacation. She was so kind, full of local info, and planned a well curated journey through Ljubljana.

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Had a wonderful time in Slovenia's spectacular autumnal colours! A great way to get back into adventure travelling after having been unable to for so long. Local specialists Tomaz and Jala were both excellent in helping piecing together an excellent itinerary which included the places I wanted to see (Lake Bled, the Julian Alps etc) and the activities I wanted experience including hiking, paragliding and whitewater rafting. The Seven Lakes trek through the Julian Alps was both challenging and spectacular, just the way I like it to be. Highlight of the trek for me was Lake Krn, coloured green by the minerals and surrounded by the reddish brown autumnal leaves. Jala did a brilliant job helping me find my hostel by phone when returning to Bled after finishing the trek. All local guides were brilliant in helping me find my way around as well as assisting with the local covid protocols. Paragliding above Lake Bohijn's reflections was amazing while lake Bled, the Jewel in Slovenia's Crown, was so relaxing, especially while enjoying the delicious Bled cakes! Finally, the capital, Ljubljana was very pleasant, especially when colourfully lit up at night. From Ljubljana, I had enough to time explore how spectacular Slovenia is underneath with a day trip to Postojna Cave. My first ever KimKim trip was both and exciting and relaxing experience, so well done during very difficult times in which to travel with the pandemic. Hoping for some more such memorable experiences in 2022.

Petra did a great job helping us to organize our trip to Slovenia! We did four tours in the five days we were there. Ljubljana was our home base and it is an amazing city. Our guide for the food tour was Jasmine and she was very fun! She gave us wonderful ideas for restaurants to visit. The Predjama castle and Postojna Cave were amazing! A must see! Tour guide, Val, was very knowledgeable and so friendly! We did a 1/2 day Bled Fairytale tour with Borut as our tour guide. We chose not to take the boat to the island since it was winter. The other 2 on the tour did take the boat and Borut was accommodating and made sure we had other things to do when they were on the island. However, the boat was 30 minutes late getting back and we waited at the pick up point in the cold. This made us late going up to the castle so by the time we got there it was dark and we couldn’t see the mountains. The last excursion was the Karst and Coast tour. This was by far our favorite day! We had a private tour with Borut and he was amazing! His knowledge of his country’s history is impressive. Since we were not interested in going to another cave he custom built our day. Strolling the streets of Piran and sipping wine at a cafe by the Adriatic Sea was our favorite part of all of these great tours!

Thank you for a great Slovenian vacation!
Nancy and Steve

We recently visited Slovenia to celebrate our 10 year anniversary. We wanted a trip that was active but one that would also highlight the history and beauty of Slovenia. Katja helped to plan an adventure that exceeded all of our expectations. Every last detail was well thought out; we were able to explore the immense beauty of the country by foot, bike, and boat almost completely independently with the preset arrangements of gps directions and luggage transfers. After big days of adventure we were able to rest comfortably at night in wonderful accommodations. We would recommend Slotrips to everyone. We certainly fell in love with sLOVEnia and hope to work with Katja again in the future to plan an adventure for our whole family!

I traveled through Slovenia for 8 days on a mostly hiking and occasionally biking itinerary. Domen, our local trip specialist from Ljubljana, did an excellent job planning even more activities than we had time to enjoy, so each day there were options. He responded to our many questions and concern with patience and in detail.

Slovenia offers stunning geography, wonderful food, and warm hospitality. Hiking through the Julian Alps and along the Soca River can be challenging with some steep inclines and miles of uneven surfaces to navigate. You need to be fit and wear good boots- all worthwhile when you’re immersed in the natural beauty.

We were provided with with a local phone and a detailed itinerary with maps and navigation for each segment of the trip. We had problems with the Android phone, but found that we could download the maps and itinerary details into our iPhones which worked better for us.

We started in Prague and first meet with Sasha our contact. Sasha reviewed our trip and had several suggestions. Our guides in Prague were all outstanding, being willing to answer all our questions. In all cases our transfers to the next city was seamless, thank you so much.
Budapest was the same, a great experience.
In Ljubljana we met Lidija who again reviewed our plans and made suggestions. We are so glad that we followed through with suggestions given to us throughout this trip. Guides were great and travel connections were seamless.
If we have to put a negative into this section, the only thing is the five day walk around the three lakes. This is so minor but here we go. Day two had us walking through very muddy trails which really were unsuitable, we should have returned to our hotel by the way we came. Day four had us walking along a path covered by fallen trees which really needed clearing. At times we thought we would have to turn back.
Thanks for a great experience in Central Europe.

Just wished our initial briefing contained more information on the android phone operation and bike cover use with android. Miha was very responsive and really facilitated my recovery of my Fed Ex package!

Accommodations, hiking and biking suggestions, food at restaurants and huts -- all were excellent. We especially enjoyed our stay at Kekec Homestead in Trenta. And the private cave tour at Skocjan was perfect.