Asia Aventura Travel

Doris did a great job planning the trip . She was responsive and great to work with

The guides were great

Trip was entirely flawless and affordable based on our requests

Overall, a very fulfilling experience . It is challenging to visit the length and breath of Vietnam in just over two weeks. One of the downfalls is having to spend too much time in a car or van traveling from place to place. This becomes extremely problematic in Ho Chi Minh City. The primary guides in the large cities were knowledgeable and conversant. A few did not speak English well enough to provide us any meaningful information, however, or answer our questions. The hotel choices were all excellent. I would recommend offering some favorite restaurants to your clients to assist in making good choices more expeditiously. We also appreciated the Kimkim flexibility, in modifying proposed itinerary options.

We visited Vietnam and Cambodia. Our guides were Gracie, Tom, Danny and ChanSip. They were all wonderful in their own way but Tom deserves a special mention. The VIetcong tunnels are not to be missed, the Saigon Vespa tour with its guides was truly memorable and a once in a lifetime type of tour and, the street food tour in Hanoi was exceptional. The meals and restaurants chosen by our guides were all delicious and not just standard fare served to tourists. We became a huge fan of Vietnamese food! The hotels chosen for us were also lovely, comfortable and well-located. Ms. Huyen was very accommodating of any changes we wanted to make to our itinerary (which were minimal bc it was so well planned) and very responsive. She handled communications with the local guides and it was a truly hassle free trip. Highly recommended!

Tour operator in Vietnam & Cambodia created a well planned itinerary that matched our travel style & interests. They gave quick responses to our questions before our trip & during our trip & chose excellent guides & drivers with nice cars. Tracked our movements during the trip to make sure all was going well. Good hotels. Excellent platform for planning & communication. Highlight was meeting a family of a tour guide where they shared roasted sweet potatoes & corn. And another guide took us to his favorite off the beaten track eating places & taught us how to eat native fruits in the market. A memorable experience besides experiencing the best food!

Hotel Reviews

Palago Boutique Hanoi Hotel

Hanoi

Just as pictured & noted.

Authenticity & Character

Felt like we were in Vietnam with the decor. Not a huge hotel which felt more authentic.

Location

In a good part of town & close to the places we wanted to go.

Staff

Yes. So nice & helpful.

Cleanliness & Comfort

Yes even the beds were comfy.

Victory Star Cruise

Hanoi

Advertised as a replica junk with sails but there were no sails. It was poorly maintained. Needed painting, wall paper peeling, picture frames broken & the anchor system so rusted I thought it could break at any moment. Towels like sand o Paper & faded. Outside furniture faded. The staff was courteous & helpful & food quite good. Just the boat was poorly maintained. And the false advertising of having sails. Not good at all.

Authenticity & Character

Maintain the boat as noted above. Don’t advertise as having sails.

Location

Ha Long Bay too touristy. Over tourism at its worse.

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Beds were hard as rocks. Was clean though.

Emeralda Tam Coc Resort

Luxury resort but not too pretentious. Great location.

Authenticity & Character

Vietnamese decor with beautiful tropical grounds & pool.

Location

In Tam Coc a quieter location than Ninh Binh city center but still near restaurants & shops.

Staff

Always helpful & courteous.

Cleanliness & Comfort

Spotless.

Hoi An Delicacy Hotel & Spa

Hoi An

Great little hotel in Vietnamese decor. Good location walking distance to Hoi An old town.

Authenticity & Character

Vietnamese decor & peacock theme throughout.

Location

Walking distance to Hoi An ancient town

Staff

Always helpful. All of the staff remembered our names, where we came from & when we were checking out. Truely amazing.

Cleanliness & Comfort

Spotless.

Thanh Lich Royal Boutique Hotel

Had a room under the restaurant & was noisy. They did change my room the next day which was quieter but heard rats in the ceiling during the night.

Authenticity & Character

An Asian style but so poorly maintained didn’t work.

Location

Close to the promenade.

Staff

Courteous.

Cleanliness & Comfort

Was clean at least.

Angkor Village Hotel

Good location in Siem Reap, beautiful grounds & rooms. This was our favorite hotel of our trip. We didn’t want to leave. The rooms were fabulous. With the first walk-in, beautiful spa/meditation music playing from the room’s music system. Pure Nirvana.

Authenticity & Character

Beautiful tropical grounds with huge Cambodia inspired decorated rooms.

Location

Walking distance to good restaurants & night market (Pub Street).

Staff

Very courteous.

Cleanliness & Comfort

Perfect

Activity Reviews

Hanoi - Halong Bay Cruise - Overnight on boat

Ha Long Bay

Too touristy. Would skip or just take a day tour. Too many boats & tourists.

Quality of Experience

Limit number of boats to at least half allowed in Ha Long Bay

Food

The buffet was excellent & serving staff professional.

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Transport

Buffet Dinner with Apsara dance show

Siem Reap

Show was just ok but too many tourists. Going through the buffet with that many people was a bit disgusting. Too touristy.

Quality of Experience

Food

Just average. Too many people to serve excellent food.

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Our guide was the best.

Transport

Our driver was there for us immediately after the show because we wanted to get out of there fast to beat the hundreds of people that would be leaving at the same time.

Siem Reap: Explore Angkor Complex Temples

Siem Reap

Temples amazing.

Quality of Experience

Remotes uniqueness

Food

Local restaurants with excellent local food.

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Our guide always informative & helpful.

Transport

We thoroughly enjoyed our mother/daughter trip to North and Central Vietnam in December. Huyen was great to work with – accommodating and flexible. She provided many options, listened to our requests, and tailored our trip to suit our needs. We were able to enjoy a few days on our own exploring the cities and finding activities like temple of literature, water puppet show, tailored clothes, Hoi An at night among others to do.
Highlights of our custom itinerary included Hanoi Street food tour, a day trip to Ninh Binh, an overnight cruise on Ha Long Bay (kayaking and incredible views), cooking class, basket boat, ba na hills, etc. Our tour guides, Long (Hanoi) and Han (Hoi An) were fantastic – very friendly, helpful and knowledgeable of their cities and cultures. They gave us recommendations for the best pho, bahn mi, cafes and restaurants for an incredible dining experience. Activities like spa and lantern making were perfectly suggested for a rainy day in Hoi An. The drivers were always on time. Having KimKim take care of all the hotel reservations, airport/road transfers, some meals, domestic flights, etc. made our trip so much more enjoyable and stress free. Highly recommend that to anyone planning a vacation to a foreign country or want a worry-free experience.
There were some miscommunications about dietary restrictions which led to our guides believing we required vegetarian meals which wasn’t true. We wish we had been able to try more of the local cuisine rather than catering to something we didn’t want.
Our thanks to KimKim for so many memorable moments. We enjoyed it all!
Cecilia B.

We had the best trip in Vietnam for two weeks with Trang's expert help and guidance. She gave us many great options and clearly understood the pace we needed and wanted while also traveling with a 6 yo and 7 yo. Our tour guides were great--Chung, Dat, and Loan. Each one had their own special personalities and interests that added to our trip in a unique way.

I'm so glad we found Trang on KimKim; I can't imagine a better trip and truly credit her with the large success of our adventure. She was so easy to communicate with and very responsive, even with our crazy 13 hour time difference! She has a real gift for suggesting an itinerary that is exciting, fresh, and seamless.

This was my first time using a travel agency and I am so glad I did!!

Hotel Reviews

San Premium Hotel

Excellent breakfast with a wide spread. The triple room was comfy and just what we needed after a 24 hour trip to get to Hanoi. The location was also very convenient and we felt comfortable walking around on our own right away. Also, this hotel had the best pricing for laundry services of all the places we stayed at. ***there is no pool here, though. It's a little hard to tell from the website but the hotel itself is perfect if you dont care about a pool.

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Hoi An Garden Palace & Spa

I loved this place!! It's so quiet and charming and a perfect place to recharge from the constant hustle and bustle of the streets of Hoi An. The beds were comfy and our kids loved the spacious pool and the plentiful breakfast buffet.

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Elios Saigon Hotel

This place is fine; it just wasn't as nice as other places we'd stayed at but it served its purpose in a clean and safe way. I did like being close to the park and being able to people watch from our triple room. It was also close to several great spots to eat and we felt safe to walk around without any issues.

Authenticity & Character

It felt pretty generic--couldve been any hotel anywhere.

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Bamboo Village Resort

Bamboo Village has now been added to my mental list of "happy places" when I need a break and want to picture a place I love. So much thought went into its development and the grounds and pools are gorgeous and the rooms sumptuous. The beach was also wonderful and we loved being able to play in the waves so easily. Everything smells so nice there, too. The breakfast buffet was also nothing short of fabulous; it had lots of Vietnamese options as well as Korean fare and Russian fare (Mui Ne attracts a lot of Russians, which we hadn't known).

Authenticity & Character

Location

It was close enough to Phun Thiet that we went there for Vietnamese food a couple of times.

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Indochine II Lan Ha Cruise

Quang Binh

wonderful ship! it needs more Vietnamese food but otherwise everything was great. I loved the Tai Chi on the bow in the morning.

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Cicilia Danang Hotel & Spa

Two pools and conveniently located to go out and get food or look around. The bed was also very comfy as were the pillows!

Authenticity & Character

Location

It was easy to get a massage or barber shop visit as well as different types of food and coffees.

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Activity Reviews

Ho Chi Minh City - Mui Ne Beach

Mui Ne

Quality of Experience

this was a perfect beach spot to relax and enjoy the sun and ocean.

Hanoi - Bat Trang Ceramic Village & Hanoi City Tour

Hanoi

This was an a fun excursion and I enjoyed being able to point out Bat Trang pottery on the rest of our trip!

Quality of Experience

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Chung was very eager to share info with us and took us to a real authentic spot for pho when we asked to have lunch.

Transport

Explore Lan Ha Bay, Indochine Lan Ha Cruise

Vietnam

Lan Ha Bay is beautiful and going to Cat Ba Island and riding bikes was one of my favorite days there.

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Amazing Vietnam and Cambodia mother/daughter adventure. Highlights included Temple of Literature (Hanoi), kayaking and views of Ha Long Bay, our fave Hoi An (bamboo boats, best guide-Thu, Memories show, cooking class, tailored dresses in one day and more), beautiful temples at Angkor Wat & Siem Reap fun, final stop: Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)-super local food tour at night on scooters with excellent guides-Phat and Nguyen. Appreciated having Huyen on the ground as a resource pre-planning and in country. Wonderful memories made-highly recommend!

Activity Review

Saigon By Night Food Tour - Experience Vietnam on Two Wheels (Group tour)

Ho Chi Minh City

So much fun to eat local foods (tailored to our diets/preferences) and ride on scooters at night in Saigon. Phat and Nguyen were fantastic guides, so personable and added to our experience. Fave tour of our trip-highly recommend!

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

We had the best time on our trip! It was even more exceptional than we imagined. Everything ran so smoothly and we didn’t have to think about anything. Considering we saw 5 cities in 10 days we still felt relaxed and like we had a vacation because we didn’t have to worry about anything. Hoang and our driver took great care of us always making sure we were enjoying our time. We saw some of the most beautiful landscapes we’ve ever seen and met so many sweet people. We fell in love with Vietnam, thank you to the whole Kimkim team for creating a spectacular itinerary and wonderful trip.

We had a wonderful time on our 2 week tour through Vietnam. It was a well organized and thought out itinerary, with attention paid to our family dynamics (traveling with 2 young children). Trang was excellent at communicating with us, both before the trip and throughout our time in Vietnam, checking in with us via Whatsapp. She was also really helpful in arranging for luggage storage for our family (we were leaving an international post of 10 months, to return to the US, so we had lots of luggage!)

While Trang connected us with knowledgable guides at each spot, we had an exceptional time with Dat, in Central Vietnam. Some of our highlights from the trip included the day excursion from the cruise in Lan Ha Bay, exploring Hoi An and the coconut boats and relaxing at the beach in Mui Ne.

Nhung helped us create an awesome itinerary for Vietnam and Thailand. It was 17 days, all private tours/transportation, concluding with a week on the beach in Phuket. Arrangements and logistics were flawless and went without a hitch.

I can highly recommend KimKim for a custom itinerary, based on your unique interests. You won’t regret it.

Hotel Reviews

Eden Star Hotel & Spa

Ho Chi Minh City

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Acoustic Hotel & Spa

Hanoi

The rooms are very small. Aside from that, a lovely hotel.

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Paradise Elegance Cruise

Very comfortable room, and comfortable beds!!

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Eleven Hotel Bangkok Sukhumvit 11

Bangkok

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Mekong Lodge

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Activity Reviews

Ho Chi Minh City - Mekong Delta, Explore Ben Tre - Transfer to Cai Be

Ho Chi Minh City

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Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

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Cu Chi Tunnels and Ho Chi Minh City Tour

Ho Chi Minh City

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Cai Be visit - Ho Chi Minh City

Cai Be

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Ho Chi Minh - Flight to Hanoi (without tour guide)

Vietnam

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Hanoi City Tour & Half-day Sightseeing by Legendary Russian Jeep GAZ69 Or USA Army Jeep (VBTJ1)

Hanoi

Going through the local market was very interesting. And the egg coffee was a nice experience.

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Lo

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Hanoi - Halong Bay, Overnight on Cruise

Vietnam

This was a very well organized cruise. There were plenty of things to see, and the time on the ship was maximized. Food was Varied and the staff was excellent.

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Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Bangkok – Damnoen Saduak Floating Market – Jim Thompson House Museum – Bangkok

Bangkok

It was fun to go to the markets. However, Our tour guide at the gym Thompsen house spoke with a soft voice, and was it very difficult to understand. Because of this, I found it to be mostly somewhat boring.

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