We are very happy with kimkim's help on our r...
Australia | Aug 10 - Aug 17, 2024

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Doug P.
Seattle, WA | Reviewed on Aug 26, 2024

We are very happy with kimkim's help on our recent Australia vacation. Connie was super helpful in helping me to arrange a fairly last-minute trip to Sydney and Melbourne. She is incredibly responsive and knowledgeable, and the tours she arranged were top notch! We enjoyed every aspect, including the Blue Mountains, Opera House, Great Ocean Road and wildlife park visits. While we had reasonably good insights into what Sydney might offer from my earlier visit some years ago, our tour guide Judy in Melbourne truly familiarized that wonderful city to us in a way that we would have missed had we just wandered about on our own.

Hotel Reviews
Furama Darling Harbour
Haymarket

Clean spacious rooms; wonderful breakfast, friendly helpful staff.

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Staff
Cleanliness & Comfort
Batman's Hill On Collins
Melbourne, VIC

Very nice and clean accommodation. Our room was quite small and looked into a nearby wall, but we were mostly gone. The breakfast was quite good and friendly helpful staff.

Authenticity & Character
Location
Staff
Cleanliness & Comfort
Activity Reviews
Sydney Opera House Tour
Sydney Opera House Tour
Sydney

What a story! Our guide Michael was knowledgeable and an excellent presenter.

Quality of Experience
Guides, Drivers and Staff
Full Day Blue Mountains Deluxe Day
Full Day Blue Mountains Deluxe Day
Sydney

Karyn is super knowledgeable and made us feel extremely comfortable. Great stories about the mountains and the towns within them.

Quality of Experience
Food
Excellent lunch stop!
Guides, Drivers and Staff
Transport
Full-Day Great Ocean Road Trip
Full-Day Great Ocean Road Trip
Melbourne

Well worth the time and money. The Great Ocean Road is awesome and our guide Bluey was very personable and entertaining! A few points for improvement for a kimkim customer: 1. Our pickup at the Great Southern Hotel was one of the very last meaning we had no choice but to be at the very back of the bus. We were concerned that the winding roads might be uncomfortable from there but that aspect turned out okay. 2. The meal stops were too rushed.

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Food
Guides, Drivers and Staff
Transport
Afternoon Lanes and Arcades Tour
Afternoon Lanes and Arcades Tour
Melbourne

We had our guide Judy all to ourselves, and spent three hours getting to know wonderful Melbourne and her. It was like visiting with a local friend - we loved it.

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Guides, Drivers and Staff
Full Day Phillip Island Penguin Parade Ultimate Eco Tour
Full Day Phillip Island Penguin Parade Ultimate Eco Tour
Melbourne

We loved it. An easier pace than the Great Ocean Road and more relaxing stops, especially at the Wildlife Park. Graeme was another wonderful guide! Like the Great Ocean Road, our Great southern Hotel pickup spot was one of the last, so we did not sit together. But we were more up front on the single side, which was better.

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Transport
Local specialist: Connie Campos
Connie
Connie Campos
Local specialist in Washington and New Zealand | Replied on Aug 30, 2024

Hi Doug,
We appreciate your feedback. It was great to hear that you had a wonderful time and made some fantastic memories. Assisting you was a pleasure, and we hope to see you on another one of our fabulous trips at Kimkim.
Best Regards
Connie