Fabulous Finland and Life time memories!!!
Finland | Sep 11 - Sep 20, 2024

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Vijay M.
India | Reviewed on Sep 23, 2024

The most memorable trip that we had of all trips till date. We would like to sincerely thank Moonika (KimKim) for the fabulous experience, meticulous planning and seamless execution. Utmost patience and giving out details with so many queries before finalization of the itinerary. Transparency and unwavering commitment towards client servicing (over so many days) was the hallmark of the entire experience.

Throughout our 10 days in Finland, there was not a single glitch. Choice of activities and more importantly choice of service providers for each of the distinct activities was fabulous (the reason I say this is because all activities were not given to a single service provider, and we did one northern light activity on our own which was a disappointment compared to the norther light hunting organized by Kim Kim).

Special mention of the service providers for each of the activities:
1) Helsinki City tour walk: Lesley was very good in taking us through Helsinki city to the important landmark. Clear in her explanation and had a lovely time

2) Antti for northern light hunting: This was the one of the best experiences and i would say blindly go for Antti if one gets a chance to go for northern light hunting. Here is the guy who has true passion for northern light hunting. He puts in slightly more than 6 hours for the hunt and just wanted to ensure that we get very good sighting as much as possible. He kept driving and outpacing the clouds and tried to see multiple places to get a good sighting. In our 3rd citing place, we got a good glimpse. While we were returning, all of us were asleep since it was well past midnight. He makes a stop (which he could have well avoided) and wakes us up since he has seen something good. Will never forget that moment.

3) Ranau Zoo visit: Another very good experience. Oren is such a lively person with very good sense of humour. During our drive to Ranau Zoo, he explained us the reason the norther lights phenomena with so much clarity and details. It was fun experience with his explanation about the animals and his capturing of the pics for the different animals. Another individual who loves his job thoroughly.

4) Korouoma Canyon Wilderness Hike: Very different and another fabulous experience of a nice trek. Gabor initially came us a kind of a reserved guy and then as the trek went by he was all fun. His one liner timings were hilarious. Very good activity and here too Gabor was very patient with us given that we were halting almost everywhere to click our own pics with nature apart from plucking and eating berries all along the way. Loved the wood chopping and fire making activity with nice plant-based hotdogs. Will definitely recommend Gabor too as a tour guide.

5) Sauna by the lake: Wow what a location just by the serene lake. Nice, pleasant weather. Justin was our tour guide and again a very good experience. She made us very comfortable and arranged everything for us seamlessly. We had nice sauna experience along with a dip in the lake and repeating this sequence more than once. Justin provided us with nice berry juice and berry tarts

6) Amethyst mine and canoeing in Pyha: So far all activities were very good experience fun and hence the bar was automatically set high. In Pyha, we meet the man Jukka who was with us for almost 3 days. He is simply superb. Always smiling, accommodating and absolutely fun loving. He kept with our changing needs with no fuss and made our stay and experience absolutely fabulous. Amethyst mine small trek and the mine experience was very unique and fun. Canoeing experience with Jukka at helm was outstanding and will remain etched forever in memories.

All our stay at Hotel Glo Art, Artic Light Hotel and Kurula's Resort were very good and comfortable. We also loved the overnight train journey both ways.

All the above experiences were made possible thanks to the fabulous itinerary prepared by Moonika without which it would have been just not possible.

Strongly recommend KimKim

Hotel Reviews
GLO Hotel Art
Helsinki
Authenticity & Character
Location
Staff
Cleanliness & Comfort
Overnight Train
Authenticity & Character
Staff
Cleanliness & Comfort
Arctic Light Hotel
Rovaniemi
Authenticity & Character
Sauna experience and the rooms
Location
Staff
Cleanliness & Comfort
Kurula's Resort
Pyhätunturi

Fabulous location, ambience

Authenticity & Character
Sauna with Jacuzzi by the lake
Location
next to the lake, simply wow
Staff
Cleanliness & Comfort
Activity Reviews
Helsinki City Walking Tour
Helsinki City Walking Tour
Helsinki
Tallinn Day Trip
Tallinn Day Trip
Helsinki
Flexible Northern Lights Hunting
Flexible Northern Lights Hunting
Rovaniemi

Wow

Ranua Wildlife Park Visit
Ranua Wildlife Park Visit
Finland
Finnish Sauna Experience
Finnish Sauna Experience
Rovaniemi
Korouoma Canyon Wilderness Hike
Korouoma Canyon Wilderness Hike
Rovaniemi
Reindeer Farm Visit (No Safari)
Reindeer Farm Visit (No Safari)
Rovaniemi
Sauna Experience by the Lake
Sauna Experience by the Lake
Pyhä

Another wow experience

Canoeing Experience on Pyhäjoki River
Canoeing Experience on Pyhäjoki River
Pyhä

Another wow experience

Amethyst Mine Photographing Tour
Amethyst Mine Photographing Tour
Pyhä
Local specialist: Moonika Apart
Moonika
Moonika Apart
Local specialist in Estonia | Replied on Sep 25, 2024

Hello Vijay,

Thank you for such a glowing review and detailed feedback about the tours and services. I will make sure to share this feedback with the providers as well. Glad to hear you had an amazing time and thank you again for booking your holiday with us. I hope to have you as our guests again in the future:)

Best,
Moonika