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Alex Malec

Dec 2019

Have a really good experience with that company. Can highly recommend it for booking trips. Have booked the Ijen Tour and everything was perfect organized.

Response from Seek Sophie

Thanks Alex! This makes our day to hear! Thank you for supporting awesome local businesses like Green Ijen through your travels :)

Kolush Low

Dec 2019

Through Seeksophie I found the Rafida, which gave me one of the most memorable trips to Indonesia. We spent 3 days and 2 nights out at sea, exploring the Komodo Islands while having the most amazing meals prepared by the wonderful crew in a tiny, tiny kitchen. You can count on Seeksophie to answer your queries promptly and as accurately as possible. Throughout the trip, the Rafidalokas did their best to meet our comfort and even went out of their way to re-plan the itinerary on our final day due to a miscommunication. They made sure we end the trip with a full heart. Not forgetting Timo, possibly the most professional guide I have met thus far. He doesn’t just take amazing pictures, but also does his best to connect with everyone onboard. One second he jokes with you like a friend, and the next he’s serving you like a valued customer. Probably taking customer service to a different level. Now it’s your turn to experience all of this, so go!

Response from Seek Sophie

Hi Kolush, thank you so much for your kind feedback! 😊 We are so happy that you had an amazing time with the Rafidalokas, and in particular Timo! The Rafida is helmed by a super passionate group of friends and it’s also one of our favourite boats in Komodo. Thank you for supporting amazing local businesses like the Rafida in Komodo ❤️

Ian Ryan

Dec 2019

Booked a rafting trip with Kondis Point in Sarah and had a great day. Lasmen was a great guy and I got much more than I bargained for as he took me to see some local cultural music and museum on the way home. Highly recommended!

Response from Seek Sophie

We're so glad you enjoyed your trip! Lasmen is truly amazing and we are very thankful that we get to work with so many passionate local guides like himself! The cultural museum definitely looks like a memorable experience 😊

Eszter Szabó

Dec 2019

I had a full day hike in Sinharaja Rainforest in Sri Lanka with a guide named Achi and he wasn’t only a great guide, brought me food according to my needs, but he spotted all the fantastic animals in forest and looked after me very well.He was also outstandingly helpful when I had trouble getting to and finding my accommodation, knowing that someone local was ready to help with such things at 10pm in a small town at the gate of the jungle was more than comforting.

Response from Seek Sophie

Hi Eszter, thank you so much for your heartfelt review! We really appreciate you taking the time to give such great feedback about Achi. He's just the type of guide that we know makes for a better world of travel. So happy you got to meet him :)
Thank you again and happy travels!

ma lai leng

Dec 2019

I would like to thank Lina for planning my trekking in Sapa with the local tour guide ,Sisi and trying as far as possible to customize the trek based on our requirements .Sisi is very knowledgeable, warm and approachable . It was a very wonderful experience for my whole family . We have learnt a lot about the local culture of the ethnic groups in Sapa. We also learn a lot about the flora and fauna of Sapa. The trek also brought us close to nature away from the hustle and bustle of city life . We also had a chance to mingle with the local ethnic group when Sisi brought us to visit one of the local houses . It was an enriching experience for all of us . Thank you Lina and team again.

Response from Seek Sophie

Dear Ms. Ma, Thank you very much for such a kind review. I am very happy we could help you and your family experience Sapa and all it's beauty. Happy travels!

Egle Velaviciute

Nov 2019

Great service & good price. Perfect value for your money. They will definately take a good care of you on your trips. Everything for us was arranged just perfect! We ordered two trips in Vietnam Halong bay cruise (2days) had the most outstanding views, nice additional activities like kayaking, going into cave, hiking to a hill and having a look at those beautifull islands from the top, sunrise tai chi excercising and else. We enjoyed a good and super clean boat, very nice and carefull staff on board, attentive english speaking guide, good and various food and delicious cocktails (they have their specials - don’t forget to try them). And it was a small group thing (only 8 passengers on board), so it was relaxing and quiet as well. We also booked a Sin Sui Ho village trekking and homestay experience near Sapa. The place itself is quite remote, but it’s a good thing as we wantetd to have an unique experience of real life. Beautiful family accepted us, we had a nice trekking in the jungle, in the village and around it, having beautiful rice terraces’ view, waterfalls and untouched nature as well as real countryside people. Our guide Su and her family were amazing and careful, told us a lot about their life, traditions, answered all our questions, showed us the real thing! It’s a perfect place to run away for a while and if you want to go off touristic routes and croudy places - this would be a more than perfect pick. Afterall - hudge thank you goes to Seek Sophie team. Wish you all the best in your business and also best experiences exploring new places (and then offering them to us). ❤️

Response from Seek Sophie

Hi Egle, so happy to hear you enjoyed your travels with us! Very happy we could help arrange the trip. Hope to see you back in Asia some time soon :)

Isaac

Nov 2019

Thank you for the excellent services, my friends and I enjoyed the trip to Flores (Labuan Bajo - Maumere) and we would recommend Seek Sophie to anyone out there for these few reasons; for being flexible, customer centric, responsive, accommodative, and most importantly, reasonably priced.

Response from Seek Sophie

Yay thank you so much Isaac!!! We’re so happy you enjoyed your epic road trip, and that we were able to help 😊😊 Thank you for supporting local businesses in Flores - it means the world 💚

Daniela Hutterer

Nov 2019

It was an amazing experience! I booked a 2 days trekking trip incl. a night in a home stay starting in Sapa. The team of Seek Sophie was super helpful and supporting for any questions upfront as well as when I was searching for a bus back to Hanoi afterwards. Also our guide, a woman of one of the mountain villages, was super nice and fun. She did speak good english so that you could learn from her a lot about the local living. I fully recommend the trip and the company, in specific!

Response from Seek Sophie

Yay we're so glad we were able to help, and that you had a great time!! :) Sapa is one of our favourite places for ecotourism - your spending goes a really long way to helping the women there. Thank you for supporting us, and the local communities in Sapa! It really means the world :)

Annika E.

Oct 2019

I booked the full day Wilpattu National Park Safari in Sri Lanka and was already quite impressed by the great customer service which was super quick, amazingly friendly and helpful which helped me to make the right choice. The organisation they are working with to do the safari could not have been better. They introduced me to the huge diversity of wildlife, treated the wildlife/nature which great respect and shared lots of information about the wildlife, the great work that they are doing besides the safari tours (research, working with the government to protect the wildlife, educating locals and much more). Besides a naturalist also a photographer was with us and I received an email with amazing photos of what we have seen during the safari as well as the name of it. Up to today (6 weeks after the safari) I still share and talk about my experience I made and would always book it again. As I was so happy with the service and the experience, I booked the 3 day hike in Sapa Vietnam, which was an unforgetable experience as well. Also there the service was on the same high level and I am already checking what the next adventure could be. I wish seeksophie all the best and that they grow further to provide these sustainable and responsible travel opportunities to many more to come! You are doing an amazing job there!

Response from Seek Sophie

Hi Annika, thank you so much for taking the time to give us such amazing feedback! Appe Kale in Sri Lanka and Sapa Sisters in Vietnam are doing incredible work to support wildlife and cultural conservation in their respective communities - we're really grateful that you chose to support them through your travels, and through using Seek Sophie! :) We look forward to your next adventure!

Rok Tag

Oct 2019

I was put through a delightful lady called jacinta to help with my query regarding day trips. She was prompt, efficient, and communicated with perfect English. She was extremely helpful and kind and I thoroughly recommend this service.

Response from Seek Sophie

So glad we were able to help with your trip - made our day! Have an amazing time! 😊😊😊

Javier Martin

Oct 2019

Probably the best website to book your trips, tours or experiences. They also offer a 10% discount after booking, which means cheaper prices than even booking directly with the operators. We dived with Scuba Junkies in Mabul (Semporna) and everything was really well organized. You can pay in advance, which makes it a lot easier. Thanks a lot. We will be coming again.

Response from Seek Sophie

Thank you for your review, Javi :)We're really glad you enjoyed your dives!

Romano Gruber

Sep 2019

Booked three tours (Diving in Sipadan, Danum Valley and Mt Kinabalu) with them. All tours were perfectly organised and planned!

Response from Seek Sophie

Thank you Romano! We’re so glad you had a good trip 😊😊😊

Robbin Vieveen

Sep 2019

Robert Elliot

Sep 2019

I used Seek Sophie for several experiences across Singapore and Bali during a recent visit by family, including two children. These included sea kayaking at Pulau Ubin, pottery in Tiong Bahru, sea turtle conservation on Saba Beach and sourcing good drivers with child seats to take us around in Bali. Each time Seek Sophie was highly responsive and gave clear details of where I needed to be and what I needed to bring. For the activities I chose, my guides were clearly passionate about showing people their world and sharing their local knowledge. My family’s visit to SE Asia was definitely enhanced by these experiences and I will definitely use them again for more local-run adventures across the region.

Response from Seek Sophie

Amazing! So glad we were able to help with your trips :) Thank you for taking the time to leave a kind review!

Ryan Yang

Sep 2019

Website has improved tremendously since they first started, staff are friendly and committed to helping you have the best experience. Am excited to see how they will continue to improve. Highly recommend!

Dex Zhao

Aug 2019

I just spent two weeks in Bali and had an amazing time with the help of the Seek Sophie staff! It was my second time in Bali and this time I wanted to get off the beaten path. With the help of Seek Sophie, I managed to do just that! It was super easy to find activities and guides on the site and the staff provided me a ton of suggestions on what to do and where to go when I let them know the type of trip my girlfriend and I wanted. We went on three separate trips with Seek Sophie's recommendations: 1) hiring a driver for day of off the beaten path sightseeing (amazing food and beach stops with Justin, the best driver ever!), hiking up Mt.Batur at sunrise and avoiding all the normal crowds, going with a surf camp that helped me catch my first waves. All our guides and drivers were super knowledgeable about the different areas of the island and spoke great English. Normally I like to plan everything and do a ton of research beforehand to find the best deals for activities but I found the prices that the prices on the Seek Sophie site were a lot better than the prices on the ground. I would highly recommend going through their platform to book your next trip!

Dexter Zhao

Aug 2019

I just spent two weeks in Bali and had an amazing time with the help of the Seek Sophie staff! It was my second time in Bali and this time I wanted to get off the beaten path. With the help of Seek Sophie I managed to do just that! It was super easy to find activities and guides on the site and the staff provided me a ton of suggestions on what to do and where to go when I let them know the type of trip my girlfriend and I wanted. We went on three separate trips with Seek Sophie's recommendations: 1) hiring a driver for day of off the beaten path sight seeing (amazing food and beach stops with Justin, the best driver ever!), hiking up Mt.Batur at sunrise and avoiding all the normal crowds, going with a surf camp that helped me catch my first waves. All our guides and drivers were super knowledge about the different areas of the island and spoke great English. Normally I like to plan everything and do a ton of research beforehand to find the best deals for activities but I found the prices that the prices on the Seek Sophie site were a lot better than the prices on the ground. I would highly recommend going through their platform to book your next trip!

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Mo Hossain

Aug 2019

Charmaine is amazing!! She helped me set up my whole trip at the last minute, kept in touch with me during the trip and even helped extend it when I needed it. Can't say enough nice things. The website is quite nice and gives you relevant info. Payment process works well and easily. Thanks a lot!

Alexandra

Aug 2019

Excellent customer service with quick reply, including WhatsApp assistance. I would recommend this tourism agency to everyone!

Dani

Jun 2019

SeekSophie is the perfect way to explore the most amazing places in South East Asia with the most knowledgeable, professional and hospitable guides. The SeekSophie team is extremely passionate about traveling and full of inspiring ideas - super responsive and always willing to go the extra mile to come up with customized and unique trips even on short notice (and I mean really really short notice). Went to places as high as Mount Kinabalu and as deep as Nusa Penida's Manta Point with them and I am sure they are also awesome everywhere in between. Can highly recommend to all the adventurous people out there seeking the unique travel experience without all the planning, hassle and multi-hour tripadvisor browsing normally required for that. Go and find Sophie :)

Georgina Howe

May 2019

We booked our hike up Mt Kinabalu through Seek Sophie and they made sure we got an excellent guide, provided us with all the information we needed to prepare for and enjoy the trip and helped us find somewhere to stay (and lots of great things to eat!) in KK. They were extremely responsive and from speaking to other travelers, we were also reassured to know we paid a fair price and did not get ripped off (which others had been).So pleased that we’ve just booked our next hiking adventure with them in Indonesia

Robert Elliot

May 2019

I went on two trips in Borneo through Seek Sophie earlier this year. I don't think I would have found either trip without the help of the Seek Sophie website, which opened up totally new areas of Borneo for me to explore. The site was easy to use and full of helpful tips and details which meant I was able to choose the right adventure for me and my girlfriend. In booking my trips to difficult-to-reach places in Borneo, I was reassured by the fact the Seek Sophie team were personally recommending the tours and guides on the site, and by the detailed photo catalogue and itinerary for each. For both trips, my guides were very knowledgeable and taught me through personal stories that only locals know, which really added to my enjoyment of the experience and understanding of the environment I was exploring. I would absolutely recommend Seek Sophie to others and hope that there are lots more places to explore on the site soon, to help me to plan my next holiday!

Arli

May 2019

Excellent service and fantastic product! The team is very responsive and caring, helping to plan itineraries and answering all sorts of questions. The adventures they offer are carefully selected and provided by the best local guides. It makes for an exceptionally authentic experience!

Response from Seek Sophie

Hi Arli

We're so happy you had a good experience!! Our mission is to make it loads easier for travellers to get off the beaten path, and to connect them with otherwise offline local guides, so it really makes our day that we were able to help :)

Best regards
Jacinta
Co-founder, Seek Sophie

Qishin Tariq Albasrawy

Sep 2026

The curation of the experiences was really good, which cuts down the analysis paralysis of weeding through too many choices.The SeekSophie site provides a trusted platform for the tour organisers to contact you, especially important as it timings and details can be messy when plans go awry. Slightly annoying to scan through the site on the day itself, and for the chronically online, you could miss some messages or the email alerts.

Response from Seek Sophie

Hi Qishin, thanks so much for taking the time to leave a review. Glad we could provide you a trusted platform for booking experiences.

Could you let us know specifically what you were scanning for on the day of and why it was hard to find? Would love to understand the exact situation and see if we can improve. Do contact us on chat@seeksophie.com if you are able to share a bit more info! Would really appreciate it!

Jessica Kastner

Jul 2026

This was my first trip using SeekSophie. I booked three experiences through them. One experience I for sure would not have found if not through SeekSophie, and it was my favorite one...visiting a sea turtle conservation in Bali. I appreciate using SeekSophie to help out smaller/family owned businesses. But also, if you want honesty, some places are just really growing in tourism in SE Asia. The promise of skipping the tourist traps didn't actually seem to be my experience, but I also travelled in late June and early July--high and then peak season.

Response from Seek Sophie

Hi Jessica, thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review and for being a repeat customer with us. We really appreciate that you have taken the chance on us.

We completely understand that it may seems like some places you visited were quite crowded and not exactly "off the tourist trail". At times, especially during the summer months of June-August, it's very difficult to avoid crowds in popular destinations in Indonesia. However, we do try to give our customers options to visit less crowded places in addition to the bucket list destinations, such as visiting a rare turtle sanctuary in Java in addition to visiting Mt Ijen and Mt Bromo or extend their Komodo stay an additional day beyond the more typical 3D2N option. The other thing we prioritise in these more popular destinations is working with really good guides that bring back the income to their communities.

Once again, we really appreciate your business and feedback. We will continue to do our best to find alternatives as it really matters to us personally that our customers have the best experience.

Andrea Perat

Jul 2026

Fern was incredibly helpful throughout the planning. Very quick and kind in every reply. Made everything much easier for us. Thank you, Fern!

Response from Seek Sophie

Hi Andrea

Thank you for your kind words! We’re glad that Fern was able to make everything easier for you :)

Best
Jacinta
Co-founder, Seek Sophie

Thao Truong

May 2026

Was easy to use and book tours. Seek Sophie do not run the tours and the local tour guides run the tours.

Response from Seek Sophie

Hi Thao,

Thanks so much for your review :) We’re really glad you found it easy to book with us. You’re right, we don’t run the tours ourselves. We work with local guides and hosts because they know their places best, and because we want tourism to better support local communities. We carefully handpick and try out the experiences we list, so travellers can find the best hosts who are making an impact. Really appreciate you taking the time to share this!

Best
Jacinta
Co-founder, Seek Sophie

Rick Juliusson

May 2026

The outing was excellent, exactly as described. I appreciate that it was a locally owned company. Only complaint is that I didn’t hear back from the company after Sophie sent the confirmation; the handoff from Sophie to the company was unclear how or who would make pickup arrangements

Response from Seek Sophie

Hi Rick, thank you so much for the kind words about the experience itself — and also for the honest feedback about the handoff. You're absolutely right, and that's on us to fix. The moment between booking confirmation and the operator reaching out is exactly where we work hard to make things smooth, and it sounds like that didn't happen for you. We've passed this back to the team to look into. Really appreciate you flagging it, and so glad the trip itself lived up to what was described. Team Seek Sophie 💛

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