{"id":14508,"date":"2024-07-09T16:08:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T16:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/blog\/?p=14508"},"modified":"2025-09-02T07:22:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T07:22:32","slug":"timbuktu-is-the-no-2-tour-operator-in-the-2025-edition-of-the-travel-leisure-worlds-best-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/blog\/timbuktu-is-the-no-2-tour-operator-in-the-2025-edition-of-the-travel-leisure-worlds-best-awards","title":{"rendered":"Timbuktu is one of the World&#8217;s Best Tour Operators!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Timbuktu, we delight in the stories our guests share of spectacular trips and realised dreams, so it means the world to us to have been voted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/wba-2024-tour-operators-8660730\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No. 1 Tour Operator<\/a> in 2024 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/worlds-best-awards-2025-tour-operators-11738487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No. 2<\/a> in the 2025 edition of the Travel + Leisure World\u2019s Best Awards. As this is one of the only awards to be voted for by you, our guests, travellers and the T+L community, it makes winning a spot on the list even more special.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14515\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/region\/odzala-national-park-safari\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14515\" class=\"wp-image-14515 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1440,height=960,fit=crop,quality=50,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.timbuktutravel.com\/2024\/07\/TIMBUKTU-Gorilla-in-Odzala-Republic-of-Congo-fotor-20240709162610.png\" alt=\"Gorilla in Odzala-Kokoua National Park\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=900,height=600,fit=crop,quality=50,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.timbuktutravel.com\/2024\/07\/TIMBUKTU-Gorilla-in-Odzala-Republic-of-Congo-fotor-20240709162610.png 900w, https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1440,height=960,fit=crop,quality=50,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.timbuktutravel.com\/2024\/07\/TIMBUKTU-Gorilla-in-Odzala-Republic-of-Congo-fotor-20240709162610.png 1440w, https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=375,height=250,fit=crop,quality=50,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.timbuktutravel.com\/2024\/07\/TIMBUKTU-Gorilla-in-Odzala-Republic-of-Congo-fotor-20240709162610.png 375w, https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=450,height=300,fit=crop,quality=50,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.timbuktutravel.com\/2024\/07\/TIMBUKTU-Gorilla-in-Odzala-Republic-of-Congo-fotor-20240709162610.png 450w, https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,height=512,fit=crop,quality=50,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.timbuktutravel.com\/2024\/07\/TIMBUKTU-Gorilla-in-Odzala-Republic-of-Congo-fotor-20240709162610.png 768w, https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/quality=50,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.timbuktutravel.com\/2024\/07\/TIMBUKTU-Gorilla-in-Odzala-Republic-of-Congo-fotor-20240709162610.png 1215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spy a gorilla hanging from a tree in Odzala-Kokoua National Park<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Travel + Leisure readers are among the most discerning and intrepid travellers out there. Every year, hundreds of thousands of them make their opinion known through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/worlds-best-awards-2025-11744233\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World\u2019s Best Awards<\/a>, helping to set both trends and standards of excellence across the industry. Readers are asked to share their opinions on all things travel from hotels to safari lodges, cities to islands and spas to airlines \u2013 and of course, on tour operators, taking into consideration the team of travel experts, itineraries, destinations, and accommodation on offer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14511\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/country\/tanzania-safari\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14511\" class=\"wp-image-14511 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1440,height=960,fit=crop,quality=50,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.timbuktutravel.com\/2024\/07\/TIMBUKTU-Chem-Chem-Safaris-Tanzania-walking-safari-copyright-Scott-Ramsay-1.jpg\" alt=\"Giraffes in Tanzania \" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=900,height=600,fit=crop,quality=50,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.timbuktutravel.com\/2024\/07\/TIMBUKTU-Chem-Chem-Safaris-Tanzania-walking-safari-copyright-Scott-Ramsay-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1440,height=960,fit=crop,quality=50,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.timbuktutravel.com\/2024\/07\/TIMBUKTU-Chem-Chem-Safaris-Tanzania-walking-safari-copyright-Scott-Ramsay-1.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=375,height=250,fit=crop,quality=50,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.timbuktutravel.com\/2024\/07\/TIMBUKTU-Chem-Chem-Safaris-Tanzania-walking-safari-copyright-Scott-Ramsay-1.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=450,height=300,fit=crop,quality=50,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.timbuktutravel.com\/2024\/07\/TIMBUKTU-Chem-Chem-Safaris-Tanzania-walking-safari-copyright-Scott-Ramsay-1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,height=512,fit=crop,quality=50,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.timbuktutravel.com\/2024\/07\/TIMBUKTU-Chem-Chem-Safaris-Tanzania-walking-safari-copyright-Scott-Ramsay-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/quality=50,format=auto\/https:\/\/assets.timbuktutravel.com\/2024\/07\/TIMBUKTU-Chem-Chem-Safaris-Tanzania-walking-safari-copyright-Scott-Ramsay-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giraffe spotting during a walking safari in Tanzania<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At Timbuktu, we take great pride in organising exceptional trips for our guests to some of the most remote and beautiful corners of Africa, South America, Asia &amp; Antarctica. Our combination of trip-building technology (with live availability and dynamic pricing), curated content, and collaboration with our team of experts makes the planning process easy and fun. T+L readers also particularly appreciated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our website<\/a>, which allows users to create a custom trip (including hotels, activities, and transfers) with an estimated price. For the readers, this cost transparency was a \u201cvery rare\u201d perk for a luxury travel company.<\/p>\n<p>We are so proud of our incredible team of travel specialists. Based across the world, from San Francisco to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/region\/cape-town-trip\">Cape Town<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timbuktutravel.com\/region\/chilean-patagonia-trip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patagonia<\/a> to Prague \u2013 and everywhere in between \u2013 they know their destinations like the back of their hands, sniffing out the hidden gems on the ground and pouring their heart and soul into each itinerary. 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