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Experiences

Couple

Together, the experiences will be even more epic than you ever imagined & produce stories to last a lifetime.

Couple

What you'll do

Travelling together only strengthens existing bonds and offers the chance to create new and magical memories. It can unlock and unveil new facets of your personalities, whether it’s your partner’s endurance on a gorilla trek through Bwindi Impenetrable Forest or their sense of wonder as you stand beneath the volcanoes of Indonesia. At Timbuktu, we’re also whizzes at finding the perfect balance between your unique dreams for a trip, resulting in a perfect combination.

Open Map

Relish some Sunset Drinks in the Mangroves

Take an expert-led 4x4 exploration

Enjoy the Paraguai Mirim River & Serra do Amolar Stops

Couple Trips

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All the highlights: Cape Town, Kruger and Victoria Falls

South Africa + Zimbabwe

All the highlights: Cape Town, Kruger and Victoria Falls

9 nights from $4.7K per person

Cape Town Kruger National Park and surrounds Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe

The icons of Italy

The icons of Italy

10 nights from $14.2K per person

Rome Florence Tuscany

Chilean adventure: deserts to glaciers

Chilean adventure: deserts to glaciers

10 nights from $10.5K per person

Atacama Desert Santiago Torres Del Paine

The Full Brazil

The Full Brazil

14 nights from $8.9K per person

Rio de Janeiro Paraty Green Coast

Adventurous Botswana: Makgadikgadi & the Delta

Adventurous Botswana: Makgadikgadi & the Delta

12 nights from $9.4K per person

Makgadikgadi Okavango Delta Linyanti

The highlights of Southern Africa

Zimbabwe + South Africa + Mauritius

The highlights of Southern Africa

13 nights from $5.7K per person

Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe Kruger National Park and surrounds Cape Town

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Kristin

Kristin Jessup

Africa Travel Specialist

Jenna

Jenna Coiley

Africa Travel Specialist

Tessa

Tessa Dancer

Africa & Asia Travel Specialist

Articles

Couple in the blog

James & Michael’s Trip to East Africa

Planning Guides

James & Michael’s Trip to East Africa

A safari to celebrate something special

Reviews

Based on 911 Feefo Reviews

14 nights in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana

see previous description

Awesome safari and South African trip.

Awesome safari and South African trip.

25 nights in South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe

Our trip went without a hitch! Couldn't be happier with the organization of the whole thing. Of course, Meg was fantastic. She gave us so much information up front and spent the time with us to help us figure out what would be best for us and what we really would want to do since it was our first time. I can't say enough about how much we appreciated that as well as how accessible and responsive she was for questions. I think having someone who has been to all the places and really knows how it will be is so helpful to people who have not done a safari before. I definitely would recommend to friends and family to use Timbuktu.

The perfect South African/Botswana African safari

DAVID ZEBROWSKI

The perfect South African/Botswana African safari

15 nights in South Africa, Botswana and Mauritius

I really enjoyed working with Jenna and Nadine on planning our perfect African safari. Jenna chose the two most perfect camps for our stay. Both are super detail oriented and nothing fell through the cracks. It was great having them, knowing I can rely on both of them to ensure the trip went smoothly and we had the best experience possible. I will absolutely use Timbuktu when planning my next safari vacation.

Awesome trip to Peru with Timbuktu

Awesome trip to Peru with Timbuktu

16 nights in Peru

I want to book all my future vacations through Timbuktu! I enjoyed working with Carola to plan and fien tune our vacation to Peru. She gave great advice and was always available to answer questions. Our service on the ground was seamless. The attention to detail and personal service made travelling virtually stress free, allowing us more time to enjoy and relax.

9 nights in Egypt

13 nights in Sri Lanka

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No. 1 & No. 2 Tour Operator in Travel + Leisure's Best Awards 2024 & 2025

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"Timbuktu can take relatively complex and slightly amorphous travel plans and transform them into a well-organized, perfectly tailored trip."