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4.9/5

Based on 887 reviews

Travel and Leisure Worlds Best Awards for number 1 tour operator in the world 2024 and number 2 tour operator in the world 2025

We're one of the World's Best Tour Operators!

Voted No.1 in 2024 and No.2 in 2025 by Travel+Leisure

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May 2026

13 nights in Sri Lanka

Boris P

S. Africa / Tanzania vacation

May 2026

18 nights in South Africa and Tanzania

Thanks a lot to Jonty for his professionalism, patience, and assistance in helping us to build a wonderful itinerary for our upcoming South Africa and Tanzania vacation. We truly appreciate all the time and effort that has gone into planning this special trip and are very excited for the adventure ahead.

Andrew Sutherland

Our Peruvian Adventure

May 2026

24 nights in Peru and Ecuador

Carola Fresno was brilliant and helped us plan a wonderful trip,and both she and her colleague Flor were very helpful and available whenever we had any queries or needed to change our itinerary during the trip. This is our second time using Timbuktu for planning a major vacation and we will definitely use them again for our next “adventure”.We’ve also recommended them to a number of our friends.

Guest

Have planned four trips though Timbuktu and each one was wonderful!

May 2026

7 nights in South Africa and Mozambique

They have planned my last four trips with them to perfection. They always listen to what you want to see and do on each trip and how much you want to spend. They are simply the best!

Jay Wolfson

Great Folks!!

May 2026

26 nights in Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia

They are great. Great planning with your participation! They have great folks on the ground. I have done on trip to India, leaving for Africa soon and planning a trip to South America. Both Carola and Meg are great!!!

Guest

Expert travel advisors

May 2026

19 nights in Kenya and Tanzania

This will be my third trip with Timbuktu and they are amazing! Very smart and helpful with plans and what you want to see and do. They can tailor your trip to your specifications which isn't always the case with travel agencies.

Guest

April 2026

17 nights in Chile and Argentina

Don McGuirt

My Kenya and Ethiopia trip

April 2026

16 nights in Kenya and Ethiopia

So far Kevin has done an excellent job on everything. Communicates well and seems to be on top of all the details

Tony Joy

Great experience - highly recommended

April 2026

11 nights in Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania

Wonderful experience - this is the second time I booked with Tessa for Africa safari. The first in 2024 was a great experience so I naturally came back to her this year. She is very knowledgeable (she has traveled to many of the camps herself), she listens before she suggests, and a pleasure to work with. Her communications are timely and clear / concise. I highly recommend Tessa and Timbuktu.

Guest

South Africa/Zambia/Seychelles

April 2026

12 nights in South Africa, Zambia and Seychelles

We planned a multi country vacation with several flights, lots of different hotels and many activities. Timbuktu took a lot of the stress off of me by helping me Figure out exactly what I wanted to do on this trip and helping me get it all scheduled. At every stop we were well taken care of and we had exactly what we needed. We felt safe and taken care of the entire trip.

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