Reviews

Find out why our guests love us so much

4.98/5

Based on 1001 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!

Named three years running in Travel+Leisure World's Best, including No.1 in 2024

At Timbuktu our mission is to delight our guests every step of the way, from planning to traveling. We're really proud to share all of our guests' feedback.

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September 2025

11 nights in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda

Rachel Gerber

September 2025

7 nights in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana

Very well organized. See previous answers.

Guest

Best Trip Ever!

September 2025

5 nights in South Africa

Very professional and easy to work with.

Marshall McElroy

Timbuktu gave us the best honeymoon trip ever. Highly recommend trying them

September 2025

10 nights in South Africa and Zimbabwe

As stated before, Kristin made our experience booking this trip very easy. Even changes to our itinerary mid-trip were taken care of in stride.

Breanna Ratering

Amazing trip and service

September 2025

10 nights in South Africa and Zimbabwe

The travel agency took care of everything for us down to the last detail like transportation which was so helpful for us. Kristin went above and beyond and was very responsive. We will be booking future trips with them!

Tina Kelley

September 2025

8 nights in Egypt

Loved every minute of the trip-excellent guides, excellent service to/from activities. Really glad we chose to go with Timbuktu!

Guest

Thailand holiday

September 2025

8 nights in Thailand

Excellent personable service. Jess made sure we had the perfect itinerary tailored to our taste. Didn’t have to worry about anything when we got there. Kiri travel guides went out of their way to look after us and find plenty of vegetarian food options for us to try. Highly recommend!

Jeffrey Bedrick

A magnificent safari

September 2025

11 nights in Tanzania

Kristin, our advisor, was very patient and took the time to understand what we were looking for. Everything on the ground ran seamlessly. If I do another trip of this sort, I will definitely use Timbuktu again.

Guest

Custom Tour of Thailand

September 2025

21 nights in Thailand and Malaysia

Jess has been super attentive and patient as we plan our first trip to Asia (Malaysia and Thailand). We are looking forward to the trip and the adventures she planned for us.