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4.9/5

Based on 836 reviews

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October 2020

8 nights in Kenya

All the staff demonstrated great knowledge, sensitivity and professionalism and provided superb service to us. We really enjoyed our trip.
All good. Couldn’t be faulted.

All good. Couldn’t be faulted.

October 2020

7 nights in Kenya

Excellent service from start to finish. Could not recommend Kristin and the team more highly, David
October 2020

3 nights in South Africa

Great service via email. No need to speak to the team.
This company got everything right

This company got everything right

September 2020

11 nights in South Africa

Excellent service from Kristin at Timbuktu, arranging a two-centre safari from UK to Kenya. Good communication, first-class choice of accommodation and of partner company in Kenya. No negatives at all. Highly recommended.
Excellent

Excellent

September 2020

13 nights in Namibia

Excellent Service
August 2020

15 nights in Kenya and Madagascar

Responsive and incorporated inputs.
Easiest trip I’ve planned!

Easiest trip I’ve planned!

July 2020

12 nights in Kenya and Tanzania

Kristin was amazing at helping us get our trip organized. She is great with communicating updates. This was very easy to plan and come up with new ideas we hadn’t thought about. Even just trying to build the trip on our own the website is intuitive and easy to use! Can’t wait for our trip in January!
Simply the best you can find.

Simply the best you can find.

July 2020

9 nights in Botswana and Zimbabwe

Timbuktu’s website is extremely user friendly whether you’re booking a trip from scratch or you’re using one of their recommended guides! If you need advice or help, their customer service is top notch. Never have I ever been more thrilled to have someone else do my vacation planning. Joanna from Timbuktu was very communicative, quick to respond, respectful of our choices/opinions/desires and budget. It was everything we could have hoped for and more.
Perfect custom tour planning

Perfect custom tour planning

July 2020

5 nights in Zimbabwe and Botswana

full service, patient and answered lots of questions. High Quality custom work for those how needed a custom tour
Fantastic Service yet again

Fantastic Service yet again

July 2020

7 nights in South Africa

They responded quickly to our different and changing thoughts on what we would like to do - as returning travellers we had our own ideas which they easily supplemented and added alternatives. The final trip booked with them complements the elements of the holiday we have booked ourselves perfectly. Massive thanks again to Jonny and the team.
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"Timbuktu can take relatively complex and slightly amorphous travel plans and transform them into a well-organized, perfectly tailored trip."

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