Reviews

Catherine was amazing at helping plan the trip of a lifetime. She was responsive, considerate, and knowledgeable. I would recommend anyone work with Catherine to plan a dream safari experience.

Jenna has been so attentive while planning our dream trip to East Africa. Jenna's attention to the details has ensured that our gorilla trek and safari will be exactly as we had hoped. Jenna patiently addressed all of our questions, and she has designed an adventure of a lifetime for us.

We have used Timbuktu and Joanna in particular many times. Great ideas and service. She resolves any issues quickly. This year Jenna had to step in as Joanna was away and she was equally efficient and helpful.

It was perfect! Jenna and Nadine were super responsive and everything was so simple and easy. They had great recs and helped me with any questions along the way.

Just booked our 2nd trip through Timbuktu. Dealt with Tessa on both occasions and could not recommend her enough. She has adapted our trip 2 or 3 times to get it right and right it is. Timbuktu have great relations with their local providers and they all responded to questions within 24hrs.

I’ve planned several trips with Timbuktu—Southeast Asia, Tanzania, Kenya, Egypt, and Uganda—and each experience has been incredible. The planning process is seamless, and I truly appreciate the companionship and insights from the travel specialists. Meg, in particular, is fantastic. She’s always on top of everything, from the initial planning stages to the trip itself and even after we return. I highly recommend traveling with Timbuktu!

Joanna Rigby-Jones and Nadine Levers have been excellent sources of suggestions, bookings, and ideas to help our family plan the trip of a lifetime to start in Kigali, Rwanda to experience the Gorillas and other primates, then on to the Serengeti plains in Tanzania for the big 5! Our daughters will join us so Joanna and Nadine have been extremely informative and helpful regarding visas, vaccines and flights. After our girls return to the US, my husband and I will continue to South Africa to be based in and around Cape Town for more nature, culture, wine and art. Finally, they're helping us plan a final leg of this heavenly journey to Mauritius for some R&R, surfing, diving, swimming with dolphins and perhaps surfing for my husband. We are grateful for their accessibility and swift responses to our questions. We're confident in Timbuktu Travel's network to provide a world class experience! 5 stars!

Really helpful and efficient advice on general logistics and places to stay, and a very flexible booking process accommodating tweaks to the itinerary, highly recommend 👍

My wife and I decided in early February to “escape” the winter snow and travel to South Africa for a “bucket list” trip.We didn’t give Jonty and the Timbuktu team long as we had a relatively narrow window for our travels.Incredibly in less than two weeks,Jonty had fully planned a fabulous 15 night adventure including an internal flight,a safari,luxury train travel,wonderful accommodations,and all our transfers.Every aspect of the trip was meticulously detailed and our whole trip went exactly as planned.Jonty and his colleague,Millie, were available whenever we had any questions and organised everything brilliantly. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them and will definitely use them again for our next big adventure.

Everything went super smoothly and everyone was very helpful along the way!