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4.9/5

Based on 869 reviews

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June 2019

15 nights in Zimbabwe

Quick response, tailor made to my needs and not the companies. Every query answered promptly and with the required info.
Excellent service

Excellent service

June 2019

7 nights in South Africa

By far the best agency I have contacted. Excellent booking process, like last year. Jonty didn't need many explanations to come up with a suitable itinerary. He is quick, presents solutions, and knows what he is doing. In one word I find Timbuktu in the person of Jonty Medcalf, truly reliable. I am very pleased.
Great experience! We loved our trip.

Great experience! We loved our trip.

June 2019

7 nights in Botswana

Quick response. Very knowledgable. Able to answer all my questions and keep logistics of the trip streamlined and taken care of. Kat is a wizard!
June 2019

14 nights in South Africa and Zimbabwe

They completely and immediately understood what I wanted to do and tailor made my trip around it.
100% Recommend

100% Recommend

June 2019

10 nights in South Africa and Mozambique

From the first email to placing our deposit, Joanna was unbelievably responsive and wonderful to work with. She answered all of my questions with extremely detailed answers in a timely manner. She was incredibly knowledgeable when I asked for further information and was able to arrange the special requests I had. When we originally looked into a honeymoon in Africa we were overwhelmed by all the travel logistics and details. Joanna really helped put our minds at ease and provided a pleasurable experience. We still have a couple of flights and activities left to book and I have absolutely no doubt that she will be as prompt and organized as she's been throughout the whole process.
June 2019

11 nights in Namibia

Outstanding planning and execution
June 2019

2 nights in Uganda

Great service!
Great service, very responsive to emails, lots of good camps to offer.

Great service, very responsive to emails, lots of good camps to offer.

June 2019

3 nights in Botswana

I changed my mind several times throughout the planning stages and Jonty was also so patient and provided me with lots of different options & advice which allowed me to plan a great trip.
Highly Recommended

Highly Recommended

June 2019

10 nights in Botswana and Zimbabwe

Timbuktu provided an excellent and efficient service, booking us into a variety of lodges in Botswana. Their recommendations were good and added enormously to our enjoyment of the trip. Our inevitable questions were answered quickly and comprehensively. I found their website very useful for general information purposes and also for their "dashboard " dealing with our own trip. This was a high quality - and relatively expensive - trip and I look forward to booking through them again.
Amazing time

Amazing time

May 2019

9 nights in Botswana and Zimbabwe

The trip was amazing. Organised from start to finish vey well with nothing to worry about. The lodges we stayed in; Pelo Camp, Khwai Tented, Bakwena all in Botswana And Chundu Island in Zimbabwe were all lovely
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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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