Timbuktu

An online trip designer to plan your own adventure ✈️

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An online trip designer to plan your own adventure ✈️

2 followers

Timbuktu is an Africa travel company that is revolutionizing the way travellers plan their safaris. How? By handing over complete control to the customer, empowering travellers to design their own trips in Africa, their way.

Launch tags:Travel•Tech

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Hey team Timbuktu - Just curious about the name. How did you guys come up with it and what story does it tell about your awesome product?

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8yr ago

Timbuktu

Maker

@alistair_thornton thanks for getting in touch. There's an old saying ‘From here to Timbuktu’ which is commonly used to describe some remote, hard-to-reach, mythical place. Our core mission is to empower curious travellers to experience far-flung corners of Africa, so we felt there was a good fit with the name Timbuktu. Sadly we don't offer trips to Timbuktu yet, but that's in the making!

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8yr ago

Timbuktu

Maker

Hello PH, Today we’re launching Timbuktu to the world. We’re revolutionizing the way travelers plan their safaris. How? By handing over complete control to the customer, empowering travelers to design their own trips in Africa, their way. For years, travelling to Africa has been complex and overwhelming to research and more than a little tricky to book independently. In fact, the only viable way to travel to Africa’s wild places has been with the help of a traditional agent. At Timbuktu we’re on a mission to change all that and instead want to empower you, our curious travelers, to easily design your own trip, your way. So how does Timbuktu work? Our site allows you to design and customise your own trips from a selection of curated routes across Africa and hundreds of handpicked lodges. Once complete, your individually-designed trip is then sent to our team of travel experts who, using their expertise and knowledge, will iron out the creases and book all your arrangements. We believe that planning a trip to Africa is easy, fun and exhilarating. The process should be simple and you should be involved from the beginning. So really, all that’s left to do is start designing your safari! Have look at our routes to get you started or if you’re already an Africa guru, start creating a trip from scratch. Your dream safari really is only a few clicks away… So please check us out, start exploring Africa and I’m happy to answer any questions. Happy travelling! Johnny CEO & co-founder, Timbuktu P.S. We’re hiring, check out our careers page

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8yr ago

@johnny_prince blown away by the website and the amount of information and knowledge you guys provide. I feel like the African travel space has needed something like this for a long time! One question I have is how are you able to provide the same personal service as a standard travel agent if everything is done online?

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8yr ago

Timbuktu

Maker

@vince_dickson I'm so pleased you've enjoyed the experience on Timbuktu. We are very focused on providing the best service possible for our guests. Although we use technology to give people the power to design their own trip, saving them time and money, our travel experts are on hand 24/7 to take care of all the details and help our guests refine their trip until it’s absolutely perfect. Thanks! Johnny

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8yr ago

Congratulations on the launch Johnny and the team, it all sounds very exciting! I'm a massive fan of African travel and safari in-particular! I was looking through the site and noticed a camp I had visited wasn't listed. Is possible to organise staying at a camp or lodge that isn't on the site?

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8yr ago

Timbuktu

Maker

@ross_johnson1 great to hear from you and thanks so much for the kind words! We're working hard to showcase what we see as the best selection of safari camps and hotels across Africa and we've now got over 1,500 recommended lodges to choose from. That said if there's a lodge we don't have or you're wanting to stay at a friend's place you can click "Add new stage" and choose "Own Arrangements" when you're designing a trip. Hope that helps and let us know how you get on! Johnny

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8yr ago

This looks like an awesome platform and I'm planning a safari right now in South Africa as a matter of interest. Just curious how your technology caters for pricing?

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8yr ago

Timbuktu

Maker

@edward_barrow glad you're enjoying Timbuktu and that's exciting you're planning a trip to South Africa! We've developed an algorithm that gives a price estimate for your entire trip based on your dates of travel, including flights within Africa, transfers and your accommodation. We're trying to be as transparent as possible, allowing you to get a very clear indication of cost and allow you to make an informed choice about where to travel and where to stay. Let us know if you need any help or advice with your trip! Johnny

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8yr ago

Guys, I love this website. Seen it evolve through the years and it's looking ACE 👌 I was wondering, do you envision it always being high end safaris and get aways, or is this a stepping stone to something like !kayak

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8yr ago

Timbuktu

Maker

@ajmccall thanks so much for your kind words. Our short term vision is focused on Africa travel, changing how safaris are discovered and booked, allowing people to design their own trips. Long term, our mission is to empower travellers to experience the far-flung corners of the world. Whether that be trips to the remote corners of Patagonia or island hopping in Southeast Asia. In the same way that Kayak has made booking flights so easy, we’re wanting to make travel to remote places easy and accessible. Thanks again so much for your support! Johnny

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8yr ago

Timbuktu

Maker

@ajmccall Thanks for the awesome feedback! Like Johnny said.. We're starting off with african safaris as a niche but expanding into other remote locations soon!

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8yr ago

Just wondering if you're planning to incorporate international flights into the platform?

Pros:

Just been playing around and congratulations, it's super intuitive and makes planning a trip really fun and easy.

Cons:

no obvious cons

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8yr ago

Great platform guys....have used multiple times to organise some amazing trips in Africa. What about the rest of the world? Any plans...

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8yr ago

Timbuktu

Maker

@rhys_evans thanks so much and glad you've already been using Timbuktu to plan your trips in Africa! We definitely see the similarities with what we're building for Africa and the problems that exist for travel to other remote places like Latin America. At this point we're focused on Africa travel but we're definitely looking to expand our product offering to other regions at some point in the future. Thanks again for your support, Johnny

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8yr ago

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