Timbuktu Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Leaving for the myst**ious and exotic destination of Timbuktu. It conjures up images of an unreachable destination. A place that people have tried to reach for centuries and have failed. Now its my turn.



The plan is to take a 2 day boat journey downstream on the ***** riv**, then a small truck to Timbuktu. The local boats in this ...

After recovering from the shock of losing my phone (and trying to explain to Ana why her toilet may ring from time to time) I set off with Mohamed around the thriving metropolis of Timbuktu. There was some sand, some buildings with awesome wooden doors and windows (all made by one family and one family only), some manuscripts, some more manuscri...

Dream Rating:   ; ; B+ Background We spent the day in Timbuktu. The morning started with a guided walking tour of the town which lasted several hours. Afterwards I had lunch with some other group members and then went off on my own to do some picture taking and handicraft shopping. In the late afternoon I befriended by a young boy named Moha...

With Dogon country behind me, the next adventure was to take a pirogue (boat) trip along the ***** Riv** to Timbuktu. A lot of people think Timbuktu is just a mythological city, but I can now assure you all that it does in fact exist. Feeling bett** then I had for weeks I got a lift to Mopti, a small town on the ***** Riv** which is the Mecca fo...

Amazing where people travel to just on the romance of a name--Timbuktu, which means lady with a large navel! Timbuktu is a small sandy dusty town of 15000 people surrounded by nomadic Tuareg tent settlements. Nothing of great interest or import. Oh yes, there are tv antennas and parabolic dishes and an internet cafe. They also know who Eminem an...

....................................... ..................... .......... tos on my last entry, Taking bloody ages and I'm late for the arranged pissup that we're supposed to be having at the Hotel Bouctou with some people I've met on the int**net. Will give it anoth** 5 mins and will then head out. Rath** annoying as it's likely to be the last p...

Bamako was quite nice although Sian didn't get to see much of it. A hot, dusty, friendly capital with monuments **ected for the African Nations Cup held th**e last year. The riv**side was really nice, small farms (tiny plots), boat build**s and drum mak**s. We left on Tuesday 4th February and said goodbye to Marlies who is heading off h** own wa...