Bismillah! Au mwebeni so! Anichié! Bienvenue! Welcome!

Greetings from Africa, from far and distant lands

"from here to Timbuktu".

Come on a journey of a lifetime

discover your nomadic shadow

stretching over Saharan sands

to Africa beyond.

Born in Zimbabwe, raised in England, Africa has always called me back. Anyone who has been to Africa understands this calling - it is the calling of the sun, our ancestors, our origins, home. From Here 2 Timbuktu is my response to this incessant calling. 

We are a network of handpicked guides, cooks, drivers and fixers, families, clans and tribes and....me, Guy Lankester. We all want to inspire you to come again and again to this amazing but misrepresented continent. 

We work as a team - Africans host you and show you their countries; I design, organise, oversee, lead and guarantee your trip. 

We want to show you Africans Africa, to take you beyond the myth - a positive, vibrant  continent of some of the most original, inspiring and resilient people on earth. They have much to give and much to teach.

Overview of the site

In all my Destinations I can organise your African adventure travel trip on a bespoke basis at any time of year.

Under Trips are my set small group trips, most of which I lead. The trips are listed in the order that they occur on my own personal 6 month journey from the UK across the Sahara desert and around West Africa, starting in the autumn with the Sahara Overland journey (UK to Timbuktu) and ending up in Cameroon in April with Dzanga Sangha Gorilla safari and the Kingdom at the End of the Road. This year I am hopping out of West Africa in December to go east to run my new Tanzania Rift Valley Safari.

The last few trips in the list - Cruise Senegal, Caribbean Water Safari and Lake Of The Stars: Southern Africa Overland - are organised on a bespoke basis at any time of year.

Please contact me with any questions or sign up on the web form to the right of each page to receive updates and special offers notices.

Thank you for your interest.

Guy Lankester
Director
From Here 2 Timbuktu