Timbuktu

Timbuktu is a Tuareg city on the Niger River in the country of Mali. Its long history as a trading outpost that linked black Africa below the Sahara Desert with Berber and Islamic traders throughout north Africa, and thereby indirectly with traders from Europe, has given it a fabled status.

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  • You absolutely have to taste the special meal of timbuktu... hard to find but just ask people... it's a wonderful kind of fufu with the twelve spices of timbuktu. Mmmmh ! • Julien K.
  • Americans be warned for Religion extremists. Danger of kidnapping by A.Q.I.M. • Ann P.
  • If you're taking a boat from Timbuktu to Mopti be careful!  There are tourist boats that go between the two cities and they are very comfortable and pleasant, and then there are commercial boats.  These are fine if you're prepared to rough it a bit, but the drama arises in that people are often … • Jen C.
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Timbuktu Travel Guide is based on Timbuktu by AHeneen, Peter Fitzgerald, David, Alex, Globe-trotter, ChubbyWimbus, Pashley, Episteme, iGuide and others. Timbuktu Travel Guide is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.