Timor Unearthed is a Dili-based, Timorese and Australian-owned social enterprise that designs educational travel in Timor-Leste: school immersions, university study tours, treks and small-group expeditions led by Timorese guides. It is listed in the national tour operator directory, reinvests in community projects, and runs scheduled group departures with Intrepid Travel.
What Timor Unearthed offers
- School programmes: immersions, service learning and outdoor education trips.
- University study tours: designed with each group around its discipline and learning goals.
- Resistance Trek: the company’s signature trek across the mountains, walking with former resistance fighters.
- History tours: including Second World War history.
- Group expeditions and private trips: a Timor-Leste expedition sold through Intrepid Travel, plus trips for families and friends.
Its cultural tours visit sacred houses (uma lulik), weaving cooperatives, resistance history sites and Portuguese colonial architecture, and trips often include village homestays.
What travellers say
On the national tourism site, Timor Unearthed has a 5.0 rating from 10 Google reviews (October 2026). Reviewers mention a four-week group programme, weekend trips to Mount Ramelau and Atauro Island, and praise the guides’ warmth and local knowledge, as well as the safety and logistics of the trips.
Booking
Prices are not published. Contact the company through its website for school, university and private trips, or book the group expedition through Intrepid Travel. Ask what is included (transport, accommodation, meals, guides and community fees). For other operators, see our list of tour operators in Timor-Leste, and to plan the rest of your trip, see top things to do in Timor-Leste, best time to visit and is Timor-Leste safe?.