Beacon Safaris Team in Masai Mara
Beacon Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2010)
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $50 to $120 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Jamie | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip of a Lifetime
Wow. So wonderful!
I highly recommend booking a safari with Beacon. It's a professional and trustworthy company that provides exceptional safaris. The owner and communicator, Robert, replies quickly, is reliable and provides professional service.
Two friends and myself booked a 5 night / 6 day safari. It did not disappoint. We started with the Maasai Mara Reserve with 3 nights at the Mara Sopa Lodge. We had fantastic game drives in the Mara. On the first game drive, we saw 3 of the Big Five - elephants, cape buffalo and lions. We are so glad we stayed three nights as we saw a leopard on the last day. All three days were filled with excitement. After the Mara, we went to Lake Naivasha and Amboseli National Park. Both provided things we will never forget. The lodging everywhere was exceptional as well as the food.
I saved the best for last. Ken, our guide, was amazing. He is the best of the best. He shared so much knowledge and made sure we were having the time of our life's. It was really cool because Ken got excited with us. He made the safari an unforgettable experience. Thank you, Ken!
A big thank you to Beacon Safaris for creating a trip of a lifetime!
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Email Greg | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
3 Day Masai Mara Safari. Most incredible experience of my life
I visited Kenya on a solo trip with the sole intent of doing safari. I booked my safari in Masai Mara with Beacon after seeing other people have good experiences with them. I dealt with Robert through email and text to set the trip up. Robert was excellent about getting back to me despite the 8 hour difference in time. Once I was there I didn’t have to worry about a single thing as Robert and Beacon Safaris had everything arranged for me. I was picked up by a guide by the name of Ken who I highly recommend. I spent basically 3 full days with him and he was nothing but great. He made the entire experience that much more enjoyable. He was very knowledgeable about the everything from the Kenyan culture to details about all the animals we came across. I would 100% recommend booking a safari through Beacon Safaris!
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Email AD from NJ, USA | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
DID NOT RETURN MY DEPOSIT
Beacon Safaris (Robert) failed to refund my deposit. I had written agreement with him that he would return within 2 weeks of request.
I have been following up for 11 months now. He has been evading with different types of excuses. Now stopped responding to emails as well.
Pl. do not send him any advance.
Email James | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
An incredible experience - the best company in Kenya
From first communicating with Robert at Beacon Safaris, until the end of our six-day safari with Antony, the whole experience was excellent. Robert was always timely and clear in his emails, offering an incredibly good-value package and providing so much useful advice, including by making it so easy to navigate current requirements around COVID testing for travel, and with being really flexible and understanding about the need to change the dates of the trip due to travel restrictions, which Robert did for us with no difficulties at all. Antony was the guide for our six day safari across Amboseli, Nakuru and Maasai Mara, and was a better guide than anyone could hope for. As well as being kind and good-humoured, and taking us for amazing game drives across all of the parks, Anthony is phenomenally knowledgeable about the flora and fauna in all the parks, being able to name the most obscure birds, and somehow finding incredible wildlife to track, such as a pack of cheetahs hunting a hartebeest in Maasai Mara, a huge pride of lions, and so many roving herds of elephant. I cannot recommend Beacon highly enough. I hope to return for another safari with them, and will be strongly recommending them to friends and family. Thanks to Antony and Robert!
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Email Vadim | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
professionals in their field
The Beacon Safaris team is very responsive, they answered all questions instantly. Helped to book train tickets to Mombasa. We were able to rebook accommodation when a friend could not go with us. Our guide, Ken, was incredible, he is the best)). We said goodbye as old friends. The lodging during the safari was great. The weather added its charm. Night rains made our trip even more extreme. Many thanks to everyone. We recommend it to everyone.
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Email Clare McGiven | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Paddy took us for a ride
Great experience, really enjoyed ourselves. We booked it a bit last minute but that was no hassle to Robert and Patrick, they were very accommodating. Even helping with PCR in these corona times.
Got the van and was honestly surprised at how much that thing can shift off road, was class.
Great service and food at the lodges and the Kenyan people are a credit to themselves, lovely!
We stayed in Nairobi afterwards and have to say place was unreal, which I wasn't expecting, wish we would have gave it a wee bit more time.
Had a cracker time
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Email Mohamed | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Well rounded amazing experience
The Beacon Safaris team were very responsive and flexible when planning for the trip, they helped us plan the perfect honeymoon. Our tour guide, Dan was incredible, he knows Kenya inside out. He is very knowledgeable about the wildlife and was able to answer all of our questions making our safari unforgettable.
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Email Octavian Nedea | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing experience. Extremely efficient. Always went that extra mile and beyond all my requests
After comparing dozens of safaris operators, I have chosen Beacon and had a wonderfully amazing experience with them. Robert was very efficient in organizing my solo, private 11 days safaris, very attentive and extremely responsive to my requests, questions and demands. Eric the guide and my travel fellow during the safari was extremely helpful and efficient, never tired, always willing to go further. Ask for an animal and he'll find it...We saw leopards 4 times in 6 days of our stay in Maasai Mara. Lions ...every single day, with our best record of 25 lions in one single day: two prides of 13 and 8 and two hunting pairs of lions. Witnessed twice the, never to be missed, Mara River zebra and wildebeest crossing, including 3 crocs preying on wildebeest. Saw even 4 white rhinos at the same time grazing together...Just to name few of the many sightings experienced with Beacon safaris. While sighting wildlife can never be guaranteed, if there are chances to spot it in an area, Eric will find them. Perhaps I'll hardly be able to improve these records and the amazing pictures took there, soon to be available on IG, but I know which is my favourite safari company in Kenya for the years to come. Left Kenya leaving many friends for life there in all the lodges and campsites I stayed and places we visited. Asante sana to all of you !
Email Ravi Bussa | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent Safari!
Right from the moment we reached out to Robert for booking, he was very responsive and the turnaround time was very quick. He was always available to answer any of our questions. On our arrival at Nairobi Airport, we were given a warm welcome by our guide Ken, who has 12 years of experience in Safari. Very soft spoken and accommodating. He is very knowledgeable about animals and birds. He went out of his way to make sure that we can see all the exciting things anyone would expect on a safari. He was constantly coordinating with other guides to ensure we do not miss any action in the wilds. His experience meant he knew a lot of guides/ rangers which meant he got information for all spotting on real time and we got to see the Big 5 multiple times during our trip. People say that it is very rare to see a Leopard, but with Ken's experience and dedication, we got to see it THRICE!! Thank you Ken, Robert and Beacon Safari for making this a lifetime experience!
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Email Steven Hollingshead | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Could not have asked for for more. Simply Amazing Service.
We had 3 tour companies provide their quotes. We went with Beacon Safaris. Professional, Accommodating, Amazing. We did 3 days Masa Mara, 3 Days Amboselli and Taita Hills and finished in Diani Beach for Valentine's Day retreat on the beautiful & warm Indian Ocean. The safari went flawless. My wife and our grown daughter were not only amazed at the wildlife we saw UP CLOSE and PERSONAL, but the people of Kenya were amazing to meet. From our visit to a Masai village, where we met with the 92 year old village Chief & his 9 wives, to our staff members at each of the 3 lodges we stayed at, the Food, Accommodations, Friendships were simply memorable. What Kenyans may lack in financial wealth, is completely over shadowed with the tremendous amounts of Love they have for the animals, Compassion for their fellow man, and Warmth they readily share with their smile. Special notice to Robert at Beacon Safaris, who answered each and every email I sent to him. Even though the time difference was 8-10 hours difference, he always responded quickly, courteously, and with complete information. Everything, and I mean everything, Robert promised was provided. NO SURPRISES..No Extra Bills, No Disappointments. Eustes, our guide, became a member of our family in one short week.This happens when you spend 10-12 hours or more a day with your guide. His 16 years of guiding provided us with AMAZING, UP CLOSE, in the MIDDLE of Action at all 3 area we visited. I can not say enough good words for Beacon Safari, Robert of Beacon Safaris and Eustes, guide at Beacon Safari. You made one of my dreams come true. Thank you so very kindy from the bottom of my heart.
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