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 Pierre-Olivier | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
AMAZING ONCE IN A LIFE SAFARI
For our first time in Kenya we chose Beacon Safari with my girlfriend, following the good reviews on the internet. I really appreciated how Robert was responsive and acurate in the details, by showing us the car we will have, the guide that will do the game drive etc. At no point he put any pressure for the payment or to speed up the process (and of course I was a bit picky..!). He can answer directly on Whatsapp which makes the conversation way quicker. Our driver was there on time to drive us to Masai Mara and Amboselli (trip we personalised, you don't need to do a package), in a nutshell it was AMAZING. Our guide Eustace is passionate,doing his job since 16 years. So friendly and helpful, he never counted the time spent to do the sightseeing or to help with ANY request/help needed. We've seen the big 5 (okay maybe not the shy rhino :) ), he has like a 5th sense about which decision to take to spot animals, and of course he's in touch with the other guides of the reserves to tell each other infos. The vehicle was way more recent than the average other companies. We laughed so much together that it was a real pleasure to wake up each morning to go for the game drive. I will totally recommend this company..
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Email Walid | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
The Best Safari Tour, it exceeded our expectations
We went on a four day safari tour with Beacon Safaris. We visited lake Nakuru and Maassai Mara. Beacon Safaris made all the arrangements, hotel, car, game drives etc. On the first day, we were picked up from our hotel in Nairobi at 7:00 am and driven Lake Nakuru where we spent our first afternoon, made our first game drive, and spent our first night. The next day we were driven to Maassai Mara where we spent the last three days and went on multiple game drives. At Maassai Mara Beacon Safaris booked us at the Ashnil Mara Camp. An excellent hotel. The highlight of it all were certainly the daily game drives. Our driver, Ken, was fantastic. Thanks to him we managed to see four of the big fives, plus many other animals. He knew were to go to find the animals, and how to position the car to get the best pictures. When we booked the tour we did not expect to see so many animals, and so close to them. Ken is kind, pleasant, patient, accommodating, very knowledgeable, and an excellent driver. Thank you Beacon Safaris for making our safari trip a wonderful and memorable experience.
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Email Ida Carnohorski | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Beacon safari agency and it's people are reliable, knowledgeable and unobtrusive. Great experience!
We've been on our 7-days safari private tour, with Eric as a guide, and it was great! Tour was well planned, we started with Masai Mara, went to Nakuru, Amboseli and ended our tour in Tsawo west-Serena lodges (! which we highly recommend because of a unique view from terrace at wild animals drinking water at nearby lake). Each of those 4 parks is unique and interesting..Eric was great guide, very knowledgeable, unobtrusive and great driver which is very important taking into account Kenyan roads and driving culture. Robert was very responsive upon our arrival and during our stay which made us feel safe an taken care of. Anyway, we will recommend Beacon safari to our dear friends and family planning trip to Kenya..hope we'll come again once our kids will be older...and that says it all!
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Email Eileen | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Everything went according to plan.
Beacon provided what they promised. Harry, our guide, was an excellent driver and made sure that we saw all that Maasi Mara had to offer. He was right on time, could explain interesting information about the animals that we saw, and had good relationships with other guides. The guides have radios and share information about sightings of animals and Harry always seemed to get us to the right spot before the rest of the crowd. The mid-range camp that Beacon uses, Ilkeliani, was beautiful, comfortable and had great food and service. We were right across the river from Maasi Mara and could sit and watch the animals from the viewing platform in the evening. I would recommend both Beacon Safaris and Ilkeliani.
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Email Saibal Biswas | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best services and best guide. Excellent choice of hotels. Great experience
Best services best guide best accomaditions. A great experience.
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Email Wendy | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
excellent adventure
Booking:
The booking process was very smooth. Robert, the manager I believe, was quick to respond to our questions and organize our entire trip.
Trip:
The safari went off without problems. Our driver and guide, Peter, was wonderful. He was knowledgable in the wildlife and shared a lot of other information about Kenyan life, culture, and politics. Peter was with us for the entire trip (except one short leg from our hotel to a meet-up point, where it was a different driver).
As for the actual game drives, it was an amazing experience! We saw pretty much every animal that lives in the region, except the leopard. Regardless, I would recommend this company without hesitation, and am looking forward to the next time I go back!
Fantastic trip with a very friendly and knowledgeable driver (9 Days Magical Kenya)
We booked the 9 Days Magical Kenya trip with Beacon Safaris in July 2018 and can wholeheartedly recommend it.
We spent time in Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru, Lake Navasha, Amboseli and Tsavo West and Tsavo East and enjoyed every single one of these beautiful places.
The accommodations chosen by Beacon Safaris were excellent. Especially the Kilaguni Lodge in Tsavo West, with the waterhole being visible from the restaurant and bar was a truly magical place. The food was always excellent.
We had the pleasure of having Eric as our guide, whom we also found to be an excellent driver – we always felt very safe. Eric clearly is very knowledgeable and didn’t tire to answer our countless questions, and was generally a very pleasant and friendly person to be around.
The only minor complaint we have was that the boat safari on Lake Navasha turned out to be an optional activity and not included in the package. The price didn’t matter much, in the overall scheme of things, but we had specifically chosen Beacon Safaris because their itineraries didn’t feature optional activities – we had wanted to know exactly how much we’d end up spending for exactly which activities and game drives.
Email Yang | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
they provide the best service even some problems happened.next time please organised best to avoid.
we think this safari tour can provide the best arragements for us according our requests. and can communicate us very quickly.but some problems should avoid next time.one is the conflict between the booking domestic flight time and our departure time to Seychelles for the last day. another is the Enkorok Mara Camp booking for us is short of water for 2 days and we can not bear it for 2 days without taking a shower. however they changed a camp finally.
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Email Ruud Eits | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professionally organised safari to Amboseli
Good job.
Clear communication with Robert for preparation. Safari was done by James, nice guy; very friendly. He made very good efforts to let us see the animals that we wanted to see.
My suggestion is to provide more information about the animals and the nature during the safari.
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Email Bene | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Safari
Great communication before our arrival. During safari the communication with our guide was sometimes difficult, he was more calling with the phone than talking to us. On questions we asked him, he gave us short and not very informative answers.
The accomodations were very good. Perfect hotels with great food.
During the whole tour we felt very secure. Good driver.