TH
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent services from initial contact through to delivery to airport for our flight back home.
Beacon Safaris (www.beaconsafaris.com) organised an extremely exciting and memorable safari for my family and me. There were four of us in the group and we went on an 8-day/7-night tour to Mount Kenya, Ol Pajeta / Sweetwater, Samburu, Lake Nakuru and Masai Mara.
I was impressed with Robert's services from the very initial contact when I inquired about the safaris that Beacon offered. I started out with very vague ideas about going on a safari. Robert gave me all the useful information to help me decide on the right safari itinerary that suit my interests, time constraint and budget. Furthermore, Robert was always very prompt in responding to our e-mail exchanges. Robert booked us at Serena (Mount Kenya and Sweetwater), Sopa (Samburu and Masai Mara) and Flamingo (Lake Nakuru) lodges, all of which turned out to be excellent choices of accommodation for our budget.
For the safari itself, Robert assigned Kenneth Ngugi to take care of my group, and we are ever so pleased with this perfect gentleman. The Toyota Hi-Ace 4-wheel-drive was in very good condition, and we felt perfectly safe with Kenneth's careful defensive driving, both on the highways as well as during the safari game drives. Due to his skills and experience as a safari guide plus the collaborations among the safari guides at each game drive location, Robert was able to show us all the Big-Fives, even the elusive leopard (of which we saw only one). On one occasion, we witnessed a Cape buffalo downed and killed by a pride of 14 lionesses and young lions. Wow!!!
I recommend Beacon Safaris for safari trip in Kenya without any hesitation.
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Tour in Selous and an wonderful experience in Zanzibar
We, my friend an me, took a 3 day Game Drive to Selous with Malengo Tours and had a lovely time, delicious food and an expert driver. From the pic up in Dar at the first day to the End of the Game Drive we experienced definitly the heart of Tanzania. The trip was full of atmosphere and we got a glimps of the meaning of wilderness.
A week later we met again in Zanzibar and Bakari (Malengo Tours) helped us in organising our stay perfectly. Im am very thankful for his guidiance in finding the right spots and the right boat to Prison Island.
In easy words: I definitly can recomend Bakari and his Malengo Tours! The service and communication are unmachted.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
The Best Experience
Wow what an experience, the best company in SA for hospitality, knowledge and pure professionalism. This was a trip that I would love to do again with Flight of the eagle. The experience was amazing. What fabulous hosts and guides. Elize & Johan thank you so much. We will spread the word about your fantastic company.
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
3 days birding
An excellent trip with Paul - very well informed and helpful guide. I particularly enjoyed visiting the swamp to see the shoebills & herons, and Murchison falls. Good accommodation throughout.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
05 days safari /Mara/Nakuru/ Naivasha
We went on a 5 days safari, Mara/Nakuru/Naivasha with my two sisters,it was excellent organized by Kennedy.we recommend Doyen safaris and their friendly drivers.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Livingston Hotel
Problems with communications - had to contact office in RSA to find out if money transfers was received etc. Last transfer not confirmed to date. Stay at Livingston was however outstanding
An incredibly unrivalled experience south of sahara, ectasic, breathtaking absolutely priceless expe
A team motivated by professionalism, morals, attention to detail and completely creative. This singular experience was prove that african hospitality is haven and genuinely so. The safari was amazing, the camping by the wild, tough scary but also so adventurous. Totaly loved the service from the ever available guides and customer care staff. Looking forward to the next opportunity to do this once again. Cant wait!
IR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
good
i am happy with this tour...but we were 8 in our car..
our driver was very helpful..his name was Zac.he showed us the animals and showed their picture in his book...the only thing that i didnt like was Masai camp..the food and tents wasnt ok...i know that was a budget camp...but when i compare it to amboseli camp i think it was very bad...because amboseli camp was really clean...comfort with nice food. with 24 hours electricity!
i hope they can change the camp in Masai mara...
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
they are the best with excellence in service
good communication skills by incredible Kenya adventures team...high class of service by the team, i loved them so very much...
what I expected I really got it during my one week tour, they made my family soo happy, they cant wait to get to next year for such another fabulous trip..
ID
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Traveling with an 11 year old in Uganda
We traveled September 2015 for two weeks with Instinct Safari, WOW, WOW, WOW! What makes this review slightly different from many is because, beside us 3 women, I brought along my 11 year old daughter. Rabani, of Instinct Safari said that that was the first child he has had on tour and Alma did great! This was actually Alma's third safari in recent years, so I knew she is a great traveler and a pleasure to hang around with. Rabani and our driver, Emma, made this holiday one of the best I have ever been on, which is really something, as we travel a lot. I cannot say enough great things about the people and beauty of the land and animals. Alma loves photography and she was kept busy with the camera recording our entire two weeks. The food in all our lodges, in small restaurants while on the road, as well as packed lunches from the lodges when we were hiking, were of great quality and Alma never had a problem. We stayed in comfortable lodges, travelers hotels as well as permanent tented camps and each one had great, individual charm. As you must be 15 in order to be able to get a permit to see the gorillas and the chimpanzees, Alma was not able to join us on those hikes. She stayed back in the Nkuringo Gorilla Camp by herself while we hiked in Bwindi. What a great place to stay! The entire staff at the lodge made sure Alma was doing fine on her own all day. They offered to take her on a local hike, but she decided to stay and sort out the recent photographs and begin creating her albums that she presented back at her school. When I had the absolute special privilege of spending the entire day with the chimpanzee group in Kibale, Alma went on a gorgeous nature hike with my friend and photographed all the other primates in the area.
On previous safaris, we had a few treks, but often we were sitting the in jeeps for long drives between locations and also on game drives. For this trip, we purposely built in a lot of physical activities. We had horse-back riding, morning balloon ride with champagne breakfast, a couple boat trips, a hike to see the golden monkeys, another 20 kilometer hike through Bwindi besides the visit to the gorillas and the chimpanzees. We moved almost every nigh,t but two, in order to be able to take in all the parks and sights we wanted to visit in these two weeks. When we walked through villages, many were interested with Alma as they normally only see older tourists. We visited a local school and planted trees with the eco club. The children were so interested in talking with Alma. Although she is rather shy, Alma had such a great time. We were all quite tired in the end, but we would do it all again tomorrow if we could. Alma had no problem keeping up and did it with such great spirit. Rabani and Emma were so informative throughout the entire journey that I really believe she learned more in those two weeks than she would ever learn about Uganda in her geology, geography, social studies, economics and biology classes back home.
Without a doubt, we will return to Uganda. I would love to bring the rest of my family to see the gorillas, chimpanzees and everything else that made us fall in love with Uganda. We might have to wait until Alma is old enough to get her permit in 3 more years...can I wait that long?? probably not!! We would love to combine a trip to Rwanda and Uganda Alma said, no problem, Mom, just call up Rabani at Instinct Safari and he will plan it all out for us again. We are all facebook friends now, so easy to stay in touch. Thanks once more Rabani and Emma for everything. Tori