Leisure Escapes Safaris

5.0/5 – 57 Reviews

$2,587 to $3,264 pp (USD)

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Leisure Escapes Safaris

5.0/5  
(57 Reviews)
Office In:
Kenya Kenya
Size:
5-10 employees (Founded in 2015)
Tour Types:
Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
Destinations:
Kenya KE
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Leisure Escapes Safaris is a leading Tour Operator based in Nairobi, Kenya. Our team is specialized to give you that East African Safari experience! We cautiously tailor-make your Safari so you can relax and enjoy your holiday. We carefully select all our accommodation and activities following strict quality standards. We also believe that travelling should make the world a better place and that we must give back to the people who work, safeguard, or live around the destinations we visit.

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A truly amazing company that will stay with us forever!
5/5

Our safari with Leisure Escapes truly was a memorable trip. From the beginning when my partner and I were getting information, Esther was always there to answer any questions/concerns we had. She also constructed us a very detailed itinerary for our safari so that we knew exactly where we were staying whether it be in lodges or hotels, the areas that we would travel to, what meals/drinks were included, what optional extras we could do such as Masai Village visits, boat trips, and what animals we would come across in the different national parks! She was very thorough from the beginning which made us feel at ease.

Our Safari guide Duncan deserves a massive shoutout too. He has 20+ years of Safari experience under his belt. His professionalism, his patience, his knowledge of the animals and his ability to spot animals from a far distance all deserve mentioning! He was the perfect person for us to experience a safari with, and he never let the long hours driving ever dwindle his spirit, he was always focused on giving us the best experience possible and finding the best spots to see the animals up close. You spend so much time with your guide that you build a bond that is sad to leave when you depart.

As for the animals, we saw everything from Lions, hyenas, giraffes, rhinos, elephants, buffalos, hippos, zebras, warthogs the list is endless. To see them freely in their natural habitat truly was a wonderful experience that i will keep with me for a lifetime. It’s so hard to truly put into words how amazing of an experience a safari truly is.

The accommodations chosen by Esther were always top quality! She really listened to what we wanted and found the best places. Special mention to Nepture Mara in Masai Mara, a luxury lodge with an amazing group of staff there, our own Butler, wonderful room with a massive bathroom and views overlooking a river with many hippos swimming and relaxing. The food there was some of the best I’ve ever experienced.

We cannot thank Esther , Duncan and Leisure Escapes as a whole for providing us such an amazing Safari experience. It was everything we wanted and more and was worth every penny spent. As far as value for money goes, they ticked every box for us. We were even provided with Masai Cloths and personalised water bottles on day 1 as gifts which was a nice touch. When we do return there is only one company we will be going for and that is Leisure Escapes.

A truly amazing company that will stay with us forever.

Very professional organiser and guide delivering a wonderful experience in Kenia!
5/5

We had an amazing Kenia experience with Leisure Escapes! We did the 5 day tour from Nairobi to the Aberdare region, Lake Nakuru and Masai Mara and loved every second. From the first email to the actual trip, everything went incredibly smoothly and Esther and the team were brilliant throughout. Our guide, Jeff, was amazing - incredibly knowledgable (especially on birds) and just a pleasure to be with for 5 days. Would highly recommend!

Truly a leisure escape! Safari 2025
5/5

This was our first safari and it truly exceeded our expectations! We did a private luxury safari and the accommodations provided were absolutely spectacular.

We directly communicated with Esther via emails and she was very prompt and professional. She provided us with a detailed itinerary which highlighted our route, lodges with photos and a daily itinerary so we could clearly see what we would be doing.

Duncan was our tour guide for the week and we really could not fault him, he was absolutely excellent! He has 20+ years of safari experience and you could really tell by the way he got us to the perfect spots at the right times to see the animals! He gave us so much insight not only to the animals but also into Kenya. He managed the bumpy roads really well, felt very safe with him and he was extremely professional and very patient. If we wanted to see a particular animal he was on the hunt for them. His vision and hazard perception is amazing, wish I could see as far as he can! He truly is an asset to the company!

We stayed at the following lodges:
Tulia in Amboseli where we had a beautiful backdrop of Mount Kilimanjaro from our room
Sawela lodge in Lake Naivasha where the food variety was incredible and beautiful grounds.
Sara Lion hill game lodge at Lake Nakuru which is inside the national park so you get to see all the animals whilst driving.
Neptune at Masai Mara which was my absolute favourite! They provided us a personal chef, a butler who brought us a hot drink in the morning to wake us up and also the room and lodge had a hippos in your eyeline, it was truly an incredible experience. You can see bush babies here at the lodge also and a beautiful sunrise to wake up to! Our butler Moses was incredible, he gave us hot water bottles before bed and blankets to keep us warm through the night.

All the lodges we stayed at provided outstanding food and clean amenities. The staff were very helpful and everyone made sure our stay met our needs.

We also did the additional activities of the Masai Mara village visit where we were welcomed by the chiefs son and shown cultural dances and given an insight to their daily lives. We also did the hippo boat safari at Lake Navaisha where we got close up to the hippos and saw some beautiful birds. We also did a walking safari there which truly was an experience!

Also our jeep was very safe and secure which I think is really important considering you are amongst wild animals! But it provided us with excellent views and we weren’t restricted.

I honestly would thoroughly recommend Leisure escapes, it really was worth every penny! Only wish we booked longer!

Organized, prompt, responsive, caring.
5/5

Kevin D

Where do I start? We knew the Kenyan people were kind and caring, but this company blew that baseline out of the water.

To find a Safari company I did a Google search and filled out a sort of questionnaire to detail what we were looking for. Esther Maina from Leisure Escapes Safaris responded within a few hours with a full quote and detailed itinerary. Over the next week or so, a couple of other companies responded, but Esther's quote was the lowest. I am apprehensive about picking the lowest bid, but at the time 44 of 45 reviews were 5 stars, and 1 was 4 star. However, that is a low number of reviews compared to some other companies that has several hundred. The other issue was that many reviews used the word "professional" with similar themes. I wondered if these reviews were real. I needn't have worried. I asked my son who is well versed in sniffing out issues to look at them. He verified that they were real reviews from real people. I reached out to Esther to ask why they had so few reviews. She immediately responded that they were a new company that started just before the pandemic and then had to take a break. They were starting again. Because Esther was so responsive, my wife and I felt good about moving forward with this company. BEST decision ever. We paid the deposit and as we worked through the details of the trip, we emailed Esther several times, and each time the response was prompt and comprehensive, even when we had asked the same question previously.

We were spending another week in Kenya after the Safari, so we asked Esther if she could help plan the other days we were in Nairobi and Diani. Again prompt comprehensive responses. But the kicker that sent me over the top on this company is what happened when our initial flight out of Dallas got delayed and we missed connections in NY and Paris. We were rebooked by Delta on Kenya Airways, but we were getting there a day late and so would lose the hotel reservation in Nairobi the day before the safari. Because the flight out of Nairobi back to Dallas at the end of the trip was at 10:30 at night, Esther took it upon herself to ask the hotel to let us stay in the room until it was time to leave for the airport, rather than giving up the room at the customary morning check out time. She argued that we had paid for but not used the rooms at the start of the trip, so requested them to swap out the days. This was a game changer for us as we were able to explore the city during the day and then come back to the hotel to shower and change before the long flight back home.

I have a long career in customer facing roles, and so I know what I am talking about when I say this company sets the Gold Standard.

The Safari itself was great. Our guide/driver Duncan was incredible at spotting animals with the naked eye, which we struggled to see with binoculars. Often he was the first to spot animals and then radio the other drivers as to the location. He admitted we lucked out with how many animals we saw, including a pair of Lions mating, but I would like to give a lot of credit to his experience and skill .

He was also calm, kind and low key and we always felt safe with him, particularly on the long drivers between the parks. Where other people on the road seemed reckless, Duncan put safety first.

I give this company, Esther and Duncan the highest possible recommendation. Well done!!

Kevin Dias

Great Honeymoon!
5/5

The trip was great, communication was easy and responsive and our guide Ken was very friendly!

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