Seacoast Safaris
Seacoast Safaris
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9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Monday
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Tuesday
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Wednesday
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Friday
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Saturday
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Sunday
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
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About
Seacoast Safaris, Puffin Island & Menai Strait Cruises. From our wildlife packed Puffin Island Cruises & our scenic Menai Strait trips to private charters, we cater for the whole family, so why not join us in ‘Exploring Wild Wales’. Seacoast Safaris are based in the town of Beaumaris, situated on the banks of the Menai Strait in Anglesey, we are perfectly positioned to offer the most stunning, beautiful, scenic & wildlife packed boat trips. Our company ethos is all about experiencing nature & wildlife in its natural habitat & ensuring the best wildlife encounters with minimal disturbance. We are one of the greenest tour operators in the UK running carbon neutral boat trips and using renewable energy where we can. Our cruises run from the end of March to the end of October, our opening times vary depending on the time of year & the weather. ALL our bookings are taken through our website where you can find the most up to date information about the available trips.
Beaumaris, Wales
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2024
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Stephen love
Suffolk, UK8 contributions
Jul 2023 • Couples
We booked the Puffin Island and Menai Straights cruise on 19 July 2023. Booked at the kiosk at 0930 for the 1100 cruise, great booking clerk, boarded the 20seat boat at 1100 hrs with a fantastic girl crew, very knowledgeable. Saw porpoises on the way to the island, grey seals, puffins, loads of other birds too! Well worth the money and would highly recommend this company ( Seacoast Safaris ) to anyone
Written 21 July 2023
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Thanks for your review. Our 'Best of Puffin Island & Menai Strait' is one of our favourite cruises so we're glad you had such a great time! It's so great to hear that you enjoyed all the wildlife too! Thanks for recommending us, we hope to see you on board again in the future.
Written 27 July 2023
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Dave J
Chester, UK5 contributions
May 2022
We booked the Puffin Island and Menai straights combined trip after it being recommended by a friend. We had no specific expectations other than a trip out on a boat. Our skipper Jake was great, sharing plenty of his great knowledge of the area and the wildlife, whilst being very professional regarding health and safety, he was lighthearted and informative in his delivery when sharing the information.
I would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting the area, great value for money.
I would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting the area, great value for money.
Written 29 May 2022
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Hi davej, thank you for taking the time to write a review, we value all feedback. Jake is a very popular skipper on our 'Best of Both' 2 hour trips on our smaller, faster boat Salacia. We're the only company to offer this trip and it is proving popular for the second year running. Thanks for listening to the recommendation of your friend!
Written 10 June 2022
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bev s
Buxton, UK13 contributions
Jul 2024 • Family
Wow, what a trip, we saw porpoise, seals, gannets, puffins, black tip gulls, oyster catches and more. Supposed to be an hour and 20 mins but got back later as so much to see. The guide was extremely knowledgeable and was as fascinated as we were as to see the wildlife. Perfect end to our holiday. Highly recommend, very reasonably priced too 10/10
Written 12 July 2024
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Thanks for your review! There really is so much to see out at the island (although of course we all love the puffins!) so we are always happy to hear that passengers are as excited as us about the wildlife! Thanks for such lovely feedback, we are really pleased you had such a great time!
Written 13 July 2024
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Jen B
1 contribution
Jun 2024 • Family
Superb boat trip to Puffin Island. Extremely friendly, helpful and knowledgeable staff. We had a 91 year old in a wheelchair, but the girl in the sales kiosk took the time to explain the boarding process so we knew he could take the trip and the crew fully assisted him on and off the boat. Great commentary on board, the crew kept manoeuvring 360 degrees to make sure everyone had the same views of the birds and seals, even the jellyfish. Thoroughly enjoyed it, well worth the money.
Written 23 June 2024
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Thanks for your review! We're so pleased you all had such a great time and thank you for lovely the staff feedback, the team always really appreciate it. The skippers will always do their best to make sure everyone sees the same on both sides, twin engines help! And the crew love delivering the commentary so we're happy you all enjoyed it. We hope to see you on board again soon.
Written 27 June 2024
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Amanda W
11 contributions
Apr 2023 • Family
Very well planned and organized, very dog friendly. We booked the 3.30 Puffin Island tour, was great to view the wonderful landscape on the boat ride to the Island. Once there we were shown seals, puffins and various other birds, while being giving talk on the background of the Island and the birds. Both sides of the boat were given a chance to view and nothing was rushed. One of the best trips we have done.
Written 5 April 2023
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Thanks for your review. Our skippers and crew are really passionate about the local area and wildlife and always make sure that everyone on the boat gets a good view so we're pleased this shows on the trip!
Happy to hear that you got to see all the fantastic wildlife. We really appreciate the great feedback.
Written 5 April 2023
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beemo999
12 contributions
Jun 2023 • Couples
We’ve done the Puffin island cruise many times with Seacoast Safaris and enjoyed it every time. On this trip we did the extended Best of Menai cruise and weren’t disappointed. Even though it was wet and cold we thoroughly enjoyed it. The skipper was lovely, very knowledgable and very funny so you soon forgot about the weather. Learnt a lot about the history of the straits as well as the famous residents past and present then saw some fabulous wildlife in the second half round Puffin Island. Will definitely do this trip again, a great way to spend a couple of hours of your time
Written 2 July 2023
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Thanks for your review. We love hearing that people have been on our boats and trips before and choose to come back again so thank you for continuing to book with us! We're glad that the weather didn't put you off and the team made sure you still had a great time. We look forward to seeing you again next time.
Written 4 July 2023
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NetMcPhee
Fairford, UK21 contributions
Aug 2023 • Family
We booked our trip to Puffin Island online as advised to avoid disappointment. 2 Adult and 2 Children, which in total was just shy of 75 pounds.
We were travelling from Barmouth, which is 1hr 24mins drive, and experienced car trouble.
I phoned and spoke to a lady to let them know we were going to be 6 minutes late. Signal was poor, and I kept losing connection, but she got the msg.
On arrival at Beaumaris, we ran to the trip stall, but we had missed the trip by 7 minutes.
My granddaughter, who is 8, was so upset, I asked the Lady if they could transfer the cost of the trip to the next day, to which she bluntly responded "no" and nothing more.
She was rude and blunt even though we had spoken on the phone.
I had to just respond OK and walk away due to how she spoke to me in front of my grandchildren.
My daughter in law went back to speak to her later to ask if there was anything she could do but was told if we had phoned then maybe, she explained we did ring several times however she still would not assist us.
The lady also said that someone could have booked the seats. Therefore, the Company would lose money if she transferred the cost to the next day as others could have booked the seats. We waited for the boat to return just to check it was full. This was untrue as on returning the Boat was not at all full.
Unnecessary behaviour and actions! In the current living situation £75 is alot of money that I had saved to be able to take my grandchildren on a special trip.
We were travelling from Barmouth, which is 1hr 24mins drive, and experienced car trouble.
I phoned and spoke to a lady to let them know we were going to be 6 minutes late. Signal was poor, and I kept losing connection, but she got the msg.
On arrival at Beaumaris, we ran to the trip stall, but we had missed the trip by 7 minutes.
My granddaughter, who is 8, was so upset, I asked the Lady if they could transfer the cost of the trip to the next day, to which she bluntly responded "no" and nothing more.
She was rude and blunt even though we had spoken on the phone.
I had to just respond OK and walk away due to how she spoke to me in front of my grandchildren.
My daughter in law went back to speak to her later to ask if there was anything she could do but was told if we had phoned then maybe, she explained we did ring several times however she still would not assist us.
The lady also said that someone could have booked the seats. Therefore, the Company would lose money if she transferred the cost to the next day as others could have booked the seats. We waited for the boat to return just to check it was full. This was untrue as on returning the Boat was not at all full.
Unnecessary behaviour and actions! In the current living situation £75 is alot of money that I had saved to be able to take my grandchildren on a special trip.
Written 25 August 2023
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In response to this review we would like to make clear our check in process and our terms and conditions.
We ask all passengers to check in at the kiosk 30 minutes before your cruise time and not just arrive at the time of sailing; this is mentioned in various places on the website, also during the booking process and in the confirmation email that you receive as soon as you have placed your booking.
If you book in person at the kiosk the team will also inform you of the need to check in for your trip, you are then given the terms and conditions in paper format and will also receive the same email that you are you sent when you book online.
We have this process in place to ensure that everyone is able to arrive in good time and the boat is not delayed. We cannot delay trips for any reason as we have a schedule to keep to and often a short turn around between trips. It's also not fair to those passengers that have managed to arrive on time and may have planned their day around the scheduled trip.
We have a cancellation policy (which can be found online and in your confirmation email) and you are able to amend or cancel your booking up to 24 hours before you sail. Our team will always do their absolute best to help passengers that are not able to make their trip if we have enough notice, however we cannot be expected to compensate passengers for missing their trip when the boat will have gone out with empty seats.
We hope you find this information useful, please visit www.seacoastsafaris.co.uk/booking for further info and our FAQs.
Written 17 September 2023
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kay M
2 contributions
Aug 2024 • Solo
I went on a Puffin Island Deluxe Cruise and all the Staff were super friendly. Glad I pre booked online, as trips were fully booked on the day.
The wildlife guide Sarah, was very knowledgeable about the local area and wildlife and her enthusiasm inspired me to go and visit Penmon priory. Myself and my Pup really enjoyed the 65 minuet trip and it was brilliant value for money. Fully recommend their trips.
The wildlife guide Sarah, was very knowledgeable about the local area and wildlife and her enthusiasm inspired me to go and visit Penmon priory. Myself and my Pup really enjoyed the 65 minuet trip and it was brilliant value for money. Fully recommend their trips.
Written 21 August 2024
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Thanks for your review! It's so lovely to hear feedback for the crew, they really do love the trips so it's great to hear! We're glad you booked online got the trip that you and pup wanted, we really do fill up quickly so we always recommend booking in advance!
Written 29 August 2024
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Lauren H
1 contribution
Sept 2020 • Family
Had a fantastic time on the trip really recommend this if you are visiting Anglesey this made our short break, had 2 young children with us and a baby and they really enjoyed it! Seen lots and seals and birds on puffin island and where lucky enough to see porpoise on they way back swimming very close to the boat. The guys who did the trip where great lots of commentary and turned the boat on numerous occasions so everyone got a good view! We will definitely be booking the trip again if we return. Very well priced too we payed £54 for 5 of us which I thought was great.
Written 29 September 2020
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Thank you for taking the time to review us.
We're glad you enjoyed your trip and hope to see you again soon.
The Seacoast Team
Written 30 October 2020
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Bella B
3 contributions
Jul 2023 • Friends
Terribly awful experience. To start with, the woman turned jobsworth in the ticket box was rude when we went to collect our tickets, she looked at her watch and frowned and said we were late and will be lucky to make it, we got there 5 minutes before the 'boat' was to set off! The sky was dark and it started to spit with rain, we then had to wait for 15 minutes for the boat to arrive to take us out (so much for telling us we were late). We were very silly to have got on that boat, especially with two young kids, as it was raining but we thought we had paid so much money and if the operators thought it wouldn't be wise to go out, they would have said, surely! So off we went onto choppy waters, black sky, throwing it down with rain getting worse by the minute . All of us drenched from beginning to end, it was one of the worst hour's of my life to be honest and my poor friend and her son I'm sure, my friend started to have a panic when the boat started jerking and ground to a halt when the skipper decided to point out some kind of wildlife, simply because that's all that could be seen as visibility was bad, one puffin was pointed out to us, somewhere, so not all bad. The guy who took the boat out was a cheery chap, trying to crack a lot of jokes over the microphone and explain this, that and the other, but nobody was interested as we were all spending too much time trying to catch our breath with the rain pelting our faces and cold as completely wet through with the non-stop rain. Never again, no matter what the weather but I think it's disgusting that the trip wasn't cancelled and money refunded as the weather was clearly bad and they must have known set to get worse but I guess the money was more important and all that mattered to the operator.
Written 12 January 2024
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Thank you for your review. We're sorry that you didn't enjoy your experience. Unfortunately North Wales weather changes regularly and we wouldn't cancel trips every time it rained. Many passengers have traveled long distances and planned their holidays around scheduled activities such as ours and it wouldn't be fair to cancel simply because of rain. This is all stated in our 'frequently asked questions' under 'Will I Get Wet?' and ''What About Bad Weather?'. We never sail if it isn't safe to do so, again all this information can be found on our 'frequently asked questions', our Ts&Cs and your booking confirmation. You are also able to cancel or amend your booking up to 24 hours in advance so if you aren't happy with how the weather is looking on your chosen day of sailing you can pick another day or get a refund. We hope this is helpful.
Written 21 February 2024
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lizi1990
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Hello,
Is there parking nearby?
Thanks
Lizzie
Written 19 February 2022
We were hoping to go on the Menai Straits trip tomorrow, 7th May, but having checked online, it doesn't seem to be operating any time in the near future. Is this correct please?
Written 6 May 2019
Hello,
Menai Strait Trips are up on the website, however do not run as often as the Puffin Island Cruises. We are open 7 days a week. March - October. Including Bank Holidays.
Written 18 May 2019
Morning, are you offering boat trips to puffin island on the 10th or 11th February? I’ve tried looking on the website but it doesn’t list anything for this early in the year. Thanks in advance
Written 1 February 2018
Hello, Neptune Explorer is our brand new passenger vessel. This is currently a CAT 2 MCA Coded Vessel. This means she can operate all year round, unlike the other boats that run in the summer months. However we usually only run RIB Tours this time of year.
Written 21 September 2018
Where can I find times and prices for puffin island boat trips for tomorrow please?
Written 30 July 2015
Hi, if you look on our website you can find all upcoming trips on the online booking page, alternatively give us a call on: 07854 028 393
Written 1 August 2015
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