Christophe

Born in France in 1968, Christophe Beau developed a great passion for african game from a very young age. He joined the french military (marines) in 1988 and spent over a year in Sénégal. He has not left Africa since and has settled in South Africa since 1994. Christophe graduated as a professional hunter in various countries such as South Africa, Mozambique and Tanzania. He is also a full member of PHASA (Professional Hunter’s Association of South Africa) and an official measurer for the SCI (Safari Club International) as well as for Rowland Ward. During the last twelve years, Christophe has acquired great experience as a professional hunter, guiding in most of southern Africa’s countries such as South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Tanzania. This diversity has completed his knowledge acquired in West Africa, making him one of the great specialists in his field.

Christophe is also a qualified diver and has organised shark diving expeditions for professional photographers on a regular basis. He organized and conducted expeditions for European and American TV between 1995 and today, for Thalassa (France), Segment / la Cinquième (Europe), Ushuaia / Nicolas Hulot (France & Europe) as well as Deep Ocean Odyssey with Jean_Michel Cousteau and his son Fabien (USA). He has also contributed to the European hunting channel Seasons, to the french hunting press and recently to Extreme Outer Limits TV on the American Sportsman Channel with Bob and Chris Beck.

Karine

Karine has been part of the team Grand Safari for over 12 years.
She is mainly responsible for all the admin work and will help you to apply for your temporary import gun permit for all your safaris in South Africa. She will follow up on your booking and she will sometimes meet you at the airport on your arrival in East London.

Marion

After tourism studies, Marion is now involved in the hunting safari business.
She worked during 7 years in a travel agency specialized in hunting safaris, and particularly to African destinations. After several safaris in Western Africa and Southern Africa, she decided to leave France and make her dream come true: being a field guide on an African reserve.
She followed training courses on private reserves and on the National Kruger Park as well. She graduated in the school of “ecotraining” Field Guide and the FGASA, Field Guide Association of Southern Africa.
Marion has just joined the Grand Safari Team. She will be handling your bookings, meet some of you at the airport and sometimes guide you in the bush !