Lion King Safari Guides
Lion King Adventures
- Offices In:
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Canada
United States
Switzerland
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 2010)
- Member Of:
- TATO & TTB
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $200 to $1,115 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
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Reviews
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Email Sara | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Professionally adventure
A very well organised safari: our guide Shafino was really experienced and gave us a really exciting, but also safe, experience, enriching with a lot of information about animals behavior, name of birds, plants and trees, geology of the parks.
The lodges/tented camps were some fantastic, some very good; just one too basic, but all with a very good quality of the food.
Animals sightings are guaranteed.
US
Email Judy Rogers | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Our travels with Lion King Adventures exceeded all of our expectations.
From start to finish Lion King Adventures did a great job creating a trip just right for us. Caroline was very helpful with customizing our trip options to make the most of our time. We spent our first day with Tumaini and both he and our day were a delight. For the safari portion of our trip our guide was Immanuel and for future travelers to Tanzania I hope your safari guide will be as welcoming, knowledgeable and skilled. Each day Immanuel made sure to guide us to the most amazing wildlife experiences, once at a sighting he maneuvered our vehicle into the best positions. You need a good driver traveling the safari routes and Immanuel was exceptional. We feel so fortunate to have had this time in Tanzania and to have chosen the perfect outfit to entrust our arrangements to. We can't thank you all enough and we hope to travel with you again in the future.
IT
Email Sara | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Superb
Complete and very beautiful tour: you have to be prepared to spend many hours in the car, but sightings are guaranteed, the landscapes are spectacular and every need is promptly satisfied (stops, drinks on board and lots of information from the guide).
Safety was guaranteed by Shafino's many years of experience who accompanied us, with a wealth of information on our surroundings (animals, flowers, birds, rocks).
It was an exciting and enriching experience.
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CA
Email Ken & Shirley | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Superb service, responsive, informative, excellent pre trip planning. Very clear communication.
Our guide, Emmanuel, was a superb guide! He was friendly, informative and enthusiastic about animals, birds and plant life. He made sure we saw lots of animals and was very patient at animal sightings which enriched our experience. It was thrilling to have lunch watching cheetahs , a large pride of lions and white rhinos. Emmanuel had exceptional driving skills in rough, often muddy terrain. He provided an experience that exceeded our expectations. We will recommend Lion King and Emmanuel to friends and family who are interested in a safari.
Email Kerry Hills | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience! Wow!
From booking our safari right through to the end of our trip the communications and service were excellent! We were looked after really well from arriving in Arusha to the drive back to the airport for our return flight to Zanzibar and felt safe in their reliable hands. Fredy, our guide was amazing, he was so passionate and enthusiastic to show us as much as he could. His head was forever swivelling from side to side on the look out, pointing out animals we would have missed. We always knew there was something to see when Fredy stopped the vehicle and sat for a few minutes just looking, nine times out of ten he would point something out to us that we would have missed completely. His knowledge of the animals was second to none. We saw the big 5 plus the great migration, giraffes, hyenas, hippos, empalas, gazelles, cheetas and lots more. At all times we felt completely safe in his driving and the vehicle whereason on several occasions other guides were stuck in mud but only our driver out of several other guides had the correct equipment to pull them out. I was surprised to find several washrooms in the parks that were exceptionally clean, something that had been worrying me. Our guide Fredy was very patient with me and my many "washroom breaks". It was only when we went deep into the Serengeti that the "bush toilet" came into use. The lodges we stayed at were beautiful but in particular we loved Kitela Lodge. The accommodation and staff were exceptional, (especially Veronica, the chef) and I would recommend this to anyone who wants comfort, good food and service. Overall, value for money this was worth every penny we paid and I would not hesitate to recommend this "5 day luxury best of Tanzania Safari", believe me you won't regret it!
US
Email Charlie | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Shafino was an amazing guide with a lot of knowledge of the wildlife and the terrain.
The trip was an amazing experience. Our guide Shafino, made the game drives a lot of fun and memorable. He knew exactly where to go to find all the animals we wanted to see. His knowledge of the environment, local culture, and wildlife made this experience really satisfying. I learned a lot during the game drives and had tons of fun.
US
Email Ashley | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A seasoned and extremely knowledgeable guide that is a priceless asset to any company.
Words cannot begin to describe this experience. From the time you inquire about packages, to the time you get dropped off to leave, the experience is incredible. The customer service from everyone involved throughout the process is outstanding!
The safari is life changing. We got to see Rhinos (yes, multiple), Cheetas feeding on a fresh kill, have elephants walk inches away from our jeep and even see a lioness successfully hunt a warthog. But none of that would have been possible without our driver and tour guide Shafino. He was the real highlight of our trip. From the second he greeted us at our first hotel we knew we were in the BEST hands.
Shafino was beyond knowledgeable about the culture, the animals, the people and anything else we asked about. He knew exactly where to drive to see the animals we wanted to see. He is also the most talented driver around, and I can say this because while other drivers were getting stuck in the mud and peoples safaris were put on hold while they had to be towed out, Shafino was experienced enough to know exactly where and how to drive so we would not get stuck. If you are booking with Lion King Shafino is a MUST!!
NZ
Email Jordan | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Big 5 seen thanks to Safino and karem
Amazing 5 nights exploring the northern circuit. Thanks to our amazing driver and guide Safino we managed to see the big five plus see 3 cheetah. Our chef Karem cooked amazing meals for breakfast lunch and dinner.
First time to Africa and felt safe the whole time. Will definitely recommend to everyone!
CA
Email Patrick | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Highly organized, responsive company with good vehicles and excellent guides.
Our trip with Lion King was well organized from the start with the Nickson providing multiple trip options and pricing. We had booked a balloon safari and when it was apparent that the migration had taken animals south from Central Serengeti to Ndutu, Nickson was able to accommodate a shift south for our trip which was tremendous over the large herds of animals. Our guide Gilbert was extremely knowledgeable and had a tremendous ability to see animals. As well, he had an intuition where he often parked the vehicle away from others and allowed the animals to come to us. We had a number of close encounters where we were ultimately in the front row as a result of this strategy. Gilbert was completely responsive to how we wanted our day to go (start very early or finish very late) and was totally focused on making sure we had a great trip.
Email Sarah & Tony | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect safari with a brilliant guide!
We are on our honeymoon and chose the 7-day safari tour with Lion King. With so many companies to choose from, it was a difficult choice, but having read the outstanding reviews for Lion King, we decided to go with them. We could not be happier with the choice we made - if anything, they even surpassed the glowing reviews!
It was the trip of a lifetime - the company were brilliant from the very start, the booking process was easy, the accommodation was outstanding, but above all else, we were lucky enough to have the most brilliant guide: RICHARD!
He was truly the reason our trip was so special. His genuine enthusiasm when he saw an animal matched our own, and his care and knowledge of the animals we saw was excellent. Not to mention his expert driving through the Serengeti on the road to see the cheetahs and lions! He was a special person to meet and we counted ourselves so fortunate to have him as our guide.
The food and drinks (including a personalised wine bottle!) were brilliant all week. We felt lucky when we had our lunch with a full table laid out for us with tasty hot food, compared with the packed lunches we saw from the other companies. The lodges and camp were also excellent - we even saw an elephant walk through camp in the Serengeti!
We could not recommend Lion King, and Richard in particular, enough. We have already encouraged family and friends to book with them, and would not hesitate to book with Lion King again if we ever came back.
