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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If preferred, you can contact the operator directly
Reviews
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Email Emilio Renes | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Unforgettable experience
We have just made a 7-day Safari with Lion King adventures . The experience has been very satisfactory in all aspects. Regarding the organization, the Lion King Staff was able to organize a tailor-made trip just 3 days in advance(!).Our driver & guide, David , spokes Spanish fluently.This is a bonus value, as many Spanish people visit Tanzania.
It was a 7-day Safari visiting Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Manyara. The type of Safari included hotel accommodation, camping site with cabins and camping with tents in the camping areas of the Serengeti and Ngorongoro parks. The agency provided the camping equipment. The vehicle, a Toyota Land Cruiser had a lifting roof to facilitate the observation of animals, plugs with AC supply and USB port for charging batteries and electronic accessories and refrigerator, as well as enough the for luggage.
In addition to the driver-guide David, we were accompanied by a chef, Yusuphu, who prepared breakfast, dinner and picnic meals daily.
David is a great professional, with the qualities of a safari guide: knowledge of the terrain, animal behaviour and enough patience. We were fortunate to watch many wild animals, including leopards, cheetahs and lions that inhabit the trees of the Manyara park. There really are no words to describe the beauty of landscapes; The 4 parks we visited were very different although they had wildlife in common.
It is admirable how Yusuphu was able to prepare fantastic meals with very limited items and without repeating the menu. Few things are better than a splendid dinner after a day of safari.
It is necessary to highlight the organization of the national parks of Tanzania, with an excellent care of the surroundings, many rest areas where the state and the cleanliness of the facilities is excellent, including the bathrooms so for public use.
The attention and treatment received from David and Yusuphu have been top.
Taking a trip like this is an unforgettable experience, which has been possible thanks to Lion King adventures.
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Email Cristina C. | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome, A-rated Tour Company!!!
I want to thank Lion King Adventures for providing a very efficient and reliable assistance to make our first-time ever African tour really worthwhile and hassle-free. We love all the accommodations and all the staff in these accommodations have very good customer service and comfortable lodging/food. I want to thank our Safari Guide, Goodluck for the wonderful experience!!! The staff of Lion King have been supportive and very responsive since day one. Their vehicle/jeep is one of the best. They helped set-up an itinerary that suit our needs and budget.
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Email Stephen | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent tour and perfect organization
We had an incredible 6-day tour with Lion King Adventures. From the very beginning of the first contact the service was great. We changed our trip plans several times and we always received an updated offer or answer to our question within one or two days (sometimes even only hours).
The trip itself was also incredibly well organized, which I really didn't expect. Our driver and guide Gilbert was greeting us at the aiport and from the very beginning we felt super comfortable with him. On the way to the first hotel he already explained a lot about the country and the people. All accommodations were excellent and clean. The food in the hotel and the huge lunch packages were always delicious and we didn't miss anything (we had as much water as we wanted during the trips and even had beer and softdrinks in the car!)
I have to say that Gilbert made the whole trip very special. He knew all the good spots in the parks, was able to answer all our questions and even more and allways did his utmost to make the trip as great as possible for us. During our second night in Serengeti he even arranged a surprise birthday cake for me :)
Thank you very much for this great experience Gilbert!!!
Memorable Life Experience
We selected Lion King Adventures for our 8 day Safari because of all the previous good reviews, and their prompt response time with quotes and various communications. We were assured from the start we were dealing with a professional tour company. From the moment we were picked up at 9:00 PM at the airport we knew we were in good hands. Our accommodations were pleasant, comfortable, clean and surprisingly like an oasis where we could be refreshed. Our guide Mwita was outstanding. He made our Safari one we will never forget. Mwita gladly embraced the challenge to make our safari a memorable one. He shared his vast knowledge of the all the wildlife as well as the land we were visiting. He came back to camp one early evening before sunset to pick us up to be treated to seeing a group of cheetah being robbed by a hyena right before our eyes. Mwita made sure we saw a river crossing migration, saw the big five and so much more. We laughed, shared life for 8 days with Mwita and looked forward to ending the day by sharing supper with him and planning our course for the next day. Our expectations for this Safari were exceeded because of the standard Lion King Adventure maintains for itself and the service they provide in every aspect of making a successful safari.
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Email Dom B. | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Mufasa was Incredible!!
We booked our tour in September 2019 and it was perfect. Lion King found us amazing accommodations and set a great itinerary of things to see. With pickup and dropoff from the airport, we didn't have any worries. We saw so many cool sites and animals. Our guide, Saleh, who we had for 8 days, was really smart and fun. He showed us all the animals, birds and landmarks along the way. He taught us some Swahili and we had great conversations with him. He answered every question we asked and was a great guide for the week. I highly recommend Lion King tours and Saleh!!
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Email Daniel | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Lion King Adventures, truely an exciting adventure. Very professioanl, well organized and flexable.
This was an outstanding experience from beginning to end. Our tour guide was outstanding, knowledgeable and flexible. He adjusted our daily outings to meet our needs and put best chance on our side. The choice of lodging during our Safari was very comfortable and unique providing for a memorable experience. Our once in a lifetime trip was great value for our dollar and more than I expected.
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Email ML Kehler | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Outstanding 9-day Safari with Excellent Guide and Cook
My daughter and I just completed a fantastic 9-day safari to Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Lake Manyara and Tarangire National Parks. We chose Lion King because, among the 5 tour operators we contacted, Lion King was the one which was most responsive to our interests and budget and consistently responded to us more quickly and fully than the other companies.
However, what made our safari so spectacular were the individuals who accompanied us: our driver & guide, Mwita, and our chef, Alute.
Mwita, the son of a Serengeti park ranger, was born and raised in Serengeti and has been guiding safaris for ten years. As a result, he has an uncanny ability to spot animals and anticipate opportunities to see them in action. When all the vehicles in the park seemed to be going in one direction, Mwita often took us in another. As a result, we often saw nature in action-- many times all by ourselves.
For example, thanks to Mwita, we watched a leopard descend from a tree, stalk and kill a gazelle and drag it back up into the tree for a leisurely meal; three lionesses hunt together to corner and kill a warthog; two lions mating, while a third stood guard; a crocodile grab a wildebeest from a riverbank and drag it into the water for a community feast by some 25 or more waiting crocodiles; a cheetah dining on fresh gazelle, as vultures waited their turn and then were frightened away by two hyenas, which bolted into their midst and then ran off with the carcass. Mwita also saw to it that we were in the right place at the right time to see black rhinos in Ngorongoro Crater on a day when very few other visitors did. He also adjusted our program on the fly to make sure we saw the animals and habitats we most wanted to see. His instincts, judgement and suggestions were spot on!
Our chef, Alute, who cooked for us for five nights (four nights we camped out in Serengeti and an additional night at a tented lodge near Lake Manyara), also did a magnificent job. Our breakfasts and dinners were tasty, wholesome and varied, and they appealed to me (a vegetarian) and my daughter (an omnivore). The lunch boxes that Alute packed for us were much better than those we received at various tented lodges where we stayed. Given that there are no fresh provisions in Serengeti, and I still marvel at how Alute managed to give us such great breakfasts, dinners and lunch boxes five days in a row. He even turned out a delicious quiche and perfect loaves of bread baked in a metal box nestled among the embers of a charcoal fire. Impressive!
All in all, thanks to Lion King's organization and gear (sturdy tent, comfortable jeep, lots of bottled water, and the extra pair of binoculars we requested, etc. ) and Mwita and Alute's outstanding skills and enjoyable company, our safari far exceeded our expectations. If you are going on Safari to Serengeti and neighboring parks, I highly recommend choosing Lion King and requesting Mwita as your driver/guide and Alute as your chef. Safari njema! (Have a great safari!)
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Email Jackie & JJ | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Absolutely Amazing !!! Well beyond all expectations
The service was excellent. The safari was beyond our expectations. We loved it.
All email exchanges were with Pendo, she was very professional and made suggestions that we appreciated given it was our first safari.
We had been volunteering at a school/orphanage for 2 weeks and decided to end our Tanzania visit with a safari. We crammed 4 national parks in 4 days. David, our guide, spoke very good English and Spanish. As we are bilingual we found this a bonus as we could communicate on both languages. He was an excellent guide and we managed to see all Big 5. He was very knowledgeable in naming all the animals we saw, even the birds.
We decided to book a private tour which we highly recommend as we had lots of luggage and the jeep was all to ourselves and we could stop for longer time in one spot. The car was very comfortable with charging points for our cameras and devices. There was no WiFi onboard but that was soon remedied when the driver took us to a kiosk prior to our safari to purchase a SIM card for my phone which turned out really cheap.
The lodges where we stayed were beautiful with very friendly staff and they prepared really good packed lunches for us.
Overall a great experience and would highly recommend Lion King Adventures to anyone.
Email Justin and Carmen | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic Safari Honeymoon Adventure
We had a fabulous honeymoon safari with Lion King Adventures. From the personal visit from the company owner on the first day to the hospitality of our excellent guide Goodluck (who lived up to his name), our trip couldn't have been better. The hotels chosen for us were amazing, going to sleep in a luxury tent to the sound of lions roaring and being woken up to elephants really gave you the feel of being in nature. Goodluck made the trip, he made sure we saw everything we wanted, even driving an hour to see a leopard up close because we hadn't seen one yet, and yes we saw the big five, even the Rhino. We would recommend Lion King to everyone.
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Email Ken & Regina | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Lion King provided an excellent trip!
Our safari with Lion King in northern Tanzania was excellent!
We loved the people and the incredible Serengeti and Tanzanian scenery, and most of all, the animals. Lions! and elephants! and giraffes! and hippos! and water buffalo! The ever present tail-wagging gazelles, zebras, baboons, monkeys, crocodiles. Amazing birds. The wildebeest migration. Holy cow!
Our Lion King guide, Salehe Kimosa, was both professional and very entertaining, and personable. He knew where to find all the animals, and brought us as close as could be without disturbing them. He also was a wealth of regional information, and his english was excellent.
Our chef, Karim, prepared great meals, both Tanzanian and western, every day.
Also, maybe less noticeable, but very, very important, the logistics provided by the Lion King staff were impeccable. Arranging for airport pickup, all transfers prepaid, all park fees taken care of. The hotels were quite good.
This was a great trip, and we can't praise Lion King enough.