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
Your request will be sent directly to the operator
If preferred, you can contact the operator directly
Reviews
Email Annette & family | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent safari from top to toe
From the first point of contact via their website, to dropping us back off at the airport, the experience with Lion King was exceptional. They planned everything for us. The office team accommodated all of our requests, we were picked up from Kilimanjaro airport and transferred to our first hotel. Our guide, ‘Goodluck’, met us the next morning and we started our safari. Over the 8 days, we visited 4 national parks, saw all of the ‘big 5’ plus much more, at very close quarters. Our guide was experienced, supportive and knowledgeable. The whole safari experience was outstanding. We would highly recommend .
CH
Email Rinske & Fabiano | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Asante sana Mwita! Thanks for this unforgettable experience & showing us "the nature how it is!"
We just finished our safari, which was perfectly organised by Lion King Adventures. The whole programme was set up following our preferences by Maria (thanks a lot for your patience!), who responded quickly, was honest about possibilities and flexible with adaptations. On every day of our trip, we could feel how well everything was prepared, making us feel relaxed and having full head space for the beautiful nature and animals.
We are more than satisfied with the lodges and tents, all booked by Lion King. We were always received there by the staff with a smile, ten helping hands and the willingness to make our stay as comfortable as possible. It is because of this we felt so at home during our stays.
We had the pleasure of making this most wonderful safari trip with our guide Mwita. The man who recognised us at the airport earlier than we could trace our names on the welcome board, which - as later discovered - appeared quite symbolic for him and the course of our trip together: this guy sees everything before you could even suspect ‘that vague brown shape’ turning out to be an animal.
During our trip we have been feeling safe, comfortable and home all along the way with Mwita and on the road in our car Rafiki, of which he took care like a real home; cleaning and preparing it for the next game drive every evening. Programmes of the day were always clearly explained with a lot of room for questions. Mwita did his absolute best to take into account our wishes, combined with his knowledge and experience resulting in well fitting plans.
In regard to the safari, Mwita let us experience that a game drive is much more than driving around and taking pictures of beautiful animals. Being born and raised in Serengeti himself, he showed us ‘the nature how it is’. For us, this was one of the most impressive experiences we had during travelling, being confronted with the power as well as the vulnerability of the wild animals in our world, feeling thankful for what nature decided to show us.
Mwita showed not only treating the national parks, the animals, the car, us and other tourists with respect but also the other guides, in which we believe he was a role model to other guides.
Apart from being a true scanning and spotting master, well-explainer, walking encyclopaedia, perfect driver and car mechanic (really!), most of all Mwita is a very friendly warm-hearted man with love and passion for what he does, the nature and the animals. We cannot thank him enough for this unforgettable one of a kind experience, and hope to make another trip with Lion King and Mwita one day.
Serengeti shall never die.
HU
Email Akos | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fredy is a very kind, well prepared and enthusiastic guide, who makes you lough every time.
It's been two months since we got home from our honeymoon, but we're still at a loss for words. We had an experience of a lifetime from the Lion King Adventures and Fredy, our guide, which we’ll never forget. We spent 6 wonderful days in the wilderness, searching for animals. Fredy was the best guide, we couldn't have asked for a better one! He was extremely kind, enthusiastic, very funny and very knowledgeable. We happily learned from him about animals, plants and all of Tanzania. Fredy was also very considerate when he found out that this was our honeymoon, he surprised us with a romantic dinner at one of the tents. During the day, he did his best to gather as many experiences as possible. Thanks to him, we were able to observe a lot of animals and get so close to them that we never dreamed of. It was worth every single penny. Thank you very much for this fantastic trip! We can't wait to drive on those bumpy roads again!
DK
Email Frederik & Pernille | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent from start to finish, we got everything we could hope for, and more
Perfect communication, service, value, reliability and all in all an amazing tour.
CA
Email Patricia & Nigel | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent experience with booking to safari guide.
It was a great experience all around. Good value for money. We had been looking to do this itinerary for a few years and nothing close to the price for our customized private itinerary. There was a couple of errors not in our favour in the quote but Lion King gave us some upgrades at their cost to correct those.
US
Email Rachel | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
If you are looking for the most incredible, LIFE CHANGING experience, this is it!!
THIS IS THE ONE!!!! Lion King Adventures is THE company to bring you on the trip of a lifetime. I don't even know where to begin.
Everything and I mean EVERYTHING was absolutely phenomenal. We did a 7 day trip, 5 days of actually touring tarangerie NP, lake Manyara, serengeti (×2 days) and Ngorogoro.
From the start the communication was incredible, the staff was easy to work with in booking our trip, and were willing to do exactly what we were interested in/accommodate our needs. We felt safe being picked up from the airport, being guided around town, and through all the parks. Every single lodge was immaculate from food to the room to the views to the amenities and even though we moved around almost every day from park to park, the process was always seamless and so easy for us. If you are looking for an experience to change your life, this is it. I cannot recommend enough this company and this adventure.
Finally, you MUST MUST MUST ask for Richard as your guide. have traveled a lot but have never had someone so accommodating, friendly, and wonderful show us around.
Richard was SO knowledgeable about the animals and their behavior helping us see lions, cheetahs, rhinos, hippos, elephants, and SO much more. He understands animal behavior and was always so excited to get to show and teach us about them!! He was such a pleasure to be around for 6 days and was always able to anticipate what we needed or how long we wanted to view an animal. He even made sure the hotel staff sang happy birthday to my mom and brought her a cake. I would tell anyone and everyone to ask for him because he ensured we had the BEST trip.
DE
Email Dominik | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing journey
It was great from the start (conversation via email, quick replies, various options etc). Driver/guide did a fantastic job during the journey. Saw a lot of emails as he spotted them. Nice conversations, knew when not to speak etc
US
Email Vickie & Wayne | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good Luck was incredibly knowledgable, very personable, and we recommend him 100%!
We were impressed with Lion Kings communication with us before the trip and the service they provided. We saw the Big 5 and our guide made sure we saw everything we wanted to see. We saw more monkeys, giraffes, lions, tigers, cheetahs and elephants than we ever imagined we would see. Got great photos! The accomodations were wonderful. We would definately choose Lion King again!
Email Paul & Sue | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Really well organised trip, absolutely wonderful safari & accomodation.
Our trip was tailored to our needs, and we were able to add an extra day. We were unfortunate that our luggage did not arrive into the country, but on the first day, the Lion King driver picked us up & took us to the shops to buy the essentials. The Lion King drivers then collected our luggage when it arrived, and delivered it to the Serengeti airfield where we were able to collect it, en route to our accommodation, three days later. Although it wasn't very nice not having our luggage, Lion KIng took the stress out of it for us.
The actual safari was wonderful. Our driver Mashula was great, so knowledgable and knew all the right places to find the big five, and many more. It was great spending time with him and learning all about the animals & their surroundings, he is very friendly & we felt comfortable with him from the beginning.
The lodges we stayed in through Lion King were fanatstic. Very luxurious, with pools and really great fresh food in the restaurants.
We would throughly recommend booking your safari experience with Lion King.
Email Stephen & Carmelle | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The guide was AMAZING!!!
A safari in Tanzania is already a trip of a lifetime so i was excited to make it happen. A friend recommended Lion King adventures and they completely exceeded any expectations that i had. Our guide, Saleh, absolutely made our trip and i cannot thank him enough (i'm not much of a tipper but i left him a heavy one!). He was the most personable, kind and accommodating guide with eyes like a bald eagle, spotting things that we could barely see with binoculars! With some very long and bumpy drives, i could only imagine what it would be like if Saleh wasn't the way he was. He taught me some Swahili, i got to know more about him and his family alongside Tanzanian culture, and he was super knowledgable with everything we asked about the animals. We stayed in 3 lodges during our visit...
Tarangire Ndovu Tented Lodge (1 night) - So scenic and tranquil with great food and service
Nyota Luxury camp (2 nights) - This exceeded expectations with the beauty, friendly staff and the food was great... we had a private dinner while lightning was striking across the sky of the serengeti and wildebeest and buffalo were not more than 30m away (Maasai security were sharp!)
Ngorogoro Oledani Mountain Lodge - beautiful luxury rooms on a huge compound with exemplary service.
I proposed to my girlfriend on this trip and with the help of Saleh and Lion King adventures, it was an experience that we will never forget! Thank you so much for an amazing Safari!
if you book with Lion King, make sure you request Saleh as a tour guide if possible!
