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
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Email Michael | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Luxury Safari plus Zanzibar
My wife and I just completed a safari and add on visit to Zanzibar arranged by Lion King Adventures. I have no hesitation in recommending Lion King for planning your trip and creating memories that will last a lifetime.
Our positive experience began with our initial contact. I had contacted three safari companies and Pendo,from Lion King,most impressed me with her response. She was always prompt in her response (taking into account the time difference) and thorough in her answers. She listened to what we wanted and tailored a safari and an add on trip to Zanzibar that met and exceeded our expectations. After the safari she met with us personally,which was a pleasure for us,to get our feedback to try and improve an already excellent product.
We elected to do the luxury tour. We stayed at Mount Meru Hotel Arusha,Lake Manyara Kilamamaja Lodge,Kubu Kubu Tented Camp Serrengeti,Lake Masek Tented Lodge,Sopa Lodge Ngorongoro Crater,Maru Maru Hotel Stone Town Zanzibar,Spice Island Hotel East Coast Zanzibar and Double Tree by Hilton on the north coast Zanzibar. All of the accommodations were excellent with a special shoutout to the Kilamamajo Lodge,which was gorgeous-one of the nicest places we have ever seen.
The safari itself was a wonderful experience. Our guide,Khalifa,was excellent. He is knowledgeable,a great game spotter,a careful driver (he never got stuck,other drivers did) and fun to spend time with.
Finally a few words on doing a safari at this time of year. Normally this is a mini dry season but this year and last have been wet(apparently global weather change is a real thing). Consequently,now is the low tourist season with the high season (dry season) being June,July and August. There are plus and minuses to both choices. In the wet season the landscape is green,lush and beautiful. There are less crowds so there are fewer safari vehicles on the road and finding accommodation is easy. In our case, 5 male lions decided our road was a good spot to sun and dry off so it made up close viewing possible. On the down side it can make wildlife spotting more challenging,as the animals are not concentrated around a few watering holes (there is water everywhere) plus the animals can be difficult to see in the thick vegetation. If it is raining heavily the animals tend to seek shelter and aren't very active. Finally,with heavy rains some of the roads become impassable and getting stuck is a possibility. Having said that,we never got stuck and the difficult terrain added to the adventure. We enjoyed great weather and saw more animals than we could have imagined (including the big 5).
All in all it was a "bucket list trip" made possible by Lion King Adventutes.
Email Julie & Christopher | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great Experience, flawless arangement.
All was excellent. Communication was more than we expected. Flexibile accommadation options, they make suggestiong but these can be changed to suit. Everything went with no problems, met and picked up as promised at every point of the trip. Accommodation all as described and very comfortable. Saw nigh on every animal on the Safaria and in good numbers- excellent game spotting. Couldnt want for anything more except Penguins!! (Private Joke with our Driver). Excellent vehicle with well stocked fridge, charging for electronic phones etc. Pop up roof. Little unexpected extras, including....... well we will leave you to find out. As with other Tanzania Business a 5% charge for credit or debit card, we paid deposit by credit card, which gives protection for the total costs and paid the balance by Bank Transfer.
We have no hesitation in recommending Lion King Adventures.
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Email Annica | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible Experience
The communication in advance was very fast and reliable. Pendo helped us with every of our questions. Our guide Salehe is a real driving hero and we saw a lot of animals and birds.
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Email Amir | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari in Tanzania
We booked a 6 day safari in Tanzania with Lion King Adventures. The booking process was competent and the Lion King office was very forthcoming in making sure we received a personalized package for what we wanted to see.
The safari was very adventurous, with our driver Salehe getting us through the national parks and each location safely. It's not uncommon to have car troubles, considering the types of terrain we were navigating, and we did get stuck in a few ditches, but that's all part and parcel of the driving tour.
In the end we got exactly what we expected, we saw everything from lions, elephants, cheetahs, crocodiles, hippos and countless other animals in their natural habitat. Each campsite ranged in their facilities, but all were absolutely fine and the staff were always very friendly and helpful.
We would recommend Lion King Adventures to anyone looking to experience the same.
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Email Joey | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Highly recommended and reliable team
This is my second time having safari tour in Africa and i actually had a bad experience with my last safari tour in Aug 2019 due to poor arrangements. I lost some confidence with booking safari tours in Africa but Lion King Adventures nailed it.
1. They are responsive to emails. Answering all your questions with detailed explanation. **Highly recommended especially if it's your first safari experience.
2. Our guide David was professional and informative. Although we spent only 5 days together but he gave us a reliable feeling with his honest and humble personalities. And a big plus point that David is a true environmentalist, he takes care of the recyclable/reusable waste like beer bottles and plastic bottles properly.
3. Before i book, i felt a little fishy about their 5/5 ratings on TripAdvisor and Safaribooking.com but after my trip, i can truly understand why they have perfect scores and reviews online. Plus we did not feel that they are being nice only for the sake of getting good reviews or tips. I did feel the passion and their positive attitudes at work.
Thank you Lion King.
Thank You Lion King Adventures and our special Guide, Gilbert
We started out the trip with our pick-up waiting for us at the airport. The staff and our Guide were easy to communicate with, always ahead of time, very professional, polite and became our life long friends. Our Guide, Gilbert was funny, very knowledgeable, professional and incredibly polite. He got us to all the animals and let us take our time filming and chatting/laughing, it was incredible!!! Our accommodations were exceptionally nice with the BEST foods, and Gilbert always had our lunches, lots of water and beer/wine if we wanted. There was never anything lacking in our Lion King Adventure, all you had to do was ask and Gilbert made sure we had it. It has been a month since the safari and I live the memories everyday. I will go back in again in February during the migration, millions of animals and so wonderful to watch them in their daily life. As far as my favorite thing, all of it was like a dream, all of it was my favorite. Thank You James, your staff and Gilbert for a dream come true.
Email Margaret | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Friendly responsive team. Wonderful safari
We chose Lion King because of the good reviews. We were a group of 3, a middle aged couple travelling with our young adult daughter.The team responded promptly to our emails and tailored the trip to our requests. Pendo in the office was particularly helpful. Our daughter was already in Tanzania, they picked her up from her internal flight and a member of staff Emmanuel stayed with her til we arrived later that day. We visited Tarangire and then went on to the Serengeti and Ngorogoro crater. Our safari driver Ozzy looked after us well. We enjoyed looking at the birds and grazing animals as well as the big 5. Ozzy was good at sharing information with drivers and finding the animals. We were lucky and saw around 10 Cheetahs and over 15 lions. It was wet for the time of year, meaning the vehicles were concentrated on the more major tracks so it was busy at times. We did get big cats to ourselves a couple of times. The wet conditions meant that we needed Ozzy's driving skills . We helped others and got stuck in the mud ourselves a couple of times.. the other drivers pulled us out. This was part of the fun but I would only attempt self drive in the dry season The Ngorogoro crater is stunning like the garden of Eden. You can't walk i n the crater itself but we did a hike round the crater with an armed ranger which I would recommend. We stayed in mid range lodges which were welcoming and comfortable.
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Email Isabelle Guevremont-Marcotte | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An unforgettable safari
We loved our safari organized by Lion King Adventures. Alifa our guide was great! We miss him so much we laughed with him. He has a great knowledge of everything that is alive in the Savannah, impressive! The accommodation and food was very good. In short, I highly recommend !! Thank you :)
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Email Peck | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Prompt , professional , personable and excellent safari experience with LIOn KIng Adventure !
Impressed with Lion King prompt response to our enquires through WhatsApp calls and email . Theor recommendations of lodgings based on our Budget and needs were good and spacious . Our gude and driver Oswald is professional , knowledgeable and extremely helpful . He is also a very skilful driver , negotiating our Jeep through foods and mud , never once did we get stuck but was even able to help other jeeps which were stuck in the mud . Always smartly dressed in clean uniform , he also has “bionic eyes “ , helping us spot many animals from afar and making sure that we have a good view of them . Our lunch spread of beverages were always the envy of other safari tour group ! Thoroughly enjoyed our safari trip in Tanzania and very impressed with the cleanliness of public toilets and picnic areas . Our Jeep was washed almost daily whenever it is possible to give.us a clean and comfortable ride . Highly recommend LIon King Advebtures to anyone wanting an unfortgetabke experience in Tanzania!
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Email Matthew Tan | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Highly recommended Tour Operator & Tour Guide (Oswald Shayo))
The communication response from Lion King was always prompt and everything that was discussed (prior to our booking) was followed through meticulously.
I would also like to give special commendation to Oswaldo Shayo - our professional guide and driver
from Lion King Adventure.
Oswald is highly professional, knowledgeable and is always anticipating our needs throughout our safari holidays. He is prompt and punctual and more importantly, flexible with the entire itinerary and meeting to our needs and expectation of what a real safari experience would entails.
He speaks good English and kept us constantly informed of the itinerary and suggested important changes to our itinerary as dictated by the weather; and a really sharp eyes for spotting animals in the far distance.
A father of a 5 years old boy, Oswald has a heart of gold as we saw how he willingly stepped out onto the mud to rescue not 1 but 3 jeeps that was stuck in the mud.
He is always smartly dressed in uniform and diligently prepares our daily spread of lunch (much to the envy of other tour group). A safe and skillful driver - negotiating our jeep through floods and mud and never getting stuck throughout the entire trip; and our jeep is always spankingly clean the next morning.
My wife and I would highly recommend you to use Oswald and Lion King Adventure for your next Safari travel.
