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 Chris Schabowsky | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful Honeymoon Experience - Thank You Lion King!
The entire experience with Lion King Adventures from beginning to end was both seamless and an unforgettable experience. Anna and James helped plan out the safari and were amazingly responsiveness. Anna even helped secure a next-day hot air balloon excursion when we decided to sign up on a whim.
David, our tour guide, was wonderful. He was knowledgeable, attentive and constantly ensuring that our safari was as fun and amazing as possible.
Without hesitation, we highly recommend that you consider using Lion King Adventures to coordinate your safari!
A word of advice. Take an extra day or two at one location to relax and give yourself a respite from roadside travel. For example, we wish we took two days to enjoy everything Gibb’s Farm had to offer. You’ll be glad you did!
Email Charlie | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent, very accommodating and went the extra mile
Lion king we’re honestly excellent in every regard
Yusuph our guide was fantastic - got us incredible views of a huge range of animals and was very knowledgeable.
The hotels were incredible, we were treated so well and got some fantastic honeymoon treatment
Would strongly recommend
Really minor thing to bear in mind - cost is in dollars so coming from UK we were impacted by changing FX
Email Anna | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful experience
Our safari with Lion King Adventures was one of the greatest experiences in my life. We booked a 8-day individual trip including day-trips to Tarangire National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara, Arusha National Park and 4 days in Serengeti.
In every national park we were amazed by the amount of animals we saw. Often they sat right next to the road and we could get a really close look. Our guide, Mwita, always knew the best places to watch and has an incredibly big knowledge of wild animals. I’m quite sure, that without him our safari would not have been that big success!
Not only the game drives in the national parks were amazing, the whole organisation was perfect: starting from the food, including breakfast, lunch and dinner, to included drinks and beautiful lodges with WI-FI, everything went really smoothly. Everyone was really friendly and we felt welcome at every place we stayed.
I will never forget those days. Huge thank you to our Guide Mwita and Lion King Adventures!
Our trip to Tansania, I will never forget
My family and I went to Tanzania for a 7 day Privat Safari. The pick up at the airport worked perfectly and they brought us to our hotel in Arusha. We visited Tarangire Nationalpark on our first safari day, then we drove through Ngorogoro Conservation Area to Serengeti where we spent 4 days in total. First one day in the central, then 2 in the northern part, where we saw river crossing and drove to the border of Kenia and then to the center again. The next day we visited the Ngorongoro Crater and on our last day we were at the Manyara Lake. On every day our expectations were exceeded! We got unlimited water, many soft drinks and the lunch was delicious. My sister and I are Vegetarians and we never had any trouble finding anything. Our guide Mwita spotted a lot of animals, answered all our questions, told us the history about the National Park and also his to becoming a Guide and made our experience perfect! Also the Lodges were awesome. We were the most impressed by „Into wild africa“ for Serengeti and „Marera Mountain View Lodge“! In total I can say that I had the best time and will never forget this trip thanks to Lion King Adventures and out guide Mwita!
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Email Jeff and Catie | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible Safari Experience!
We came to Tanzania for our honeymoon and it has not disappointed!
We reached out to many different tour companies and right away Lion King stood out due to their quick responsiveness and willingness to work with us. Pendo was AMAZING with answering all of our questions (no matter how small) very quickly to make us feel very comfortable with preparing for our first ever safari. Pendo also worked very closely with us to help change some of our schedule and accommodations to be exactly what we were looking for with a honeymoon within our budget.
Our Safari guide, Immanuel, was fantastic! He was unbelievably professional and knowledgeable about the parks and animals. He was very kind and patient with us as well as flexible with schedules if we wanted to start earlier in the morning or stay later in the parks. We made a great team and had a lot of fun together as he could spot many of the animals quite easily to help point them out for us. He also would make sure the truck was positioned perfectly for us to get the best view and be as close as possible. Immanuel would constantly ask us about his position to make sure we liked the location to get the perfect shot for our photo.
In addition to the safari itself, we also want to mention how hard Immanuel worked to make sure we had a comfortable experience. Every morning the truck was freshly cleaned, with our favorite drinks fully stocked and ready for us in our cup holders. There were also extra cushions on the seats as well as multiple outlets for charging. The food was also delicious as Immanuel made sure we had a freshly cooked meal for lunch and also made sure if we had special requests the kitchen knew what those were. Many other companies looked jealous of our delicious meals.
We definitely would recommend Lion King to others and can’t wait to come back again someday!
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Email Mikayla | under20 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very resourceful, helpful, respectful, and nice
My experience with Lion King Adventures was very good. It was very reliable and a great experience. It was very much worth the trip I took to get here. It’s something you’d never forget.
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Email Chris J | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Tanzanian Safari done right
We did the 5 day safari (family of 5) starting in Arusha, Tarangire, 2 days in Serengeti, Ngorongoro and out. Experiencing a Tanzanian safari is something I wanted my family to have because that was something that I had the privilege of as a boy.
There are many unknowns just getting ready to do a safari - planning, funding, booking air tickets, logistics and simply the unknown unknowns of doing the safari itself. Lion King and its representatives made it possible to execute on this adventure - mind you, this was executed over a 5 month period.
Rose - who did the logistics, answered every question and made itinerary changes essentially over the wire, she made it possible to assuage little doubts here and there.
Gilbert who was our guide - knowledgeable, funny and well connected with other guides, who went out of his way to make sure that we saw the big 5, all but one of the ugly 5 (we think we saw the Maribu Stork but not sure), witnessed a lioness stalking gazelles, saw a pair of male lions, cheetahs eating their kill, stopped in multiple places for souvenirs, made sure we haggled, worked with the lodges on timings and food, even other incidentals here and there - can’t ask for a better guide and safari.
That’s really the crux of the matter - you have lots of questions before you begin, money changing hands essentially into the unknown but the safari is a matter of execution between the plan, what the animals give you and what the guide orchestrates - Lion King, Gilbert and Rose made it all possible.
Many thanks to Lion King and its fine people
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Email Olesia and Joe | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Going far above expectations .
Staff went far beyond any expectations. On the planning stage, we exchanged great many emails, when all questions were answered in a timely manner. The safari itself was excellent. Our tour guide was very persistent in finding all the best places to observe animals. He was very friendly, helpful, knowledgeable. The amount of animals we saw exceeded our expectations. We even were lucky to observe two wildebeest crossings.
We are very grateful to Lion King Adventures for organizing such a great safari and providing us with a knowledgeable guide. We highly recommend this tour operator to anyone who is planning on a safari in the Serengeti.
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Email Kendall | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing safari and Mt Meru climb
We had a great 9 day safari and 3 day Mt Meru climb with Lion King. Everything was well organized and went very smoothly.
Safari - Visited Tarangire, Manyara, central and northern Serengeti, and Ngorongoro over 9 days. We saw all the animals we wanted to see and then some. We were especially fortunate to see several wildebeest crossings of the Mara in late July, and some unfortunate wildebeests getting eaten by crocodiles. There was a lot of flexibility with choosing the schedule, and we were able to spend most of each day on game drives. A safari doesn't have to be this long to get a full experience, but we still saw new and interesting things every day.
Our guide Saleh was exceptional. He was knowledgeable about the animals and birds and good at driving us into a good position for viewing. Most importantly he was friendly and easy to talk with; his personality made the experience especially enjoyable.
We stayed at mid-range accommodations, which were always nice with friendly service, and seemed fancy to us considering the remote locations. We always had plenty of food for every meal, including lunches while on game drives.
Mt Meru - After the safari we spent three days climbing Mt Meru with our guide Saladini and a team of porters. The first two days were a little slow, but the summit day was absolutely beautiful and made the trip worth it. Saladini had a more serious style and was focused on getting us to the top, and he did that job well. We also really enjoyed our assistant guide Ben, who was especially friendly. Note that doing the climb in three days might be challenging depending on level of fitness, we had to get a ride from the last hut to make it down in time.
In summary I would highly recommend a safari in northern Tanzania, and I think Lion King Adventures is a safe bet to do it with.
Email Patricia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Increible experience, 100% recommended!
We have spent 10 incredible days in safari thanks to Lion King Adventures
The experience we've had is amazing especially because we have been accompanied with the best guide Goodluck
They even prepared wine bottles with our names, it was a nice detail.
Goodluck really made our trip the best we have had, thanks to him we have been able to see all the animals, his vision to detect animals from distance is incredible.
Very friendly, responsable and always pending that we are having a good time on our trip.
I really recommend this incredible experience, and super grateful to our guide for making it incredible.
10/10