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 Urmila Pandya | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The best life time unforgettable experience in my life is what I got with Lionking safari!
Excellent service given by Lionking adventures safari! This is unforgettable experience! I have no words to describe! Jim and Rose organized our tour which covered everything we wanted to do! I have been in touch on WhatsApp in 2020. They spent so much time preparing itinerary to meet all our requirements to make sure we can do all that we wanted to do. Unfortunately we had to cancel in 2020 due to Covid. They respectfully considered my concern and I canceled my trip. They did not get upset at all. Finally I decided to book in 2022. We are vegetarian and they made sure that all our meals are vegetarian. Great service!
Our guide Salehe was amazing! He made every effort to make sure we get to do all that we wanted to do. At one point I gave up to see Mara river crossing but he did not. He made it possible not once but twice for us to watch! I wish I can post this video! I recommend Lionking adventures safari very strongly to everyone if they want to make this experience a memorable one! Thanks to Lionking staff for giving us this lifetime spectacular experience! Thoroughly enjoyed and still cherish these memories!
Most Incredible Experience Ever
If you’re reading this, you’re probably wondering if you should book with Lion King Adventures. Don’t even think twice, just do it.
My partner and I traveled 24 hours to get to Tanzania. There was no possible way we could have predicted if Lion King was the right decision in comparison to the many other tour companies, but we wired over the funds anyway. Our decision was based on three things: the response time of Nickson and Anna, the flexibility of lodges we could choose from, and finally the perfect reviews we saw online. It wasnt until the third day of our trip, after understanding how other companies operate, did we realize that picking Lion King Safari was the best decision we could’ve possibly made for our once in a lifetime honeymoon.
Why?
1) Customer experience: this was a seamless trip from beginning to end. No confusion, we didnt even have to carry our luggage once because everything was so well organized. From the accommodations, to entering in and out of the national parks multiple times, to our special requests for lodging, wow. Completely flawless.
2) Mwita: Mwita was our guide for the 7 days and he truly deserves a review of his own. You will see that there are many reviews about how Mwita is a great guide or he has a great eye for things. While my partner and I agree with these, what stood out to us was Mwita’s character. It’ll be easy to find and engaging guide, but very difficult to find a person who you can trust without fluff and always says things how it is and is honest about what is realistic and recommends the best way to go about each day. Perhaps it’s because he is the son of a chief Serengeti ranger, but it felt like we were sitting in a ranger’s car or with someone who dedicates their life to the parks. He not only followed rules, but we came to find that he has a gift of educating and influencing others, even educating the rangers in Northern Serengeti. It was after we shared multiple meals with him and we learned about his life that he is a good man, and does everything he can to do right by his country, the parks, and Lion King. Lucky for us, he is also a mechanic! You would be surprised by how important it is to have a guide who takes care of his car and knows how to get out of sticky situations. He even paused for 10 minutes to help another tour group who had car troubles and fixed it as soon as he detected the problem. They had been there for an hour before we arrived. Which brings me to the importance of my next point, the overall quality of experience and our Mara River crossing experience.
3) Quality of experience:
The car: The car was the most up to date amongst the companies we saw. Clean, pristine, and the best possible vehicle we could have asked for. Every morning, it was fully stocked and clean from the activities from the day before.
The lodges: Our favorites were Gibb’s Farm, Kubu Kubu Lodge, Mara Under Canvas, and the Four Seasons Serengeti. The food was top notch, and every person we came across were so welcoming and toom care of everything for us.
The Mara river crossing: The was the most thrilling experience. We waited for two days, 10 hours in total and every minute was worth it. Had Mwita not been our guide, constantly checking in on his radio and knowing the tricky roads and rules the way he did, we would have easily missed this rare crossing. He was a safe, but clever driver who was always one step ahead of the other tour companies and led the way for the chase. He always seemed to make the right decision, which is so important when every little decision every second matters. If you’re looking to see the Mara River crossing, you must request to book Mwita. You’ll see why.
This is an extremely long review, because we have sk many great things to say about Lion King Adventures. We have learned so much about Tanzanian culture, the parks, and life from Mwita. Mwita has truly left an imprint on us. This is our last night of the trip, and we were brought to tears as we enjoy our time at Gibb’s farm. We are so so grateful to have chosen Lion King. Asante Sana, thank you so much for the best experience of our lives.
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Email Mark | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best experience of my life!
I had a dream to visit Serengeti for most of my life after seeing all wildlife documentaries in TV as a kid and we started planning the trip already 2019 before covid hit. Naturally, expectations were sky high - And all of my expectations were exceeded.
Process of selecting safari is very straightforward and easy using safaribookings.com, we narrowed the selection to two operators based on reviews from other guests. Lion King is top rated and for absolutely valid reasons - Everything worked very smoothyl from the first reply to query for quote until drop off to airport. We got excellent information package prior to arrival containing all crucial and informative information and were well prepared for our trip.
We chose 9 day luxurious safari in Aug/Sep 2022 including Tarangire, central and North Serengeti, Ngoro Ngoro crater and Lake Manyara providing lots of variation in animals, terrain and overall vibe. Highlights of the trip were lions with cubs (many times), Cheetah hunting wildebeast in front of our eyes, amazing amount of animals in Ngoro Ngoro, hundreds of giraffes, elephants and zebras and spotting extremely rare black Rhino in the crater - To name just a few. Animals are everywhere and with good guide, chances of seeing big 5 plus all other iconic African animals are very good. What we also appreciated was the amount of game drives - Inside Serengeti, all transportation drives are also game drives, giving you full day of opportunities for viewing.
Our guide was Mr Goodluck, who is very funny guy with unlimited knowledge of all wildlife and Tanzania overall. He is superb handling big lancruiser, able to drive really fast in challenging conditions while keeping still safety as priority. We thoroughly enjoyed overwhelming amount of information about all animals, their habits and surroundings overall. We wished to see certain animals and he managed to always found them. Cherry on top of the cake was elusive black Rhino, who was standing several kilometers away but he spotted it. I cannot stress enough the importance of having skillful guide, as he/she will make or break the trip.
As the package was luxury scale, all our accommodation was great - We stayed in Kitela Lodge, Kubu Kubu tented lodge, Mara under Canvas, Gran Melia Arusha and Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge - Each of them very unique with own chacteristics and surroundigs. Lions roaring and sunrises at central Serengeti, hyenas laughing behind our tents and zebras practically on our tent terrace in Northern Serengeti provided absolutely once in a lifetime Africa experience. Food was plenty and absolutely delicious, most of the time buffet style.
Thank you Liong King team and especially Pendo Simon and Goodluck for making our trip most memorable and fantastic experience! -Mark & Meri
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Email Angélica and Charly | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful experience
Thanks to the work of Machec as guide and Godson as cook, we were fortunate to experience the wonders of Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro in the best week of our lives. It has been a trip full of adventures in which we felt safe all the time and we had the privilege to know the treasures of Tanzania. We would 100% recommend Lion King for a Safari.
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Email Sviatlana | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing 7day safari with observation of a successfully hunting lion
A well organised trip of seven days gave us the opportunity to observe many large wild cats and other animals in wild nature. The guide (Abu) was fantastic and very attentive. He adapted the game drives to our wishes. We had the pleasure to see lions, leopards, cheetahs and servals several times.
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Email Julian | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing safari with numerous wild cat sightings (lion, serval, leopard, cheetah)
Professionally organised all inclusive safari with a very attentive and friendly guide (Abu). He noticed all our wishes and made additional suggestions such as an impressive walking safari.
We managed to see numerous lions (more than 20), had the pleasure to observe lions hunting and picking up her 3 month old kitten later on. We mentioned our wish to see servals and ended up with 5 sightings.
Email Lisa | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A lifetime experience!
Just came back from a 6 days / 5 nights safari tour with lionking adventures. It was really an unforgettable and great lifetime experience in Africa. It was a pleasure to have Good Luck as our safari guide! He has shown us every animal we wanted to see and always looked for the best position to take photos of them. He had a very good instinct to find all the animals and told us a lot about the wildlife and about Tanzania. But also he has a very respectful way to deal with the animal an the nature, so that we don‘t scare the animals - I really liked that!
Careem, our chef, was the best we ever could have imagined! The food, he prepared for us, was always delicous and he respnded to all our whises- we wanted to have some typical tanzanian food.
The tents, in which we slept and the safari truck where in really good condition and clean.
I am thankful for Lionking Adventures, Good Luck and Careem, who made sure that we had the best time of our lives!
Asante!
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Email JS | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Organization and Guide perfect
Lionking tailored and organized our safari plus Zanzibar for us (family of 5, kids 16-24) perfectly. Khalifa, our guide, was a great animal spotter (how did he manage that while driving on those roads?) and knew everything about the animals as well as country and people. He was also a nice and friendly guy and competent driver, so we always felt safe. Lionking vehicles (we saw other Lionking vehicles, too) were all in good condition.
Our safari comprised Tanguire, Lake Manyara, 3 game drives to different parts of Serengeti, and Ngorogoro Crater. September 2022 was apparently a good time as it was not very crowded by people, but lots of animals. Although each area and day had a unique and unforgetable character we would not like to have missed, if you had less time for a safari, you could skip Lake Manyara and possibly cut down on Serengeti. The rain in recent years has mostly destroyed the marshlands of Lake Manyara and you can see the remaining animals also elsewhere.
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Email Isha Pamula | under20 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The best trip ever
Mr. Gilbert is the best!!! Because, he showed us big cheetahs, leopards almost all the animals in Tanzania. He had very good eyes. He spotted every animal and knew all different varieties of animals. Mr. Gilbert was very kind and even when I annoyed him, he said nothing lol
Email Ivor | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional and flexible
I can only highly reccomend Lion King. From the initial conversations via email about the safari organization, up to the actual three day trip,everything went very well. Edi, our guide was very well prepared and professional. He took good care of us and also took the time to explain a lot of things we were seeing . We also had fun together and listened to good music . Karim, our chef, was also very attentive, warm, and prepared delicious food .
I general also a lot of local people confirmed to us that lion king is a good company that takes good care of both their employees and clients. Highly reccoemnded !