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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Reviews
Immanuel was awesome through the whole safari!
My husband and I chose to go on a safari to celebrate our anniversary, and it was such a great choice to make! We chose Lion King tours because they offered everything we wanted at a reasonable price. Our tour guide Immanuel was so knowledgeable about all the animals and plants we encountered. If he didn't know something he had the resources to look it up. He took us all around the Serengeti where we saw so many beautiful and sometimes very rare animals. When he found out it was our anniversary Immanuel even arranged to have a cake brought to our table by the joyously singing wait staff. Our accomodations were exactly what we wanted as well. We had such wonderful time on our adventure.
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Email James Myers | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Thanks Lion King. Immanuel is the best!
This experience was a bucket list item, so we had very high expectations. This trip far exceeded those.
Our guide, Immanuel, was wonderful. He was eager to show us everything, and to explain what we were seeing. It was about more than the "big 5" for us so he never hesitated to stop when we asked to take a picture of simply to be in the moment. We did get to see the 5 by the way!
More than that, we learned about Immanuel, Tanzanian culture, and he patiently listened to our stories of our homeland.
We explored Massai and Hadzabe tribal villages and shared those experiences. We learned that there is a lot of water in the Serengeti, even in the dry season. We saw elephants challenge hyenas, hippos fight each other, a leopard eating wildebeest in a tree, part of the wildebeest migration as they stampeded across the road, over 25 lions over a few days eating zebra and sleeping, 5 cheetahs, and three black rhinos.
Beyond that, Immanuel answered every question: "what is that tree; what are they selling; what was that bird; etc." So many questions from us, all answered patiently, and sometimes more than once.
What we will remember is the little things, though. Laughing and joking with Immanuel enhanced or experience. He even got lodge staff to bake us an anniversary cake and sing us a song. We mentioned our anniversary in passing the first day.
Sitting on the deck in front of a tent inside the Serengeti, drinking white wine, or sitting around a fire and meeting other travelers. There is just too much "amazing" to discuss.
A trip of a lifetime!
Email LSC | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing safari
Amazing safari experience with Lion King Adventures. We saw everything there was to see. Gilbert was a very professional and pleasant guide. He was able to spot all the wildlife for us. He is a very skilled driver and made us feel safe all the time.
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Email Michele & Christophe | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A wonderful journey with Lion King Adventures
We have had a wonderful trip in Tanzanian natural parcs. Since we contacted Lion King Adventure, we knew they are the right local travel agent we were looking for. They proposed us exactly the trip we wanted to live, beyond expectations. They were very reactive and careful to understand our needs and wills. At our arrival in Kilimanjaro airport, we were picked up by our driver and guide Khalifa (Speaking both French and English). His professionalism, knowledge of animals, smile and happiness were the confirmation that we choose the good company! It was the beginning of an amazing trip in parcs to discover animals and nature! Khalifa was very helpful to explain us all about what we were discovering! All the trip was as planed: lodges were beautiful, lunch packs were luxurious and at the end, we had chance to see the well known big 5! So, if you want to have a wonderful journey in Tanzanian’s natural parcs, don’t hesitate and contact Lion King Adventure! A small company which will become famous soon!
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Email Kim | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
All the Big 5 with the Best Guide Around!
Immanuel was the best safari guide we could have ever asked for! He was so kind and accommodating the whole trip and he answered all of our questions. He has such a love for his country and the animals of the parks so his energy was electric! Even though he’s been doing safaris for a while now, he still has the same excitement we did for all the animals. He set up an amazing sunset spot for us our last night in the Serengeti, which was truly a once in a lifetime experience.
We were lucky enough to see cheetah chasing after prey, lions galore - literally like 20 of them in the Serengeti alone, and all of the big five! We had multiple times where our car was the only one near a lion or cheetah crossing the road and it was magical. Immanuel’s immense knowledge had our car positioned in the perfect spots multiple times for animal crossings before they even happened. We thought it was luck at first, but then we realized it was Immanuel’s knowledge of the animal behaviors that had our car positioned in the perfect spot each time.
Immanuel taught us so much about the animals and their typical behavior, that we are coming out of this feeling like experts! Each day he had a perfect picnic setup for our lunches of amazing rice, meats, and potatoes. He would even make us an afternoon coffee to keep us energized for the game drives. We had such a fun time with Immanuel and we cannot thank him enough for making this experience a once in a lifetime.
We cannot wait to recommend Lion King Safari and Immanuel to all of our friends and family that want to visit Tanzania in the future! All the lodges we stayed at were very comfortable with great food! We feel so lucky to have chosen this company as our safari experience - 20/10 experience!!
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Email Guillem | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The perfect experience
We had an amazing experience with Lion King, we spend 7 days Safari with the best guide Peter. He knew a lot about everything, animals, plants, geology and culture. Learned a lot from him.
Everything was great organized by Pendo also. Communications were agile and very clear, we had the feeling that we were in good hands since the beginning.
We had the opportunity to see all the animals and we spend the nights in really nice hotels so we could say that the trip was perfect!
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Email Mickey | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Lion King Adventures provided a wonderful experience that exceeded our expectations at every turn.
Our group would give the highest points possible to Lion King on almost every dimension of the trip. We saw a ton of animals - an incredible number and variety - and got up close on several occasions. This included seeing all of the the Big 5, an achievement made possible by the "eagle eye" of our guide, Gilbert. Gilbert was excellent. He has a lot of knowledge of the animals and the park ecosystem in general. He has a good sense of humor and great manners. His tenacity in driving the truck all those miles was impressive, as was just his knowledge of how to get from here to there.
We would also give high points to Anna, who planned the trip. When some of our properties became unavailable, she came up with excellent substitutes. Each property outdid the ones that came before it. Most of them had pools, which were much appreciated after the end of a long, dusty day. In general, the properties were incredible bargains in incredible settings. All of the staff at the properties were very focused on taking care of us, and accommodating any special requests we had As you can see, we would highly recommend Lion King for your safari!
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Email Amanda | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Memories for a lifetime
I spent months, yes months, searching for the right tour company for our honeymoon. Seriously, we couldn’t have found a better company. Organization and communication were top-notch. We always felt like we were in good hands. From the first email exchanges with Nick sorting out our perfect itinerary to Pendo (who we can’t thank enough) taking care of every question, concern, and a very big last-minute rearrangement - like the day before arrival situation, and finally, to our guide, Khalifa, everyone and everything was absolutely AMAZING.
Khalifa’s good eyes and eagerness to spot animals brought us lots of good luck. Of course, our jeep, Pumba, also deserves a shoutout for getting us through those bumpy and rain-soaked roads (we went at the end of May)! Khalifa is very knowledgable, personable, and funny. He is also very respectful of nature, the animals, and the regulations/rules. He pointed out so many different plants and animals to us, and we’ve come home with tons more knowledge than when we arrived. We saw the Big Five and many other animals. But, the absolute highlight of the trip was witnessing a crazy morning hunt by two different prides of lions!! Which Khalifa told us is rare to encounter! We wish to be back in the jeep with Khalifa trying to spot an elusive leopard or a lazy lion.
Asante Sana to Pendo, Khalifa, and everyone at Lion King Adventures for making this trip one for the books. Truly a trip of a lifetime.
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Email Veronika S | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing and Caring! We would definitely book with them again
It was one of the best trips ever for me. We booked the safari on short notice so I wasn’t really sure in advance but the Lion King Staff was so helpful and responsive from the very beginning - they made it so easy and comfortable for us the relax. Besides our wonderful guide Ozzy, the amazing wildlife and nature we saw I want to mentioned two things especially: Lion King adventures is caring about sustainability! We were one of the few people who always had picnic for lunch with delicious food in reusable containers. No waste/garbage!!! Instead of lunchboxes that are usually thrown away afterwards..I loved that aspect, since it contributes essentially to sustaining the parks as they are. And also: we often took alternative routes away from the crowd and were able to see the animals by ourselves with much more peace. This of course was due to Ozzys knowledge…
THANK YOU lion King adventures for making our trip unforgettable and amazing…
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Email Louisa | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Gilbert is an excellent guide.
We had a wonderful safari. Our tour guide Gilbert was knowledgeable, experienced, and excellent at his job. We saw a huge array of animals - elephants, giraffes, lions, cheetahs, leopards, rhinos, hippos, and more. The food was delicious, and the lodges we stayed at were extremely nice. It was an adventure that we will remember for the rest of our lives.