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 Leo | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent 4 Days
We did a 4 night safari in Lake Manyara, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro in September. Lion King accommodated our schedule and customized a mixture of tent camping and tented campsites, and they took care of every detail. Our guide, James, provided a wonderful experience and was able to find, identify and give detailed information on both the animals and the plants, as well as cultural insights. Aside from picnic lunch, we spent most of the day in the Land Cruiser - so don't expect a lot of exercise, unless you arrange for a walk. I'd agree with others that it's best to stay inside the Serengeti and Ngorongoro parks because it's a bit of a drive to get sufficiently into the parks where the safari trails are, and once you leave the tarmac at the entrance to the park, the roads are rough.
The Serengeti Heritage Camp was close to the middle of the park, and had a wonderful view of both sunrise and sunset. Not luxurious, but very comfortable and with all the basics - more glamping than camping. All kinds of animals drifted through at night, and the camp had Maasai guards stationed throughout the night.
Would like to get back to see the parks at other times of the year.
Email Dominic | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Once in a lifetime experience
We were visiting Tanzania for a couple of weeks but decided we wanted to do a safari first. We chose, after a few quotes to go with Lion King and they didn't disappoint. Anna, who helped organise our trip was just brilliant. She helped tailor our trip and also helped with things which weren't even related to our safari too, such as visiting a children's home, questions about local currency etc. Our guides were really nice, helpful and funny and they definitely help make the trip. We saw everything we wanted and our guide even managed to 'read' where a couple of lions were going to move to and found us a great viewing spot. The lodges Lion King organised were top notch, one of which was out of this world! Lion King also organised each day a picnic lunch which was lovely. We really felt safe, looked after, well informed and more importantly had great fun. We could not recommend this company any more.
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Email Lorenz, Marie, Diego, Nina | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic safari experience
During four days in October, our family visited Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro with Lion King Adventures. Our guide and driver Salim and our cook Yusufu took excellent care of us, always with a smile. We spent one night in a lodge, and two nights in a tent in the heart of wilderness, which was a wonderful experience. Besides the gorgeous landscapes, we were able to observe a large variety of animals: Elephants, giraffes, lions, cheetahs, hippos, hyenas, crocodiles, and even a python and a serval. We really enjoyed this trip, and we would like to thank our lovely and competent accompanists.
We particularly appreciated Lion King Adventures' individualized advice and arrangements, as well as their flexibility to adapt to our needs and last minute changes.
We highly recommend this organizer for your ultimate safari experience!
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Email Maxime | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Safari with Lion King
Hello,
We've been on a private Safari tour with Lion King between 18/10 and 22/10: Manyara Lake, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro crater.
Before the departure, Anna answered to all our questions very quickly and managed the organisation from our arrival in Kilimanjaro until our departure to Zanzibar, it makes us feel very confident with the company and the organisation.
And during the Safari, Anna came to say hello which was very nice.
As soon as we have landed, a driver was waiting for us to bring us to an hotel in Arusha for the first night before the Safari (very clean and fully equipped).
After the breakfast Salim (our guide/driver) and Karim (our Chef) picked us up to start the Safari.
From this moment they managed everything perfectly to make our tour comfortable.
Salim was very kind to us.
He knows a lot of other guides so in the park he used his network to know were the animals were, plus he was able to spot animals we would have missed, and he showed us a lot (zebras, wild beasts, lions, leopards, guepards, hyenas, buffalo, elephants, giraffes, servals, chacals, ...)
In addition he was speaking French which was a very good surprise to us.
Karim cooked for us all the tour (breakfast/ lunch/ dinner) and we have eaten very good. Note we took a budget tour so the campsite were pretty simple (just tents and toilets) which makes the work of Karim even harder and what he was able to cook was excellent.
(By the way, if you are going for a budget tour, note it might be cold at night in the Serengeti and the Nogorongoro)
During the game drive, Salim used to go in different places than the other 4x4, it allowed us to be just us on a lake with a lot of flamingoes or again just us with 2 lions (male and female),... He knows the parks very well and was able to show us amazing landscapes.
This tour was really an incredible experience we will never forget thanks to Salim and Karim.
Many thanks again to the staff,
Maxime & Audrey
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Email porry | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
tour opreration 360 °
Lion king It is a group of people that fully meets all the needs you may have in Tanzania from Safari to trekking on Kilimanjaro, having very professional operators and attentive to meet all your requests, a special thanks to Saladini and Julius who have accompanied to climb the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Saleem that led us to discover the safari in serengheti, ngoroongro, while we must applaud ANNA that managed to manage well the whole organizational group
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Email chia chia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
frindly,professionally
We participated in the 6 days safari tour of the lion king adventures in January. Our safariguide, Oswaldo, is a very nice guys and has highly professional experience. He can not only drive very well, safely and carefully on a bumpy road, but also ist he an animal expert - has very sharp eyes and professional knowledge. He fulfilled all our wishes during the trip. That means we saw the big five and the big animal migration ! With him we have enjoyed very happy 6 days in Tanzania and also got many beautiful unforgettable memories. The tour is very valuable and recommendable. We have already begun to look forward to the next adventure with Oswaldo when we come beck to Tanzania !
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Email David | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience, very professional!
We went on a 4 day safari with Lion King Adventures between Christmas and New Year 2017. The overall experience was absolutely fantastic and the treatment from Lion King was very professional. All communication via e-mail before the safari was very smooth and made sure we had a full overview of the trip. Our guide Saleh was very nice and competent. Saleh picked us up at the airport and then followed us during all four days during the safari until we were dropped off at the airport again, which made us feel very safe all the time. Me and my partner went alone in a spacious car together with our guide. The price of safari included all accommodation with food, also food and drinks during the safari was included. All accommodation was very high class.
We recommend Lion King Adventures and our guide Saleh strongly!
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Email Travis | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
These guys are very responsive and care to give the best experience possible.
Our driver Solei was incredible. For the money, this was an exceptional experience. The facilities were great and their attention to detail exceeded expectation. This is a smaller outfit and really depend on giving good service to drive business.
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Email Alson | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fun, Knowledgable, Professional
My group of 4 friends and I did the 3 day itinerary which included Tarangire Park, Ngorongoro Crater, and Lake Manyara. Ozzie was our guide. He was funny and filled with knowledge. It was an awesome time and Anna was so responsive that it made it easy to change things on the fly. They also worked with us to pick us up at different times on different days from the airport and arrange extra lodging for us since we stayed more days in Arusha. We did one night of glamping which was fun and one night in a lodge which was plush and so comfortable. All the food was great and they even had beer for us to drink.
I also HIGHLY recommend going on a coffee tour that LKA offers that departs from Arusha. We walked around and through a village, hiked, and ate some amazing food, not to mention the coffee we made as well. Our guide, Clemency, is from the village so walking through we got introduced to his stepfather and stepbrother. He taught us a bit about the culture and some Swahili as well.
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Email Zev | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Well organized and fantastic.
Every thing about our four-day safari met and exceeded expectations. Our guide (Goodluck) met us the night before to ask what we hoped to expect on our trip. He was very punctual, informative, and accommodating on every aspect of the trip. Anna got back to us right away with any questions we had. The food prepared to us by our cook was delicious. I highly recommend booking a safari with Lion King and using our guide Goodluck.