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
CA
Email Tracey O | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The Most Amazing Adventure
This trip to Tanzania was my top bucket list thing to do. Safari has always been my dream vacation.
Pendo was awesome to deal with from the start of my planning this vacation. She responded quickly to any questions I had. She made changes when I requested them. She gave us an amazing 2 week itinerary! We started with 2 nights in Arusha doing a city tour. Followed by an amazing 6 day safari, ending with 6 days in Zanzibar.
Our guide for the city tour and safari was Goodluck. And we will all tell you he was definitely Good luck for us. We had the most amazing experiences with the animals. We saw the Big 5 and the migration. Day one in Taranagire had us surrounded by elephants. Goodluck found us a tree with 6 lions in it, with another 2 on the ground.
We got stuck one morning after a night of heavy rainfall. Numerous other guides stopped to get us out. Goodluck returned the favour and helped out others that also got stuck that day. We arrived at one of our tented camps one evening and noticed some empty tables. We questioned where the guests were. Good Luck enquired and found out that two safari vehicles were stuck in mud on there way to the accommodations. He and another guide went out in the darkness of the night to bring these guests in. He is a very caring person. He even stops to help out the dung Beatles trying to cross the road
I highly recommend anyone wanting to book a safari to contact Pendo to organize it, and request Goodluck for your guide!
US
Email Tiffany | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Lion King Adventures was easy to work with and created a memorable trip with a reasonable budget
Going on a safari trip has always been on my bucket list. Until very recently, this trip had financially been out of our reach. So when I was looking for safari tour operators, it was important to me that I chose a company that was reliable, communicative, had good value and would allow us to see as much as possible. I contacted several companies but ended up choosing Lion King Adventures. And I’m incredibly happy with my choice.
I have only used tour operators a handful of times because I generally prefer traveling at my own pace and like to have control over my own trip. I am happy to say that Lion King Adventures made the entire experience feel so seamless. From the very beginning, Pendo was so responsive - often instantly. Because of COVID, I had to change our schedule a few times and she handled that so professionally. Right before our arrival, I also realized we needed an extra COVID test and she calmly reassured me, handled all of my frantic questions and scheduled that for me as well. I was incredibly happy with the front office service.
We also felt the cost of the tour was incredibly reasonable. We ended up doing an 8 night private safari with our guide, Gilbert. From the beginning, Gilbert was the perfect guide - patient, incredibly attuned and attentive to what we wanted to see and a great animal spotter. It was obvious that he cared about making sure we saw what we wanted to see. Many of the guides will often help each other spot animals and we would often take detours to drive out to the sightings of the animals my husband and I specifically wanted to see more of or had not yet seen. He was incredibly patient even though I wanted to stop and take pictures of giraffes every time we ran into them. He was an expert at spotting animals — we envy his eyesight. We really enjoyed our time with him and have been amazed by his knowledge of the birds and animals that we’ve seen.
The food and lodgings were all included with our tour. Lion King chose great partners for our trip. We had our anniversary while on this trip and it seems Pendo passed along the information to the lodges and camps, which was a beautiful touch. The decision to do a private tour with Lion King Adventures was the best decision on this incredibly memorable trip. I highly recommend them to anyone looking to come to Tanzania on safari on a reasonable budget.
DE
Email Adrian | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip of a lifetime
Me and my girlfriend did a 8-day mid-range safari in February. We visited the following parks: Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater and the Ndutu Area. I've broken down my review into sections.
Accommodations & Food:
I cannot begin to express how blown away we were with the entire experience. The service, food and accommodations were exceptional...especially considering we paid for a mid-range package. It was sparkling clean, well appointed, had comfy beds, spacious rooms and great showers. The staff were so friendly and helpful. And the food was absolutely delicious!
I'm pleased to say I can say all the same about the bush camp. I didn't really know what to expect in that regard, but upon arrival we were shocked (in the best way possible). While the tents do have canvas sides, they are much more like cabins than tents. They have wrap around decks, wood floors, hot showers, and amazingly comfortable beds. It felt more like staying at an eco-hotel than staying in a tent and we were not mad about it. On top of that, the staff was outstanding and served some of the best meals of our entire trip.
Guide & Game Drive:
Our guide Salehe was the best! He was kind and friendly and a very good driver and was always doing his best to find animals for us. He happily answered all our questions and helped educate on us on the animals and ecosystem. With his knowledge and keen eye, we were lucky enough to see all of the Big 5 during our trip. Considering how much time you spend with your guide, we were grateful to have such a professional. The vehicle itself was spacious, clean and well maintained. It was always stocked with cold waters and had outlets in case devices needed to charged throughout the day.
Communication & Value:
We had reached out to several other tour companies for quotes before deciding to go with Lion King. They were always so prompt with their responses and patient while waiting for us to make our decision. When it came to pricing, they were not the cheapest but were nowhere near the most expensive either. They had great reviews and were so on top of their communications, that we felt confident going with them.
Overall:
This was a trip of a lifetime! Safari was a bucket list item for us, so we had high expectations and Lion King over delivered. I would recommend them to anyone looking to do safari in Tanzania and would happily book with them again if given the chance.
FR
Email Grace | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fabulous luxury safari, highly recommend!
For our honeymoon, my husband and I booked a 3 night, 4 day safari, staying at kitela lodge and maroboe lodge znd doing safari in Tarangire National Park, Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara National Park with lion king adventures. we were so happy with the experience! Peter (Mr Babies, because he found so many baby animals), our guide was amazing, so professional, knowledgeable and friendly! The lodges were both very luxurious (loved arriving back to champagne and a swim). The land cruiser was spacious and well stocked with water, soft drinks, wine & beer and we had a very nice hot lunch hamper every day. We saw a lot of animals, lions, elephants, giraffe, zebra, monkeys, kingfisher, vulture, ostrich etc. We really had an experience which will last us for a lifetime. Couldn't more highly recommend Lion King adventures and can't wait to come back again!
Email Luisa-Christin | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Reliable and competent operator - absolutely amazing!
What an experience! Everything was perfect – we have seen all the big 5 multiple times and also some of the small ones. Our Guide "Macha" was the coolest and nicest guy. A perfect driver in every situation with a huge knowledge about the animals (he answered every question) and eagle eyes (he spottet every animal in the distance). Very important: he had the most respect for the animals and the environment and made always sure that everything was to the best. We were so happy that we had reusable dishes as our lunch boxes with delicious dishes (also for vegetarians) they were refilled every day by the the camp we spent the night.
It was an unbelievable experience like suddenly being in a documentary. The communication with Lion King Adventures during booking was perfect and always on time it was absolutely worth the money.
100% recommendation to book with Lion King Adventures!
SE
Email oOscar | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional and personal
After completing the 6-day safari with lion king adventures we lay 6 of the longest days of our lives behind us, but also six of our absolute best.
It is such an experience and you travel through so many different contexts/landscapes that takes your breath away. The accomodations were far beyond our expectations and we saw more animals than we ever could have imagined.
The guide Immanuel, he is the man! It felt more that you've had a friend (a very knowledgeable one) with you for the journey than a guide. We have talked about everything between heaven and earth and had a lovely time together. If you get the chance, chose him.
The other people at Lion King adventures has been super friendly and easy going, want to give a special shout-out to Anna and Nickson for helping us from the very begining, setting everything up and answering all our questions.
So what more can I say,
Don't miss this opportunity!
And to lion king adventures we say:
Tuonane tena hivi karibuni!
(See you soon again!)
CZ
Email Peter | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful experience
Here in Africa we experienced amazing adventure, we saw lot of animals, including the big five. We visited all the national parks so we could saw all the bio types that are here. We could recommend this trip to everyone who loves nature and animals. Really wonderful trip. Also I am on gluten free diet and there was no problem to provide it to me.
CH
Email Sinan Zahirovic | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect
Everything is PERFECT !! The guide Halifa is very good. The food is delicious, the accomodation is incredible. The price is the best you can find. GO GO GO with Lion king adventures
Best Safari ever
We had a fantastic Safari with Lionking adventure.
Everything was easy and clear in making choices before to come.
Then we had a problem and came 2 days late due to Covid.
They rescheduled everything for us and finally we could have exactly the Safari we wanted.
Lodge selection was perfect with a special mention to Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge that is totally incredible.
All the way our guide and driver, Khalifa, was not only professional but also very friendly, trying to answer all our wishes in the best way possible.
His wildlife knowledge was impressive and we have learned a lot.
Best if the best, in addition to English, he speaks French fluently and this was so nice for the kids who do not speak English.
We also had great food all the time and lunch was served like in a restaurant, hot in the middle of nowhere.
There would be much more good things to say about car, timing and kindness of everyone everywhere we have been.
I will recommend all without changing anything to my friends!
Email Georgia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fab experience / company
We did the 4 night 3 day luxury safari tour. We had a great experience with Lion King. Communication and organisation before, during and after was excellent and any requests were dealt with instantly.
We got to see all of the big 5 as well as cheetahs. Our guide David was great at knowing where to go / wait to find the animals and he made everything was stress free and easy. Kitela lodge was a fab hotel to come back and relax in. If I was to come back, I would add on Serengeti National Park and perhaps opt for the on-site accommodation so you are closer to the animals for sunrise and sunset. I was impressed that the owners of Lion King came and met us at the end of the trip to get some honest feedback on what went well and what could be improved.