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 Pravin | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Extra ordinary and flowless booking process for our February 2025 Wildebeest Calving Season Safari
This was our 12th Safari and 5th for Tanzania. Initially In March 29th of 2024, I contacted Lion King Adventures for our February 2025 Wildebeest Calving Season Safari and communicated with Mr. Godwin Olais. We new when we wanted to travel, for how many days at each lodges that we wanted to stay and that made it easy with Godwin and he provided with ALL the info that we needed. Believe it or not but by April 2nd (less than 5 days), we were able to nail down our travel program with respective itinerary.
Once the booking was finalized the communication with Lion Kings shifted from Mr. Godwin Olais to Nickson Obedi who was part of the reservation and logistics team. It was the pleasure to work with Godwin and then with Nickson.
Once arrived at Arusha Airport, we were picked up by our Guide and then the journey began.....
One note though: As we have been on to the Safaris a lot more time - Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa and Botswana, we have had a very good experience and interacts with different Guides, unfortunately comparing to all of our experiences with all other tours, I would give only 3 Stars to our guide on this trip. I do not recall his name. Please accept my apology if I am spelling his name incorrectly - I think it was Sahiliah. Hardworking, well mannered and well knowledgeable of the Ndutu and Southern Serengeti parks but lacking the force that the guide/driver need on Safari in taking the guests to the sites safe but fast enough. At least half a dozen safari vehicles will overtake us when going to the same location and you miss the better chance to have your safari vehicle at better if not the best spot.
We were lucky to see a lot of lions - seven times, Cheetahs - five times , Elephants - almost every day - nine days and Leopards - 4 times plus all other animals. We had a great time and do not regrate anything as we were in Ndutu area for 9 nights and that is more than enough to see all that one wants to see.
We will be going Tanzania again and will surely see if things could work out with Lion Kings but request a more experience Guide/Driver next time.
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Email RG | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent communication before and during safari
We are grateful to lion king adventures for putting together a great safari for us! Their communication was above and beyond. Incredibly responsive both before and during safari. They send clear expectations to help prepare you and work with you to create a safari that works for your budget and wishes. The accommodations and experience were above and beyond. Jackson was a great driver and guide. Incredibly knowledgeable! We were only disappointed that we were unable to see the great migration. We were led to believe in booking communications that if we discuss this wish with our guide while in the Serengeti that it would be able to happen. This was not the case as we were too far from it in the Serengeti. As vegetarians, we were also told that vegetarian options would be available at all accommodations. We were incredibly impressed by the options we had to eat except for our packed lunches. Had we known our driver or we needed to remind the accommodations to pack vegetarian lunches, this would have been easily remedied. We only realized our packed lunches came from our accommodations on the last day. Overall, a wonderful experience, tour operator, and guide. We would recommend them to all of our friends and family.
LU
Email Patini | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Safari with Amani!
Wonderful experience with two children, aged 4 and 6. Our guide Amani was incredibly kind and shared his knowledge with great passion. He taught the children a lot and gave us excellent advice. A slight disappointment with the last hotel we stayed at, as it did not match the standard of the rest of the trip.
Thank you again to Amani—don't hesitate to request him for a guided safari in French.
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Email Dan | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great organization
Lion King was excellent during trip preparation and execution. They were quick and responsive to all of our questions and generally made a complicated trip very easy to manage. We had a wonderful safari and saw every type of animal. If there is one thing to improve the guide (who spoke perfect English) could have been more communicative to help us understand the plan each day and explain where we were going, what we were seeing, and more of the local culture. But we had a wonderful trip. Thanks Lion King!
Email Deb | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic experience !
I have no hesitation in recommending Lion King adventures. Our communications with the company from start to finish were excellent. Our guide, Gama, was brilliant. His knowledge of fauna and Flora was exceptional! Every question we asked he knew the answer. Gama went out of his way to make sure that we had an incredible experience and saw all of the animals we wanted to see. He was very patient and kind throughout. Our cook, Karim, was also wonderful. He cooked up delicious meals day after day with great variety. Thoroughly enjoyed eating Karin’s food. The only negative I have to say about the whole experience was the campsite in Serengeti. Unfortunately, the washroom facilities at this campsite for the women were woeful. Blocked toilets, doors to the shower and toilets which did not close, and a flooded drain in one of the two available showers. Facilities in high season are alcompletely inadequate For the numbers of campers. I realise that this campsite is not run by Lion King adventures however I feel it prudent to let people booking a future Camping Safari know about the facilities in the Serengeti. Other than this though, just want to reiterate that our six days spent with Gama and Karin on this Safari adventure of a lifetime were incredible!!
CH
Email J.Lay | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good experience overall
We had a nice safari and were lucky to spot a lot of wild animals, especially in Ngorongoro crater. The jeeps are very well equipped and comfortable.
We've been quite disappointed by our guide, expecting at the end a higher tip than what we planned and "ruining" the friendly atmosphere... Lunch boxes in the safari are also a bit repetitive - plain rice, chicken and a sauce.
CN
Email Nancy | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
This is a very happy trip.
Shafino is a good guide. He take us to see a lot of animal.likes leopard,lion,cheetah,and another. That is all. Kwaheri.
CY
Email Marianthi Christou | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Lion King Adventures designed a trip that matched exactly what we were looking for
Lion King adventures made the best they could do for us to have the most wonderful time of all . We visited Tanzania and Zanzibar for our honeymoon and it was an once of a lifetime adventure . They arranged everything for us including the hotels which were extremely nice and the safari itself. Our safari guide was very kind and he could answer anything we asked for. He knew exactly were to take us and what to show us . We saw all big five and that thanks to Good Luck! Yes our guide’s name was Good Luck :) We couldn't ask for a better guide :) Pendo the manager of the agency was very kind too, and reachable anytime . I could contact her anytime and she was pleased to reply to anything . Thank you Lion King adventures for making our honeymoon unforgettable
GI
Email Francis | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great locations, lodges and passionate guide
It was very easy to arrange our tour with Lion King Adventures. They were quick to respond and gave us great options. When we suggested alternative options they accommodated us. Everything was taken care of beautifully and professionally, including transfers, although it would have been useful if they also allowed us to book flights through them rather than separately.
Guide on safari was very knowledgeable and passionate, but was slightly reluctant to take our request for change of itinerary on board (e.g. we wanted to chill one afternoon by the lodge rather than go on safari again) but this was mainly because hew wanted to maximize our safari experience.
Recommended.
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Email Mahesh Shah | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
great
very good service, the guide was very helpful. they meet our expectations.