Lion King Safari Guides
Lion King Adventures
- Located 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 $1,115 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Luc & Josee | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Marvelous safari in Tanzania
Exceptional trip organized by Lion King fully meeting our expectations. The success of this trip goes to Khalifa, our bilingual guide (French, English). He was able to share his knowledge about Tanzania and its animals. With his lynx eyes, he made it possible to see animals that no one could have seen. And what about his patience and passion for animals...
We leave with our heads filled with beautiful memories.
The "countess" will remember this safari for a long time.
Luc & Josee (la Comtesse)
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Email Max | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Beauftiful nature, but greedy guide
We had a three night tour from Laka Manyara over Ngorongoro Crater to the Tarangire park. The tour was organized perfectly — we could make some neat adaptions to our tour without any issues (concerning the airport transfer and the accommodations). If you ever plan to do this tour, we would highly recommend the Tarangire Simba Lodge, we had really magical moments there!
However, our guide had a negative impact on our experience there. We know that tipping is expected in these activities and never refused to do so. At the beginning of our tour the guide directly demanded a 120$ tip at the end of the trip. Talking in some way always came back to tips (and why to give even more). Multiple times we were asked how much we would be giving for his alleged wedding.
After the tour we decided to give a tip inside the recommended range by Lion Kind Adventures. Afterwards, the guide send angry text messages to us and even called me on my private phone number. To me, this is a huge no-go and made us feel quite uncomfortable.
Reply from Lion King Adventures
Posted on Nov 7, 2022Everyone at Lion King is deeply embarrassed to learn about our guests’ experience with this Guide. We were not aware of this incident until we read the review and have contacted the guests directly to apologise. All the Lion King Guides know that tipping is our guests' choice. There are no rules about tipping, only guidelines, which are shared with our guests in advance. All our Guides know that they should never ask for (or expect) a tip. The behaviour of this particular Guide is completely unacceptable and appropriate disciplinary action has been taken. The whole Lion King team has worked so hard over the years to build and maintain a very good reputation with high levels of integrity and professionalism. This behaviour does not meet with the standards we expect and our guests deserve. We sincerely hope that it will remain an isolated incident and our sincere apologies once again to our guests.
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Email Julia + Ted | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing safari with amazing guide
Our entire experience with Lion King was great: from the booking to travel planning and most importantly, the safari itself.
Nickson helped us book a trip that fit our schedule and budget. Pendo then helped us with all of the planning, so that we felt prepared and everything went smoothly, even as our travel plans changed. When we arrived in Arusha, we were greeted at the airport and had a great introduction to Tanzania right away as we were driven to our hotel.
Our safari was excellent! The meals were great and they even made sure to arrange great gluten free options. Accommodations were lovely and clean, with friendly, welcoming staff.
What truly made the experience memorable was our safari guide Immanuel! He is clearly very knowledgeable about and passionate for the animals and the environment - this allowed us to learn a lot about what we were seeing (like animal behavior / characteristics and local plants) and share our excitement with him after each animal spotting! This also helped us to see a lot of animals, even those we may have otherwise missed. He is also very friendly and was a fun companion on the trip - we laughed and learned a lot! Finally, he was professional (always on time), we always felt safe, and he made sure the car was always clean with fresh cold drinks always stocked. We had a great time with Immanuel and highly recommend him as a guide!
Overall, we had an amazing time with Lion King Adventures and will be recommending them to family and friends wishing to visit Tanzania!
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Email QW and Tobias | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional and experienced
We had a wonderful 10-day luxury Safari with David. The trip was awesome! The amount of types of animals we saw exceeded our expectation. David made our trip an unforgettable experience with his experience and professional service. Thanks David and Lion King. -Qiumeng and Tobias
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Email Barb B | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari in Tanzania
Lion King customized a safari for me and my husband. I did not want to rush from location to location, so Nickson added some nights to the 5 day safari to make it a nine day. The accommodations were a mixture of mid-range and luxury. Nickson adjusted the accommodations so that they would fit in my budget.
We were very impressed with all of the accommodations. (In the end, having now completed the safari, I would have chosen 7 nights as 4 nights in Central Serengeti was too many, but I didn't know that in advance).
Arranging for pick up at the airport is a very nice touch that Lion King adds even though we arrived a couple days early to adjust to the time change/jet lag.
Our guide, Peter, sent me a WhatApp message the night before picking us up introducing himself. This was nice so we would know what he looked liked.
Peter was excellent at ensuring we saw the maximum amount of wildlife. He was very knowledgeable about the animals and passionate about his work.
We would recommend Lion King Adventures.
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Email Martin & Katharina | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great 5-day Safari with Salehe and viewing of the big five
We enjoyed a great 5-day safari at Tarangire and Serengeti National Park as well as Ngorongoro crater and Lake Manyara with our tour guide Salehe!
From our first request for the Safari at lion king adventures until our arrival and warm greeting and pickup by Salehe, everything was perfectly organised, Nickson and Pendo always replied very fast and provided very helpful information about the upcoming trip and did everything to fulfil our requests.
Salehe did everything to make the safari perfect and memorable for us (which he definitely achieved ;) ) and drove us very safely and always with a smile and much information about the wildlife during the game drives. We were able to tailor the start of the game drives to our wishes and were very well cared for during the entire trip by Salehe! He even spotted a rhino, the only missing piece of the big five!
Thanks very much to the whole team! We enjoyed ourselves very much and will definitely recommend you to family and friends!
Email Dawn | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Excellent experience
Excellent, from first email contact with Pendo to bring delivered back to Arusha airport, everything was perfectly organised. The star of the show, through our 7 days on safari, was our guide Mwita. Friendly, informative and diligent, with unbelievable eyesight and a genuine, deep understanding of and passion for the animals, people and places, he made sure that we had a truly unforgettable experience. If we were returning to the area (one day, we hope) we would not look anywhere else.
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Email MaryBeth | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great
We just completed a very enjoyable twelve day safari ending with a Zanzibar extension. Caroline and Pendo were easy to work with from start to finish and we really appreciated their attention to detail. Accommodations and food were great!
Our guide Meschack was the best! He was very knowledgeable, funny and a skilled driver. We visited Tarangire NP, Central and North Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater NP and Lake Manyara NP. He always made sure we saw the animals from a good vantage point, maneuvering for a prime spot. Each evening he cleaned the Land Cruiser which was always stocked with cool drinks.
We had really hoped to see the wildebeest migration across the Mara River. We spent one day waiting, watching and following them. About 5pm, after many tour companies had headed back, Meschack said let’s give it until dusk. At 5:45 the first one dropped into the river followed by about 1000 more! It was incredible to watch and as a bonus that day we were treated to a sunset that lasted an hour.
We saw so many animals (even a few kills)!! We also enjoyed the beautiful countryside, towns and people. We saw four of the Big 5 up close, the Black Rhino through binoculars, all of the Ugly 5 and so many more. It was nice to end with Zanzibar and a few days at the beach. We highly reccomend Lion King Tours and Meshack!
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Email James | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
First Class Service
We chose Lion King Adventures after a lot of research, and they totally lived up to our expectations. The guide (Yusuph) was excellent, extremely knowledgeable, attentive, and a great person to be around. The arrangements were seamless, and the tour ran like clockwork.
We did a 4 day, 3 night tour including Tarangire NP, Ngorongoro Crater, the Serengetti NP and finally Lake Manyara NP. A lot to fit in, but well worth it. Our only feedback was that Lake Manyara was underwhelming compared to the others locations, so would give it a miss if we were booking it again.
So overall, a first class operator and highly recommended.
Email Simon | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Well organised, professional, friendly, high quality, great communication with pure luxury.
We chose to use Lion King Adventures due to the great reviews they received online and we haven't regretted it for a moment. Ever since we started speaking with Nickson and Pendo the communication was excellent and they organised a once in a lifetime trip for us (8 day premium luxury tour with hot air balloon ride). We added a day hike up Kilimanjaro, it was a pleasure to meet Saladin who looked after us on our 10mile hike.
We were picked up by Bright at Kilimanjaro airport who was very friendly and helpful. He dropped us off at the first of many gorgeous hotels where we were treated like royalty. All the hotels (except one) were divine with amazing views, comfy beds, great food and lovely staff. The one issue we had with a hotel was rectified quickly by Anna in the LK office and it didn't affect the enjoyment of our trip at all.
Salehe was a brilliant guide. He worked so hard, always made us feel comfortable, welcome and at ease. He showed us great sights and we managed to see all the big 5 plus many more. We even learnt quite a bit of Swahili due to his great tutorship. Salehe went above and beyond to make our trip sensational.
Thank you Lion King it was amazing and we highly recommend anyone to use you.