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 Michael | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Luxury Safari plus Zanzibar
My wife and I just completed a safari and add on visit to Zanzibar arranged by Lion King Adventures. I have no hesitation in recommending Lion King for planning your trip and creating memories that will last a lifetime.
Our positive experience began with our initial contact. I had contacted three safari companies and Pendo,from Lion King,most impressed me with her response. She was always prompt in her response (taking into account the time difference) and thorough in her answers. She listened to what we wanted and tailored a safari and an add on trip to Zanzibar that met and exceeded our expectations. After the safari she met with us personally,which was a pleasure for us,to get our feedback to try and improve an already excellent product.
We elected to do the luxury tour. We stayed at Mount Meru Hotel Arusha,Lake Manyara Kilamamaja Lodge,Kubu Kubu Tented Camp Serrengeti,Lake Masek Tented Lodge,Sopa Lodge Ngorongoro Crater,Maru Maru Hotel Stone Town Zanzibar,Spice Island Hotel East Coast Zanzibar and Double Tree by Hilton on the north coast Zanzibar. All of the accommodations were excellent with a special shoutout to the Kilamamajo Lodge,which was gorgeous-one of the nicest places we have ever seen.
The safari itself was a wonderful experience. Our guide,Khalifa,was excellent. He is knowledgeable,a great game spotter,a careful driver (he never got stuck,other drivers did) and fun to spend time with.
Finally a few words on doing a safari at this time of year. Normally this is a mini dry season but this year and last have been wet(apparently global weather change is a real thing). Consequently,now is the low tourist season with the high season (dry season) being June,July and August. There are plus and minuses to both choices. In the wet season the landscape is green,lush and beautiful. There are less crowds so there are fewer safari vehicles on the road and finding accommodation is easy. In our case, 5 male lions decided our road was a good spot to sun and dry off so it made up close viewing possible. On the down side it can make wildlife spotting more challenging,as the animals are not concentrated around a few watering holes (there is water everywhere) plus the animals can be difficult to see in the thick vegetation. If it is raining heavily the animals tend to seek shelter and aren't very active. Finally,with heavy rains some of the roads become impassable and getting stuck is a possibility. Having said that,we never got stuck and the difficult terrain added to the adventure. We enjoyed great weather and saw more animals than we could have imagined (including the big 5).
All in all it was a "bucket list trip" made possible by Lion King Adventutes.
AE
Email Egle | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A lifetime experience for my parents
I've chosen Lion King Adventures for 4 days/3 nights safari in Northern Tanzania for my parents after reading other reviews about this company and I can confidently say that it exceeded my expectations. Since my parents don't speak English very well the company has organised a Russian speaking tour guide for them. My parents were wowed since the very beginning of the tour: when they landed, the driver was already waiting for them the airport and afterwards dropped them to their overnight hotel making sure that my parents would have breakfast prepared before they leave for safari. The whole trip was well planned, covering main parks in Norther Tanzania with the opportunity to see all the Big Five animals. I'd especially like to commend the driver Emmanuel for his amazing driving skills. Even though in some areas the roads were not the best because of rain, he managed to ensure safe and comfortable traveling experience for my parents. Also, I'd like to thank Peter for being such an attentive, knowledgeable and entertaining guide. He made sure that my parents will get the best of all the game drives, they even managed to spot a leopard resting on the tree one day which is a very rare occurrence. Also, since he was speaking Russian he made sure with the hotels that my parents would be well looked after. I'm so grateful for both Emmanuel and Peter, and for Lion King Adventures' team for looking after my parents and making sure they will have a memorable experience for years to come.
Incredible safari, with the best service and accommodations
The communication leading up to safari was 5 star!
CA
Email Erin | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Spectacular mountain hiking and safari experience, amazing guides, would definitely recommend!!
My husband and I used Lion King Adventures for a 4-day Mt Meru hike and a 7d private mid-range safari. We were very impressed with everything right from our first contact with them by email up to our whole trip. They worked with us prior to booking to customize the trip we wanted.
Our mountain guide and porters were amazing and went above and beyond what we would reasonably expect. There is no way we would have made it up the mountain without them.
Our safari guide was amazing as well and his passion for his job was obvious. He would guide us for 8 hour game drives and show us everything we wanted to see, answer all our questions, and teach us a ton about all the animals. His ability to spot them and knowledge was unbelievable. It is obvious that Lion King instills customer service as their number 1 priority with all their guides, as he wouldn't let us lift a finger while on our safari. We had a minor issue with one of our accommodations (not Lion King's fault) and they handled it for us, going out of their way to make up for it even though it wasn't their fault.
Overall, we couldn't have been more impressed with the quality of service we received and would definitely recommend Lion King to anyone looking for a safari, Mt Meru, or Mt Kilimanjaro hike tour.
HK
Email Owen | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent experience
Our guide Oussie is nice, cheerful, talkative and possesses a lot of knowledge about animals. We saw big 5 in our tour several times. Everything from accommodation to guide is beyond our expectation.
Excellent organisation & communications with Lion King Adventures
I organised my trip privately with Lion King. Extremely good communications, generally by return. They tailor-made my trip for me and listened to what I asked for, they also dealt with last minute (2 days before) alterations - very efficient.
All aspects of the trip were well organised - the transfer at the airport, the choice of hotels, the excellent bilingual (English/French) driver, Khalifa, who as well as being very punctual, discreet but friendly, knows the parks extremely well and is well-experienced (has been doing the Safari circuit for quite some years now) so knew where to find the animals and also how to adjust to difficult conditions (we had quite a lot of rain), so exercised caution when dealing with the difficult roads and driving conditions (unlike some who ended up bogged down). Also the vehicle was in excellent condition (although fridge and electricity recharge outlet not working, but minor details) - so no breakdowns or flat tires -another problem with many outfits (having talked to other tourists).
At the end of our trip, we briefly met up with Pendo from Lion King who checked directly with us to have our feedback - this personal touch was much appreciated.
On our trip we started off with a night's stay in Arusha (Ilboro Lodge - great evening entertainment by the pool to get you into being in Tanzania), then a stay at Eileen's Trees (excellent bungalow and good food), Visiting TARANGIRE National Park (skirting the top of the Ngorongo Crater on the way). Then visited SERENGETI N.P. with 3 nights at Serengeti Heritage Tented Camp ( good quality tented camp - great views, food fairly good) - good to stay several days in one place. Then on to NGOROGORO Crater - wonderful, and staying at N SOpe Lodge - definitely the top of the scale - superb views and rooms - even a hot water bottle on a cold night!). Then lastly we went backto Eileen's Trees and the last day visited LAKE MANYARA N.P. This last N.P. we felt was of less interest, as we had already seen many of the animals, but there are always new ones in each place. (if I were to do this again, would probably start here, or not do). Also driver said that there is certainly enough to visit in Tarangire NP for 2 days and that it was his favourite park - I would certainly believe him.
The Safari days are pretty long - up early and lots of driving around - having rather bad road during our trip, I think that probably we could have spent a little less time on the driving (although you do stop frequently obviously to admire the animals and the picnic lunches are always in a top spot- although the rather monotonous picnic lunches leave a little to be desired, but it appears all the tours do the same lunches provided by the hotels). The driver is certainly happy to follow your requests - so if you want a shorter day, with more blobbing time, then that is certainly an option - we fell into that towards the end. Overall a fantastic trip.
Little note - not to do with the tour - allow some leeway when using "smaller" connecting planes - not always on time, but they did go eventually.
I can thoroughly recommend Lion King tours to anyone.
Email Houda & Julien | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful experience
Very Profesional team, always happy to help and make your trip being memorable. We had a really nice guide also who made his best to make us see the types of animals we wanted to see. Accommodations are confortable.
I advise you to go for a lion king safari without any doubt!
KR
Email Bomin | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The best trip in my life
Travelling with my friend.
My first time to visit Africa. My friend and I didn’t have any information about Tanzania, and the office lady, Pendo, was really kind and helpful to arrange our schedule.
It took more than 20 hours to get in Africa, so super tired from the flight and entry into Tanzania, however, the pick up guy, Manuel, was very warmly welcoming us and made us feel very comfortable being in Tanzania. It was very short time to spend time with him, but he really gave us a good first impression about Tanzania.
On the second day, we met our guide, Ozzie (Oswald Shayo) who was the best part of our trip. He explained everything in details very easily. Before going to Tanzania, I didn’t know the differences between impala and gazelle (2 kinds), and now I am an expert to distinguish them. Every time we meet new animals, he knows what we would wonder about and explain about that.
Getting know about animals, their cultures, the history of name of each places, and Swahili were very fun and interesting.
Unbelievable views and nice people. These would be enough why you go to Tanzania. Travelling with Lion King Adventures is the easiest and the best way to experience well-organized and unforgettable trip. Like us, ymay have chance to see Lions and Simba right next to you as they recognize that you are in a jeep of Lion King!
We highly recommend have a tour with Lion King Adventures and the Oswald as your guide.
They will never let you down.
아프리카 여행에 망설이시거나 고민되시는 분들은 꼭 고민없이 가시길 강력 추천 드립니다!
공원 내 화장실도 깨끗하고 숙소도 좋고, 사람들도 친절합니다. 라이언킹 여행사도 강력하게 추천 드려요. 일정도 숙소도 정말 센스있게 잘 짜줍니다. 가이드로는 모두 다 좋겠지만 저희 가이드가 정말 너무너무 좋았어요.. 이번 아프리카 여행이 역대급으로 기억 속에 잘 남도록 도와주어서 너무 좋았습니다. 가이드로 저희 가이드(oswald) 추천 드립니다!
KR
Email Nari | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience
My friend and I saw Big5 and spectacular views. Photos cannot show how beautiful it is.
Our guide was awesome! He knows everything about what we were curious of and very good at explanations! Learning Swahili from the guide was one of our favourite time in Tanzania :) Thanks to Lion King Adventure for giving us such a wonderful memories!
Super recommended.
Excellent Mount Kilimanjaro experience
My husband and I had an excellent experience climbing Mount Kilimanjaro via the Machame Route with Lion King Adventures. They took care of all our needs, from the initial planning stages to the end of the hike.
Our guides, Saladini and Kim, were experienced and helpful. The food, cooked by Amos, was delicious and plentiful. We would be happy to recommend Lion King Adventures.