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 Dan Denney | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Leave your worries to them.
So I had several things I was stressed about for a trip this far from home. You may be worried about safety, paying up front, the quality of your guide, communication, accommodations, transportation and everything else.
I can tell you all you really need to worry about is picking your activities and being at breakfast on time. That is it.
A special recommendation to Musa, our driver and guide...and now our friend.
I will be happy to talk to any of my fellow US folks personally.
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Email Marly & Paul | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Once in a lifetime trip with the best and customer focused operator.
Words can not describe how amazing this 11 day trip was for us. From day one contacting Lion King Adventures, to hearing back from Pendo on the details, there is not one thing that wasn't perfect and beyond any expectations we had. When we landed in Mt. Kilimanjaro the driver was waiting for us. The next morning we started our safari with our guide Good Luck, who turned out to be a very knowledgeable and compassionate person. We shared a memorable five days with him seeing some of the most beautiful and diverse landscapes in Africa, not to mention we saw the big five and so many more animals. I can not say how grateful we were to have picked this operator and had Good Luck for our trip! All the lodges we stayed at were fantastic and the food was very good! The people of Africa are amazing and who made us feel so welcome and we shared many stories with them all. Once the safari was over, after meeting with the owner at the airport for feedback, we flew to Zanzibar and were once again taken care of every step of the way, thanks to Lion King Adventures. To whomever is reading this, you need to look no further for an operator to book your safari, Lion King Adventures will give you a trip of a lifetime like they did for us. We will never forget this trip or top it.
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Email Faith & Lauren | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Once in a life time trip made easy by Ozzie and Lion King Adventures
From start to finish, Lion King Adventures exceeded our expectations. Pendo was incredible and so responsive as she helped to build us a truly perfect itinerary. Once we arrived in Tanzania, Ozzie - our AMAZING guide - was the person who really made this a trip of a lifetime. Everywhere we stopped people told us how lucky we were to have him, and they were right!! Ozzie was incredible in answering our questions, sharing animal facts, and finding rare animal sightings throughout each park. He was incredible beyond words and so knowledgeable! Lion King was head and shoulders above the rest in every regard. I can not recommend them (and Ozzie!!!) enough!! My husband and I will definitely be back to Tanzania with Lion King and Ozzie hopefully very soon!
Email Gina | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
See below! Amazing
nce our first day of arrival.. Lion King Adventures was very kind and hospitable..
Our first night at Arusha Planet was very nice, such friendly staff and the food was very good…
Our second night at Eileens was just the same…we would definitely stay at both places again and highly recommend to anyone..
The next 4 nights we stayed at Heritage Luxury Tents.. again the staff was very friendly and so very kind!! Our tent was on a platform with steps to walk up.. which was nice to be off the ground.. there was a nice big bathroom with sink, toilet and shower. Our tent was very clean.. I had some laundry done and it came back clean and smelled good.. Having Zebra and Wildebeest walking by after eating breakfast.. also hearing Hyenas at night and Buffalo eating behind the tent was awesome!!! Totally an adventure to experience…. would definitely recommend!!
Our Safari guide (Salehe) with Lion King Adventures was the best!! Aside from being kind, thoughtful, knowledgeable, patient and friendly.. He did an excellent job locating all the animals we wanted to see and so much more!! He answered all our questions about the animals and birds!! Also told us more information we didn’t know about them..
He was very tolerant of our endless requests… Our safari experience was a cut above because of Salehe…For example… every morning the safari vehicle was cleaned out and freshened with bottles of water and clean windows.. it had universal plug ins for charging electronics by all the seats
My whole safari experience was an ultimate adventure and I highly recommend it to anyone
My daughter communicated more with them for planning and booking and she said they were quick to reply and answered all questions
They also helped us arrange the COVID testing for return travel
Email Laura | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Serengeti Adventures!!
My family and I (4) had a custom trip planned with Lion King Adventures
6 nights in tarangire, Serengeti and ngorogoro crater
3-4 days in zanizibar
And 3 days at mafia island
They booked all hotels but we had to book flights to and from zanizibar And mafia - they emailed promptly and answered all questions and were helpful when we had to change a few flights
The 6 day safari - we were picked up from airport and driven to hotel
Then in morning picked up from hotel and driven through Tarangire Park- lots of great animal sightings! Then arrived to central Serengeti for 4 nights
Heritage Luxury Camp - it was a permanent tent on a platform ... facing sunset ... they had separate tent for eating breakfast and dinner , we did see some animals there, heard mire at night, bathroom and shower in each room, kinda basic, but staff were friendly and nice!
We were gone all day each day from 7am-6pm
The animals were amazing! We saw so many the first 3 days, not so much the 4th day but still great!
The Serengeti is amazing and beautiful
The last day we left Serengeti and drove a game drive through ngorogoro park looking for rhinos
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Email Cornelia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent Safari!!
We did a 8 day private safari end of october 2021 in northern tanzania with Lion King Adventures. It was our first safari and first visit to Sub-Saharan Africa and also it was the first time for us to book directly online via a local travel agency and not through a well known travel agent in our home country Switzerland, so we weren‘t quite sure what to expect. However, we decided to do so and it was the best decicion ever! So here’s my evaluation:
- great communication (whatsapp and email), very quick to answer, even on weekends and evenings, very friendly, open, forthcoming and uncomplicated
-knowledge: help with creating the itinery / choosing the lodges was superb, good overall guiding, very helpful pre departure information (do’s and dont’s, what clothes to bring etc)
- airport pick up on arrival was on time (our flight was a bit early but our guide was already there so we didn‘t have to wait), very warmhearted welcome
- safari car was excellent: very comfortable seats, even on the partly very bumpy roads, easy to open rooftop, fridge with water, soft drinks, beer, possibility to lift your legs up if needed ;)
- our guide was amazing (Gilbert), very friendly and funny, very flexible, showed and explained us a lot about the nature/animals, excellent english
-feedback: we appreciated it a lot that we met James, the owner of the company before and after the safari to provide our personal feedbacks about the safari tour. He is a very good guy and really makes an effort to achieve the best customer satisfaction possible.
-little extras: two sets of Binoculars were provided for us for free upon asking in advance. There were two bottles of „welcome wine“ with our names on the etiquette in the safari car, so nice! We always had hot lunches transported in reusable pots to reduce waste (which I think was great). Whenever we came in an area crowded with tsetse flys our guide told us in advance to put anti insect repellent, and many more!
All in all there was nothing amiss and we were super happy with our safari and would definitively book with lion king adventures again!
Thank you very much!!!
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Email Carla | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Experienced, knowledgeable and friendly guide!
Lion King Advenutres was nothing short of amazing from the booking process, airport pickup, to our AMAZING tour guide Gilbert!
Our Safari expectations were exceeded in every way. The amount of animals we saw, the price, Gilbert’s knowledge, and hotel stays.
If you are reading this review please book with Lion King they did an amazing job through and through.
The only struggle for us is figuring out how to come back as soon as possible!
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Email Whitney | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best experience ever!
Amazing vacation in Tanzania. We did 5 day Safari and 3 nights in Zanzibar. Lion King adventures sets everything up for you. From the transportation to and from airport, the hotels, the food, and all the water/soda/beer you want during Safari. All of our hotels were amazing and the staff at these hotels cannot be beat. The best part of the trip was our guide, Salehe. He was so easy to talk with and so knowledgeable and passionate about his country, the animals, the plants, and the landscapes. Cannot recommend this vacation enough. You will not be disappointed.
Email Phil | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Well organised, quick to respond and extremely helpful
I had a wonderful time in Tanzania visiting Tarangire NP, Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro crater and Lake Manyara NP. Lion King adventures were extremely efficient and helpful with organising my trip. Mwita, our safari guide was very friendly and great with my two children. He was very knowledgeable about the parks and the wildlife. My favourite experiences on the trip were seeing 3 young lion cubs feeding from their mother. We saw 92 lions in total and have many happy memories from our trip. Other memorable moments were the three leopard sightings and seeing some lions eating zebra after a kill. I plan to come to Tanzania in the future and would definitely go again with this company and hopefully the same guide.
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Email Jennifer & Mason | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Davis was amazing, kind, funny, attentive, always a smile, very communicative and experienced.
Lion King Adventures was an amazing experience from booking to travel to visa to safari and back. The entire experience was beyond any of our expectations. The trip was a dream. We could not have asked for a better guide than David. PLEASE REQUEST DAVID. You will not regret it. He has such a keen eye that we saw the BIG FIVE plus an endangered rhino. He took such good care of us (single mom and 16 year old son). He and my son talked and laughed. David was so attentive. The accommodations they chose were lovely. The tented camp was a dream. It was a trip of a lifetime and it certainly met every expectation one could imagine. That is certainly because of how the people of Lion King Adventures cared for us - communicating at all times of the day, allaying my fears and anxiety, helping us get COVID tests in the Serengeti, keeping us safe and informed. Please go, choose Lion King Adventures, request David, sit back, relax and take it all in. I'd give it 10 stars if I could.