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 Jasmine Tamok | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We are so glad we booked with this company!
My husband and I did a 7-day safari with Lion King Adventures as part of our honeymoon. We have nothing but amazing things to say about our experience. I did a lot of research before choosing a safari company (since there are many to choose from) and went with Lion King Adventures due to all the amazing reviews that I read.
Communications with head office (mainly with Pendo) was professional and thorough. We were given different options to stay within our budget and be able to get the experience we wanted. We chose a 7-day midrange safari (and we happily found that the accommodations while on safari were above a usual midrange). Day 1 and 7 are airport drop-off/pick-up days so we had a full five days ok safari which was perfect. :) We visited Tarangire, Ngorongoro, and Serengeti National Park. While on safari, we stayed at 1 night at Eileen’s Treehouse, 2 nights at Embalakai Camps, and 1 night at Rhino Lodge. All these places went above and beyond to make our honeymoon special.
We had Immanuel as our guide and we were extremely pleased with his level of service and professionalism. He was very friendly and easy to chat with and was extremely knowledge about all the animals and plants while on safari. We saw everything that we wanted to see and more! We saw VERY many lions, elephants, giraffes, hippos, antelopes, wildebeests, zebras, baboons, buffaloes, hyenas, and vervet monkeys. We also saw 5 cheetahs, a leopard, a hyrax, a serval, banded mongooses, and 2 black rhinos! We were very pleased to see the Big Five as well as all the other amazing animals! We also saw very many birds and lizards. There are too many things to name—we saw them all!
We found that our safari stood out compared to others. Instead of boxed lunches, we had warm fresh lunches while on safari every day. The tables were always nicely set and we really appreciated the luxurious touch of eating with real crockery and silverware. The food was always tasty and plentiful. We also really appreciated that Lion King Adventures made an effort to make our honeymoon special. Not only did they inform the accommodations about our honeymoon, but we were also greeted by Immanuel with a beautiful welcome present. We also had bottles of red and white wine for our lunches with a sticker wishing us a great honeymoon. I found that they did a great job to make sure that our trip was specialized. The vehicle was comfortable and always very clean. We had lots of drinks—water, sofas, beers, and wine.
I think that Lion King Adventures really stands out by its level of service. Everything was service-minder and done to ensure that we had a great trip.
We really enjoyed all the information that Immanuel gave us about the biodiversity within the national parks and also about Tanzania. He was extremely knowledgeable about a lot! :) We also liked learning about his family and the Pare tribe.
I’m so glad that I read so many amazing reviews beforehand and made a good decision to book this company. We are extremely pleased with the level of service and professionalism by head office as well as our guide Immanuel.
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Email Cloves | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
They are the best!
The service was extremely amazing. My first impression was very good. They shared all details about the trip, even before I closed the deal with them. They support was great until the end of the trip!!! About our guide, David, he is the greatest ever!!!! He was more than a guide, he was our friend and partner. He drives very careful and knows how to find all animals. Very respectful guy and keep the schedule. The Serengeti stay was the most amazing one. However, the service is definitely THE BEST!! Be ready to sing and dance Jambo !!!! I got the 7 days safari trip. Actually, it is about full 5 days since one you arrive and leave and specific days. The company could handle and book PCR for us.
The trip is one of the best and I was more than lucky to be part of Davi’s tour. Our car is called Simba!! So guess what?! This is the best! Go on!!!
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Email Cathy | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Dream come true!
We booked a 7 days premium luxury safari, for Tarangire, Manyara, Ngorongoro & Serengeti, all inclusive, the lodges that we got are all beautiful, and with a pool each time, food are delicious, instead of have picnic box for lunch, we had nice warm dishes prepared everyday during our safari.
Talking about safari, we are very lucky to have Seleh as our guide, he is an expert for animals (feel like we have so much to learn after this trip). He is not only explaining us about the animals, as well for local cultures, and teaches us many many words in Swahili.
Something I must mention, our guide Seleh is someone paying attention into every small details, such as cleans the dust from our bags every afternoon when we arrive in hotel for check in, and bring the food that we could not finish (untouched) to local people who works around, and he always gives us serval different angles for taking pictures of animals, which other guide does not always offering the same.
Most important: he has very good eyes, he always find the hiding cats for us! many many times, he is the one who found the leopard, cheetah, and lions, then he communicates with other guide from different tours through the radio, for them to come over and check out.
So yes, we had the chance to see the big fives with Seleh, not only once but many times, as the first one who discovers, and that experience is totally unforgettable!
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Email Mary & Charles | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Lion King was excellent from planning to execution!!! They deliver what they promise without fail.
My husband and I were interested in Tanzania due to the presence of the great migration and Ngorongoro crater in close proximity. We reviewed many safari companies. We have experience with high profile international tour companies. Because of the unique features of Tanzania we chose a local company personally knowledgeable with our interests. Lion King delivered in a huge way.. Ozzie our wonderful guide provided us the experience of a lifetime. We did an 8 day safari. We were in awe each day with the wildlife. Ozzie delivered spectacular opportunities for us to view wildlife and the emergence of the wildebeest during the great migration. We were also saw the Big Five. In additional to a wonderful safari experience our guide looked after us and insured our every need was met.
Pendo was the woman behind the scene. She designed a seamless program including wonderful lodging in optimum locations. Ngorongoro is a view not to be missed. If you’re looking for a wonderful safari experience in Tanzania Lion king Adventures will insure you get it!
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Email Stéphanie | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Efficiency, flexibility for a extraordinary trip!
Lion King safari was an extraordinary adventure. We were in Zanzibar and we asked for an offer for a 3-days safari and we received it a few hours later. The trip was possible very fast and we could litteraly chose the departure date a couple of days later. All the information were clear and we were able to choose freely the accomodation we wanted. The first day of the safari, we were warmfully welcomed by Peter who was waiting for us at the airport in Arusha. He explained everything and drove us to our hotel. He is very informed about biology and geology and we knew from the beginning that we will have a wonderful time during the safari. And we weren’t desapointed. It was the first time he had to guide also our children (4 and 9) and even they didn’t understand him, he was very joyful and careful with them. First day, we did the Tarangire Park and second day the crater of Ngorongoro. Amazing!!! The two places are very different and so it was a very complete experience. It was beyond our expectations! We saw the big five and more! Peter made that possible, always trying to find the best spots and angles to take pictures. We can feel he’s passionate about his job, he marveled with us seeing all the animals. I would highly recommand Lion King Safari for the professionalism, efficiency, safe organisation and top staff!
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Email Amanda | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Experience of a Lifetime. Buck List ✅
Experience of a lifetime! Lion King Adventure is first class in providing a luxury Safari adventure across Tanzania. From booking to departure, Pendo provided exquisite custom services incoordination of our flights, lodging, COVID testing, and provided great recommendations for trip length, locations - and answered every questions we had. She even coordinated a surprise birthday cake for my husband at our stay in the Serengeti.
We selected the luxury five day four night northern circuit tour. The hotels, lodges, and luxury tent sites were exquisite and top-notch. We received all the options across the parks and quickly recognized Lion King Adventures was perfect for us. They provided several options and price quotes to match our budget and requests. We even decided to stay for an extra day to explore Kilimanjaro - we are glad we did.
Our guide, Gilbert, was an amazing guide with a wealth of knowledge and history of the people who live in the area of off the land! A joy to be with and always made sure we had everything we needed and then some. A true subject matter expert. We felt extremely safe with him; he always looked after our belongings; and ensured the car was locked. We never felt pressured to rush, and he did a great job explaining our day, travel and itinerary so we knew what was next.
We initially started our research online and quickly recognized lion King adventures as a stand out company with their amazing reviews from other guests, to their ease navigation on the website and ability to alter lodging locations depending on our preference and extremely quick response. We made a last-minute booking and received exceptional coordination from Pendo every step of the way. She went above and beyond.
We would highly recommend repeating our adventure to any of our friends and family looking to experience a Safari in Tanzania.
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Email Charlie & Marie | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing safari with our perfect guide Abu
We're a young couple and decided to book a 5 days private safari with Lion King company in January 2022. We were truly amazed by the service and the overall experience. We've chosen the luxury package and our accommodations were top notch experiences.
Even before the safari started, the communication process was very smooth and Lion King representatives made sure to explain the proposed itinerary in details and were keen to make any changes to the program if we wanted to do so.
Our guide Abu has really made our trip unforgettable. Everything went beyond our expectations and we've been amazed by his kindness and his knowledge. Abu was full of special attention and made sure that we came across all the animals we wanted to see. He truly knows everything about animals, birds, trees, migration dynamics, history of the parks and was very keen to give us explanations proactively and answer all of our questions. You can definitely feel Abu's passion for the animal and the proudness for his country and culture. He was also super skilled at finding animals and incredible spots in the parks.
We highly recommend that you request Abu to be your guide since he will truly make your experience astonishing.
Regards,
Charlie & Marie
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Email David | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional and Knowledgeable guide leading our safari experience of a Lifetime
Our guide Salehe was such a professional. His knowledge of the animals, cordial relationships with the other tour guides, and ability to seemlessly find the perfect spot to view the 30 or 40 different types of animals all made him a top notch guide. This was my first ever safari, and my expectations were definitely met to the fullest degree. These memories will last a lifetime and I don’t see anyway my first safari experience could have gone better. I attached a few photos here from different days of the safari. There’s no doubt that I highly recommend Lion King Adventures. Thank you Salehe, asante sana!!
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Email Kreso | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Warmest recommendation
We've selected Lion King Adventures as they were the first ones to responed within couple of hours to my initial inquiry. And from that moment up to the end of the Safari it went just better and better. Super easy commmunication, all the accomodation, meals and the safari itself as agreed and on time.
They, both backoffice and the guide, provided super useful information and support lrior and during the Safari.
The safari setup with shorter travelling and time to relax proved to be a great choice as it was really tailored to fully enjoy the safari, not to travel all the time.
A warm recommendation to all, we are a family of 4 and seeing the big 5 (thnx to the guide really pushing strong on Leopards and Rhyno) it was a one of the lifetime experience for kids. The kids are actually pretty sure we've seen and photographed all the animals in Tanzania.
Lion King Adventures is really a super warm recommendation.
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Email Kelly | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent
I had an incredible experience on Lion King's 6-day safari to Tarangire, Serengeti, and the Ngorogoro Crater.
Everything was well planned and coordinated from the airport pickup, travel schedule, and accommodation arrangements. You don't need to stress about any details!
Over email, Pendo was easy to work with in the lead up to our trip and very thorough.
The star of our trip was our guide, Salehe. He was very kind and highly knowledgeable of all of the animals. We saw all of the big 5, including many animals close up. He always seemed to know just where to go!
I would not hesitate to book your safari with Lion King Adventures and will be recommending them to my friends and family.