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:
- $3,443 to $19,195 per person per day (MXN, 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
JP
Email Hiroko Nogata | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A Perfect Safari Experience with Lion King Adventures
Our safari with Lion King Adventures was beyond incredible! From start to finish, the team ensured everything was perfectly organized. Pendo tailored an itinerary to suit our budget and schedule, and the lodges and tented camps she selected were outstanding—every stay was a highlight of our trip.
Before departure, Naurey from the same team provided detailed pre-trip information and meticulously checked everything to ensure our trip was flawless. Her care and attention to detail gave us great confidence before setting out.
One of the most special moments was celebrating my husband’s birthday. Thanks to Pendo, the lodge arranged a birthday cake with an unforgettable African style acelebration. It was a truly memorable evening.
Our guide, Benjamin, was phenomenal. He was kind, knowledgeable, and passionate about sharing Tanzania’s wildlife and culture. His incredible spotting skills allowed us to see not only the Big Five (with numerous lion sightings!) but also a wide variety of other animals.
On our last day, Benjamin’s advice to reach Kilimanjaro Airport 3 hours early was spot-on. Because the airport process was super slow.
I cannot recommend Lion King Adventures highly enough. Their professionalism, warmth, and expertise made our safari a once-in-a-lifetime experience. If you’re planning a trip to Tanzania, they are the team to trust!
AE
Email Rahul | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing and brilliant
One of the best holiday experiences we have ever had! The trip was so immaculately planned - right from us browsing their website (btw whoever has done the website copy deserves a raise :)) to talking over emails with Elia and Rose, who were so prompt to replying to all our queries right down to our amazing guide Joseph who was just so skilled, polite, patient and made sure we did not miss absolutely anything. We saw the BIG 5 and captured 4 with our lens for posterity! All the different hotels we stayed at were such a cherry on top, with amazing views, spectacular rooms and impeccable service. But the best part of the trip was the ride in Serengeti! Only regret we may possibly have is not spending more days in Serengeti , we will definitely be back!
AE
Email Hana | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent Experience
Trip of a lifetime! End-to-end excellence in service: From the booking process to the lodgings to the Safari itself. Lion King Adventures took our breaths away. Our guide “Mwita” is truly a man of the Serengeti, born and bred here. He had extraordinary knowledge of the wildlife and was always positive, helpful and wonderful. Rosemary in the office also kept tabs on us throughout and made us feel special. Highly recommend!
CA
Email Laurie | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Once in a lifetime experience!
We had an amazing time with our guide Dickson on a 6 days safari trip with Lion King Adventures.
The organization, communication and experience were perfect !
The accommodation are great especially the 2 nights in Land of Nature in Serengeti, a must do !
We have seen so so many different animals included lions, leopard, cheetah and the endangered rhino !
GR
Email Marina & Laura | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent
We had an amazing experience with Lion King Adventures! Everything was perfectly organized from start to finish, making the whole trip completely stress-free. The lodges we stayed in were not only incredibly comfortable but also super cute—each one felt like its own little retreat.
A special shoutout to our driver, Enouk, who truly went above and beyond. Even though it was the rainy season, he made sure we saw everything we hoped for and more! He was kind, funny, and so knowledgeable—he really made the whole trip unforgettable. Highly recommend!
Email Chai | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing!!!!
An absolutely unforgettable experience!! The Serengeti, the crater, the hotels with the views, the animals, all simply fabulous!!
Beginning from our first day since we landed, till the end, everything was perfectly planned and taken care of. We didn’t have to worry about any logistics and could enjoy every day to the heart’s content! Thank you Lion king!
Our guide Gama was superb! made it all possible for us to see so many lions and cats and million other animals! He was amazing and took great care of us!
Going to recommend Lion king and Gama to all our friends!
Email Phillip | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Could not recommend more!
We had an amazing experience on our 9 Day Luxury Safari with Lion King Adventures in November 2024. We saw every animal we hoped to see across the four distinctly unique parks we visited - Tarangire, Manyara, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro - including jaguars and rhinos. Our accommodations (Gran Melia Hotel, Maramboi Tented Lodge, Escarpment Luxury Lodge, Nyota Luxury Camp) were beautiful, spacious, and modernly outfitted, and the service was top-notch. The weather cooperated wonderfully with sunny 70/80 F days. Our private jeep was perfect for four people, comfortable, always clean, and stocked with infinite water and soft drinks. And, of course, we had a fantastic guide through it all - Salehe. Salehe was kind, good-natured, respectful, patient, and deeply knowledgeable of the animals, parks, and routes. He also had a good sense of humor, which we very much appreciated! Thank you again Salehe and Lion King Adventures!
DK
Email René | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Unforgettable Experience
We had a magnificent 6 day safari with the Lion King and our fantastic guide Benjamin (Benji) who did everything to ensure we had an unforgettable trip.
The journey went from Arusha to Tarangire National Park, where we saw huge herds of elephants and giraffes. Afterwards we spent the night at Manyara's Serecret with fantastic food and sunset over the lake.
The trip continued to the Ngorongoro Crater which did not disappoint and with the densest population of wild animals in Tanzania we saw pretty much everything. Even the soulful rhino showed up. We ended the day at Nyota Luxury camp in the central Serengeti. A really delicious camp that can only be recommended. There were super friendly staff, fantastic food and then you got really close to the animals. We thus saw both, lions, leopard, hyena, buffalo, monkeys, the cute dik dik and an elephant in the camp itself
The next day we managed to see the rare leopard and we also saw a cheetah with cubs that had just killed a prey.
The last few days we spent in the northern part of the Serengeti, where Benjamin managed to find the wildebeest crossing the Mara more than once. We actually saw it three times, such a surreal experience!
Benjamin was always attentive to our wishes and very patient in finding the perfect experience and not least pictures of the trip.
We therefore got very close to the rare Leopard and got some fantastic photos, just as we managed to experience the crossing of a huge herd of wildebeest.
It would not have been successful without Benjamin, who knew what he was doing and each time managed to find the animals we wanted to see. We even got to see the cute mongooses on the last day.
Everything from planning the trip, choosing camps, payment and execution was perfect
If you want the Best Tour operator for your safari, choose Lion King and ask for the Nr. 1 Safari Guide Benjamin. You will not be disapointed!
DK
Email Anne | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing safari experience with a great guide!
Our family of four went on a safari of 8 nights with Lion King Adventures in July 2024. The booking process was handled very professionally and it was easy to adjust the safari according to our wishes. The best adjustment we did was to add an extra night in Serengeti (three nights in total) which we think is an absolutely magical place. In comparison to the other quotes we got from companies based in Europe, the quote from Lion King had significantly more safari days for the same price.
When we arrived in Kilimanjaro Airport we were a bit nervous about the upcoming experience. This was our first trip to Africa and we didn't know exactly what to expect. After meeting our guide, Benjamin, we immediately felt in very good and competent hands. We are very, very impressed with the way he organized our safari days. He took care of everything for us, was very pleasant to be around and was incredibly dedicated to make our safari an experience of a lifetime.
Everything on the safari was exactly as described in the itinerary - or even better. All lodges were great and in beautiful locations. During the safari we saw an amazing amount of animals. We saw all the big five more than once and so much more including lots of animals very close to the car (but we felt safe at all times). When we asked about the options to see the great migration, Benjamin arranged for us to take a full day going to the north of Serengeti. There we were very lucky to see a horde of wildebeest crossing the Mara river. This would absolutely not have been possible without a very skilled guide.
On a safari you spent very many hours in the car. This was no problem as the Lion King cars are well-suited to the conditions with pop-up roofs, good seats and a fridge with supply of water and soda. Also, Benjamin is a very good driver, which really makes a difference under these circumstances. We also had a few other activities such as visiting a Masai-village, a guided walk at the edge of the Ngorongoro crater and a visit to the market in Arusha. These activities were nice additions to the game drives and gave us the chance to learn just a little bit about the people of Tanzania.
We can give Lion King our warmest recommendations. They do an amazing job and you can be certain to have the experience of a lifetime. The only drawback is that we can't wait to get back! And when we do, we will certainly ask to have Benjamin as our guide again.
CN
Email Eric Wu | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent operator, made our trip beyond our expectation.
- Booking: Communication before booking was smooth. We had 3 operators as our selections as our starting point of preparation - I think it is a good way to start. Anyone who plans the safari, DO NOT stick to one operator. And Lion King was the best of them. The reply was really on time, and the content they made with the simple information we provided(something like our budgets, what kind of animal we want to see, and which parts we want to go) was so professional and the first reply was already practical enough to go. So after 2,3 rounds of email communication, we dumped the other operators. They were able to change the plans following our tiny requests and adjust them like accommodation etc.
- The payment: the payment process was explained clearly with the list of accepted methods of payments and FRAUD cautions. We were concerned a little as you know, traveler usually needs to transfer money directly, but their email made us comfortable. As we planned this trip early, after the payment, they kept in touch with us letting us let them know if we had any questions.
- Pickup and trip: We had Gilbert with us. Good at finding animals, and all of the operators helped each other they would broadcast the location of the animals, and they would make sure everyone in the park could see the animals. Gilbert was nice, helped us to see the animals and he would also make sure other people could see them too - he would leave after making sure we had gotten enough and made space for others. And if we took so long, he would remind us. The park is not a private place, after all, it should have everyone get what they want. So - actually with the way the operators/guides work, almost everyone can see almost all the animals - but our guide made us comfortable with how we were traveling without impacting other people. It aligns with our values.
- Accommodations: the places we stayed were great - the infra and services. Maybe because of the certain environment, every place was so quiet. We all know the parks are full of bugs, people will help with bedding and spray bug repellers every night.
We visited a lot of places and this experience was one of our bests. We didn't even want to leave at the moment. We will visit again, and most likely we will travel with Lion King Adventures again.