Luxury Adventure Travel in Africa with Micato Safaris

If you want to experience a true luxury safari, contact Micato Safaris, which has been listed in the "World's Best Tour Operator and Safari Outfitter" category in Travel + Leisure magazine's reader's polls eight times.

This boutique family company partners with many of the properties named on Travel + Leisure's "World's Best" list of the top 20 properties in the world, including Singita Grumeti Reserves, Singita Sabi Sand, Royal Malewane, Ol Donyo Lodge, Kirawira Luxury Tented Camp, Serengeti Migration Camp, Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club, Mombo Camp and Little Mombo Camp.

The group tours are limited to an average of 12-14 guests, who travel in style, including chartered bush planes to minimize travel time between destinations. Guests have a 24/7 personal concierge to attend to any unforeseen needs. More than half of the safaris booked by Micato are custom tours. The company is skilled at coordinating mobile tented safaris, Kilimanjaro treks, "seaside safaris" with whale watching and shark-cage diving, visits to Africa's exotic beach resorts, and safaris tailored for families.

Micato's luxury safaris are designed to reflect the company's strong ties to Africa and its people. Guests have opportunities for meaningful cultural exchanges and life-changing philanthropic experiences. Micato's One for One program puts one African child in school for every safari sold.

2012 marks the 25th Anniversary of Micato Safaris' non-profit AmericaShare, a program that lets travelers give back through the Lend a Helping Hand on Safari program. Guests can spend an extra day in Nairobi to visit an AmericaShare project in Mukuru, a slum on the outskirts of the city. In addition to meeting "mamas" who care for children, or discovering the significance of a sewing machine to an impoverished community's survival, travelers might plant a tree or serve a meal, or simply be a bridge of information and exchange between cultures.

Micato operates tours in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Mozambique. The company also puts together custom visits to India.

The Boss' Pitch: Why Travel With Micato Safaris

Managing Director, Dennis Pinto, the son of Jane and Felix Pinto, who founded Micato Safaris in Kenya more than 40 years ago, says" "Each day on safari brings new perspectives and experiences. Africa's landscapes are immensely varied- from snow-capped mountains, to cavernous valleys, sweeping savannahs, vast deserts, lush forests, sparkling lakes, romantic beaches and vibrant waterfalls. Not to mention animals by the thousands and some of the friendliest people you'll meet anywhere."

"There is no way to know exactly what the safari experience will be from day to day. Each and every one is different, which is part of what makes going on safari so exciting!"

"The safari of yore was a vigorous adventure that entailed days of hiking, setting up tents, preparing one's meals over a campfire, and keeping an ever-watchful eye for predators. While today a safari is just as likely to include a massage treatment by the plunge pool, a seven-course gourmet bush dinner, or a quick jaunt to a remote lake by private plane, there is no less adventure to be had. Indeed, a whole breed of Micato travelers rarely sits still in the bush; they jog with Maasai, mountain bike through the plains, trot horses amidst giraffes, trek on camels at dawn, buzz through fields on ATVs, sleep out under the stars, track with bloodhounds, fish pristine lakes, and more."

Popular Adventure Travel Outings with Micato Safaris

• The 15-day Micato Grand Safari is one of the company's most popular tours. The trip includes stops at Kenya's Amboseli National Park, Maasai Mara, Tanzania's Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater. Lodging will be in luxurious tented camps and safari clubs. The highlight is a hot air balloon tour to see the animals from above.
• On the Botswana's Timeless Wilderness tour, guests will enjoy helicopter game viewing on the Okavango Delta, visit Chobe National Park, Moremi Wildlife Preserve in Botswana and Victoria Falls.
• The luxe Stanley Wing Safari (Kenya & Tanzania) takes travelers to Kenya and Tanzania for stays in game parks for wildlife viewing sessions. Travelers fly from one game park to another, where view range from Mt. Kenya and Mt. Kilimanjaro to the Maasai Mara and Ngorongoro Crater.
• The Sweeping South African Sojourn: starts with a visit to Capetown and a tour of the Capetown Peninsula, then travelers go to the Grootbos Private Nature Reserve and to Sabi Sabi.
• On the 13-day Travel + Leisure World's Best Safari, guests will start in Capetown, visit the nearby Wineyards to see the vineyards, then travel to Londolozi Private Game Reserve and then to Singita Private Game Reserve.

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