So here, in no particular order, are our top 5 places to see animals on a Micato African safari. 1. Amboseli National Park. Amboseli National Park, a natural wonderland almost as large as Delaware and Rhode Island combined, is famous for its beguiling views of Kilimanjaro and deservedly just as famous for its abundance of game.Undiscovered by outsiders until the 1890s (hence its richness of wildlife), Ngorongoro was well known to the Maasai for its bountifulness. They called it El-Nkoronkoro, meaning Gift of Life. Based from Crater Lodge, well-soothed by the lodge’s impeccable service and serenity, we hop into our vehicles with our Micato Safari Director and wend ...A Micato friend wrote that Lodo Springs’ eight rooms “looked like they were designed by an old-time African landowner with exquisite, modern-leaning taste.” Each of the eight is a beautifully thought-out melding of fresh design with the airiness of safari tents: a classic tent top rises above the room’s wrap-around sliding glass doors and windows.Jun 25, 2013 · Of course, I saved the best for last. Micato’s non-profit arm AmericaShare has been around for 25 years. For every safari they sell, Micato pays all the expenses to send a child to school for 12 years. Yes, public schools in Kenya are free but children from the slums don’t go because they can’t afford the uniforms, books and other expenses. Undiscovered by outsiders until the 1890s (hence its richness of wildlife), Ngorongoro was well known to the Maasai for its bountifulness. They called it El-Nkoronkoro, meaning Gift of Life. Based from Crater Lodge, well-soothed by the lodge’s impeccable service and serenity, we hop into our vehicles with our Micato Safari Director and wend ...The Micato Grand Safari. 15 Days from $32,650 per person. The Hemingway Wing Safari. 14 Days from $26,400 per person. The Stanley Wing Safari. 16 days from $27,400 per person. Tanzania Spectacular. 10 Days from $16,600 per person. The Heart of Kenya & Tanzania. 12 Days from $19,900 per person.Photo by Micato Safari Guest Frank Newton. The Dry Seasons: June to October and January to March. While The Great Migration is one reason why the months between June and October are considered Kenya’s safari high season, there are many other reasons to visit this time of year.Kenya. Micato was born in the Pinto family home, very near the Kenyan coffee plantation at the foot of the Ngong Hills where Baroness Karen Blixen lived and thrived and was inspired to write her heart-stirring classic Out of Africa (under her much better known pen name, Isak Dinesen).. The only country on earth named for a mountain, Kenya is also the birthplace …Give us a call at 212-545-7111 or 800-MICATO-1. We’re here from 8:45 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (Eastern Time Zone) every weekday. Or send us an email at [email protected] and we’ll get to work on your Private Classic Safari post haste.The Micato Grand Safari. 15 Days from $32,650 per person. The Hemingway Wing Safari. 14 Days from $26,400 per person. The Stanley Wing Safari. 16 days from $27,400 per person. Tanzania Spectacular. 10 Days from $16,600 per person. The Heart of Kenya & Tanzania. 12 Days from $19,900 per person.Fortunately for you, there’s never a wrong time to embark on an African safari with Micato. While weather patterns may change, …Micato Safaris has been delighting guests with unique luxury safaris to Africa for 60 glittering and award-stealing years. We’ve been exploring, indulging and safari-ing since 1966, sharing the splendours of our ancestral home with wide-eyed first-timers and seasoned bush-lovers alike.With luxurious amenities and beautiful scenery, Mara Myika is a wonderful place to stay during your Micato Safari. Luxury Safaris. Luxury Africa Safaris. Classic Safaris. Travel with a small group on more than 400 set departure dates. The Micato Grand Safari. 15 Days from $32,650 per person.You and your family or group of friends choose any one of our Classic Safaris and turn it into a completely private journey, with your own safari vehicles and a Micato Safari Director to yourselves. Micato Safaris offers three ways to safari, depending on your travel style. Learn about the three ways and let us help you find the right fit.Grumeti Serengeti River Lodge is located in the great Serengeti’s delightfully remote Western Corridor, offering seclusion, luxury and the million-year quiet which is one of the Serengeti’s many charms. “There is no feeling,” Elspeth Huxley wrote in The Flame Trees of Thika, “like being absolutely alone with creation…with nothing ...Micato Safaris: Amazing South Africa Safari!!! - See 83 traveler reviews, 184 candid photos, and great deals for Nairobi, Kenya, at Tripadvisor.You and your family or group of friends choose any one of our Classic Safaris and turn it into a completely private journey, with your own safari vehicles and a Micato Safari Director to yourselves. Micato Safaris offers three ways to safari, depending on your travel style. Learn about the three ways and let us help you find the right fit.The Micato Grand Safari. 15 Days from $32,650 per person. The Hemingway Wing Safari. 14 Days from $26,400 per person. The Stanley Wing Safari. 16 days from $27,400 per person. Tanzania Spectacular. 10 Days from $16,600 per person. The Heart of Kenya & Tanzania. 12 Days from $19,900 per person.Micato’s roots are in India, and we’ve been introducing our ancestral home to travellers for more than three decades. Our theory matches …Our Micato Safari Director is affectionately at home in Tanzania’s Serengeti. Private game drives with him and his trusty Driver Guide are revelatory. Here is the Africa we have dreamed about, “a paradise caressed by light and air in their most special forms,” as the great lover of safari Peter Beard said. Like Isak Dinesen, we’ll see ...The Micato Grand Safari. 15 Days from $32,650 per person. The Hemingway Wing Safari. 14 Days from $26,400 per person. The Stanley Wing Safari. 16 days from $27,400 per person. Tanzania Spectacular. 10 Days from $16,600 per person. The Heart of Kenya & Tanzania. 12 Days from $19,900 per person. The Soul of India. India: Delhi, Agra, Ranthambore National Park, Jaipur, Varanasi, Mumbai. Door-to-door. Starting from. $21,050. All Journeys. Based from the world's most luxurious hotels, this brilliantly choreographed 2 week Luxury trip brings us into contact with India's most compelling splendours. Introducing Delhi. “Charming, capricious, imperial” (as John Foster Fraser wrote), Delhi is one of the world’s greatest and most intriguing capital cities. Independent India was born in Delhi and 21st century India surges here. But–based from some of the subcontinent’s most sublime hotels–we are always in contact with ageless India ...Get ready to go from dreaming to doing with Micato Safaris. Their luxury African tours make all of this possible, and more. Voted Travel+Leisure’s #1 World’s Best …Contact our India experts, pick one of the trips, and we’ll reserve one of its departure dates for you – or create a new departure date that fits your schedule. I’m in! How do I book a Private Classic? Give us a call at 212-545-7111 or 800-MICATO-1. We’re here from 8:45 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. every weekday. Or send us an email at inquiries ... We’re ready to construct a luxury safari around just about any special interest or fancy. Because: We like and do these things ourselves, we know who the experts are, and because, as Forbes says, one of Micato’s “biggest assets is a cadre of highly trained, multi-lingual, expert safari guides, drivers, and trackers,” unlike, Forbes goes ... Micato Safaris: Amazing South Africa Safari!!! - See 83 traveler reviews, 184 candid photos, and great deals for Nairobi, Kenya, at Tripadvisor.Activities at Serengeti Migration Camp. First and famously foremost: seeing the world’s most fascinating animals. From the Camp itself, and on leisurely game drives in the company of our Micato Safari Director and Driver Guide, who know and love the Serengeti backward, forward, and everywhere in between. The Big Five —leopard, Cape buffalo ...Micato Safaris: Amazing South Africa Safari!!! - See 83 traveler reviews, 184 candid photos, and great deals for Nairobi, Kenya, at Tripadvisor. Passage Through Botswana and Zimbabwe. Natural Marvels, Soothing Luxury. From the mesmerizing, miraculous Okavango Delta to mammoth Victoria Falls and the classic gamelands and safari experience of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park. 14 Days from $26,800 per person Explore Southern Africa: Botswana and Zimbabwe. Learn More. The Best of Kenya & Tanzania. The Stanley Wing, named for the iconic 19th-century Africa explorer Henry Morton Stanley, may be Micato’s most comprehensive and popular safari.We range through East Africa widely and leisurely, from Nairobi into the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro in southern Kenya and farther into Tanzania, with luxuriously long …By Micato Staff August 16, 2022. I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list. These words from great American writer Susan Sontag have likely stoked the flames of wanderlust more so than any other quote in recent memory. But, being as everywhere is a big place, our teams at Micato Africa and Micato India are happy to narrow it down a little.The Micato Grand Safari. 15 Days from $32,650 per person. The Hemingway Wing Safari. 14 Days from $26,400 per person. The Stanley Wing Safari. 16 days from $27,400 per person. Tanzania Spectacular. 10 Days from $16,600 per person. The Heart of Kenya & Tanzania. 12 Days from $19,900 per person.At Micato, our focus is on luxury safaris in Africa and our ancestral homeland of India. Luxury Safaris. Luxury Africa Safaris. Classic Safaris. Travel with a small group on more than 400 set departure dates. The Micato Grand Safari. 15 Days from $32,650 per person. The Hemingway Wing Safari.Activities and Attractionsat Ol Jogi. Wildlife viewing on the acacia-dotted plains of Ol Jogi’s 58,000-acre private conservancy is an especially rich safari experience. We roam with our Micato Safari Director in almost inevitably successful search of the Big Five (including more than 80 endangered eastern black rhinos), rare Grevy’s zebras ... Nairobi. Burgeoning, lively, ever-more cosmopolitan, Nairobi (“cool waters”) is more than Kenya’s capital, it’s the unquestioned cultural and economic centre of East Africa. Home of Micato’s founders, Felix and Jane Pinto (who personally greet nearly all Micato guests passing through the city), it’s one of Executive Director Joy ... By Micato Staff. The Big Five—the lion, leopard, cape buffalo, elephant, and black rhino—remain the most sought-after animals: the five most difficult animals in Africa to hunt on foot. Elusive, fast and dangerous, each animal has, in its own right, earned its place on the list of the most coveted safari sightings. Luxury Africa Safaris. Classic Safaris. Travel with a small group on more than 400 set departure dates. The Micato Grand Safari. 15 Days from $32,650 per person. The Hemingway Wing Safari. 14 Days from $26,400 per person. The Stanley Wing Safari. 16 days from $27,400 per person. Micato’s founding family, The Pintos, are no different. Their three generations may be slightly biased — yet wholeheartedly correct — in knowing that safari is the most wonderful where of any where on earth. And when you decide to travel with Micato, you’ll soon agree it is also the most enriching, indulgent, and truly carefree way …Burgeoning, lively, ever-more cosmopolitan, Nairobi (“cool waters”) is more than Kenya’s capital, it’s the unquestioned cultural and economic centre of East Africa. Home of Micato’s founders, Felix and Jane Pinto (who personally greet nearly all Micato guests passing through the city), it’s one of Executive Director Joy Phelan-Pinto ... Micato Safaris has been delighting guests with unique luxury safaris to Africa for 60 glittering and award-stealing years. We’ve been exploring, indulging and safari-ing since 1966, sharing the splendours of our ancestral home with wide-eyed first-timers and seasoned bush-lovers alike. Spending as much time as they do in the bush, Micato Safari Directors naturally have accumulated a lot of photographic know-how — the best times of day to capture virtually every possible safari photo in the best possible light, where to aim your camera, how to frame your shot, and much more. Peek-a-boo in Zimbabwe, by Micato …The Micato Grand Safari. 15 Days from $32,650 per person. The Hemingway Wing Safari. 14 Days from $26,400 per person. The Stanley Wing Safari. 16 days from $27,400 per person. Tanzania Spectacular. 10 Days from $16,600 per person. The Heart of Kenya & Tanzania. 12 Days from $19,900 per person.The Soul of India. India: Delhi, Agra, Ranthambore National Park, Jaipur, Varanasi, Mumbai. Door-to-door. Starting from. $21,050. All Journeys. Based from the world's most luxurious hotels, this brilliantly choreographed 2 week Luxury trip brings us into contact with India's most compelling splendours.By Micato Staff August 16, 2022. I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list. These words from great American writer Susan Sontag have likely stoked the flames of wanderlust more so than any other quote in recent memory. But, being as everywhere is a big place, our teams at Micato Africa and Micato India are happy to narrow it down a little.Wildebeest cross the Mara River, Kenya What is the best place for a luxury African safari? Kenya, hands-down. Kenya is truly the cradle of the African safari experience. It’s the starting part for any real luxury African safari, harking way back to Ernest Hemingway and the Happy Valley set featured in Out of Africa.Mount Kilimanjaro …Activities in Cape Town. In many ways Cape Town is Micato’s second African home. Our founding couple, Felix and Jane Pinto, maintain a home here, and while we’re in Cape Town we’ll dine with treasured Micato friends. So, while the One&Only is a destination in itself, much more Capetonian exploration with our Micato Safari Director is in ...From gauze-draped four-poster beds to deep soaker baths, Arusha Coffee Lodge is a luxury haven for quality R&R either before or after the rewarding rigours of a safari in Tanzania. The Lodge offers a cozy, oh-so cossetting getaway, with airy terraces and comfy furnishings as lush as the woody evergreen coffea plants that carpet the extensive ...At Micato, our focus is on luxury safaris in Africa and our ancestral homeland of India. Luxury Safaris. Luxury Africa Safaris. Classic Safaris. Travel with a small group on more than 400 set departure dates. The Micato Grand Safari. 15 Days from $32,650 per person. The Hemingway Wing Safari. Micato Safaris has been delighting guests with unique luxury safaris to Africa for 60 glittering and award-stealing years. We’ve been exploring, indulging and safari-ing since 1966, sharing the splendours of our ancestral home with wide-eyed first-timers and seasoned bush-lovers alike. Passage Through Botswana and Zimbabwe. Natural Marvels, Soothing Luxury. From the mesmerizing, miraculous Okavango Delta to mammoth Victoria Falls and the classic gamelands and safari experience of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park. 14 Days from $26,800 per person Explore Southern Africa: Botswana and Zimbabwe. Learn More. Request Our Splendid (and Free) Micato Safaris Brochures. One of the best parts of safari is when you start dreaming about it, and Micato brochures make it easy to dream. These beautiful books tell the story of our luxury African Safaris and India tours and illustrate over and over why Travel+Leisure readers have voted Micato Safaris the #1 ... The Micato Grand Safari. Duration. Door-to-door. Starting from. $32,650. Discover the majesty of East Africa. This private safari is a Micato staff favourite that includes some of the best game viewing & private camps in Kenya.Undiscovered by outsiders until the 1890s (hence its richness of wildlife), Ngorongoro was well known to the Maasai for its bountifulness. They called it El-Nkoronkoro, meaning Gift of Life. Based from Crater Lodge, well-soothed by the lodge’s impeccable service and serenity, we hop into our vehicles with our Micato Safari Director and wend ...Our Micato Safari Director is affectionately at home in Tanzania’s Serengeti. Private game drives with him and his trusty Driver Guide are revelatory. Here is the Africa we have dreamed about, “a paradise caressed by light and air in their most special forms,” as the great lover of safari Peter Beard said. Like Isak Dinesen, we’ll see ...Sometimes Micato Safaris makes a list, in the sense that we make it onto one. Say, the Travel+Leisure list of World’s Best Safari Outfitters, which we’ve made many times… 10 of those times making it to the #1 spot, more than any other travel company in the world.. And, sometimes, we literally make a list, like the one that follows: The Micato …Kruger National Park and a series of equally wildlife-rich private game reserves–such as Micato favourites Sabi Sabi and Shambala, both …Meeting up with the Big Five, more or less of course, in the Phinda Private Game Reserve’s marvelously varied septet of habitats, including Africa’s last sand forest. Touchdown to takeoff services of your Micato Safari Director, and 24-hour access to our one-of-a-kind Concierge Service. Wildlife excursions in the wonderfully isolated Sabi ...Guests will meet and train with elite runners, race with up-and-coming local athletes and, if they so wish, end their marathon training by racing in a local half- or full marathon. To keep the runner’s high going, guests will receive the ultimate reward for a race well run: A luxury safari in Kenya’s spectacular Maasai Mara Reserve. They will also become dear friends. It bears repeating: While most companies offer only Driver Guides, Micato guests in East Africa safari with a team of Driver Guides and a Safari Director. In Kenya, our Driver Guides hold a minimum Bronze-Level certification from the Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association and many are Silver certified. Micato Safaris is a luxury safari company that offers custom and small-group safaris to Africa and India, with exclusive-use private villas and estates, 24-hour concierge service, …Recent Photo Contest Winners. Snapping the perfect photo on safari has a lot to do with being in the right place at the right time. And while Micato can take credit for getting you … Starting from. $16,600. Exploring Exotic Wilds in Style. We bow to the fact: Many of us are firmly engaged in a very busy world, a world in which time away from the busyness is precious. And so we offer this luxury safari to three major contributors to the East African mystique: the classic game lands of Tarangire, the Ngorongoro Crater, and ... At Micato, we’re committed to the well-being of our travellers. Our extensive network in Africa, established during our 60 years on safari, reflects our dedication to your safety and comfort. In line with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, those joining our 2024 safaris are not required to have a Covid vaccination.A glimpse at some of the famous faces we've hosted on a Micato safari over the years. Luxury Safaris. Luxury Africa Safaris. Classic Safaris. Travel with a small group on more than 400 set departure dates. The Micato Grand Safari. 15 Days from $32,650 per person. The Hemingway Wing Safari.Segera Retreat offers “one of the most beautiful lodge experiences in Africa,” Condé Nast Traveler says, and Micato’s old Africa hands enthusiastically agree. The game-rich Laikipia Plateau, set between lordly Mount Kenya and the Great Rift, is a magnificent bit of Africa, and Segera embraces its surroundings with imaginative gusto and ...Vehicles & Transportation . Safari Vehicles. A luxury safari involves exhilarating and pleasurable days on the trail of wildlife, as well as the occasional long day driving between locations. In East Africa, each comfortable nine-passenger Micato vehicle is limited to six guests, affording all travellers a window seat and access to an overhead roof hatch.The Soul of India. India: Delhi, Agra, Ranthambore National Park, Jaipur, Varanasi, Mumbai. Door-to-door. Starting from. $21,050. All Journeys. Based from the world's most luxurious hotels, this brilliantly choreographed 2 week Luxury trip brings us into contact with India's most compelling splendours.The Micato Grand Safari. 15 Days from $32,650 per person. The Hemingway Wing Safari. 14 Days from $26,400 per person. The Stanley Wing Safari. 16 days from $27,400 per person. Tanzania Spectacular. 10 Days from $16,600 per person. The Heart of Kenya & Tanzania. 12 Days from $19,900 per person. Nairobi. Burgeoning, lively, ever-more cosmopolitan, Nairobi (“cool waters”) is more than Kenya’s capital, it’s the unquestioned cultural and economic centre of East Africa. Home of Micato’s founders, Felix and Jane Pinto (who personally greet nearly all Micato guests passing through the city), it’s one of Executive Director Joy ... So most everything on your Micato safari is included–from delectable meals to airport transfers to a safari hat. Even all gratuities are included. Apart from the occasional shopping opportunity, there is very little need for you to even carry your wallet. Rest assured, we’re with you every step of the way—and we will do virtually anything ...Brilliantly Choreographed Contrasts. Beginning with Namibia’s vast and gorgeous wilderness, then to the urban delights of Cape Town and its salubrious Winelands, ending with superb game viewing in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve. 15 Days from $26,900 per person Explore Southern Africa: Namibia and South Africa. Learn More.The Micato Grand Safari. 15 Days from $32,650 per person. The Hemingway Wing Safari. 14 Days from $26,400 per person. The Stanley Wing Safari. 16 days from $27,400 per person. Tanzania Spectacular. 10 Days from $16,600 per person. The Heart of Kenya & Tanzania. 12 Days from $19,900 per person.With all the luscious patina we expect of a former home of an Italian noble, the late Count Ancilotto, Loisaba elevates rustic luxury to liveable art. The tented camp features a dozen spacious airy tents with sweeping floor-to-ceiling doors and windows, polished wood floors, and chic Africana furnishings with a whimsically European twist.MIcato Safaris takes the beauty of Africa and makes it personal. In Kenya, just west of the Great Rift Valley, the late afternoon light turns a ridge to brilliant gold. … Micato Safaris does not accept responsibility for the loss or damage of submitted work and reserves full publishing and advertising rights to all photo entries. By submitting photos, entrants agree to all provisions listed above. Employees or contractors of Micato Safaris and professional photographers engaged by Micato are excluded. ‘ Undiscovered by outsiders until the 1890s (hence its richness of wildlife), Ngorongoro was well known to the Maasai for its bountifulness. They called it El-Nkoronkoro, meaning Gift of Life. Based from Crater Lodge, well-soothed by the lodge’s impeccable service and serenity, we hop into our vehicles with our Micato Safari Director and wend ...With all the luscious patina we expect of a former home of an Italian noble, the late Count Ancilotto, Loisaba elevates rustic luxury to liveable art. The tented camp features a dozen spacious airy tents with sweeping floor-to-ceiling doors and windows, polished wood floors, and chic Africana furnishings with a whimsically European twist.Micato Safaris is a family-owned company that offers bespoke safaris to Africa and India since 1966. Founded by Felix and Jane Pinto, …And, at safari’s end, the graduate might want to spend some quality time seeing the work of our nonprofit arm, Micato-AmericaShare, in the Mukuru shantytown—very much part of the wider world. A wedding anniversary, a graduation, a college reunion — whatever milestone you want to mark, we’re ready to build a Custom Safari around it.Jun 2023 • Family. Micato plans a very good safari experience. That being said, the Micato Marketing Machine tends to amplify the buzz of the positive stories while minimizing the areas of opportunity. Below is the post-trip email, verbatim that we sent CEO Dennis Pinto in August 2023, after our June 2023 Safari. Journeys with Micato start at $17,000 per person, and we’d be delighted to give you details about the many different travel experiences that await you. Before we talk, perhaps peruse the questions Micato gets asked most often as well as the truly delightful process of planning a Micato safari. We also invite you to read our beautiful brochures.
And, at safari’s end, the graduate might want to spend some quality time seeing the work of our nonprofit arm, Micato-AmericaShare, in the Mukuru shantytown—very much part of the wider world. A wedding anniversary, a graduation, a college reunion — whatever milestone you want to mark, we’re ready to build a Custom Safari around it.. Full swing golf simulator
Micato created a trip of a lifetime with our grandkids and their family. There wasn’t one detail that wasn’t perfect. From staying at Giraffe Manor and Hemingways in Nairobi to the beautiful properties in Kenya and …Micato’s roots are in India, and we’ve been introducing our ancestral home to travellers for more than three decades. Our theory matches …Micato Safaris operates in Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Botswana, and Rwanda. Travel Advisor. For Industry offers, Specials & fact sheets log into our travel advisor section. Login. Micato Safaris 15 West 26th Street New York, NY 10010 Telephone: +1 212-545-7111 Toll Free: +1 800-MICATO-1. View All Days. Day 1 En route to a classic East African safari. Days 2 & 3 Getting acquainted with Nairobi. Days 4 & 5 The Laikipia Plateau. Days 6 & 7 The Maasai Mara’s famed Fairmont Mara Safari Club. Days 8 & 9 Gazelles by the gazillions on the golden Serengeti. Days 10 to 12 Exquisite Lake Manyara and the Ngorongoro Crater. Hippos gather in a pond in the Serengeti, as seen by Micato guest Karl-Heinz Hoefert from a hot air balloon. With their massive, up-to-8,000-pound bodies and thunderous bellows (reaching 115 decibels—the equivalent of a rock concert), hippopotamuses are an imposing physical presence in the waterways of the African …The pleasingly air-conditioned lodge and airy tented luxury bedrooms offer every convenience a modern-day desert adventurer may expect and (as seasoned Micato guests well know, and new ones are happily soon to discover) a good many rather spectacular delights besides. Vide, Kwessi’s ultra-luxe Stargazer Rooms, an adjacent sleeping room … Activities at Four Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti. Our Micato Safari Director is affectionately at home in Tanzania’s Serengeti. Private game drives with him and his trusty Driver Guide are revelatory. Here is the Africa we have dreamed about, “a paradise caressed by light and air in their most special forms,” as the great lover of safari ... We’re guided through the prison by an ex-prisoner, to the prison yard where Mandela and his fellow political prisoners smashed rocks, a pointless exercise symbolic of their captors’ contempt. We look into Madiba’s eight-by-seven foot cell, and wonder at his resiliency. We see the dismal meeting room where he could rarely communicate with ...Hippos gather in a pond in the Serengeti, as seen by Micato guest Karl-Heinz Hoefert from a hot air balloon. With their massive, up-to-8,000-pound bodies and thunderous bellows (reaching 115 decibels—the equivalent of a rock concert), hippopotamuses are an imposing physical presence in the waterways of the African …A highlight for many Micato Safari travellers is coming into contact with the Maasai, a semi-nomadic, pastoral indigenous tribe whose ancestral territory stretches across southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. Since many of their communities abut or lie within the bounds of popular game preserves—including Maasai Mara, Ngorongoro, and …MIcato Safaris takes the beauty of Africa and makes it personal. In Kenya, just west of the Great Rift Valley, the late afternoon light turns a ridge to brilliant gold. …Kruger National Park and a series of equally wildlife-rich private game reserves–such as Micato favourites Sabi Sabi and Shambala, both … Day 1 En Route. Day 2 Nairobi and the serene Hemingways hostelry. Days 3 to 5 Sir Richard Branson’s Mahali Mzuri in the Maasai Mara. Days 6 & 7 A lightening of spirit in the storied Serengeti. Days 8 to 10 Lake Manyara and the epic Ngorongoro Crater. Days 11 & 12 Return to Nairobi for flights home. .