08/06/2024
On Boulders Beach
it's silly to say
"Who's in whose way?"
when you bump into penguins
who have right of way when making tracks
every Cape Town day
(with apologies to Dr. Seuss)
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Voted Travel+Leisure's #1 World's Best Safari Outfitter a record-breaking 10 times. We send a child to school for every safari we sell.
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Travel+Leisure wrote that Micato treats guests like "well-loved, out-of-town relatives." This has been true since 1966, when Felix and Jane Pinto started Micato out of their home in Kenya. Now a world-renowned name, Micato remains a family-run company, and our travellers still join the Pintos for a meal at their home when they pass through Nairobi. As it has always been, Micato is more than just a business—it is a labour of love.
07/31/2024
When your safari vehicle comes to a stop before a pride, you may raise your camera and discover something we've long known, that a lion cub can gently gaze into your soul.
It's different here in Micato's Africa.
07/29/2024
After a nap, this cheetah in Loisaba had a good stretch and yawn before heading off to search for its next meal.
Words and photo by Micato guest Doug Whitman
07/23/2024
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good
Words: Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Photo: Micato guest Scott Polen
07/16/2024
A pair of kings go fish
07/10/2024
Zebras horse around a fair amount when nobody's looking and, sometimes, when you are.
07/08/2024
The evergrowing trend of taking meetings outdoors? Perfected here in Micato's Africa.
Photo: Micato guest Doug Whitman
07/04/2024
Micato's Africa. Where the giraffes are beautiful and, evidently, patient.
A very Happy Independence Day from all of us at Micato Safaris!
07/01/2024
Somebody clearly got up on the right side of the bed or is simply happy about the fantastic lighting on the plains, or both.
06/28/2024
Sometimes the eyes need a rest.
Happy weekend, friends!
Photo: Micato guest Doug Whitman
06/26/2024
Where: Phinda Private Game Reserve.
When: Sundown.
How: Jewels of Southern Africa, part of the Micato Classic Safari Collection. Or a private Micato Custom Safari to Southern Africa, during which this photograph was taken.
Why: Because if you are at all moved by this photo, imagine how you'd feel if you saw this giraffe in real life.
06/21/2024
Happy World Giraffe Day to all who celebrate! The golden plains wouldn't be quite the same without these lovable, long-lashed, limber creatures.
To learn more about the African giraffe, click here: http://mica.to/giraffes. To see more of the African giraffe, schedule a consultation with one of our giraffe-loving Micato Safari Specialists by clicking here: http://mica.to/consultation.
Happy weekend, friends!
Photo: Tristan Pinto
06/13/2024
The wonder-working, check-in-facilitating, hassle-banishing Micato Concierge Team. Available to Micato guests any time of day or night, anywhere Micato takes you. These resourceful pros, based in Nairobi, Cape Town, Arusha, and Johannesburg, are ready to obtain forgotten prescriptions, make flight changes, find favourite treats, scour the city for replacement camera batteries and fly them to you in the bush, and so much more we’ll ask you to imagine for now. If you need it or want it, they’ll move mountains to get it done, which is one reason Micato has been voted the #1 World's Best Safari Outfitter by Travel+Leisure readers an unprecedented 10 times. These are facts.
06/04/2024
Micato's India dazzles, as does the new book we just wrote about it.
Request your very own copy of the Micato India brochure here: http://mica.to/brochure. Then, peruse it, enjoy the look of it on your coffee table, and give us a call.
06/02/2024
One moment they're having a bath, the next you're dropping them at college.
It's not just you: They really are growing up too fast. Enjoy it while it happens.
Photo: Micato guest Bob Mellor
06/01/2024
The Micato Safari Director. Creative choreographer of safari. Guiding flexible, always-on-the-lookout forays into the bush, imparting fascinating nuggets of African history, folklore, flora, and fauna. Deftly handles logistics, anticipates and irons out figurative wrinkles. And not incidentally, a kind human being.
On all our safaris, a highly-credentialed Micato Safari Director accompanies you from beginning to end of your journey. This is one of the many Micato Differences. Peruse more of them here: http://mica.to/difference
05/30/2024
Click all pictures you see with a lion and a tree. Then, click https://www.micato.com/contact/ and we'll add you to the picture.
Photo: Micato guest Natalie Blais
05/26/2024
"Hey, did you hear the 2024 Micato Hot List is out? I couldn't click on the link, because hooves, but I understand it's a good read."
The link: http://mica.to/hotlist24
Photo: Micato guests Bob and Lucie Fjeldstad
05/24/2024
When you hear "Micato's Africa," the first word to spring to mind is likely not "ostrich." Yet these creatures, with dinosaur-like features and old souls to match, are staples of the safari skyline. Join us and you'll see what we mean.
05/22/2024
The giraffes, not entirely convinced you understand just how tall they are, have sauntered over to this Micato vehicle to give you a sense of scale.
05/18/2024
Micato and you. Happy together.
Photo: Micato guest Paul Bruce
05/14/2024
This is one of the more literal ways we define the golden joys of safari.
05/12/2024
Mama
In English, Swahili, Xhosa, Zulu or Lion…
it means the same thing.
Happy Mother’s Day from Micato’s Africa.
05/08/2024
Your view of the elephant. And, the elephant's view of you.
Dugout canoe or mokoro excursions in the Okavango Delta are a guest favourite. Call us to chat about a Micato safari to Botswana, featuring boat rides you'll remember for the rest of your life.
05/06/2024
I was taken by surprise
by a pair of roguish eyes
in the merry merry month of May.
Words: Adapted from lyrics by Ed Haley
Photo: Micato guest William Merrick
05/03/2024
Nope, not Mars. Micato's Namibia. Join us.
04/25/2024
Leopards are so taken with the golden colour of Micato safari vehicles that the felines sometimes use them as cover as they stalk.
04/22/2024
From our home to yours, Happy Earth Day.
Photo: Micato guest Lorne Rose
04/17/2024
Up periscope, the Micato Way.
04/15/2024
There's happy, and then there's Micato Happy. This is the latter.
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Sound on. Pulse down. Enjoy the ride.
Did you know that elephants make excellent dinner guests? Here's proof.
Really good hair day.
Some of the many marvelous giraffes of Micato's Africa.
The Micato One for One Commitment
We send a child to school for every guest on safari.
Breakfast in Paradise
Just your average Micato breakfast in paradise -- join us! Don’t miss the young elephant on the ridge (in the video) that joined us too. ~Dennis Pinto
We're delighted to share the world premiere of the short film "Monday Morning" by Micato's own Meg Buffkin, who caught this moment on Namibia's Skeleton Coast. #MondayMonday
We're delighted to share the world premiere of the short film "Monday Morning" by Micato's own Meg Buffkin, who caught this moment on Namibia's Skeleton Coast. #MondayMonday
Flying High with Micato Safaris
Ryan Hansen of Bon Voyage Travel temporarily took command of an aircraft while on safari with Micato and well, this happened...
Skyward
"Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward. For there you have been, and there you will always long to return." -- Leonardo da Vinci Happy weekend, friends! ~ Joy Phelan Pinto, with Dennis Pinto and Sasha Pinto
The Wild Tigers of India
Journey with Micato India to meet the wild Royal Bengal Tigers of Ranthambore...
Lion Love on the Savannah!
Incredible footage of lion love on the savannah! It's mating season and these young lovers have been going at it 4-5 times an hour (!) for days. Their "before and after" interaction is fascinating... and pretty amusing too! (Video: Sasha Pinto; Post: Joy Phelan-Pinto)
Floating Above Ol Jogi
Floating and soaring on safari! A 20-second video of Ol Jogi, where you’ll float above the dreamy pool, then soar into the sky with a view to the edge of the Laikipia Plateau and, it seems, the world… (Post: Joy Phelan-Pinto; Video: Tristan Pinto)
An endearing video moment captured by Sasha as this sweet-faced gerenuk munches his snack amusingly at the salt lick. We return to Ol Jogi’s magical “hide” frequently both day and night, spellbound by the spectacle of Africa’s Peaceable Kingdom before us. (Post: Joy Phelan-Pinto; Video: Sasha Pinto)
An aerial video snippet of the Pinto family’s favorite pool with a view. We return to this sublime secret place every year. (Post: Joy Phelan-Pinto; Video: Tristan Pinto)
Micato Holiday Greetings
From all of us at Micato, with a little help from the beautiful voices of the African Children's Choir, we wish you Happy Holidays and a very Happy New Year.
More proof that penguins are awesome, via @luxetiffany ・・・ Cuteness overload! Finally got to see the African Penguins in Simon's Town, South Africa! #Penguins #simonstown #VirtuosoSym #luxury #travel #southafrica #africa #tlpicks #visitsouthafrica
The Micato One for One Commitment
The Micato One for One Commitment may be the most important—and exhilarating—endeavour that we have ever undertaken. The concept is simple. For every safari sold, Micato pays the fees required to send an African child to school—a child who would otherwise stay home due to extreme poverty.
