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TRAVEL with PURPOSE Micato’s fresh approach to sustainable change. IN 1966, SECOND-GENERATION KENYANS FELIX AND JANE PINTO STARTED A LITTLE SAFARI COMPANY NAMED MICATO. Over the decades, their commitment to conservation, first-class service, and exceptional guiding in East Africa and Southern Africa has earned them world’s best safari outfitter accolades for a record-setting 10 times by Travel + Leisure magazine. The outfitter stands apart for the depth and breadth of its exclusive, truly transformational experiences. Guests don’t just spot wildlife from the back of a Jeep. They meet with acclaimed wildlife conservationists, have the privilege of being honored guests at tribal celebrations, and observe fossils one-on-one with the first family of paleoanthropology, the Leakeys. Micato only works with the finest lodges, like Ol Jogi Ranch and Segera Retreat, and when it comes to surprise touches, Micato one-ups the sundowner tradition with more fanciful affairs, like a white-tablecloth meal served at a camel derby match in the Namib desert.
The family-owned safari operator’s unconventional approach to sustainability has earned it a reputation as an industry leader in responsible luxury travel. The company believes that education is the most powerful tool for sustainable change in Africa. Through AmericaShare, a program founded in 1986 by Micato employee Lorna Macleod, Micato executes educational and community outreach programs dedicated to improving lives of the vulnerable and impoverished women and children living in the Mukuru slum of Nairobi, especially those who have been impacted by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Guests can visit the Micato-AmericaShare Harambee Community Centre, a multi-purpose facility built through the generosity of past Micato travelers, and witness first-hand the direct impact these charitable initiatives have on the lives of these children and their families. Guests also have the opportunity to visit the nearby headquarters of Huru, which manufactures reusable sanitary pads—1,600,000 to date—distributed in free Huru Kits to more than 189,000 girls in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Huru Kits have saved girls 5.1 million school days that otherwise would have been lost. While trekking through the Chyulu Cloud Forest near Mt. Kilimanjaro and sandboarding Kenya’s remote Suguta Valley are remarkable experiences, many guests say it’s the face-to-face community encounters through Micato’s AmericaShare program that leave the deepest impressions when they return home.
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