Micato Safaris Google Reviews

I have nothing but positive things to say about Micato and the Pinto family. I was looking through the recent brochure with its amazing photos and, in the troubling times which we are experiencing now, I recalled our trip with Micato. It was a 50th birthday and a 25th wedding anniversary and, after researching many agencies, especially those that catered to families, we chose Micato for the trip. This review is many years overdue but, suffice it to say, we were on our trip in early August of 1998. It was our first day, in Nairobi, having arrived the night before. We were leaving our hotel for a city tour when traffic came to a halt and we noticed debris floating down from the sky as sirens were sounding all around our two small vans which were carrying our group. We knew something was very wrong, but we were quickly whisked to the outskirts of town with the city tour cancelled. We were kept busy with sites outside of the city, including an unscheduled stop at a bead factory. When we were finally brought back to our hotel we were advised that the American Embassy had been bombed and there were many casualties. It was our evening to have dinner at the home of the Pintos in Nairobi. It was a lovely home and a gracious evening. Mrs. Pinto was there and reassured us that we were safe and that our contacts in the US had been notified that we were safe. We were offered the opportunity to cancel or continue the trip and all of our group agreed to continue. The next days where amazing, with the beautiful parks of Kenya and all of the animals. We felt very safe and returned to Nairobi to learn more of the tragedy that those kind and friendly people had experienced. It was a trip that we (my wife and me and our three sons...who were teenagers at the time) will never, ever forget for all of the obvious reasons....and there are many more details that I can provide ( such as my late night trip to the national hospital to offer my services!!). But I must say" thank you" to a very professional organization and family who shared their beautiful homeland with us and kept us safe and secure at a very difficult time. It has been many years, but I am glad to see that their (Micato's) tradition of excellence continues.