Micato Safaris Google Reviews
5.0 rating out of 688 reviews
Biff Matthews
Our trip to India with Micato was excellent. We were three couples from Canada. Highlights included our guide, Hem Singh, who could not have been more knowledgeable and engaging, and a dinner arranged by Micato with couples in Delhi having similar backgrounds to ourselves.
Dominick Mills
I have been blessed to travel with Micato twice. Once to Kenya/Tanzania/Zanzibar in 2001 and eighteen years later to India this past February. I am clearly biased about their unparalleled quality, hospitality, knowledge, and customer care/attention to every detail. Both of these trips, accommodations, food, transportation, sights, people, and Micato staff were amazing. Trips of a lifetime.
I cannot give a higher recommendation to the Pinto Family, guide Erasto, guide Piyush, and the all purpose/all knowing single point of contact Marion who all worked tirelessly to deliver these trips well beyond promises and expectations. Considering India was a surprise anniversary trip for my wife, I still can’t figure out how Micato was able to find us in the remote destinations and totally personalize our trip....even as we travelled further into India. From private dinner for 2 overlooking the Taj Mahal to spending time serving others in the charity kitchens...amazing.
If you make it to Kenya, check out restaurants Carnivore or Tamarind. Still memorable with the Pintos 18 years later.
Happy Travels!
Louis Trost
I have been on 4 Micato tours to northern India in the last 8 years (and am signed up for a fifth in 2020). The tours have been wonderful-- safe and very well led. No disappointments from anyone in our groups which ranged from 8 to 21 members, and ages 19 to 92. Our guides were expert in ensuring our comfort, were adaptable to our personalities and last minute needs, found out great shopping for us, and showed infinite knowledge of India and it's people from the street up.
( My photo is of the Yamuna River at dawn, taken from the back side of the Taj Mahal)
Elizabeth Millhon
In the past 12 years I have traveled 3 times to India and will be returning again in January 2020. Probably the main reason I have fallen so in love with the subcontinent so far from home is because I have travelled with Micato Safaris! Not only have I been exposed to and learned about so many wonderful sites and people but also have travelled in the luxury and hospitality provided by Micato. From the Golden Temple in Amritsar in the northwest; to cruising on a houseboat in the backwaters of Kerala in the southeast; to riding elephants to the Red Fort in Rajasthan every detail of travel is provided Furthermore, who can resist listening to Mr. Singh recounting the tale of the Ramayana. I love returning to my room after a day of temple exploration and experiences to find my "gift of the day", always an appropriate memory of the day and place. If you go to India, go with Micato!
Mack Reynolds
In January-February 2019, we took a 12-day tour of India with Micato Safaris. Marion Miller served as our US-based rep, Puneet was our full-time guide in India.
Others have written about what a great tour Micato creates. But I’d like to address n the high performance of Micato's staff.
Marion set the stage by guiding me through a difficult Visa-obtaining process, responding promptly to my many questions about clothes, and was kind enough to arrange two private golf outings. She even tracked down a couple of pianos for me to play, though I opted not to pursue those.
Puneet amazed us every step of the way. As he explained it, “Micato means ‘warm toast and soft butter.’” His tours, site selections, insights and personal observation were great, as we expected. But he went above and beyond the call of duty so many times: stopping at a hospital to buy a splint for my finger; orchestrating those two golf outings; coaxing us to make evening and sunrise visits to the Ganges, recruiting a local musician to join us on the boat and leading us in personal meditations, as we lit and floated candles on behalf of departed family members.
Besides the planned activities, he was willing to call “audibles” and change plans to suit our individual tastes — even if it occasionally meant splitting up the groups. And he kept his sense of humor, putting up with our idiosyncrasies, while sharing plenty of his own colorful stories. Finally, he was very current on what’s happening in India, politically and socially. As most in our group are news junkies, we thoroughly enjoyed talking to him about what’s happening in his country.
Several of us on this trip are in the client-service business, and pride ourselves on delivering 5-star service. Please know that Puneet and Marion delivered that for Micato. Clearly, they are five-star representatives.
Thanks again. We’ll recommend Micato and travel with you again — thanks to the understanding and efficient Marion, and the creative and incomparable Puneet!!!
Ann Trost
As a travel agent, I saw first hand, what traveling with Micato means for their clients and what they can and will do for them.
I was on a Micato tour of India when a client in my group was notified that her Father was dying.
Micato immediately took over all the details of flying her from Jaiphur to New Delhi, meeting her at the airport, arranging new tickets for her to fly home and personally staying with her until she was on the plane going home. No detail was overlooked.
Micato can and will move mountains, part seas & perform miracles for their clients.
No wonder they are always voted # 1.