Micato Holiday Safaris in West Africa
 Micato Safaris’ invites travelers to enjoy a one-of-a-kind trip to the wild side of Africa. Bespoke Holiday Safari incorporates several of Kenya’s most exclusive and unique camps and lodges, private charter transport, and special holiday feasts and activities.
The Bespoke Holiday Safari starts at $30,800 per person, double occupancy and is 15 days, December 20, 2008 through January 3, 2009. The holiday adventure begins in Nairobi, where guests will overnight at the historic Norfolk Hotel. They will visit the famed Daphne Sheldrick Wildlife Orphanage, where abandoned baby elephants are raised for re-integration into the wild.
Then, a private charter will take guests to Wilderness Trails in Lewa Downs, one of Kenya’s early ranches and home to the Craig family since 1924, and guests will be spoiled by gourmet meals prepared by skilled chefs using home-raised livestock and fresh produce from the ranch’s 5-acre organic garden.
Guests will stay at Governors’ Il Moran Camp, featuring luxurious hunting camps with in-suite Victorian baths. On Christmas Day breaks, a hot air balloon safari will provide an exhilarating experience as guests float few hundred feet above the herds before touching down for omelets and pineapple-and-champagne cocktails.
An afternoon of game viewing promises sightings of elephants, giraffe, buffalo, cheetah, black rhino, and more, while Christmas Night is celebrated with an elegant dinner, hanging lanterns, oriental rugs, china and silver. Maasai dancers will entertain guests with song and dance.
The next day, a flight excursion to Lake Victoria takes guests through Maasai villages to see species of native birds. Tarangire National Park, home to 3,000 elephants, is next, with an overnight at the Tarangire Treetops Lounge, and then a private charter to Lake Manyara.
After a morning game drive, a private charter transfers guests to Singita Grumeti Reserves, 400,000 acres of unrivalled, pristine wilderness in the Serengeti for a special New Year’s Eve celebration with casino games, dancing, and a champagne toast at midnight.
At dawn, guests will start off the New Year with a champagne breakfast, followed by a private charter to 1920’s-style Sabora Plains Tented Camp, where they will enjoy two days of game viewing before returning to Nairobi for their departure to the U.S. To more information or to book Micato Safaris’ Bespoke Holiday Safari, call 1-800-MICATO-1 or visit www.micato.com.
Founded in 1966, family-owned Micato Safaris has been providing the utmost in safari outfitting to sophisticated travelers and offers the most luxurious and personalized safaris available today in East Africa (Kenya and Tanzania) and Southern Africa (Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and South Africa). Winning the coveted Travel+Leisure “World’s Best Tour Operator & Safari Outfitter” award for an unprecedented six years (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008), Micato prides itself on providing exceptional service throughout every stage of the safari experience.
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