M ICATO NE WS FROM JANE PINTO
Hello dear travellers and friends, Greetings from Micato’s Africa! The last year has flown by as our hard-working teams in Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, and beyond had many joyful first encounters as well as reunions with Micato guests. As we have every year for our last 53 on safari, we held to two treasured traditions: Welcoming many Micato travellers at home in Nairobi as well as in Cape Town and for the 26th consecutive summer reprising our favourite holiday: The three-generation Pinto family safari (p. 8-9). Along the way, Micato’s non-profit foundation AmericaShare, thanks largely to your support, sent multitudes of children to school and Huru International, of which Micato is a proud major donor and supporter, saved teenage girls from missing more than 4 million school days. (p. 4-5). Micato India had a most wonderful adventure come to fruition (see below) and there was much, much more, which I welcome you to read about herein.
Jane
WHEN INDIAN BUSINESSMAN MUKESH AMBANI THREW A $100 MILLION WEDDING FOR HIS DAUGHTER ISHA IN DECEMBER 2018, HE HIRED MICATO INDIA TO TAKE CARE OF HIS ESTEEMED VIP GUESTS: AMONG THE ARRANGEMENTS MICATO ORCHESTRATED FOR SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON AND OTHER GUESTS: A PRIVATE SAFARI IN RANTHAMBORE NATIONAL PARK, ABOUT WHICH SECRETARY CLINTON NOTED, “I WILL NEVER FORGET THE TIGERS WE SAW DURING OUR VISIT… AND APPRECIATE THE UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE YOU HELPED ARRANGE DURING MY TRIP TO INDIA.” FLANKING SECRETARY CLINTON ARE MY GRANDSON TRISTAN AND SON DENNIS, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF MICATO SAFARIS, ON HAND TO HELP WELCOME MRS. CLINTON AS SHE EXPERIENCED MICATO INDIA’S DAZZLING HOSPITALITY.