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Sourcing the Perfect Cup: Micato Safaris Introduces A Coffee Connoisseur's ...

New York, NY (PRWEB) July 25, 2011

For the food and beverage enthusiast, coffee can stir passions as powerfully as fine wine. Introduced to East Africa in the late 1800s, Arabica beans are highly prized for their body, richness, and acidity, and demand for Kenyan coffee is so strong that it is the country's third largest cash crop. This Micato Safaris tour gives bean aficionados the unique opportunity to observe life and production on the modern coffee plantation, explore a selection of coffee varietals, and (of course!) enjoy a hearty helping of not-to-be-missed safari adventure.

The 11-day journey includes:

Day 1- Arrive in Kenya's capital city, Nairobi, and share the classic elegance experienced by Ernest Hemingway and Teddy Roosevelt at century-old The Norfolk Hotel, a Fairmont property. A welcome gift from The Norfolk's Tatu Restaurant includes Kenya Gold coffee liqueur, mocha chocolates, and a sampling of Tatu's Estate coffee beans.

Guests receive an introduction to modern Kenyan history and farm life at the Karen Blixen Museum, the farmhouse where the author lived from 1914 to 1931. Six hundred acres of Blixen's property were used for growing coffee beans in the early 20th century; crops that famously failed, as recounted in the blockbuster film "Out of Africa".

An afternoon visit to local fair-trade coffee purveyor Dormans features a discussion with a buyer from the Kenyan Coffee Exchange, and of course, a tasting of one of Dormans' famous AA roasts. The evening concludes with a multi-course Kenyan Estate Coffee Tasting menu at Tatu.

Day 2- A drive north borders the mountainous Aberdare National Park and leads to Solio Lodge, where six breathtaking bungalows offer an intimate view of the Solio Reserve, home to buffalo, lions, leopards and the endangered black and white rhino.

Before arriving in Solio, travelers make a stop in Nyeri at the Nyeri Coffee Estate to witness the workings of a 30-acre coffee plantation. The neighboring Nyeri Hill Farm has been owned and run by the Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri since the 1890s and its premises boast the Italian Memorial Church, a resting place for many prisoners held in Kenya during World War II.

Days 3-4- The extinct volcano of Mt. Kenya is the second-highest mountain in Africa, and coffee and pineapple plantations fill the gap between its slopes and Nairobi.

Eastwards towards Nanyuki is the Mount Kenya Safari Club, another exclusive Fairmont property and home for the next two nights. Originally a retreat owned by legendary movie star William Holden, the estate's 100 acres of gardens boast horseback riding, bird walks, and an on-site animal orphanage.

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