Attilio Gatti (Voghera (Lombardy, Italy) 10 July 1896 - Derby Line (Vermont, USA) 1 July 1969)[1] was an Italian-born explorer, author, and documentary filmmaker who traveled extensively in Africa in the first half of the 20th century.

[2] Gatti, a member of the Società Reale Italiana di Geografia ed Antropologia, was among the last great safari expedition men.

They did the 10th (in Belgian Congo, 1938–1940) and 11th expeditions ("To the Mountains of the Moon" i.e. the Rwenzori Mountains at the border of Uganda, 1947–1948) with a caravan of motor vehicles including a 9-ton "Jungle Yacht", custom built by International Harvester in Chicago.

[5] Gatti became one of the first Europeans to see and capture the fabled okapi and bongo, a brown lyre-horned antelope with white stripes.

[citation needed] His books, articles, and some 53,000 photos have become invaluable scientific and anthropological resources.