Giraffe Center and David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage Day Tour from Nairobi
Description
Combine some of Nairobi’s top destination on a full-day trip to David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, the Giraffe Centre, and the Kazuri bead factory. Door-to-door transport from your accommodations in Nairobi save you the stress of finding a series of taxis between sites, and you’ll have the unique chance to observe rescued elephants and Rothschild's giraffes from much closer than is possible in the wild.
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Itinerary
The tour start by picking you from your Nairobi Hotel. Proceed to the Giraffe Center, the headquarter for the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife made famous by "Daisy Rothschild", a giraffe calf rescued from Soi, on the Western Kenya border. Daisy and her family form only a small part of a herd of these gentle giants, living in a semi wild state at Giraffe Manor. You will also learn their behaviours, traits and more conservation education. These animals will come to a protecting wall to be fed. Make the most of your visit when you go to the Giraffe Center nature trail up until the Gogo River. This is what most people don't get to see and it's a fascinating place to walk in the nature, with bushes on either side and birds giving the most wondrous songs. The trail will take about 1-hour going up and down in a relaxing pace. Entry fees to the giraffe center are included.
We will then drive you to David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust have a walk through the little center from 11am - 12pm in an open space, with a rope fence around it. The youngest elephants come trotting out of the bush to greet their keepers who stand at the ready with giant bottles of milk. For the next 10-15 minutes you can watch each little one slurp and gargle their milk. When they're done, there's water to play. While you get to watch them play and take photos. You find out how old they were when they arrived at the orphanage, where they were rescued from, and what got them into trouble. Once the youngest are all fed, they are led back into the bush, and it's the turn of the 2-3 year olds. Some of them can feed themselves, and some are still fed by their keepers. It's very cute to watch them hold their giant milk bottles in their trunks and close their eyes with joy as they make quick work of several gallons of milk.
You will then be driven to the Kazuri Beads factory. This is a pottery company that makes one of the world most beautiful beads. You will be shown all the stages from the start to the finish. If need to have lunch our guide will take you to the nearby restaurants at own cost
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Pick up available at Nairobi Hotel, Airbnb, Villas and private apartments
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Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Pay Extra $85 per person for Nairobi national park since it’s under KWS and it’s located inside the park. Its conservancy fee
Reviews(21)
My guide for the day was Stephen Mutuku. He was excellent! I am a solo traveler and ended up being the only one on the tour. Stephen was very knowledgeable and kind. 10/10 recommend!
Highly recommended tour! Learned a lot about the conservation efforts for Rothschild giraffes and orphaned elephants. Our guide/driver Stephen made sure everything was well-organized.
Giraffe centre was educational and pleasant experience, especially feeding them. Elephants, zebra and rhinoceros at the elephant location was entertaining, especially after they were fed. Driver Joseph was informative, on time, personable … excellent communicator
The giraffe center and elephant orphanage was amazing. Exceeded my expectations, our guide Joe was helpful and informative.
A worthwhile experience but quite expensive. Pickup was on time. The driver, John was helpful and engaging.
This activity is a must do!! It is a day pack with activities and the cutest animals. The Kobe bead factory was such a delightful surprise.. the story behind it is truly amazing. Ending with culture immersion through dance was the cherry on top of a great day. Our guide Stephen was absolutely amazing. He’s very knowledgeable, accommodating, and gave us all the tips and tricks to having the best experience. 10/10 recommend this activity and Stephen!
Wonderful experience Our driver Peter was great . John who took into the Elephant park was also great We thank them both for a lovely experience at the giraffe Centre and the Elephant orphange
Thank you Sasi for your review about the visit to the Elephant orphanage. We appreciate the good work done by both Peter and John keep it up.
Organised the day trip to visit the Giraffe Centre and Sheldrick Wildlife Trust for the 11 am to 12 elephant feeding. After some trepidation about not booking direct with Sheldrick my fears were relieved. We were picked up by Steven our guide for the day at hotel and he was brilliant. It went great. He was invaluable for info and ensured that we had a perfect vantage point at the elephants. He took photos of us at the giraffes that we otherwise wouldn't have had. I am very glad we booked with Grace Patt company now and can't recommend Steven highly enough. Couldn't have asked for a better introduction to our 2 week safari tour through Kenta and Tanzania. Thank you Grace Patt and Steven. It pays to listen to guides..always.
This is a highly recommended tour. I did the half day tour and thoroughly enjoyed it. Learning about the inspiring work that the Sheldrick wildlife trust do in rehabilitating elephant orphans was joyful and uplifting. And watching the feeding was a wonderful experience. Titus my tour guide, was professional and friendly.
Visited the Giraffe centre first. Became full of the head butt, make sure you have feed, ha ha ha. Pellets for feeding are given on entry. Make sure you go to the talk as informative and helps you understand the centre. Then off the elephants. 21 baby elephants ranging from 3 months to 3years and one baby rhino. The stories of how they became orphaned and the centre rescuing them as well as the history is worth listening to. Great work by the Sheldrick's, so much forward thinking. Make sure you buy a souvenir or donate on the way out, well worth it.
Hi Deiont948, Thank you for your review. We're happy to have given you a great time during the Elephant Orphanage tour and that the elephants came to your favour and played making it more enticing as well as Giraffe Centre. Hoping to host you again on a safari.
