The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust elephant and rhino orphanage inside the western end of Nairobi National Park, offers a wonderful opportunity to see the baby elephants being fed with milk from bottles and when they play with each other. The keepers will give you a lecture of each of them explaining their names and their life histories on how they were orphaned. It’s a great place to go and adopt a baby elephant.

The trust was run for many years by Dame Daphne Sheldrick in memory of her husband David Sheldrick, the founding warden of Tsavo National Park. Dame Daphne died in 2018, but the hand-rearing methods and substitute elephant milk formula that she developed over many years of trial and error will outlive her and are now being replicated across Africa.

Detailed Itinerary

  • 9:30am: Pick up from your Hotel for the Sheldrick elephant orphanage trip

    10:15am: Arrive at the Daphne Sheldrick orphanage shelter

    11:00am: Start of the Public viewing of the baby elephants at the Nairobi Elephant orphanage. After some ad hoc football games and mud baths, the elephants and their keepers come up to an informal rope barrier stretched along one side of the ‘playground’ from where you can easily take photos. Each keeper gives a short presentation to the visitors nearest to him, explaining how orphaned elephants need to be cared for. The youngest infants are assigned keepers for individual 24-hour guardianship, a responsibility that includes sleeping in their stables. Without the love of a surrogate family and plenty of stimulation, orphaned baby elephants fail to thrive: they can succumb to fatal infections when teething, and, even if they survive, can grow up disturbed and unhappy and badly prepared for reintroduction to the wild.

  • 12:00pm: End of the public viewing and lecture on baby elephants.

    12:15pm: Depart the Daphne Sheldrick elephant orphanage and head to the giraffe center.

    1:00pm: Arrive at the Giraffe centre located at the Karen suburbs. Start feeding the giraffes as you hug them and take pictures up close with these humble giants.

    4.00pm: Giraffe centre day tour ends with a drop off in your hotel in the city.

Included in the Safari Cost

Transport in either a safari van or a Land cruiser
Water
Safari guide
Pick up from the airport/hotel

Excluded in the Safari Cost

Park fees
Personal Insurance
Items of personal nature
Alcoholic & Soft drinks like Sodas
Visa
Tips
Accommodation at Nairobi

Cost of Safari:

The cost of this safari will vary depending on date of travel, type of accommodation, transport mode and number of people on the safari.

Please contact us on email info@sunstripafricasafaris.com or phone (+254) 713 557 958 and we shall get back to you within the shortest time possible.

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