Elephant Orphanage & Giraffe Centre Tour

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Duration:6 hours (approx.)
Location: Nairobi, Kenya

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Spend the day visiting David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage to observe baby and young orphaned elephants: viewing is strictly between 11am and 12pm. you'll visit the Giraffe Center to experience a supervised feeding session.

NB: On Christmas Day 25th December - David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage will be closed for Holiday, we will offer alternative

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The tour starts by picking you from your Hotel/Home within Nairobi. You will be driven to Giraffe centre where you feed Rothschild giraffes under the supervision of keepers. The center has rescued, hand-reared and released around 500 orphaned giraffes back into the wild since opening in 1979. This attraction offers opportunities to feed the endangered Rothschild's giraffe by hand. The location also offers a fine education on the physiology, behaviors and habitat preferences of these beautiful animals.
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You will then be driven to David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust to walk through the 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. Then, you'll have time to watch the elephants play. You find out how old they were when they arrived at the orphanage, where they were rescued from, and what got them into trouble. The most common reasons for getting orphaned being: mother's poached, falling into wells, and human/wildlife conflict. 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. Watch them interact with their keepers, munch on some branches of their favorite acacias, and play with the half drums of water and mud
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The next stop visit Kazuri Bead Factory/Kobe 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. It’s also a unique factory as it employs single mother parents from the poor neighborhood who earn a living to support their families. This pottery, ceramic and bead factory employs all single mothers to make its beautiful gifts and souvenirs - which are now exported all around the world. There is a gift shop which stocks some of their wares. Please note that the workshop is closed Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday, however the gift shop is open 7 days.

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Posted By : Harris_A
It was great visiting the Elephant Orphanage and Giraffe Center. It was fun feeding the giraffes and watching the elephants get fed. I would strongly recommend that folks traveling in groups find a way to secure their own transportation to both venues because organizers on Viator overcharge. We paid $90 (entry fee to the Giraffe Center and transportation to both locations) +$45 (just the entrance to Elephant Orphanage) per person = $135.

For a non-resident entry fee to the Giraffe Center, it's 1,500 KSH ~ $11 USD; the Elephant Orphanage is $45. You can find Uber for o/a $11 one way. So you end up paying $124 extra.
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Posted On : 2024-06-30 12:31:03

Posted By : Suzie_J
The Giraffe Centre and Elephant Orphanage were both great places to visit. It was very cool to see the animals up close. I definitely recommend visiting these locations.

The tour itself was a bit disorganised particularly in regard to the paying for entry to the national park. I had set up an E-Citizen account prior to the tour as I had read the other reviews but couldn’t pay for it as I didn’t have the necessary information to fill out the online form prior to the tour. Both myself and another person on the tour contacted the tour company about what to do prior but didn’t receive a response. We stopped at an art gallery that had free wifi on the way to the park but we ran into issues. When myself and another person attempted to pay, we kept getting a “payment not yet confirmed” response. Some people at the park gate were able to assist with this, apparently we needed to switch off “block pop ups” on our phones. About 30-45 minutes was spent trying to process this. It was pretty frustrating and should have been explained when the tour was booked.

There was also an issue with the car. The seat I was in was very wobbly and moved around a lot and the seatbelt was broken. It felt very unsafe.
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Posted On : 2024-06-29 12:57:04

Posted By : WaiLanVenus_F
Not much considering the expenses and the time we put in. It took us one and half hours to get the payment through in going to the elephant orphanage. I am referring to the National Park fee. In the end we could only enjoy the show for just 30 min. They didn't allow us to go in unless we had paid electronically and there was no other way of paying even though we had paid for the entrance fee.ln the end pay 12,000 Kes in cash. I feel just so unfair to me. I'm really disappointed and upset.

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Posted On : 2024-06-23 08:16:05

Posted By : Desislava_D
It was a great experience! Loved the feeding of the orphaned elephant part and the possibility for an elephant adoption.
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Posted On : 2024-05-28 12:54:38

Posted By : Lindsay_T
This was such a fun tour with Stephen!
Perfect way to kick off my trip in Kenya. Stephen picked me up from my lodging and the first stop was the Elephant Sanctuary. He walked me to the perfect viewing spot for photos. Then we went to the giraffe center! I was traveling by myself, but Stephen made sure to get all the photos for me! Lastly we stopped at a local bead factory where I bought some souvenirs. Great day, thanks Stephen!
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Posted On : 2024-05-22 06:21:02

Posted By : wigguno
This tour was really great, and well worth getting up early for. Our guide Steven got us there promptly to avoid all the crowds and queues. He even told us where to stand to get the best pictures. Highly recomended.
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Posted On : 2024-05-14 08:14:51

Posted By : jason_p
This was the adventure of a lifetime. You can hand fees the giraffes and pet the elephants. They have a 1 year old baby black rhino at the orphanage as well. It is a must do!!! My tour guide Stephen was very nice, knowledgeable and professional!!!
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Posted On : 2024-05-02 02:46:58

Posted By : william_g
Fantastic experience with a great guide who was friendly, informative, went out his way to make sure we had a good time. Would recommend anytime!!
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Posted On : 2024-05-02 00:07:53

Posted By : Terri_B
Would have been ok if we had gone, but due to flights cancellation we were unable to go. We did request a day change, but Viator could or would not change it, no refund or credit offered.
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Posted On : 2024-04-22 10:07:30

Posted By : noellew941
A great trip!! Titus was fantastic. Would recommend for a half day excursion. The bead factory added a nice experience too.
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Posted On : 2024-04-18 08:56:13