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Giraffe Center & Elephant Orphanage Guided Day Tour
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6 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in:
English
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Explore Nairobi City visiting the Giraffe Center and David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage a must do activities in Nairobi. Get an outstanding experience getting up close and personal with Rothschild Giraffes at an eye level, seeing baby elephants at the elephant orphanage, see them feed the young baby elephants on bottled milk as you take selfies. You can adopt a baby elephant here. This is one of the most informative and moving short tours within Nairobi city.
What's Included
Pick up and drop off from Nairobi Airport/hotel
Small Group Tour
Transport in a private vehicle
Elephant Orphanage entrance fee
Giraffe center entrance fee
Lunch
Pay extra for Nairobi National park which is mandatory to access elephant orphanage
Meeting and pickup
Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout
(multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:
We also pick at Airbnb and Private Apartments
Drop-off point
Nairobi
What to expect
The tour start by picking you from Nairobi Airport or 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.
The next step is David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage - Tour Elephant Orphanage 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 with and keepers to nudge and get hugs from. 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. 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. 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 dropped off back to the Airport or your Nairobi Hotel
The next step is David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage - Tour Elephant Orphanage 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 with and keepers to nudge and get hugs from. 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. 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. 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 dropped off back to the Airport or your Nairobi Hotel
Additional info
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- To Pay an extra $85 per person for Nairobi National park which is mandatory if visiting elephant orphanage
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Gracepatt Ecotours Kenya
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Free cancellation
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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