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From Nairobi: David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage Tour

By GRACEPATT SAFARIS
6.0 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is $115 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview
  • Learn about elephant conservation and care
  • Arrive in time for the daily elephant feeding
  • Convenient pickup and drop-off at Nairobi hotels

Activity location

    • Nairobi
    • Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Nairobi
    • Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya

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From Nairobi: David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage Tour
  • Activity duration is 1 hour1h
    1h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 9:30am
Price details
$115.00 x 1 Adult$115.00

Total
Price is $115.00
Until Sat, Jul 26

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPick up and drop off within Nairobi
  • What's includedWhat's includedElephant Orphanage Entry Ticket
  • What's includedWhat's includedElephant orphanage Entry fees
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedNairobi National Park conservation fee to access Elephant Orphanage ($45 per adult/$25 per child
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch (available for purchase)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedOptional visit to Giraffe Center ($25 per person)

What you can expect

The tour starts by picking you from your Hotel/Home within Nairobi 9:30AM. We will 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 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.

Location

Activity location

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    • Nairobi
    • Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Nairobi
    • Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya