Day Tour

1 Day Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage Visit

Duration

1 Day

Destinations

Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Nairobi National Park

Accommodation

Not applicable, day trip

Meals

Not included

Flights

Excluded

Overview

About this tour

Daphne Sheldrick founded the trust in 1977 in memory of her husband David, and it now runs the most successful orphan elephant programme anywhere. The nursery on the edge of Nairobi National Park takes in calves left by poaching, drought and conflict with people, hand-raises them, and moves them on to reintegration units in Tsavo where they rejoin wild herds in their own time.

The nursery opens to the public for exactly one hour a day, between 11am and noon, when the orphans come in for milk and a mud bath. Keepers introduce each calf by name and tell you where it was found and how it is getting on. Orphaned black rhino are sometimes in residence too. It is a short visit and an unexpectedly affecting one, and it must be booked in advance. The entrance donation, transfers, drinking water and a guide are included.

Day by day

Detailed itinerary

Your driver-guide collects you from your hotel with time to spare and drives to the Trust’s nursery on the edge of Nairobi National Park, arriving ahead of the 11am opening.

The orphaned calves are brought in to a roped viewing area for their milk and their wallow. Keepers introduce each one by name, explaining where it was rescued from, how old it is and how it is progressing, and cover the Trust’s anti-poaching, veterinary and habitat work across Kenya. Orphaned black rhino are occasionally in residence at the nursery as well.

The hour closes at noon and you are driven back to your hotel, or on to the Giraffe Centre or Karen Blixen Museum nearby if you would like a fuller day.

What is covered

Inclusions and exclusions

Included

Transport in a safari vehicle with pop-up roof
Pick up and drop off at your Nairobi hotel
Services of a professional English-speaking guide / driver
All applicable entrance fees
Mineral Water
Statutory taxes

Not included

Personal Insurance
Items of personal nature
Alcoholic & Soft drinks
Meals unless stated as included
Optional activities
Gratuity for your driver guide
Visa to Kenya
Yellow Fever Vaccine

Before you go

Key information

Starting and ending point: Nairobi
English-speaking driver guide.
Entrance fees are included.
Hotel pick up and drop off within Nairobi included.
Transport in a safari vehicle with pop-up roof.
Departs daily, subject to availability. Private and group options available.

Good to Know

Good to know

The public visit runs strictly from 11am to noon daily. Advance booking is required.
Fostering an orphan allows a private evening visit at the stockades. Ask us to arrange this.
Combines well with the Giraffe Centre or Karen Blixen Museum in the afternoon.
The ground can be muddy underfoot. Wear shoes you do not mind getting dirty.

Dietary requirement(s) are catered for upon Request