Elephant Orphanage & Giraffe Centre Tour: Experience Wildlife Conservation in Action
4.6
185 Ratings
Nairobi

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

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Giraffe Centre - 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.
What's Included
  • Elephant Orphanage Entrance fee
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Professional guide
  • Small Group Tour
  • Giraffe Center Entrance fee
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Pay extra $45 per person for Nairobi National park which is mandatory to access elephant orphanage
Additional Information
  • $ 45 per person for Nairobi national park since it’s under KWS and it’s located inside the park. Its conservancy fee
Location
Giraffe Centre
Duma Rd
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
4.6
(185 Ratings)
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Desislava_d
May 28, 2024
Lovely experience. - It was a great experience! Loved the feeding of the orphaned elephant part and the possibility for an elephant adoption.
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Lindsay_t
May 22, 2024
Great Tour!! - 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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Wigguno
May 14, 2024
Great experience, expert guide - 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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Jason_p
May 2, 2024
This is a must do if you visit nairobi - 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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William_g
May 2, 2024
Great experience! - 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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Noellew941
Apr 18, 2024
Great experience! - 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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Cora_s
Mar 27, 2024
Best affordable experience! - Best affordable experience. I enjoyed the activities that this package offers. White glove customer care and professionalism. I’m traveling alone and I was taken care by the driver. I recommend them.
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David_f
Apr 15, 2024
Feeding giraffes is our new favorite activity - Our Guide Stephen was great and showed us where to stand to get the best photos and avoid the worst mud. He also took us to the giraffe park early so we were the only ones with the animals for a while and that made it very special. We also had a guide and learned all about the giraffes and got to see them up close. Overall the giraffe experience was much better then the elephants but both were amazing. The elephant orphanage also had a baby rhino which was a bonus as he was so adorable.
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Terri_b
Apr 22, 2024
Would have been ok if we... - 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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Bhavin_s
Mar 18, 2024
Spend your money elsewhere - In general, there are much better ways to spend $140 in Nairobi. I'm 100% sure why they wouldn't just make the list price of this experience $140 instead of making it $95 and saying in smaller font that you'll have to pay an extra $45. Seems like disingenuous marketing to me. Giraffe Centre was fine for like 15 mins. It's cute to feed the giraffes and get your pics but the tour definitely doesn't need to dedicate an hour to this stop. Elephant Orphanage was cute - but also definitely didn't need to be an hour - it's basically them trotting out cute baby elephants and telling their sob stories for 60 minutes. Bead factory was surprisingly cool - very neat seeing how the items were made.
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