Elephant Orphanage & Giraffe Centre Tour: Experience Wildlife Conservation in Action
4.6
181 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
(181 Ratings)
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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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Hjmdallas
Mar 7, 2024
Great Tour of giraffes and elephants. - Very enjoyable and informative tour. It was great to learn about the different species of giraffes and to feed them. The baby elephants are so cute and you can "adopt" one! The purpose of the orphanage to raise the baby elephants that might have had challenges, then release them to the wild. The guides even made it that more easy and enjoyable.
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Ashleigha758
Feb 27, 2024
Stephan is an Amazing Tour Guide - Stephen was an amazing tour guide. He gave lots of information to my group about Kenyan culture for us being first time tourists. We thoroughly enjoyed our tours and our tour with him was the highlight of our time in Kenya.
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Gillianb431
Feb 20, 2024
Fantastic day at the elephant and giraffe sanctuary Nairobi. - Had a fantastic morning at the giraffe and elephant sanctuary. Our guide Stephen was very knowledgable and helpful. Would definitely recommend.
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Jacquelyn_d
Feb 8, 2024
This is a Nairobi MUST... - This is a Nairobi MUST DO. Our guide/driver was great and knowledgeable. Got us to our destinations safely.
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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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David_r
Mar 17, 2024
Pickup from the hotel was... - Pickup from the hotel was seamless and the guide/driver did a really good job communicating with the group. We arrived at the giraffe sanctuary early so it was like we received a private/small group tour, and the elephant orphanage was a very cool experience. The only issue I had was the bead factory tour. It was very forced and didn’t really add value to the wildlife tour experience. The last stop with the gift shops and cafe could easily suffice/fill the tourist souvenir need.
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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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