Daphne Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage Day Trip

1 Day

Overview

Experience a heartwarming encounter with rescued baby elephants at the Daphne Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage, a world-renowned wildlife conservation center located in Nairobi, exclusively organized by Berngo Safari Tours. This incredible sanctuary, operated by the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT), provides a haven for orphaned elephants that have lost their families due to poaching, human-wildlife conflict, or natural causes. During your visit, you’ll witness the adorable young elephants being bottle-fed, playing in the mud, and socializing with their caretakers, who serve as their surrogate parents.
The tour offers an opportunity to learn about elephant conservation efforts in Kenya, including the rehabilitation and reintegration of these gentle giants back into the wild. Visitors can observe these intelligent creatures up close while listening to inspiring rescue stories and the orphanage’s commitment to protecting wildlife. The experience is both educational and deeply moving, making it a must-visit for animal lovers, conservation enthusiasts, and families looking for a unique and meaningful adventure in Nairobi.

Highlights

  • Offers a wonderful opportunity to see the baby elephants being fed with milk from bottles
  • The keepers will give you a lecture on each of them, explaining their names and their life histories on how they were orphaned
  • Watch the baby elephants playing in the mud
  • Get a chance to come close to the baby elephants

09:30 Hours: Sheldrick elephant orphanage day tour departs from your hotel with a pick up by our driver.
10:30 Hours: Arrival at the Sheldrick elephant orphanage and pay entrance fees while proceeding to the staging area.
11:00 Hours: The Sheldrick elephant orphanage public lecture starts with the more than 20 baby elephants being fed on milk from plastic bottles. The baby elephants will also play around the waterholes and with a ball as you touch them along the rope line.
12:00 Hours: Departure from Daphne Sheldrick elephant orphanage for your hotel.
You have an option to combine this tour with nearby attractions, including the Kazuri beads factory, Kitengela glass, Karen Blixen Museum, Giraffe Centre, Nairobi National Park, Nairobi Safari Walk, Carnivore restaurant, Bomas of Kenya, Matt bronze gallery, Utamaduni souvenir shop, among others.
You will be dropped off at your hotel at 1300 Hours after the tour.

End of trip

Included

  • Arrival & Departure airport transfers are complimentary to all our clients.
  • Transportation as per the itinerary.
  • Accommodation per itinerary or similar, with a request to all our clients.
  • Meals as per itinerary: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.
  • Services literate English driver/guide.
  • National Park & game reserve entrance fees as per itinerary.
  • Excursions & activities as per the itinerary, with a request
  • Recommended Mineral Water while on safari.

Excluded

  • Visas and related costs.
  • Personal Taxes.
  • Drinks, tips, laundry, telephone calls and other items of a personal nature.
  • International flights.
  • Optional excursions and activities not listed in the itinerary like Balloon safari, Masai Village.

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