Highlights
- Participate in a one-hour feeding session at an elephant orphanage
- Visit and interact with mothers who make clay beads into necklaces
- Enter the elephant orphanage with admission included
Description
The tour begins with pick-up from your hotel in Nairobi. We will take you to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust for a walk in a small center of open space surrounded by rope fencing. The smallest elephant trotted out of the bushes to greet the keeper, who stood ready with a giant milk bottle.
For the next 10-15 minutes, you can watch each little one suck and gargle milk. When they're done, there's water to play with and handlers to nudge and cuddle. You can watch them play and take photos. You can find out how old they were when they arrived at the orphanage, where they were rescued and what got them into trouble. The most common causes of orphaning are mothers being poached, calves falling into wells, and human-wildlife conflict.
Once the youngest elephants are fed they are taken back to the bush and then it is the turn of the 2-3 year olds. Some of them can feed themselves and some are still fed by keepers. It's so cute to watch them hold their giant bottles in their trunks, close their eyes with joy, and quickly drink gallons of milk.
Includes
Hotel pick up and drop off
Elephant orphanage entrance fee
Driver/tour guide
Bottled drinking water
Excludes
As the Elephant Orphanage is located within the park, an additional Nairobi National Park fee of USD 85 per adult, and USD 45 per child must be paid
Food and additional drinks
Tips
Easy cancellation
Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund
