Giraffe Center and Elephant Orphanage Tour from Nairobi

Sightseeing  :  Kenya  :  Nairobi  :  Nairobi  :  Day Trips

Engage with giraffes at a close range and later the elephant orphanage that caters for baby elephants where you will be given a guided tour during the feeding time.Depending on your hotel you will be picked up between 7.30am and 8.am. You begin your trip with a visit of to the Giraffe Center, the headquarters for the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife made famous by 'Daisy Rothschild', a giraffe calf rescued from Soi, on the Western Kenya border. Daisy and her family form only a small part of a herd of these gentle giants, living in a semi wild state at Giraffe Manor. These animals will come to a protecting wall to be fed. Make most use of your visit when you go to the Giraffe center nature trail up until the Gogo river. This is what most people don't get to see and it's a fascinating place to walk in the nature, with bushes on either side and birds giving the most wondrous songs. Reach down to the river and search for giraffes in the wild. The trail will take about 1 hour going up and down in a relaxing pace. Then exit at 10.30 am to the Elephant Orphanage Center. Once you arrive you will take a walk through the nursery and you will explore the paths and trails the infants take. See a mud bath in action and walk around the stables that the orphaned elephants sleep in at night for warmth and protection, accompanied by their elephant keepers.

The feeding time is from 11:00 to 12:00. Afterwards, you are transferred back to the hotel to arrive back between 12.30pm to 1.30pm depending on traffic and hotel location.