Spend the day visiting David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage to observe baby and young orphaned elephants: viewing is strictly between 11am and 12pm. Then, you'll visit the Beads center to experience how beads are made.
NB: On Christmas Day 25th December - David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage will be closed for Holiday, we will offer alternative
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Elephant Orphanage Entrance fee
✔ Hotel pickup and drop-off
✔ Professional guide
✔ Small Group Tour
✖ Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
✖ DVD (available to purchase)
✖ Food and drinks
✖ Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
Pickup Locations
1. Albans Hotel
2. Hotel Centurion
3. Amelia Karen Hotel
4. Phoenicia Hotel Kiambu
5. County Villa Hotel
6. Reymark Hotel
7. Kilimo Grand Resort
8. The Smith Hotel
9. Muthu Sovereign Suites & Spa, Limuru Road, Near Nairobi
10. Docklands Hotel
11. Zereniti House
12. 2.5.4 Ole-Sereni Hotel
13. DoubleTree by Hilton Nairobi Hurlingham
14. Lukenya Motorcross
15. Lazinos Guest House
16. Tamarind Tree Hotel
17. Progressive Park Hotel
18. Park Place Hotel
19. The Clarion Hotel
20. Kusyombunguo Lukenya Guest House
Additional Info: Pick up available from Airbnb and private Apartments.
Itinerary
1
Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
Pick up from your Nairobi Hotel 9:30AM and then be driven to David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust to walk through the center from 11am - 12pm in an open space, with a rope fence around it. The youngest elephants come trotting out of the bush to greet their keepers who stand at the ready with giant bottles of milk. For the next 10-15 minutes you can watch each little one slurp and gargle their milk. Then, you'll have time to watch the elephants play. You find out how old they were when they arrived at the orphanage, where they were rescued from, and what got them into trouble. The most common reasons for getting orphaned being: mother's poached, falling into wells, and human/wildlife conflict. Once the youngest are all fed, they are led back into the bush, and it's the turn of the 2-3 year olds. Some of them can feed themselves, and some are still fed by their keepers. Watch them interact with their keepers, munch on some branches of their favorite acacias trees.
Duration: 60 minutes
2
Learn to Make Jewellery & Pottery from clay - Kazuri Beads Factory
The next stop visit Kazuri Bead Factory. This is a pottery company that makes one of the world most beautiful beads. You will be shown all the stages from the start to the finish. It’s also a unique factory as it employs single mother parents from the poor neighborhood who earn a living to support their families. This pottery, ceramic and bead factory employs all single mothers to make its beautiful gifts and souvenirs - which are now exported all around the world. There is a gift shop which stocks some of their wares. Please note that the workshop is closed Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday, however the gift shop is open 7 days.
Duration: 60 minutes
3
Nairobi National Park
Tour Nairobi National park through the main gate for a 3-hour game drive. Your guide will be aiming to show you as much variety of animals as possible. If you're lucky, you may spot the rhinos and lions getting ready for the evening. We use a safari van with a pop up roof for easier game viewing and not a small saloon car.
Duration: 3 hours
Additional info
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• 30 Minutes pick up from hotel to Elephant Orphanage
• 30 minutes drop off from Beads Center
