David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

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Mbagathi Road | Kws Workshop Entrance - Nairobi National Park, Nairobi 00503, Kenya
+254 733 891996
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The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT) Elephant Nursery in Nairobi National Park provides a safe haven to orphaned baby elephants rescued by the DSWT. The Nursery provides the first stage in the hand-rearing and development of milk dependent baby elephants. Once they graduate from the Nursery, aged 2-3 years, the elephants move to one of the DSWT's Reintegration Centres in Tsavo East National Park, from where they will ultimately return to the wild.
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Mbagathi Road | Kws Workshop Entrance - Nairobi National Park, Nairobi 00503, Kenya
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+254 733 891996
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Reviewed yesterday

If in Nairobi, it's a must! Honestly an experience you will never forget. Baby elephants super close and they came to touch us. Also very educational and the kids love it!

Thank Nury Z
Reviewed yesterday

It was interesting enough hearing about the individual baby elephants and fun watching them feed. It was however quite crowded probably due to the limited time available to watch the elephants. The queue to get in did move quickly but unless you are quite early...More

Thank RobHolmes1958
Reviewed yesterday via mobile

I spent feeding time at the Elephant Orphanage this morning and it's definitely worth the trip. Well organised and very informative on both the work of the Trust and each individual orphan and why they are under the care of DSWT. As I fostered Enkesha...More

Thank Allyson R
Reviewed yesterday via mobile

Very very good but not unbelievable. The information was quite good but the introduction thin to all the individual elephants was a bit monotonous. You are standing pretty stationary for about an hour with not too much going on. Worth the visit but won't be...More

Thank ItsJPY
Reviewed yesterday

These guys do incredible work at the orphanage nursing baby elephants back to health and back to the wild eventually. You get to witness feeding/ Play/ eat/ wash/ dirt time and take as many pictures as you want. the elephants come right up to the...More

Thank James O
Reviewed yesterday

Visited our foster elephant, Milima. So much fun to watch the baby elephants play, but ore than that to see the care and love given these orphaned elephants was delightful.

Thank Diva3inFrance
Reviewed 2 days ago

The Daphne Sheldrake Elephant Orphanage is one of the best reasons to visit Nairobi. If you plan a safari in Kenya, you should make plans to include a visit to this orphanage to learn more about the challenges elephants in the wild face and to...More

Thank Vanessa600
Reviewed 2 days ago via mobile

Great view of elephants. You can touch them. Great pictures and a really good cause. You can visit several other venues in the area. This is really a morning feeding event.

Thank 55MarkL
Reviewed 3 days ago via mobile

It was too busy, full of families and you barely can hear the speaker. Baby elephants will be playing in front of you and you will be able to touch them only if you were lucky and were in the first rank ( I had...More

Thank Antoine Z
Reviewed 3 days ago

David Sheldrick Elephant orphanage is a must visit during the Nairobi trip. They are doing a wonderful job of adopting and caring for orphaned baby elephants. These baby elephants are orphaned due to various reasons such as poaching of elephants, animal stampede, death of old-aged...More

Thank Saumya C
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hotelier85
is it possible to work with the trust and the animals out in Kenya??
18 June 2017|
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Response from Mahi9 | Reviewed this property |
Yes you can. You can adopt an elephant there When u visit they give u all details. You can definately contribute
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Matthew Q
Hi, please could you advise the best way of combining the Sheldrick Trust, Giraffe Centre and National Park e.g. times, what to do first. Would need to factor in lunch also. Have Saturday 20th May free all day and have a tried and tested cab driver to take me to places and wait if appropriate. Re National Park, what is the cheapest way to have a tour? Many thanks, Matthew
11 May 2017|
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Response from juliapapworth | Reviewed this property |
I used safarilinks - very helpful and good day tour
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DChandan
Hi, My husband and I have recently fostered 2 ele babies and want to visit them during the evening slot, i.e. at 5 pm on June 11 2017. However, writing to the email ID provided on the website as well as calling the trust in Nairobi has not yielded any positive results. I haven't had a response to my email and the numbers mentioned on the website are responded with a 'number is unallocated' message. We would really really like to visit our fostered elephants when in Nairobi and we are really looking forward to the experience. Does anyone know how long the trust usually takes to respond to the email about a visit? Also, do they need any additional information about the fostered parent before approving the visit? If the DWST staff is reading this, would it please be possible to help out as to where else I need to write to or call for making this happen? Regards Deepthi
21 April 2017|
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Response from Michael M | Reviewed this property |
We had friends that the elephants in the evening. So I think there is a chance you will be able to do so
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