Reviews: Nairobi Elephant Orphanage visit

"What an amazing experience to visit Sheldricks. We had a private visit and were able to spend time with these gentle giants, watching them play with each other (and us) and see their personalities.

While excruciatingly heartbreaking that these innocent creatures have been orphaned through either human or natural causes, it brings me hope that the process and dedication of the staff at Sheldricks will ultimately give them the chance to live with an adopted family in the wild.

Learning about the process, how each young elephant has a dedicated human day and night, until they are ready to move up to the next level of getting ready for re-introduction, and then ultimately brought to a home in the wild, while the staff live in the nearby camp for as long as necessary until the elephant stops coming back to their human and has been fully adopted by their new family- typically about 5 years.

My heart explodes with gratitude for this dedication and true efforts for providing a way to sustain one of earth’s most cherished creatures." Read more about this whole safari

"Lovely to see all the elephants and hear how they were cared for" Read more about this whole safari

"Enjoyable, but with the new extra park fees it was a rather expensive experience for what it was." Read more about this whole safari

"Entry was delayed.

We expected to pay but driver didn’t know so we had to address after with our host.

We arrived just as the noon feeding started. It was very crowded and obstructed views.

Questionable worth as national park entry fee was required." Read more about this whole safari

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"Excellent, in every respect.

Wish we had known about the 3pm visits, we would have gone again!" Read more about this whole safari

"Almost moving!" Read more about this whole safari

"Highly recommend this to anyone visiting Nairobi. I learned so much about the elephant rescue and to see it in action was so much fun. What they do is truly amazing." Read more about this whole safari

"is a very good cause, was great to see these young elephants being rehabilitated to join a herd out in their natural habitat. the baby Rhino was icing on the cake!" Read more about this whole safari

"It felt like a bit of a mob scene, but only because everyone was so excited to see the animals.

The baby elephants and the poor little rhino were amazing to see, and the informational presentation about them was very good." Read more about this whole safari