Giraffe Centre Tours and Tickets

Amazing trip!! It was so much fun. The guide, Stephen, was super nice! I really recommend this trip :)

I enjoyed feeding the giraffes at giraffe center, hearing the stories of all the animals at Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and listening to the inspirational stories at the Bead Factory. Overall, it was an amazing experience and my tour guide Calvin was amazing.

The whole day was great. We loved the Giraffe Center and the Elephant Orphanage. Our driver Simon was wonderful.

This tour was very good and a highlight of our time in Nairobi. However, we had to go a day later than scheduled as the day before the tour, we were advised that the Elephant Orphanage tickets had sold out despite booking two weeks in advance. They did manage to sort us out with a ticket the next day, however we would advise that if you are especially keen to see the elephant orphanage and don't want to risk missing out, you book directly through the Sheldrick website. The experience was very good, the driver, Wellington arrived promptly and was helpful in navigating around. The Giraffe Centre was less than an hour's drive from Nairobi centre and it was very fun being able to feed them. After that, we went to the elephant orphanage, which was an absolute delight, we saw the baby elephants as well as the baby rhino and the keepers were very informative. The Beads Factory was very interesting and a nice little pitstop on the way to the Bomas. The Bomas was a fascinating watch of incredible singing and dancing of different African tribes. A really amazing day trip that we would thoroughly recommend.

5 stars for the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust for helping rescue, providing rehab, giving medical care and reintroducing animals to the wild. It's a special place and they do things ethicallly. Animals are so well cared for and you can see how much they love the keepers, although the staff make sure the babies don't get too attached to their human carers by rotating. You learn a lot about the animals (baby elephants, baby rhinos, other wildlife needing resuce), the work of the trust beyond rescue and the reintroduction process which can take up to 5 years to ensure the babies are properly integrated. You can adopt a baby elephant to help with their care. The area is huge and they only allow an hour each day for visitors (during midday feeding time). The keepers don't force the elephants to come near, but some of them move close enough to enjoy pats or rubs from visitors under the keepers' watchful eyes. They're pretty playful and it's amazing to see how healthy they are after hearing the stories ofnhow they were found/rescued. The tour guides don't enter with guests, but it's pretty straightforward and the truat has a lot of staff to answer questions. The Giraffe Center was good, worth it despite it being a pretty short stop. Less than an hour but you can opt to stay a bit longer to hang out with the giraffes. They don't make the giraffes come close either and are strict so the animals aren't overfed, so they're doing it right. Good brief talk on giraffes so you learn about them, and the staff were very knowledgeable and patient with all my questions about the giraffes while we were in the feeding area. The tour can be done DIY to be honest, but it was nice to have someone make sure we got to the places early enough. There was only 4 other people with me at the Giraffe Center while we were there.

🥇Highly recommended!🥇It was absolutely the best tour for people who want to have perfect day in Nairobi. They picked me up at the promised time and drove to David sheldrick. I was very happy to see baby Rhinos and Elephants. We also went to the Giraffe center and Karen Blixen museum. Driver George drives very safe and he was very kind, nice and friendly. And then I and my guide Grace had a nice African lunch “Arosto” which is baby goat meat and it was super good! I totally enjoyed that. (Lunch is on your cost and you can pick what you want then they will drop you off at the nice restaurant) After lunch, we proceeded city walking tour. We’ve been uptown and downtown where you can feel different atmosphere between both. It was so special and I felt safe since I was with my guide Grace. Grace was super nice and friendly person. She asked me what I want many time during the tour and I could make my own. She also tried to take a good picture of me since I was solo traveler and we became a good friend at the end of the tour. I’m very thankful that she’ve done for me and will never forget! I’m sure if you join this tour, you will not regret. Especially if you’re looking for combined tour(David sheldrick, giraffe center, Karen blixen museum + City walking/car tour!👍🏼

Benjamin picked us up promptly at 8 am..loved the fact that we reached Giraffes Center right when it opened and avoided the crowds. Rest if the trip was well planned too.

Learning where they came from and why they are orphans. See the elephant feed and play in the dirt and the baby rhino