The
David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is a small,
flexible charity, established in 1977
to honour to memory of a famous Naturalist,
David Leslie William Sheldrick MBE, the
founder Warden of Tsavo East National
Park in Kenya, where he served from its
inception in 1948 until his transfer to
Nairobi in 1976 to head the Planning Unit
of the newly created Wildlife Conservation
& Management Department. David died
6 months later but his legacy of excellence
and the systems he installed for the management
of Tsavo and wildlife generally in Kenya,
particularly in the sphere of wildlife
husbandry and ethics, lives on. David
Sheldrick Conservation Foundation rehabilitates
baby elephants and other wildlife here
at her home just outside of Nairobi National
Park. These babies have lost their mothers
to poaching, death, injuries, on getting
lost in the wild or other tragedies. Daphne
and her dedicated staff raise them to
be released back into the wild when they
are ready. It's worth visiting and see
humanitarian care to the wildlife and
the heart it takes to care. They charge
a small entrance fees instead you can
buy a souvenir or donate for the conservation.
David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage is
where you come close to elephant calves.
Daphne Sheldrick, As part of the David
Sheldrick Conservation Foundation, rehabilitates
baby elephants and other wildlife here
at her home just outside of Nairobi National
Park. These babies have lost their mothers
to poaching, death, injuries, on getting
lost in the wild or other tragedies. Daphne
and her dedicated staff raise them to
be released back into the wild when they
are ready. It's worth visiting and witness
the humanitarian care to the wildlife
and the heart it takes to care. They charge
a small entrance fee, instead you can
buy a souvenir or donate for the conservation.
The
Giraffe Center was started by Jock Leslie-Melville,
the Kenyan grandson of a Scottish Earl,
when he and his wife Betty captured a
baby giraffe to start a programme of breeding
giraffe in captivity at their home in
Langata - home of the present centre.
Since then the programme has had huge
success, resulting in the introduction
of several breeding pairs of Rothschild
Giraffe into Kenyan national parks. The
Giraffe Centre is located Langata, approximately
5 km from the centre of Nairobi, Kenya.
It was established in order to protect
the endangered Rothschild giraffe, giraffa
camelopardalis rothschildi, that is found
only in the grasslands of Africa. In 1979,
Leslie-Melville added an education centre
to his (then still private) giraffe sanctuary.
By 1983 he had raised enough money to
establish the Giraffe Visitor's Centre
as a tourist destination in Nairobi. The
center is also home to several warthogs
which freely roam the area along with
the giraffes. The main attraction for
visitors is feeding giraffes from a raised
observation platform.
The
Giraffe Center is a non-profit organization founded by Betty and Jock Leslie-Melville
in 1979. Situated in Langata, just 20 km outside Nairobi City Center, the Center
is dedicated to educating the Kenyan youth in conservation of the environment
and the preservation of endangered wildlife and their habitats.
The
Center is home to endangered Rothschild
giraffes, only found in the semi-arid
regions of Africa where trees and bushes
are plentiful. They live to be about thirty
years old and their main enemy is man,
who kills them for their meat and hide.
Their main defense is their keen eyesight,
running speed (up to 35 mph) and their
powerful kicks. The conservation of the
Rothschild became necessary following
the destruction of their natural habitat
in Western Kenya and their slaughter in
Uganda during Gen. Iddi Amin's era.
There are over 500 Rothschild
giraffes in Kenya today including seven at the Center. Their conservation is a
success story in Kenya and the world.
The Giraffe center also home to the
leopard, tortoise and boasts over a hundred acres of undeveloped and undisturbed
indigenous forest, the remnant of the natural forest that once surrounded Nairobi.The
forest is an extension of the type occurring in the adjacent Nairobi National
Park and the Langata Ololua forests, which have identical tree species. The forest
also has an impressive variety of bird species, which can be viewed throughout
the year.
Drive
towards the Nairobi National Park to Sheldrick
Baby Elephant 
Orphanage
which is open 1 hr daily. You can visit
between 11am and 12 noon every day, and
see the elephants being fed and playing.
In addition, there is a keeper who will
give a talk about the elephants, where
they came from, how they are getting on,
and how some of the previous orphans are
progressing.
You
can get really close to the elephants. The orphanage also takes in rhinos and
so if you are lucky you will get the chance to see a young rhino. Continue to
the Karen Blixen Museum, for many years was her home. Later proceed to the Giraffe
Centre to see and hand feed the famous endangered species of Rothschild Giraffe
and her family.
Pick
up - 10:30am
- Sheldrick Orphanage: 11am - 12:00pm
- Giraffe center:
12pm - 1:30pm
- Karen Blixen Museum: 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Rate Includes:
Transportation
and driver's allowance.
All entrance fees to the various areas as shown in
the itinerary.
Not
Included:
All items of personal Nature.
Time
in Nairobi 
