Feeding time
Giant milk bottles.
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A nursery for baby elephants and rhinos orphaned by poaching, drought or conflict with people, run by the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, founded by Daphne Sheldrick in 1977 in memory of her husband David, one of the first wardens of Tsavo National Park. Every day from 11 am to noon the nursery opens to visitors for one hour: the keepers bring the young elephants out into an open area, where each one drinks milk from a huge bottle, then plays in the mud and dusts itself, while the keepers tell each orphan's story. The orphans spend their first years here with keepers who stay with them day and night, then move to stations in Tsavo to return gradually to the wild. The trust has raised hundreds of elephants back into the wild since it began, and visitors can symbolically foster an orphan to support its care. The fee is a USD 20 donation per adult to the trust, and you must also pay the Nairobi National Park fee. Book ahead on the trust's website and arrive a little before the visit.
Giant milk bottles.
Baby elephants at play.
To support the orphans.
Inside Nairobi National Park, Magadi Road gate, Nairobi
Daily from 11 am to noon, except 25 December, booking in advance.
Yes, since 2023 KWS has required all nursery visitors to pay the park fee.