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Giraffe Center, Elephant Orphanage and Beads Center
4.9
45 Ratings
Nairobi
Experience giraffes and baby elephants up close, feed giraffes, and learn about conservation. Includes entrance fees and private transport to Nairobi National Park.
Experience giraffes and baby elephants up close, feed giraffes, and learn about conservation. Includes entrance fees and private transport to Nairobi National Park.
Duration:
10 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Giraffe Centre - The driver will pick you up from your Nairobi hotel or residence at 8 AM and take you to the Giraffe Centre. Here, you can admire these magnificent creatures and learn about their endangered status. You’ll also discover their behaviors, traits, and receive more conservation education. To conclude the visit, you’ll have the…
- Giraffe Centre - The driver will pick you up from your Nairobi hotel or residence at 8 AM and take you to the Giraffe Centre. Here, you can admire these magnificent creatures and learn about their endangered status. You’ll also discover their behaviors, traits, and receive more conservation education. To conclude the visit, you’ll have the opportunity to feed them under the guidance of a trained staff member.
- Sheldrick Wildlife Trust - The next destination is the elephant orphanage, which is open from 11 AM to 12 Noon. Here, you’ll learn about the baby elephants and the circumstances that led to their orphaning. You’ll gain insights into their upbringing and the efforts to reintroduce them into the wild.
- Learn to Make Jewelry & Pottery from Clay - Kazuri Beads Factory - The following stop is the Kazuri Bead Factory/Kobe Beads Factory. This pottery company creates some of the world’s most beautiful beads. You’ll be shown all the stages from start to finish. It’s a unique factory as it employs single mothers from the local community, providing them with a livelihood to support their families. This pottery, ceramic, and bead factory employs single mothers to craft its exquisite gifts and souvenirs, which are now exported worldwide. There is a gift shop that stocks some of their products. Please note that the workshop is closed on Saturday afternoons and all day Sunday, but the gift shop remains open seven days a week.
What's Included
- Elephant Orphanage Entrance fee
- Professional guide
- Small Group Tour
- Giraffe Center Entrance fee
- Transport in a private vehicle
- Elephant Orphanage Entrance fee
- Professional guide
- Small Group Tour
- Giraffe Center Entrance fee
- Transport in a private vehicle
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Pay Nairobi national park fee (If Option Selected)
- Lunch
- Pay Nairobi national park fee (If Option Selected)
Additional Information
Experience the joy of observing giraffes and baby elephants up close in a secure, rehabilitative, and conservation-focused setting. Guests can feed giraffes from elevated platforms, witnessing firsthand how they use their long, prehensile tongues to strip leaves from thorny acacia branches. Additionally, visitors will gain insights into elephants and…
Experience the joy of observing giraffes and baby elephants up close in a secure, rehabilitative, and conservation-focused setting. Guests can feed giraffes from elevated platforms, witnessing firsthand how they use their long, prehensile tongues to strip leaves from thorny acacia branches. Additionally, visitors will gain insights into elephants and their conservation efforts. This tour covers all entrance fees and includes private transportation, ensuring a seamless visit to Nairobi National Park.
- Pay Extra $85 per person for Nairobi national park since it’s under KWS and it’s located inside the park. Its conservancy fee(if option selected)
Location
Giraffe Centre
Duma Rd
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(45 Ratings)
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Rachel
Nov 19, 2025
Exceeded my expectations - Our guide, Stephen, had an infectious joy that permeated our entire tour. He educated, entertained and captured this fantastic experience for us. I highly recommend this tour and Stephen. Exceeded my expectations.
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Ksh0309
Nov 3, 2025
Great day with elephants, giraffes and beads! - John was an exceptional guide. Informative, kind and very pleasant. And the visits to the Sheldrick Trust, giraffe sanctuary and the bead making were superb.
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Moniquew549
Oct 31, 2025
5 star delightful experience - Wonderful day tour. Joe was an absolute delight. We got the best viewing spots at both sanctuaries because he got us there early. Bead factory wonderful particularly as its a women's social enterprise. 5 stars .
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Mansetl2024
Sep 26, 2025
Amazing guided tour - Super day out visiting the giraffe center & the elephant orphanage & Kobe Tough beads factory. Our tour guide John was amazing, super friendly and full of knowledge ! I couldn't recommend more ! Thank you again
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Katrinae877
Sep 24, 2025
A day to remember - What a day! John was great fun 🙌 taught me some swahili and took care of all the logistics. His commitment to getting some excellent photographs (and even tiktok videos) was impressive! The Giraffe centre was pretty cool to be so close and feed the giraffes (and get to meet their very distinct personalities). Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage is somewhere I've wanted to go for years and it blew me away honestly 🥹 also glad I got to see the bead centre the work they do to empower so many women is inspiring. To round it off had a lovely authentic Kenyan lunch which was excellent
Only thing I'd say is be more aware than I was in the souvenir store, there's no prices until the till and I misunderstood the exchange rate so it ended up being some very pricey souvenirs but that's on me!
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513t_ar
Jul 16, 2025
all amazing - Everything was great, our guide Stephen was amazing, made sure we had the best spots, wonderful lunch and overall best experience.
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Mobile41888313771
Jul 3, 2025
Sheldrake, Giraffe & Bead trip was incredible - Stephen was so patient and helpful, particularly with my lack of hearing, and is a Credit to Gracepatt
We enjoyed visiting a community shop to buy souvenirs, feeding the giraffes was brilliant - it seemed the giraffes enjoyed being fed.
Visiting the Sheldrick Trust to see the baby Elephants was the highlight for me & Stephen helped direct us to a brilliant spot to see the elephants arrive, near to where the milk was situated & we also got to stroke them. We also had time to browse & buy souvenirs.
The lunch was delicious & the bead tour was very informative. The ladies enjoyed singing & then sharing the process & we had plenty of time to browse & buy souvenirs.
My only comment was there was not much time to spend looking at the giraffe centre due to fitting it with the time the elephants are fed at the sheldrake trust, but I was glad we were able to fit in all items in the day.
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Inspiration791656
Jun 29, 2025
Great time - Excellent tour. Our guide Stephen took great care of us. Made sure we had great viewing points at sanctuary and giraffes. Tour had only two other people on it and was very well done.
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B4542yvlizzieb
Jun 28, 2025
Fantastic day trip seeing animals and Kenyan culture - The day was amazing! Stephen Mutuku my guide was wonderful and perfectly on time! It was actually just me booked onto the trip and he was very reassuring and knowledgeable. We went to a small cafe first and then headed to the giraffes. It was amazing and you can feed them so easily! Then we went to the baby elephant orphanage. After we went for lunch at a great restaurant and then headed to a bead production and store. It was inspiring as it is mainly aimed at helping women and girls earn an income. Then finally we went to see some cultural/tribal dances which were amazing.
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278verityc
Jun 16, 2025
Day trip to Giraffe Centre, Sheldrick Centre and Bead Factory - Great experience. After some trepidation of booking with Grace Patt after reading on the Shekdrick Wildlife Trust website that you should book direct with them my fears were totally relieved. Steven from Grace Patt picked us up from our hotel and the day was wonderful. He took photos of us with the giraffes using our cameras and phones that we wouldn't have had otherwise. He helped us to have a perfect vantage point for seeing the elephants. Its quite chaotic to enter and Steven made it seamless. We could not be more pleased with his services as a guide. I would not hesitate to recommend Grace Patt as a company for the day trip to see the Giraffe Centre and Sheldrick and the Bead Factory. There was no pressure at the bead factory to buy and it was an interesting experience. Beautiful people. Thank you Grace Patt and full thanks to Steven our guide.
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