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David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage is where you come close to elephant calves,  It's worth visiting and witness the humanitarian care to the wildlife and the heart it takes to care.

The Sheldrick Wildlife Orphanage is located near Nairobi National Park.

This orphanage for Elephant Calves and Rhinos from all over Kenya was founded and still managed by Daphne Sheldrick, the widow of one of Kenya's best known Game Wardens David Sheldrick.


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David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage

The elephant orpanage located on the outskirts of Nairobi provides an invaluable service for orphaned Kenyan elephant calves. 

The orphanage was established in 1977 to honour the memory of David Sheldrick, the founder warden of Tsavo East National Park.

 Now run by his loving wife, the orphanage offers visitors a unique and very special opportunity to see baby elephants being cared for by their keepers. 

Hugely respected in Kenya, all funds raised by the entrance fees go to help rescued orphans from remote locations, care for them and eventually release them back into the wild.


The attendants at David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage

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. 

school children visiting David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage

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.


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