Full-Day Nairobi Wildlife Group Tour: Park, Elephant Orphanage & Giraffe Centre

This full-day group tour in Nairobi is an excellent way to begin or end your East Africa safari. Search out wildlife with the city skyline in the background at Nairobi National Park, get up close with rescued baby elephants at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Nursery, enjoy lunch at a local restaurant, and stop by the famous Giraffe Centre for a close-up encounter with endangered Rothschild giraffes.

• Detailed Itinerary
• 06:00 AM – Hotel Pickup & Game Drive
• You will be picked up from your hotel after breakfast and proceed immediately to Nairobi National Park for nearly four hours of intensive game drives. Spot lions, rhinos, zebras, buffalos, and giraffes roaming freely against the urban background.
• 11:00 AM – Elephant Orphanage Visit
• At 11:00 AM, head to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (Elephant Orphanage) for your chance to have an up-close and personal interaction with adorable orphaned elephants during their midday bottle-feeding and mud bath session.
• 01:00 PM – Lunch Break
• Enjoy a brief stop for lunch at a nearby local restaurant, offering a chance to relax and sample local culinary offerings.
• 02:30 PM – Giraffe Centre Encounter
• Your next stop will be the famous Giraffe Centre, where you will have the rare opportunity to come face-to-face with endangered Rothschild giraffes from an elevated feeding platform. Lucky visitors might even get a kiss from these gentle giants!
• 04:30 PM – Hotel Drop-off
• At the end of the tour, you will be dropped off back at your hotel or preferred location in Nairobi.
• Wildlife Framing City Skyscrapers
• The defining visual of Nairobi National Park is free-roaming wildlife set against modern urban architecture. Capturing photos of lions, rhinos, or zebras with Nairobi's glass towers in the background is a juxtaposition unique to this park, the world's only national park located within a capital city's boundaries.
• Prime Black Rhino Habitat
• Nairobi National Park serves as one of Kenya’s most successful black rhino sanctuaries. Due to its smaller boundary and high concentration of megafauna, visitors hold an exceptionally high chance of spotting both endangered black and white rhinos up close in natural open savannah.
• Midday Bottle-Feeding at the Elephant Nursery
• The 11:00 AM session at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust provides a rare, emotional look into conservation. Guests watch rescued infant elephants run into the viewing area for giant bottles of milk, wallow in mud baths, and interact directly with the keepers dedicated to their rehabilitation.
• Eye-to-Eye Rothschild Giraffe Feeding
• Standing on the elevated wooden boardwalk at the Giraffe Centre puts visitors directly at eye level with the endangered Rothschild giraffe. Hand-feeding pellets to these giant browsers—and experiencing their famous 18-inch blue tongues up close—delivers an immediate, interactive connection to wildlife.