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Can anyone tell me when the orphanage is open and when the animals are available for interaction with? I will be in kenya in about a month and would love to visit. Also, which would provide a better experience...the elephant orphanage or the giraffe experience in Nairobi? (p.s. what are the hours for the giraffe center?) Thanks for the help!
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Sheldrick is open to the public from 11:00am to noon. If you adopt/foster an elephant, you can also visit in the late afternoon (this needs to be pre-arranged). I've enjoyed my Sheldrick visits more than the Giraffe Centre. I also enjoyed the more private late afternoon visit at Sheldrick more than the mid-day visit. I think the Giraffe Centre is open morning to late afternoon.
Just curious, about a year, maybe two, or so ago the Kenya National Park people were going to add a big fee ($50?) for entering that National Park area. Even if the only thing you were going to visit was Sheldrick. Anybody recall this, and, what became of it all?
regards - tom
Not sure what happened to the fee issue, but in August we went with a driver straight from Giraffe Manor/Center to Sheldrick for the sponsors' late afternoon viewing -- no fees paid or requested.
That National Park fee didn't fly for long at the Sheldrick Orphanage. Now there's a 300 shilling fee per vehicle, per safari vehicle that is for the 11 o'clock entrance; if you come in a taxi and walk in from the road there's no such fee. There's also a USD 5.00 per person suggested entrance fee. For the evening sponsor's entrance, there's no such fee.
At the Giraffe Centre there's a fee of 700 shillings per person for non residents. This fee is included if you stay at the Giraffe Manor.
I compiled a short description of the orphanage experience here: http://www.go-safari.com/Nairobi/Tourism.htm
Sheldrick is a great experience well worth a visit.
The giraffe thing is not worth it in my opinion because one can do the same thing at hundreds of safari parks across the USA - stand on a platform to meet a giraffe at eye-level.
A visit to Kenya Wildlife Services and/or the National Park is better.
See NAIROBI MAP here: http://www.go-safari.com/Nairobi/Nairobi1.jpg