A day well spent visiting Giraffe Center, David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage, Kazuri Beads and Bomas of Kenya. A memorable experience to see Rothschild giraffes from a raised observation platform, baby elephants at elephant orphanage, the most successful elephant and rhino rescue program in the world. Then enjoy a whistle-stop tour of Kenyan culture on a colorful journey through Kenyan tribes, cultures and traditions at Bomas of Kenya.
Posted By : Ezgi_E
We only had a couple of days in Nairobi and this tour had everything we wanted to do all in one day. We booked almost a month prior to our visit. Our guide Stephen was ready to pick us up right on time and took us directly to Giraffe Center at the opening time. We were one of the first ones in there and got to feed the hungry giraffes their breakfast :) Stephen showed us how we could pet them while feeding and took great photos while we were enjoying the experience. Thanks to our guide we were also at the very front of the crowd to see the baby elephants in the orphanage. We also enjoyed our time in bead making place and watching traditional dances in Bomas of Kenya. The restaurant for lunch was also carefully picked and had a full selection of meals from traditional Kenyan to international. I recommend booking this tour.
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Posted On : 2024-02-27 08:55:52 
Posted By : Shelby_T
Visiting the giraffe centre and elephant orphanage were incredibly experiences that were the highlights of my 2-week trip. But this isn't really a guided tour - it is just a driver taking you from location to location.
Even worse, the driver wasted 45 minutes at a rest stop that wasn't listed on the itinerary so we all stood around waiting while the merchants tried to sell us items we didn't want, as we had already had a rest and done shopping right before while at the Giraffe Centre. This then made us late for the elephant orphanage.
Each location provide their own guides as part of admission and they are the one who tell you about the history and all relevant info. The elephant orphanage would be better to book separately because you are paying $45 for entry to Nairobi National Park, but on the tour, there is no time to enjoy it.
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Posted On : 2024-02-14 23:19:47
Posted By : Nomads_W
Close and up personal with the giraffes and elephants. This was a very cool experience and feeding a giraffe was on my bucket list………. GO!!!!!!
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Posted On : 2024-01-30 01:19:32
Posted By : Cherise_C
I highly recommend this tour, as you are given the opportunity ti do and see many things in a Day's time. And getting to see and touch the animals was amazing. My tour guide Stephen was great. Very punctual, knowledgeable, patient, and communicated great.
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Posted On : 2023-11-22 00:01:30
Posted By : Luke_D
This tour was very good and a highlight of our time in Nairobi. However, we had to go a day later than scheduled as the day before the tour, we were advised that the Elephant Orphanage tickets had sold out despite booking two weeks in advance. They did manage to sort us out with a ticket the next day, however we would advise that if you are especially keen to see the elephant orphanage and don't want to risk missing out, you book directly through the Sheldrick website.
The experience was very good, the driver, Wellington arrived promptly and was helpful in navigating around. The Giraffe Centre was less than an hour's drive from Nairobi centre and it was very fun being able to feed them.
After that, we went to the elephant orphanage, which was an absolute delight, we saw the baby elephants as well as the baby rhino and the keepers were very informative.
The Beads Factory was very interesting and a nice little pitstop on the way to the Bomas.
The Bomas was a fascinating watch of incredible singing and dancing of different African tribes.
A really amazing day trip that we would thoroughly recommend.
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Posted On : 2023-09-23 09:00:06
Posted By : medelzer
Great experience! Wife and I picked up at our hotel by Wellington (more on him at the end) promptly at 8am. Picked up one other couple on the way to the Giraffe Center. Arrived about 5 minutes before it opened. Perfect. Fun and learning at the GC. Up close to feed the giraffes. Much better than seeing them at a zoo.
Stopped at a shop on the way to the Elephant Orphanage. We didn’t buy anything but this would have been a place to buy some carvings. All sizes and poses of animals. Good place to grab a coffee soda or technical stop.
Saw many baboons along the road to the orphanage. Again arrived in time to enter at 11am opening. Up close to see and touch the young and slightly older elephants as they were given milk, water and tree branches with leaves. There were 2 groups of elephants, each group consisted of 12-15 elephants. Head handler told about each elephant; name age, were found and in what condition and what the plan was to return them to the wild. Again so much better than seeing at a zoo. They also had a baby rhino that walked around and was amenable to petting!
Bead center was fascinating. Good place to purchase all sorts of beaded necklaces and bands. Also beaded leather belts, bags and watch bands available.
Lunch was at a local restaurant but, we were all still adjusting to time changes so we weren’t very hungry.
On to the Bomas exhibition. Very colorful and lively demonstration of dancing, drumming and singing but performers who clearly enjoyed performing.
Back to the hotel after a full day. A great way to spend the day! Well worth it. Boom early so you don’t get shut out of either the Giraffe Center or Elephant Orphanage.
Our drive/guide for the day, Wellington was prompt, very pleasant, informative and a Great driver! Nairobi is very busy and he knew how to navigate the chaotic traffic as a pro. Felt very comfortable leaving belongings on the van so we didn’t have to carry everything all the time. Ask for Wellington!
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Posted On : 2023-08-24 16:57:58 
Posted By : crystali975
I enjoyed this tour. It fit everything into 8 hrs and some extra sightseeing. I did this solo and felt safe.
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Posted On : 2023-07-05 09:54:07
Posted By : NikkiKnowsnobounds
The actual experiences at the sites were great but the “tour guide” was simply a driver taking us from place to place. Curt and short answers when I tried to ask questions. Seemed either uninterested in doing this job or burnt out. Thank God for a fellow traveler or it would have been a boring drive from each site. Felt very jealous when other tour guides were explaining things to their customers. Finally, first souvenir shop was overpriced tourist trap. Also, poor lunch place.
Go with another company honestly.
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Posted On : 2023-06-19 04:27:11
Posted By : g_lsultand2022
Great experience. Giraffe Center, the dance shows in Bomas Center all were amazing. The women center was also nice. We had an amazing time. Thanks
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Posted On : 2023-03-27 06:59:50
Posted By : Torianna_F
Titus was my tour guide and he was horrible from the start. He called yelling at me from my hotel lobby at 7:51 saying I was late when I was told 8am. I went to the lobby at 7:59am.
He is a horrible driver!
10 hour day and he didn’t have water for us. He said he didn’t stop at the office to get water.
He dropped me off to the Bomas 3 hours early and left me there while he went to drop off the other passengers.
I danced with the Bomas dancers. He knew I was there solo. Once in a lifetime experience and he didn’t take not one pic. I wanted to cry.
This company is very unorganized but if you must book, request Stephen! Stephen was my guide for a couple other tours and when he saw me with the elephants, he took pics of me with his phone and sent them on what’s app. Thanks Stephen!
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Posted On : 2023-02-06 12:22:53
