Private Nairobi safari: Game drive, elephants & giraffes
Baby elephants drink formula while keepers share their rescue stories.
A private game drive tour in Nairobi National Park with a certified guide and hotel pickup, followed by visits to the David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage and the Giraffe Centre. The tour runs 6 to 7 hours from early morning pickup at 6:00 AM, returning around 2:00 PM. Park entry, elephant orphanage fees, and giraffe centre admission are available as choices at checkout. Drinking water and transport in a pop-up roof van are included.
Step-by-step itinerary
Nairobi National Park and Wildlife Visits
- Pickup from Nairobi hotel at 6:00 AM
- Game drive in Nairobi National Park
- Visit Ivory Burning Site Monument
- Visit David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage
- Optional coffee break
- Visit Giraffe Centre observation platforms
- Drop-off at Nairobi hotel around 2:00 PM
- Nairobi National Park 5h
- Maasai Market 1h
- Giraffe Centre 45m
What’s included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off from your Nairobi accommodation.
- certified local guide throughout the day.
- transport in a well-maintained tour van with pop-up roofs for wildlife viewing.
- complementary drinking water.
Times
- Monday to Friday 05:30 06:00 06:30 09:30
- Saturday and Sunday 06:00 09:30
Before you book
Operated by Wasili Kenya Safaris
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The experience
The day starts at 6:00 AM with pickup from your Nairobi hotel. A certified local guide drives you into Nairobi National Park for a 5-hour game drive across the park's wildlife trails. The van has pop-up roofs so you can stand and photograph without leaving your seat: lions, giraffes, ostriches, hippos, white and black rhinos, and buffaloes move through the landscape as the guide points out tracks and behavior. You'll stop at the Ivory Burning Site Monument, a memorial marking Kenya's 1989 destruction of its ivory stockpile. The game drive wraps around 10:30 AM.
Next is the David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage, where keepers introduce each baby elephant by name and tell how it was rescued. The orphans are a few months to a few years old: some drink their formula from bottles while others wallow in mud, wrestle playmates, or dust-bathe. The one-hour session runs 11:00 AM to noon and shows the Trust's hand-rearing work until the calves can rejoin wild herds. An optional coffee break follows before the final stop.
The Giraffe Centre sits on a 95-acre nature sanctuary where you view endangered Rothschild giraffes from elevated observation platforms at eye level. Wooded trails wind through the grounds for birdwatching and spotting warthogs or bushbucks. Educational displays explain giraffe conservation and habitat protection. The tour ends with hotel drop-off around 2:00 PM. Complementary drinking water travels with you all day.
Is this one for you?Book this private tour if you want a guide who knows the park's animals and trails and can stop where wildlife appears: the certified driver-guide and pop-up roof van let you photograph and move at your own pace without sharing the vehicle or the guide's attention.
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Top questions
Can children come?
Yes. Ticket types: Youth (13 to 17 years); Child (4 to 12 years); Infant (under 4).
What animals will I see on the game drive in Nairobi National Park?
Nairobi National Park's wildlife trails hold lions, giraffes, ostriches, hippos, white and black rhinos, and buffaloes. The certified guide navigates the park's roads and identifies animals, behavior and tracks as you drive.
How close do you get to the baby elephants at the orphanage?
The David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage session runs one hour (11:00 AM to noon) and keepers introduce each orphan by name while the calves drink formula, play and bathe in mud nearby. You watch from ground level as they move around the sanctuary.
Can I feed or touch the giraffes at the centre?
The Giraffe Centre has elevated observation platforms where you view the endangered Rothschild giraffes at eye level from the platforms themselves. The 95-acre sanctuary also has wooded trails for birdwatching and spotting warthogs and bushbucks.
What time does the tour start and end?
Hotel pickup is at 6:00 AM. The game drive runs 5 hours and concludes around 10:30 AM, followed by the elephant orphanage visit and giraffe centre stop, with hotel drop-off around 2:00 PM. The full tour is 6 to 7 hours.
Is the Maasai Market included in this tour?
The tour focuses on Nairobi National Park, the elephant orphanage, and the giraffe centre. The Maasai Market is not part of this itinerary.
What's included in the tour price?
Hotel pickup and drop-off, transport in a pop-up roof van, the certified guide, and complementary drinking water are included. Park entry fees, elephant orphanage admission, and giraffe centre entry are available as separate choices at checkout.
Private Nairobi safari: Game drive, elephants & giraffes
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