Nairobi National Park © Kenya Tourist Office
Nairobi National Park and Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage
Nairobi National Park was established in 1945 and is
Kenya’s first national park. Uniquely situated on the
capital’s doorstep it is a well-kept, compact and beautiful
area of plains and wild bush containing a large number of
Africa’s best-known animals. Large herds of zebra,
wildebeest, buffalo and giraffe roam the plains and black rhino,
ostrich, baboons, cheetah and lions are some of the other
photogenic inhabitants. In the park is the Animal Orphanage where
sick, wounded and abandoned animals are cared for and rehabilitated
into the park, as well as an Educational Centre featuring a Safari
Walk. Close by is the Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage, where infant
elephant and rhino (orphaned because of poaching activities)
are cared for and eventually returned to the wild in Tsavo
National Park. The centre is open every morning and visitors can
watch the calves bathing in the mud hole and being bottle fed by
their human surrogate mothers.
Telephone: 602 121;
E-mail: nnp@kws.org;
Website: www.kws.org;
Admission: Park Entry: US$40 (adults), US$20 (children). There are concessions for citizens and residents of Kenya
