Excursions
Below are the details of three places you can visit while in Nairobi. Due to the situation with covid-19 we will not provide a group tour to these places during this year’s conference
The Nairobi Animal Orphanage
The Nairobi Animal Orphanage is located in the Nairobi National Park. It serves a treatments and rehabilitation centre for wild animals. The Orphanage hosts lions, cheetahs, hyenas, jackals, serval cats, rare Sokoke cats, warthogs, leopards, various monkeys, baboons, and buffalo. Various birds can also be viewed including parrots, guinea fowls, crowned cranes, and ostriches.
For more information go to http://www.kws.go.ke/content/nairobi-animal-orphanage-0
Steadmark Gardens and Recreation Centre
Described as a Snake ‘Watchers’ paradise, it is fairly a 10 minutes drive from the Galleria Mall, Karen. They also host an animal sanctuary with crocodiles, monkeys, and ostriches.
For more information go to https://www.stedmakgardens.co.ke/
Sheldrick Elephant and Rhino Orphanage
The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust was established more than 40 years ago and is best known for its Orphans’ Project, the first and most successful elephant orphan rescue and rehabilitation program in the world. The Sheldrick Trust is a pioneering conservation organisation, dedicated to the protection of wildlife and the preservation of habitats in East Africa by protect a number of threatened and endangered species across Kenya including black and white rhinos, as well as iconic animals like African elephants.
For More information go to https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/