Outdoor Activities Experiences
Get active and explore the great outdoors with our outdoor activities experiences.
Start Your JourneyGet active and explore the great outdoors with our outdoor activities experiences.
Start Your JourneyGet active and explore the great outdoors with our outdoor activities experiences.
Reteti Wildlife Conservancy It is Africa’s first community-based elephant orphanage and wildlife conservancy located in northern Kenya. It is dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating orphaned and abandoned elephants back to the wild.
David Sheldrick Wildlife trust This is a wildlife conservation organization with efforts to rescue and rehabilitate orphaned elephant and rhinos. The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust operates four mobile veterinary Units and a sky vet initiative headed by Kenya Wildlife service Vets to alleviate the suffering of injured wild animals.
Giraffe Centre It is located around 20km from Nairobi and was established with an aim of protecting vulnerable giraffes. Visitors get a chance to feed the giraffes from a raised platform. The Giraffe center is also home to warthogs that freely roam around the area alongside the giraffes.
Nairobi National Park A short drive out of Nairobi’s central business district is the Nairobi National Park. Wide open grass plains and backdrop of the city scrapers, scattered acacia bush play host to a wide variety of wildlife including the endangered black rhino, lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, buffaloes, giraffes and diverse birdlife with over 400 species recorded. Visitors can enjoy the park’s picnic sites, three campsites and the walking trails for hiker
Masai village Visit a Masai village (Manyatta). The Maasai women will show you inside their mud and wattle huts, explain how they live and display some of their handicrafts. The Morani (warriors) will demonstrate Maasai dances and show off their jumping or spear throwing skills
Cresent Island Enjoy a boat trip on the lake to Crescent Island and take a guided walk with a Ranger amongst the wild animals such as antelope, zebra, waterbuck, wildebeest and perhaps giraffe. There are also good chances of spotting hippo.
DAPHNE SHELDRICK ELEPHANT ORPHANAGE Daphne Sheldrick's Elephant Orphanage is located in the Nairobi Game Park, Kenya. It was originally started by David Sheldrick, and the work was taken over by his wife after his death. The park itself is too small to sustain any adult elephants, but they take in orphaned baby elephants from all over Kenya. Unfortunately, due to the rise in ivory poaching, most of the elephants are there because their mothers have been killed by hunters, but some have just got separated from their mothers for some reason. The elephants are raised with the intention of gradually re-integrating them into the wild. The age range of the elephants can vary from a few months up to three years. Each elephant is assigned its own keeper, who acts as a surrogate mother and will stay with the elephant until it is released back into the wild. Being orphaned is obviously a very traumatic experience, so the keeper spends as much time as possible with the elephant in the first few days to lavish attention on it. Looking after the elephant involves feeding it, providing shade so that it doesn't get sunburnt1, and, as the elephant gets older, taking it for walks in the park. Once the elephant is old enough, it is transferred to Tsavo Game Park to begin the final part of its release back into the wild. You can visit between 11am and 12 noon every day, and see the elephants being fed and playing. In addition, there is a keeper there who will give a talk about the elephants, where they came from, how they are getting on, and how some of the previous orphans are progressing. Usually there are no more than 25 to 30 people there, so you can get really close to the elephants. They also take in rhinos as well, so if you are lucky you will get the chance to see a young rhino.
Shangri-la Coffee Excursion to the Shangri-la Coffee estate to see how coffee is grown and processed. The visit includes coffee roasting and tasting .
Karatu Elephant Caves Guided walk through the Ngorongoro forest to the Elephant caves and waterfall. The caves have been dug by elephants who ingest the vitamins and minerals in the soil. The waterfall is 150m high and views from the top are spectacular. On a fine day it is possible to see across the farmlands and coffee plantations as far as lake Manyara and the Rift valley.
Balloon Safari Take off as the sun rises, catching the tops of the trees with its golden glow. From the air, the riverine forests and grassy plains take on a new look. from a bird’s eye view, look for Elephant and Buffalo, herds of Wildebeest, Zebra and Antelope while the sharp-eyed may spot a Lion family basking on a knoll. Land about an hour later on the still-dewy plain for an open-air breakfast washed down with a glass of bubbly. Balloon safaris are operated in Masai Mara, Tarangire and Serengeti.
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