Dame Daphne, who was the first person to ever successfully hand rear newborn African elephants, pioneered the methods still used, which focus on nutrition as well as on animal psychology. (Since the Trust was founded more than 40 of its elephants have been returned to live free in Tsavo.) The Trust or nursery is located on the grounds of the Nairobi National Park, and visitors may enter for an hour each day. As elephants are extremely family-oriented creatures, they are assigned keepers who stay with them at all times, even sleeping on mats in their stalls at night. Keepers are rotated so the babies don't get too attached to one person. If you adopt one of the animals, which can be done via the website (www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org), you may come to the nursery at feeding time, as we did. The elephants were still in the park, when we arrived, but a baby rhino, Maalim, waddled up to my daughter and nuzzled at her legs. "Oh, he looks like a cute E.T.," she exclaimed smitten. "He likes to be rubbed behind the ears," counseled one of the keepers. Meanwhile my son had wandered over to a pen to meet a full-grown blind rhino named Maxwell. We were the only visitors there, when the gang of young elephants trotted in from the park. Each headed to its own stall (plaques by the door detail their names, place of rescue and date of birth), where their keepers had their milk bottles ready. In a few seconds, the bottles that the kids had held up for their thirsty friends were drained dry. Bath time for the babies was next, so time for us to leave, but now that my daughter is the proud foster mother of Maalim, (adopted online) we get monthly updates and have an excuse to return. 

Read more about the elephant orphanage
http://www.indagare.com/destinations/37/departments/95#article_7504

Read about a giraffe sanctuary
http://www.indagare.com/destinations/37/departments/88#article_7422

Read about a camp in Kenya where elephants are the focus
http://www.indagare.com/destinations/37/departments/174#article_4434