🐘 Did you know that African elephants have ears that can get as big as six feet long and four feet wide and resemble the shape of Africa’s continent? 👂Their ears help them communicate with other elephants, enable them to hear over long distances and to stay cool - they use them as fans to cool off their bodies in the heat! 📍 Sheldrick Wildlife Trust #babyelephantsarethecutest #sheldricktrust #elephantsofinstagram #kenyansafari #uniqueplaces #naturephotography #adventuretravel #bucketlisttrip

Did you know that African elephants sleep the least of any mammal, logging just two hours of shut-eye a day? At least, that’s the case for adults. Babies are another story: Our youngest orphans slumber most of the night and take catnaps throughout the day. As you see here, sleep can sneak up on even the most energetic elephant calves — despite their very best efforts to fight it! — This little napping queen is Korbessa, who is one of the youngest orphans currently in our care. You can play an im

A hot day water = happy elephants! Enjoy a refreshing dip with Olsekki, Sapalan, Siangiki, Esampu and the other orphaned elephants at the Ithumba mud bath. From snorkelling to splashing and generally bathing with abandon, it’s wonderful to see these big babies loving life, knowing this is a place of safety for them. Scenes like this a reminder of the positive impact we are having together for Kenya’s wildlife. If you are new to our page, or perhaps this happy spectacle is stirring your soul, you

Three generations of elephants — all because of one life saved. There’s a story behind this majestic family. The lead elephant is Yatta, an orphan who lost her mother to poachers in 1999. She grew up in our care, first at the Nursery and then at our Ithumba Reintegration Unit, before reclaiming her place in the wild. Today, Yatta is matriarch of a herd of ex-orphans, a mother of three wild-born babies, and a grandmother! So many elephants exist today, all because her life was saved, all those ye

From our Orphan Units and all of us at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, we would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas. To every person that has stood with us this year, we are enormously grateful for your steadfast support and generosity. You kindness during these times has been inspiring and humbling. As we watch over wildlife, and provide for the rescued elephants, rhinos, antelopes, buffaloes and warthog in our care, we are so very aware that it is with your help that we are able to offer the