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A day at Daphne Sheldrick’s elephant orphanage

By Kassim Shitawah

More often than not, Nairobians travel very far to sightsee yet overlook attractions in their own backyard. A couple of weekends ago, I visited a getaway in the posh Karen suburb that was once occupied by white settlers. Together with my family, I set out one early morning to Daphne Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage that is located in what was once Karen Blixen’s coffee farm.

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