The Lilayi Elephant Nursery

Saving Zambia's Orphaned Elephants

A glimpse into the daily life of rescued orphan elephants in Zambia. We visited the Elephant Orphanage Project, a joint project between @GRI-Zambia and DNPW. We first spent time at the Lilayi Elephant Nursery in Lusaka, where the youngest, most vulnerable calves are nursed back to health. When they are old enough, well enough and ready to be weaned off milk, they transfer to the Kafue Release Facility in the Kafue National Park, which is where we visited next. It was here we learned how a team of dedicated keepers and researchers help the orphans to take their final steps back to a life in the wild.

For more details about the project and how you can support the orphans, click here:

Elephant Nursery opens in Lilayi, Zambia - October 2012

The long awaited Elephant Nursery Facility was officially opened in Lilayi, Zambia by David Shepherd CBE and His Honour, the Vice President of Zambia, Dr Guy Scott. The stars, as ever, were the orphaned elephants who despite having lost their mothers to poachers show an amazing resilience and love of life!

:: Elephant Orphanage // Nursery Facility in Lilayi near Lusaka ::

Founded in 2008 the Elephant Orphanage Project (EOP) has been built and developed by the project to include two main sites, the Nursery Facility in Lilayi and the Release Facility in Kafue NP. It all started with an elephant called Phoenix who was rescued by DSWF in February 2001 when, just weeks old, she was found trying to suckle from her dead mother. Against all the odds, Phoenix pulled through and became the catalyst of this exciting new project. Shortly after her successful release in the Kafue , Phoenix contracted bilary , previously unrecorded in elephants, and tragically died. The Release Facility was named Camp Phoenix in her honour and her memory lives on through the successful rescue, rehabilitation and release of new orphans which now begin their journey back to the wild at the recently completed Nursery Facility in Lilayi near Lusaka.




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Lilayi Elephant Nursery, bush fire nearby

Lilayi Elephant Nursery (near Lusaka, Zambia) is open each morning for public viewing of the elephants. We visited on 8 August 2014, when we filmed this footage from the viewing deck using our Samsung tablet. At the start of the video, the elephants are calm and gently interact with the keeper. Notice the behaviour of young elephants after the keeper leaves them to go and fight a bush fire which had been started outside the reserve and was a risk of 'jumping' the road at the boundary of the reserve. After he leaves to go and fight the nearby bush fire they get agitated putting their trunks up to sniff the air, running around the enclosure and trumpeting loudly, presumably concerned by the proximity of the fire. He returns and they calm down.

The fire was successfully controlled and no person or animal was injured.

You can find out more about the work of the Lilayi Elephant Nursery at

Suni takes a bath at the Elephant Nursery in Lilayi, Zambia

Suni - the orphaned elephant found with axe wounds to her back and chin which left her paralysed in the back legs - is on the road to recovery and enjoying life at the Elephant Nursery in Lilayi, Zambia

ZAMBIA: The SUNDAY CRAFTS MARKET in LUSAKA, local art handicrafts for sale ????

SUBSCRIBE: - Let's go visit the Sunday Crafts market which is a weekly market held in the car park at the Arcades Shopping Centre, in the capital of Zambia, the city of Lusaka. This market features the best range of handicrafts, especially wood carvings, curios made from malachite and African prints. Bargaining is expected, though it's a relaxed, low-pressure affair.
Lusaka is the capital of Zambia. In the center, sprawling Lusaka City Market sells clothing, produce and other goods. The National Museum exhibits archaeological finds and contemporary art. Nearby, the Freedom Statue commemorates Zambia's struggle for independence. South of the city, Munda Wanga Environmental Park has a wildlife sanctuary and botanical garden. The Lilayi Elephant Nursery cares for orphaned elephants.
Zambia, in southern Africa, is a landlocked country of rugged terrain and diverse wildlife, with many parks and safari areas. On its border with Zimbabwe is famed Victoria Falls – indigenously called Mosi-oa-Tunya, or Smoke That Thunders” – plunging a misty 108m into narrow Batoka Gorge. Spanning the Zambezi River just below the falls is Victoria Falls Bridge, a spectacular viewpoint.
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Feeding time for any elephants at likayi lodge Lusaka 2013

Orphaned elephants partially supported by the artist David Shepherd being fed at likayi lodge. Great little lodge 10 miles outside of Lusaka.

Zambia battling to protect elephant population from poachers

In Zambia, a conservation group is battling to protect the elephant population from poachers and human-wildlife conflict. CCTV's Clementine Logan has this report

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Capital of Zambia

Lusaka is the capital of Zambia. In the center, sprawling Lusaka City Market sells clothing, produce and other goods. The National Museum exhibits archaeological finds and contemporary art.

Nearby, the Freedom Statue commemorates Zambia's struggle for independence. South of the city, Munda Wanga Environmental Park has a wildlife sanctuary and botanical garden. The Lilayi Elephant Nursery cares for orphaned elephants.

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The Bigger Picture: Lilayi Elephant Nursery Facility 2017

Freddy, Dave and Dieter arrived in Zambia on Thursday and then transferred to Lilayi Elephant Nursery Facility, on the outskirts of Lusaka. Dieter has sent this wonderful film about the head Keeper, aptly named Gift.

THE ELEPHANT NURSERY

The Let Elephants Be Elephants (LEBE) campaign is an awareness campaign in South East Asia which aims to reduce demand for ivory. Led by TV personality Nadya Hutagalung & elephant expert Dr Tammie Matson, the campaign was inspired by a visit to Kenya in 2013. This is the first of 3 webisodes and focuses on the plight of baby orphaned elephants at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Nairobi. We urge you to watch it and share it, then take the pledge to say no to ivory at .

Lilayi Elephant Orphanage, Zambia

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Lilayi Lodge • Lusaka, Zambia

Watching the Baby Elephants Get Fed & Listening to the Tour Guide

I visited Lilayi on 12/11/17. Situated in the beautiful, 650 hectare Game Farm of Lilayi Lodge, the Lilayi Elephant Nursery is home to the youngest members of our rescued elephant calves. Here they receive the dedicated care needed to get through the vital, vulnerable early months and years of rehabilitation before they are taken to the Kafue Release Facility and greater exposure to wild elephants and their new home in the Kafue National Park

Lilayi | Lusaka - Zambia

Lilayi • Lusaka, Zambia

Elephant Walk in Zambia

Early Morning Elephant Walk in Zambia and the Elephant Sanctuary.