Your gift will build a new home for our elephant family at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, create a special place to make lifelong connections with these magnificent animals, and secure a future for elephants worldwide.
Your gift will build a new home for our elephant family at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, create a special place to make lifelong connections with these magnificent animals, and secure a future for elephants worldwide.
Your expedition through Denny Sanford Elephant Valley at the Safari Park will take you into the heart of the Kenyan savanna. The sights and sounds of the African grasslands will come alive during your journey, swiftly transporting you to a place filled with wonder and magnificence, where your family and our elephant family become one.
Surrounded by our family of elephants, you will feel a powerful connection to wildlife as you walk in tandem with the largest animals on the planet. Their mammoth size, silent strength, and graceful movements will leave you awestruck. Elephant Valley will be unlike anything you've ever experienced before—and unlike anywhere else on Earth.
Orphans arriving at our partner sanctuary, the community-led Reteti Elephant Sanctuary in northern Kenya, often require around-the-clock care after arriving ill, dehydrated, and traumatized. Your lifesaving support through Elephant Valley will give each orphan a second chance—and the love they need to regain their strength.
As global leaders with more than 100 years of elephant care expertise, we share a century of knowledge and experience with partners around the globe. Elephant Valley will become a reimagined haven for our family of elephants and the epicenter of our conservation efforts to protect, save, and care for elephants worldwide.
Your journey through Elephant Valley takes you into the heart of the African savanna where you will be surrounded by our family of elephants. With vistas on both sides of the pathway, you'll walk in tandem with the largest animals on the planet.
During your expedition, shaded rest areas will line the pathway so you can relax and "live" among the elephants. And with the family of elephants just a few feet away, these serene moments will give you the incredible opportunity to make eye contact with one another, creating a powerful connection that lasts a lifetime.
On the 2 ½ acre Learning Savanna, inspiration and adventure come together through interactive learning. Large canvas tents and picnic tables turn this expansive new area into outdoor classrooms where educators bring conservation to life for countless school groups, summer camps, and overnight programs.
Trickling streams and ponds throughout Elephant Valley will flow into expansive watering holes. Here, you'll be able to join the herd as they gather to swim, splash, and cool off together on hot summer days. These streams will also flow into wetland habitats featuring an incredible variety of impressive birds, including storks and cranes.
Across from the watering holes, grassy meadows will become the perfect place for family picnics, giving you unparalleled opportunities to connect with wildlife care specialists and the elephants at eye level, as the herd dips into the watering holes directly in front of you!
Our dreams for Elephant Valley begin with you. Together, we'll create a one-of-a-kind haven for our growing family of elephants, inspire millions to fall in love with these gentle giants, and ignite generations to join us as we save elephants around the globe.
Your generosity will transform Elephant Valley and the future of elephant conservation worldwide.
To donate or for questions about this project, click below or contact the Philanthropy team at 619-685-3219 or donations@sdzwa.org.