Giraffe Centre, Langata
Eye-level with a giraffe, a handful of pellets, and a very long tongue. The Giraffe Centre looks after endangered Rothschild’s giraffes and has been teaching Nairobi’s schoolchildren about them for decades.
You climb a raised platform, someone hands you food, and a giraffe leans its enormous head right over the rail. Some visitors try the ‘kiss’ with a pellet between their lips. Most just laugh.
Behind the fun there is real conservation: the centre was set up to protect a subspecies whose numbers had fallen badly, and it runs education programmes for school groups. Stay for the short talk; it is worth it.
The Sheldrick elephant orphanage is minutes away, so most people do both in one morning.
Highlights
- Feed giraffes from the platform
- Short conservation talk
- Nature walk nearby
- Easy to combine with the elephant orphanage
Itinerary
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Pickup
From your home or hotel in Nairobi.
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Giraffe Centre
About an hour and a half on the platform and at the talk.
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Drop-off
Back to your door — or on to the elephant orphanage if combined.
Included
- Pickup and drop-off in Nairobi
- Entry fees
- Guide
Not included
- Lunch
- Tips
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