The Giraffe Center generated by the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife is located in Langata, on the outskirts of Nairobi, this center has been clearly established as a breeding center for endangered Rothschild giraffes, but is currently located functioning as a conservation reserve and for education programs for children’s schools in Kenya.
The Center represents a non-profit organization, founded by the late Betty and Jock Lesilie Melville in 1979, as an attempt to save the endangered Rothschild giraffes, which have lost their habitat in western Kenya to agriculture and which only a few 130 remain in the wild.
There is great information available about this exotic and unique African species and visitors have the opportunity to feed them from an elevated platform, allowing face-to-face contact with this attractive animal that amazes both children and adults.
Feeding the giraffes is part of an education in itself, since it allows you to observe how they reach with their heads, how they use their time and their prehensile tongue to remove the leaves from the branches of the thorny acacia.
Also in the center is the home of Giraffe Manor, a beautiful colonial house maintained for use as an exclusive guest house.
The center’s population of giraffes roam freely through the lush gardens and are often found poking their heads through the windows to inspect the breakfast tables.
