OFFICIAL CATEGORY (Ministry of Tourism Classification): exclusive
The Giraffe Manor, built in 1932 by Sir David Duncan, is situated on 120 acres of land just a few miles from the centre of Nairobi, Kenya's capital city. In 1974 Jock Leslie-Melville, grandson of a Scottish Earl, and his wife Betty, who also founded the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife (AFEW), bought the manor. they then moved five babies of the highly endangered rothschild giraffe to their property where they have been successfully reared and they now have their own babies. When Jock died, Betty decided to open her house, now called the Giraffe Manor, to visitors. Exclusive, spacious and elegant, it is the only place in the world that you can feed a giraffe eye ball to eye ball, from your second floor bedroom window, over the lunch table, and at the front door.
Location
The Giraffe Manor is situated on 120 acres of forested land just 8 miles (30 minutes drive) from nairobis city centre.
Climate
Warm days average 24°c with cooler nights. June - July are colder months average 18°c and march - june have long rains while october - december short rains.