Up Close And Personal

Tucked within 60ha of indigenous forest in Nairobi, Kenya is an unassuming red-bricked house. You might think nothing of it unless you happen to be a guest… and the recipient of a morning wake-up call from a Rothschild giraffe poking its head through your bedroom window.

The Giraffe Manor is a ’30s family home that invites you to be part of a community of long-necked residents, whose friendly disposition earns them snacks from delighted guests. Unlike a zoo where your experience is hindered by a wall of glass, you get to experience the place with the rest of the warthogs, bushbucks, dik-dik antelopes and over 180 species of birds that inhabit the surrounding forest.

The estate was turned into a giraffe sanctuary in the ’70s when its owners adopted a Rothschild baby giraffe named Daisy to protect the species from extinction. Daisy inspired a book, Raising Daisy Rothschild, which was later made into a film.

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