Day Tour

1 Day Giraffe Centre Excursion

Duration

1 Day

Destinations

Giraffe Centre, Langata

Accommodation

Not applicable, day trip

Meals

Not included

Flights

Excluded

Overview

About this tour

In 1979 there were roughly 130 Rothschild’s giraffe left in Kenya. The Giraffe Centre in Langata was set up that year to change the number, and its breeding programme has since returned a substantial population to protected areas around the country. Revenue from visitors now pays for conservation education for Kenyan schoolchildren.

What you come for is the raised feeding platform, which puts you level with the giraffes’ heads, close enough to hand them pellets and, if you are willing, to take the kiss they are famous for. A self-guided boardwalk runs into the neighbouring Gogo River Bird Sanctuary, and a group of warthogs has the run of the grounds. Short, memorable, and hard to beat in Nairobi if you have children with you. Entrance fees, transfers, drinking water and a guide are included.

Day by day

Detailed itinerary

Your driver-guide collects you from your Nairobi hotel for the run out to Langata, around 20 kilometres from the city centre.

From the raised circular platform you come face to face with the resident Rothschild’s giraffes and can feed them by hand. Staff cover the history of the breeding and release programme and where the subspecies stands in Kenya today. Afterwards the self-guided boardwalk leads into the indigenous forest of the Gogo River Bird Sanctuary, where the warthogs are usually somewhere about, and there is an education centre and shop on site.

You are driven back to your hotel or on to your next stop. The Karen Blixen Museum, Kazuri Beads and the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust are all close enough to add.

What is covered

Inclusions and exclusions

Included

Transport in a safari vehicle with pop-up roof
Pick up and drop off at your Nairobi hotel
Services of a professional English-speaking guide / driver
All applicable entrance fees
Mineral Water
Statutory taxes

Not included

Personal Insurance
Items of personal nature
Alcoholic & Soft drinks
Meals unless stated as included
Optional activities
Gratuity for your driver guide
Visa to Kenya
Yellow Fever Vaccine

Before you go

Key information

Starting and ending point: Nairobi
English-speaking driver guide.
Entrance fees are included.
Hotel pick up and drop off within Nairobi included.
Transport in a safari vehicle with pop-up roof.
Departs daily, subject to availability. Private and group options available.

Good to Know

Good to know

Feeding pellets are provided at the platform. The giraffes are habituated and gentle.
Combines well with the Karen Blixen Museum, Kazuri Beads or the Sheldrick Trust on the same day.
One of the best value and most memorable stops in Nairobi, particularly for children.

Dietary requirement(s) are catered for upon Request