Curated by the Carr-Hartley family
Breakfast With Giraffes
A Rothschild's giraffe, once nearly extinct in the wild, at your window most mornings — never guaranteed, always likely.
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Nairobi · Owned Property
Giraffe Manor
A 1930s manor house on the edge of a giraffe sanctuary, where a Rothschild's giraffe is as likely to join breakfast as any guest.
Written with the Carr-Hartley family — the same family that has owned Giraffe Manor since it first opened its grounds to the endangered Rothschild's giraffe.
Why This Property Exists
Not a hotel with a novelty. A sanctuary that happens to have rooms.
Giraffe Manor sits on land adjoining the AFEW Giraffe Centre — a sanctuary established to save the Rothschild's giraffe from near-extinction. The manor came second. The giraffes were already here, and the family who owns this property built a place to live alongside them, not a spectacle designed to attract them.
Today, a small number of giraffes still wander the grounds freely, and it isn't unusual for one to lean through a dining room window during breakfast. It happens often enough that guests should expect it — but not so often that it feels manufactured. The giraffes come and go as they choose.
The manor itself dates to the 1930s, with just a handful of rooms — this is intentionally one of the smallest properties in the collection, not the largest.
Location
Nairobi, Kenya
Rooms
12 rooms
Best for
First safaris, honeymoons
Ownership
Owned by The Safari Collection
Wildlife · Giraffe Centre
A Morning at the Giraffe Centre
A guided walk through the neighboring sanctuary, with the same conservation team that manages the herd.
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Culture · Giraffe Manor
Evenings in the Garden
Fireside dinners on the lawn, weather permitting — a quieter counterpart to the daytime giraffe encounters.
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Manor Rooms
The original 1930s bedrooms, each with garden or giraffe-sanctuary views.
Garden Suites
Slightly larger rooms opening directly onto the lawn where the giraffes graze.
The Dining Room
Where the window-height feeding happens most mornings — no assigned seating, no set show times.
Our Footprint, Here Specifically
The giraffes were the reason this property exists — not the other way around
Giraffe Manor's grounds directly adjoin the AFEW Giraffe Centre, a sanctuary founded to protect the Rothschild's giraffe, once reduced to a few hundred individuals in the wild. Guest visits here directly support the Centre's ongoing conservation and local education programs.
- AFEW Giraffe Centre
- Giraffe Conservation Foundation
In Pictures
What mornings actually look like here
Guest Stories
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"We came for the giraffes. We left thinking about the Centre."
A family's account of how a two-night stay changed what they wanted to see on the rest of their trip.
From the Family
"Giraffe Manor was never meant to be famous. It was meant to be a place where the giraffes were safe. Everything else followed from that."
The Carr-Hartley Family
— Owners, The Safari Collection
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Your Safari Designer
Thinking about starting your journey here?
Giraffe Manor works well as a two-to-three night opener before heading further into Kenya. Tell us the rest of what you're picturing.