Giraffe Manor Hotel Nairobi

Karen District in Nairobi, Kenya

(Giraffe Manor Hotel is located in the Exclusive Suburbs of Nairobi's Karen Area; just 30 Minutes drive from the City Center and about 35 Kilometers from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The Giraffe Manor is situated on 140 acres of land 16 kilometers outside Nairobi)

 

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Giraffe Manor Hotel Nairobi, Kenya

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The Giraffe Manor accommodates 14 guests, with the option of extra beds in rooms and is one of Nairobi's most iconic buildings, and with just six luxury rooms, one of the most exclusive places to stay in the city.

 

Located in the leafy suburbs of Langata, Giraffe Manor offers a unique opportunity to meet the eleven resident giraffe, all of whom are the endangered Rothschild species. The giraffe love to approach the sun room whilst guests enjoy their breakfast, and are always keen to be hand fed!

 

Giraffe Manor was built in 1932 by Sir David Duncan, is surrounded by 140 acres of its own park and forest thirty minutes from the centre of Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city, with superb views of the Ngong Hills.

 

In 1974 Jock Leslie-Melville, grandson of a Scots earl, and his American wife Betty, who also founded the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife (AFEW), bought the Manor. They then moved two highly endangered baby Rothschild giraffe to the estate, where they thrived and have produced several further generations of giraffe.

 

When Jock died, Betty decided to open her house, now called The Giraffe Manor, to visitors. It is the only place in the world where you can feed and photograph the giraffe over your breakfast table and at the front door, and even from a bedroom window.

 

Travelers from all over the world now make The Giraffe Manor part of their East African Safari. Some spend a week here and The Giraffe Manor has many repeat guests, who have become old friends. Personally hosted, The Giraffe Manor is an elegant and exclusive small hotel with a rich blend of welcoming accommodation, highly trained staff and one of Nairobi’s finest kitchens.

 

The Giraffe Manor also offers a uniquely untouched wilderness on the doorstep of one of Africa’s most cosmopolitan cities, the adjoining Jock Leslie-Melville Nature Education Centre, better known as the Giraffe Centre.

 

Guided walks through its primeval forest enable you to learn about traditional uses of the varied flora, view some of the 180 bird species and perhaps meet a warthog or bushbuck.

 

Giraffes live in the extensive grounds of the Giraffe Manor House and stick their heads through the windows in the hope of being fed. This charming old estate is renowned as a sanctuary for this endangered species and the animals have become so tame they try and enter the manor with you!

 

You are likely to see the giraffes staring into your second floor bedroom window early in the morning and at breakfast they stretch their entire head and neck through the breakfast room windows, and expect you to feed them some pellets.

 

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Giraffe Manor Hotel Nairobi 2012 Accommodation Rates /Prices

Standard Rooms

Lynn, Marlon & Daisy’s Room

 

Superior Rooms

Jock, Betty, All New Rooms, Karen Blixen Suite & Finch Hatton Suites

 

Notes

* Infants (aged 0 – 2 years) stay free of charge

* Children aged 12 years and above are considered adults

* Please note that extra lunches are charged at 30 US Dollars

* Children's Rates are applicable from ages 3 years – 11 years

* Closure: Giraffe Manor will be closed from 01st May 2012 – 30th May 2012

* Christmas supplement – 22nd December 2012 – 03rd January 2013 of 75 US Dollars Per person per night
* Check in time: 11:00 am onwards & check out time: by 10:00 am on the day of departure unless another room is booked & paid for as per the rates above

Giraffe Manor Rates above include:

* Value Added Tax

* All meals, house wines, soft drinks

* Bottled water, beers, spirits, laundry

* Wireless internet access throughout the Manor

* Entrance to the AFEW Giraffe Centre and a donation to AFEW

* Airport transfers & excursions in and around Karen & Langata (within the check in/check out times)

Giraffe Manor Rates above Exclude:

* Gratuities

* Health insurance and personal effects

* Champagne, luxury spirits, selected wines, gratuities, health insurance and personal effects

 

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Giraffe Manor Hotel Nairobi Accommodation

Giraffe Manor Hotel offers 5 double bedrooms, immaculately furnished in the style of their day, with large four-poster beds, antique furnishings and striking art deco bathrooms. Two of the rooms convert to a family suite, while the rear of the house has a large extension ideal for older children.

 

One of the main bedrooms boasts the original furniture from Karen Blixen's guestroom, and is hung with wildlife paintings by her famous cook, Kamante. The second floor offers beautiful views over the surrounding forests and the distinctive peaks of Blixen's beloved Ngong Hills.

 

Giraffe Manor Hotel serves as a perfect alternate accommodation to the traditional Nairobi city hotels when visiting the capital city of Kenya during your African safari overnight, Kenya countryside vacation or even on a business trip

 

Giraffe Manor Hotel Nairobi Location

Giraffe Manor Hotel is located in the exclusive suburbs of Nairobi's Karen area; just 30 minutes drive from the City Center and about 35 km from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).

 

The hotel offers a uniquely untouched wilderness on the doorstep of one of Africa's most cosmopolitan cities. It is an elegant and exclusive hotel, on forested land, with superb views of the Ngong Hills.

 

The Giraffe Manor Hotel in Karen District of Nairobi

Giraffe Manor, a small elegant Hotel in Nairobi Suburbs

The Giraffe Manor Hotel in Karen District of Nairobi

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Giraffe Manor Hotel Nairobi Attractions

Recreation: Giraffe Manor Hotel Nairobi is the only place in the world where you can feed a giraffe from your second floor bedroom window, over the breakfast or lunch table, or at the front door. Guests can enjoy the following:-