The Giraffe Centre is dedicated to protecting the Rothschild giraffe. Visit the education hub, feed giraffes, and participate in successful breeding programmes.

It is located in Karen, approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Nairobi City, Kenya. It was established to protect the endangered Rothschild giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi, which is found only in the grasslands of East Africa. It was started by Jock Leslie-Melville, the Kenyan grandson of a Scottish Earl, when he and his wife Betty captured a baby giraffe to start a programme of breeding giraffes in captivity at their home in Langata – home of the present centre. Since then, the programme has had huge success, resulting in the introduction of several breeding pairs of Rothschild giraffes into Kenyan national parks.

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In 1979, Leslie-Melville added an education hub to his (then still private) giraffe sanctuary. By 1983, he had raised enough money to establish the Giraffe Visitor’s Centre as a tourist destination in Nairobi. The main attraction for visitors is feeding giraffes from a raised observation platform. The centre is also home to several warthogs who freely roam the area along with the giraffes.