The Giraffe Manor is a unique small and personal boutique hotel steeped in history and famous for its resident Rothschild giraffes.  The Manor offers a rich blend of newly furbished accommodation, highly trained and friendly staff, as well as one of Nairobi's finest kitchens.  The Manor is surrounded by 140 acres of indigenous forest in the Nairobi suburb of Langata.  As well as the giraffe, the Manor is also home to many species of birds, large families of warthogs and Bush buck.

History
The Manor was built in 1932 by David Duncan of the 'Macintosh Toffee' family and is modelled on a Scottish hunting lodge with views of Mt. Kilimanjaro to the south and the Ngong Hills to the west. In 1974, the grandson of a Scots Earl, Jock Leslie Melville and his American wife Betty bought the Manor as their home.

The Rothschild giraffe lost much of their natural habitat in western Kenya and faced extinction. In 1974, two highly endangered Rothschild giraffe were moved onto the estate where their future generations have thrived and live today. Jock and Betty founded the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife (AFEW). The Giraffe Centre (AFEW Kenya) was built on the property so that Kenyan school children could learn conservation/ecology and feed giraffe eyeball to eyeball.  Visitors touring Nairobi have a chance to visit and pay an entrance to the Giraffe Centre. Profits go to various projects in Kenya.

When Jock died in 1984, and Betty returned to the USA she opened her house - now The Giraffe Manor - to visitors. The Giraffe Manor was run by Rick and his wife Bryony for twenty five years. 
In March 2009, the Manor was bought by Tanya and Mikey Carr-Hartley and is now part of the Tamimi portfolio of camps and lodges in Kenya. 

Things to do in Nairobi
The Manor is ideally located in Nairobi for many other activities including visits to the Karen Blixen Museum and to the David Sheldrick Trust Elephant Orphanage.  There are also many restaurants and shopping facilities for those travellers that wish to spend the day in Nairobi.

Excursions to other parts of Nairobi including the Nairobi National Park, the National Museum and local markets can also be organised by request.