Giraffe Centre Nairobi Kenya safaris
Book a safari to East Africa with Jewel Safaris and we surely will take you to the Giraffe Centre in Nairobi city. Giraffe Centre is the creation of the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife (A.F.E.W. Kenya), a Kenyan non-profit organization. Their main purpose is to educate Kenyan school children and youth on their country’s wildlife and environment, as well as give local and international visitors an opportunity to come into close contact with the world’s tallest species, the giraffe. In 1977 when Jock Leslie-Melville and his wife Betty Leslie-Melville discovered the sad plight of the Rothschild Giraffe ( a giraffe subspecies found only in the grasslands of East Africa), they founded the Giraffe Centre. With their efforts, funds were raised, an education centre constructed and over 300 Rothschild Giraffes are safely breeding well in various Kenyan national parks.
History of the Giraffe center Kenya
In 1979 Jock Leslie-Melville (the Kenyan grandson of a Scottish earl) and his wife, Betty, began raising a baby giraffe in their Langata home. At the time, when their African Fund for Endangered Wildlife (AFEW) was just getting off the ground, it started with about 120 Rothschild’s giraffes. The Rothschild’s giraffe that had been pushed to the brink of extinction by severe habitat loss in western Kenya were saved by the ardent wildlife lovers here. Today, the number of the Rothschild’s giraffes are more than 300 and some have been successfully transferred to the different protection areas like: Lake Nakuru National Park (home to around 45 giraffes), Mwea National Reserve, Ruma National Park and Nasolot National Reserve.
Would you like to see these giraffes at their set up home, then don’t hesitate to contact us at Jewel Safaris for all necessary preparations to ensure that you get the best of the safari in East Africa with a visit to the Giraffe Centre Nairobi inclusive.
