Giraffe Manor

This is it. 6 weeks after we got back home I’ve finally parsed the last photo gallery from Kenya. After wrapping up our stay in the national parks and private reserves we spent the final day at Giraffe Manor. An old English-style manor house that is also a breeding and rehabilitation center for the endangered Rothschild Giraffe. We had opportunities to feed and interact with Giraffes (and the warthogs that sought to hoover up any dropped giraffe pellets off the ground). Especially memorable was having breakfast while the giraffe stuck their heads in the windows to get fed. Pretty amazing.

Lewa Conservancy

The Lewa conservancy is a vast track of land with a healthy population of rhino and rigorous poaching controls. We were able to spend two days at a safari camp on the conservancy with our guide, Festus. Most of the terrain was grass and long, rolling hills but there were some wooded valleys and even a lake/swamp where animals tended to congregate. Here are some pictures from the first day.