Giraffe Manor
A stately 1930s manor on the edge of Nairobi's forest where the giraffes lean in at the breakfast table.
Nairobi: Karen & Langata · Masai Mara & Nairobi
A sense of the place
Why it's in the collection
Because the stately 1930s manor set on the edge of Nairobi's indigenous forest feels more like a scene from a film than a hotel, with ivy climbing its stone façade, giraffes wandering the lawns and each of the twelve rooms individually styled with vintage trunks, canopied beds and garden views, mornings that begin with giraffes at the breakfast table and afternoons that drift into tea on the terrace — there are luxury stays, and then there is feeding giraffes through your window.
- On Gogo Falls Road at the edge of Nairobi's forest, in Langata; independent house.
- Twelve rooms with canopied beds and garden views; giraffes at breakfast; tea on the terrace; the Giraffe Centre next door.
- Three MICHELIN Keys in the 2025 selection; holds five-star standing.
Rooms at Giraffe Manor
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The neighborhood
Nairobi: Karen & Langata
The green suburbs on the city's edge, home to the Giraffe Centre and the manor houses of the 1930s. Here too are the Karen Blixen museum and the forest along the Nairobi National Park's border.
- The giraffe sanctuary and the forest, at the door.
- The Karen Blixen museum, ten minutes.
- Jomo Kenyatta airport, forty-five minutes to an hour; Wilson Airport for the Mara flights, thirty minutes.
“A stately 1930s manor on the edge of Nairobi's forest where the giraffes lean in at the breakfast table.”
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