THE GIRAFFE SANCTUARY CENTER. EA.KENYA

      NANDI      THE ROTH'SCHILD  GIRAFFE

by Stuart Asim RoberTours

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Meet Nandi with the Tour Guide at the center

Touring with my family was such a great experience ever and That amazing Day while on avacation in kenya, when we planned to vist the Giraffe center, well when  I thought of a giraffes i thought we were going in a national park but i was told by my Sister-In-Law  it was just  12MILES ALONG WAY TO REACH Nairobi city in The place which is called LANG’ATA, ,KAREN town in Kenya.  just like the Ugandan Zoo found in Entebbe or the central park zoo in the New York, so as with the giraffe center in Nairobi, it took me with surprises because of the nature in the place as compared of my country in uganda, And how tall the giraffes were and the caring on them they were nice looking giraffes at sight‘ooh #vistkenya GUYS’

AT the center where at the first place I had no idea with what  was going to happen 'prior thoughts', when we visited in and when I moved out the center I was the giraffe like Guy, and here i am with the TOUR ARTICLE it was a such a great time to have the stunning look to the giraffes color and spot patterns of each types mostly the one called NANDI, I had spent long without seeing the the giraffes back in Uganda again but with this time around I got a chance to even learn more and getting in touch with them at the center like on giraffes ways and more with also the giraffe guided sessions which took place also at the center ,as well the beautiful environment with the Acacia trees and the tourist also i got achat with.

Feeding Arothschild GIRAFFES  "the dark spoted pattern" type of Giraffe with the feeding pellets at the center

ORIGIN OF THE CENTER

THE giraffe center is a nature sanctuary for visiting and including wildlife conservation education, started by Jock Leslie Melive, The Kenyan grandson of a Scottish Earl and his wife captured two babies giraffe to start a Programme of breeding giraffe on their Langata property site of the present center with now with several famous species of Rothschild giraffes, which now acts as a main attraction for both school children and visitors.

Aclear ariel view from the center's wooden highrisen platform to the down part of the center filled with vistors.

When you enter the giraffe center you will walk through a series of information boards where you will be able to learn about the giraffes and other wildlife at the center before you get to meet or have face to face interactions with the giraffes themselves.

The compound of the center

ATTENTION

BEST ACTIVITY GIRAFFE FEEDING

when you enter the giraffe center you are given a small hand full of pellets to feed the giraffes, there are two main feeding area at the center that’s alower feeding area and the upper one where the giraffes tower above you and a built platform where you will be at the same level with the giraffes, therefore you can choose one feeding spot of your choice or feed them from both areas.

Some of the giraffes aiming to be feed with the pelletes

i think i preferred the upper tower to feed the giraffes

TYPES OF THE GIRAFFES AT THE CENTER .

1.Masai giraffe.

since the tribe of masai is from kenya, this is also the masai giraffe from kenya and the have patterns that look like OAKleaves. and they have ahairly cover on the horns which is called ossicones

Amasai giraffe with hairy like on its head

2.Rothschild giraffe.

its charaterlised of its dark spot in its parttern coat

its asubspecies of the giraffe, and one of the most endangered kind of giraffes with 1670 estimated in the wild as of 2016

and the rothschild giraffe can be distinguished from other species of giraffe by its coat,its coat consists of dark orange and brown patches with areas of beige, it also lacks markings on its lowerlegs

3. Reticulated giraffe.

AReticulated giraffes one of the common with its brown patches of its coat (internet photo in kenya national park)

Its also called the somalia giraffe, asubspecies of giraffe native to the horn of africa areas

on record they are approximately 8500 invividuals living in the wild,

to spot it its orange-brown patches are clearly defined by anetwork of striking white lines which coutinue the entire length of their legs,

THE NAMES OF THE GIRAFFES AT THE CENTER 

(as at 2018 the giraffes found at the center)

BETTY

Betty a rothschild giraffe at the center

named after the founder Betty Leslie Melville, Betty is the oldest 17years shes is a wild girl, she was got from LakeNakuru National Park and when i got to see her she Prefered to hang out in the forest,

KELLY

kelly a Rothschild giraffe at the center

i saw and got amazed with her light brown coat, shes the tallest of the females, out educator guide firstly said its food for friendship with it were you had to have some pellets in hand when she had to come to you, and Yeah i got achance to feed it on my palm hands and when i left she was expecting  her 5th born calf as of 2018 december

STACEY

Stacey ahybird of a rothchild breed and a reticulated breed giraffe

This mother of many like Nandi,Lily and otheres, she was in the trees and may be i think she had enough earlier when i arrived.but i got this one.

SALMA

Salma a rothschild giraffe at the center

. well if you like the sloppy kisses salma is the one for you,she wont hesitate to take in your whole face on and at the platform i saw a chinesse and owned on lick which she got all of her attention.

EDDY

Eddy a Rothchild giraffe at the center

well as in the family as usual He is the biggest and the father to all the calves there he was 5.4 meters by then and 8yrs old, his friendly and good in spotting pellets from just about any ones lips

NANDI

Here she comes NANDI a rothchild Giraffe a the center

the one who made me to write this shes two yrs old calf to Stacey, her name is off the nandi flame tree or the African Tuliptree, recently she had some health issues. Thank to KWS VETERINARY UNIT, she was treated and she was well. They said when you try to feed her donot make sudden movements like reach to your pocket, she will run away as she would assume you want to trap her watch here as she was being treated, but with me it was such aconnection

And This brings you what i said up there in my intro‘ooh #vistkenya GUYS’

where i called the name and surprisingly she ran up to me and i feed her twice with my hands and aswell with my lip with a pellet it was my first time where i felt what all those who did so felt.

MPINGO

Mpingo the rothschild giraffe

Then here is another male ,He was easy to be seen because he was the bigger and darker in all other calves around them, and may be if it was agiraffe language it would be handsome

LILY

she was the youngest at the center, she was barely one year old and adaughter of stacey just like any mom,shes hard to see her, she likes staying far from the platform area, and a baby sister to nandi the giraffe

OLERAI

Olerai son  of kelly and its one of the Reticulated Giraffe

he was rescued from  amasai community as they called it after the acacia tree called olerai hes the light skinned male calf to kelly as the mother

The CONTRIBUTION of The center on record populations of giraffes care of is 300 and on them it releases them into other parks like Lake Nakuru  National park,  Mwea National reserve ,Ruma national park and Nasalot National park..

I think this was adessert from the tour guide . The Masai giraffe

The giraffes are friendly and the experience is extra ordinary. Though with rules were When feeding the giraffes give them one pellet at a time using your palm and index finger, and don’t tease with your hands empty because the giraffes because it will make them upset and you are not allowed to make loud noises or sudden movements when feeding them. Enjoyable activities are you can observe, hand feed or even mouth feed kiss one of the giraffes from the raised wooden structure, which is quite an experience as well spotting  warthogs snuffling about in the mud, and as well  there’s an interesting self-guided forest walk through the GOGO RIVER BIRD SANCTUARY.

The built museum at the center where more of talks of giraffes by the guides takes place
i was here signing

And the last thing you do which i found around it was the donating cash glass and the signing book at the exit of the giraffe platform at the center, well i signed in the book on behalf of both my families and i happily donated my cash which was in kenya notes had a"jomo kenyatta face" to the Giraffe center as supporting for its work.

THE FACTS ON GIRAFFES

Giraffes communicate infrasonic-ally, with moans and grunts which are too low for humans to hear, mother giraffes sometimes us whistles to warn or call their young, and the cared for species was the endangered of the Rothchild which is 100000 in number.

NANDI in pose like Give me more, i still need more (photocredit: stewart tour photography)

RECOMMENDATIONS

There are many places where to tour and to learn more of the giraffes on earth and in Africa,kenya there is one called the Giraffe Manior.

The giraffes at the manior

Interior view of how the giraffesinteract

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mr.Tumusiime Robert Asim Stuart , A Nominee of best ideas 2020 at Youth citizen Entrepreurship competition campus awards ,Also a Ugandan Ambasasador with IGNITE wadhwani foundation NEN india, His still in pursing Studies Finance and Accounting, His ATour guider ,Tour photographer & Head of operations @ Mufasafaris3D_Tours & Travel  

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