We’ve partnered with the Giraffe Conservation Foundation to create the ultimate safari adventure for giraffe lovers, delivering fascinating insights into Africa’s giraffes and hands-on conservation experiences.

Join the two co-founders of the Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF), Dr Julian and Stephanie Fennessy, alongside GCF’s East Africa Coordinator Dr Arthur Muneza, on a ten-night adventure to encounter three of the world’s four giraffe species. This exclusive safari is for up to eight guests and visits three of The Safari Collection’s stunning properties – Sala’s Camp, Sasaab and Giraffe Manor – situated in some of Kenya’s most iconic wildlife areas. Here you will encounter the critically endangered Rothschild’s/Nubian giraffe (a subspecies of the Northern giraffe), the endangered Reticulated giraffe and the endangered Masai giraffe.

Travelling with the Fennessys and Dr Muneza will present unique opportunities to see giraffes through the eyes of world experts, work alongside them in the field with hands-on activities and learn as much as you could possibly imagine about giraffes! Experience conservation in action as you discover giraffe surveying and identification methods and closely observe activities of GCF’s Twiga Tracker Initiative, the largest GPS tracking studies ever conducted on giraffes. So far, GCF has tracked over 450 giraffes across their range in Africa. As well as meeting with local community members who share their living space with the world’s tallest animal, we hope to offer guests the opportunity to witness a GCF giraffe tagging operation in which giraffes are fitted with a GPS satellite tag for tracking.

GCF is the only organisation in the world that concentrates solely on the conservation of wild giraffes throughout Africa. With a PhD focusing on the ecology of desert-dwelling giraffes in Northwest Namibia, Dr Julian Fennessy is a world-expert on giraffe conservation. Together with his wife Stephanie, he founded GCF in 2009 and in 2014 they took the leap to dedicating their professional lives fully to giraffe conservation and became the first full time giraffe conservationists in the world!

It was also in 2014 that the Fennessys initiated the first-ever World Giraffe Day on the 21st of June (the longest day for the tallest animal) to raise awareness and funding for the little-known plight of giraffes. Giraffes have lost almost 90% of their habitat in the last 300 years and their numbers have dropped by almost 30% in the last 35 years. Based on their latest estimates, only 117,000 giraffes remain in the wild; this means only ONE giraffe for every FOUR elephants in Africa.

As an international, science-based group, GCF supports giraffe conservation initiatives in 20 countries and is highly effective in providing innovative approaches to safeguarding giraffes for future generations. This safari provides a unique opportunity to experience first-hand how GCF and their partners proactively counter the trends of giraffe decline on the continent and support their work.