The city of Nairobi has a giraffe sanctuary which I had been telling Kathryn about for ages. I was mildly worried that it wouldn't live up to the hype, but it still delivered in spades when we got there. The first trick that was new to me was the 'french kiss' where you put a food pellet in you mouth and they'll nibble it away from you as seen below.
Since each food pellet is tiny and giraffes are sizeable beasts, they are quite happy to eat little pellets all day, so we had time to play around and have them eat of Kathryns hat as well.
Being at head height with these wonderful animals is truly a joy and it was wonderful that we could fit it in during our last few hours in the country. After seeing these guys so many times in the wild it was great to get up close and personal.
Since each food pellet is tiny and giraffes are sizeable beasts, they are quite happy to eat little pellets all day, so we had time to play around and have them eat of Kathryns hat as well.
Being at head height with these wonderful animals is truly a joy and it was wonderful that we could fit it in during our last few hours in the country. After seeing these guys so many times in the wild it was great to get up close and personal.
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