Giraffe Manor in Kenya is the sort of elegant African hotel where a giraffe just may join you for breakfast. Surrounded by 140 acres of indigenous forest just outside Kenya's capital, the manor also hosts The Giraffe Centre. At the Centre, Kenyan school children can learn about ecology and conservation in a hands-on environment. All procedes go to Kenyan environmental projects.

CNN's "Inside Africa," the best televised half-hour on Africa, ran a story on this resort outside of Nairobi. In it an adorable park ranger quixotically explains why it took a while to get over his irrational fear of giraffes. Also, CNN International producer Jessica Ellis -- an animal lover from the looks of her Flickr photostream -- gets a smooch from the sand papery tongue of the hotel's lovable namesake.