Stay in a Giraffe Suite | Unique Wildlife Lodging in Texas
Book the Giraffe Suite at Longneck Manor for a one-of-a-kind stay. Giraffes right outside your window. Enjoy luxury lodging and unforgettable wildlife encounters.
Giraffe Suite at Longneck Manor – Sleep with the Giraffes
The room is equipped with a king size bed and sofa bed in living room. Enjoy the picture windows in master bedroom, living room and kitchen overlooking family giraffe stall. You will be nose to nose with giraffes. In addition, your Giraffe Suite is climate controlled with a separate air handling system, than the rest of the giraffe barn.
Guests of the Giraffe Suite will enjoy private animal encounters from 9:00-11:00 am each morning, and again from 3:30-5:00pm each afternoon. Offering question and answer, educational opportunities to meet, feed and interact with all our animals.
Giraffe Suite Guests will be assigned an Animal Care specialist for the duration of their stay and enjoy private painting with our giraffes and skin prints with the rhinos during these scheduled encounters.
Weather and staff permitting, Guests may also participate in training sessions and mudding with the rhinos.
- Check In time is 3pm.
- Included in the room rate are multiple giraffe and rhino feeding opportunities (under supervision at all times). As well as a private “Meet and Greet Animal Keeper” session.
- Please join us at 3:30 each day (Weather permitting) on the Karibu Welcome Center Deck to offer an end of day Toast to Our Tower and watch our Giraffe Parade as the animals shift inside.
- Main Gates close at 5pm. If arriving after 5pm please call 830-362-8752 to make late arrival arrangements.
- Only the guests listed on the reservation are permitted to stay overnight. Exchanging guests during your stay is not permitted.
King Bed and Sofa Bed
4 Guests and children of all ages welcome
Picture windows in Master bedroom, living room and kitchen overlooking family giraffe stall.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Giraffe Suite and Kifaru Family Villa allow children of all ages. The other Villas, Simba, Twiga and Okapi, require all guests to be over the age of 9yrs.
Animal encounters are offered every morning (including your check out day) from 9am-11am as well as each afternoon from 3:30-4:30.
The rest of the time you’re free to go into Fredericksburg and explore the surrounding Hill Country or relax on one of our outdoor decks and enjoy watching the animals!
A continental breakfast basket is dropped off at your Villa/Suite the first morning of your stay. We do not have a resturant on property.
Fredericksburg is 15 mins from LNM, however, and offers three grocery stores as well as over 30 restaurants to choose from. You’re free to bring food back or enjoy your meals in town.
Yes! You’ll be given a gate remote at check in and can come and go as you please.
Please call 830-362-8752 to make arrangements if you’ll be arriving for check in after 5pm.
We have the ability to conduct our animal encounters inside our 10,000 sq ft barn during inclement weather.
Yes, absolutely! When your driver arrives, we’ll let them in and tell them where to meet you.
Austin is approximately 1.5 hours from LNM and San Antonio is 1 hour, 15 mins.
We are happy to help arrange pick up and drop off with local car service but do not provide this service in-house.
No, we do not have RV hook ups nor allow boondocking on property.
Amenities
- 4K TV
- Accessible By One Flight of User Friendly Stairs
- Complimentary toiletries.
- Crisp percale 300-thread count cotton bed sheets and multiple firmness pillows
- Free WiFi
- Hairdryer
- Nespresso Machine
- Non-smoking
- On site parking
- Unforgettable photo opportunities.
Services
- Continental Breakfast Baskets are provided the first morning of your stay at 8am.
- Private Wine Tour Add-on Available
- 60-min Safari Massage Add-on Available
- Proposal Packages Available
- One on one concierge style level of experience where guests are assigned a personal Animal Care Specialist each day to facilitate their exclusive, behind the scenes experiences and hands on encounters with the animals (Free )
- Meet the Keeper Session (Free )
- Supervised Giraffe and Rhino Feeding Opportunities (Free )
