I must say I was quite surprised when I first saw a giraffe in real life. Of course, I knew they were very tall, I read it gazillion of times and saw loads of pictures, but being just few meters away made a huge difference. Even the smallest one, a baby giraffe, was tall compared to us (or our van).
We saw them in 2 occasions and got to take pictures both from afar and very close-by. Although they tended to not get too close to us, they seemed to be very interested in us; especially the baby giraffe, which literally stood on the road in front of us, just facing us.
The other giraffes, after noticing we were not much of a threat, also started to stay nearby to get a better look of us.
Most of us had a list of animals we wanted to see/photograph, so finally we could say we had seen the giraffes.
Now, our list said it was time to try see the elephants and the lions.
/Nesh