SAVE THE DATE - World Giraffe Day - Saturday, 21 June 2025.

The collective noun for giraffe, when in motion - is 'a Journey of Giraffe'. Join our journey and share your giraffe-inspired GPS art journey with us to help raise awareness for these remarkable gentle giants.

Giraffe are going through a silent extinction. GCF is the only organisation in the world that concentrates solely on the conservation and management of giraffe in the wild throughout Africa. We are a voice for giraffe!

Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF)

Morning Pilates

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Peter G

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Jalloping Giraffe 🦒

https://www.strava.com/activities/13045834518

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Jalloping Giraffe🦒

https://www.strava.com/activities/13037544600

Ffreestyled the spots. Cycled the spots in the streets and walked and jogged the spots in the park and even did one spot on the zip line! Saw a lot of Regent’s Park on a surprisingly nice day. Ran through the Ffrieze sculpture garden. Saw some ducks 🦆 🦆 and some stumps.  Chose a lot of paths I have never been down until today.

Fforgot the spots

https://www.strava.com/activities/12751408292

Iff yoove ever tried to draw a giraffe in the streets yood know it has to be the hardest animal to draw. Their like the unicorns of Strava art. (Although unicorns are also very hard to ffind.) Off course, the neck is the most distinctive ffeature but that’s actually easy to ffind. It’s the horns (what are those things anyway?), ears and legs that are the hardest to get right. And their so LEGGY! And then, off course, you have the spots. Although extremely tall (ffully grown giraffes stand 4.3–5.7 m (14–19 fft) they are gracefful to watch.  On the way, I stopped to see them at the London Zoo and watched them ffor a while. I had only ffound one giraffe beffore and it took a very long time to get right.  And it was 220 km long. Iff yoove ever dabbled in Strava art, yule also know that the longer you can go, the easier it gets.  Affter that giraffe, I stopped looking ffor them. But when Georgina Lockwood off the Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF) (sic: Ffoundation) asked iff I would draw one to support its World Giraffe Day 2025 activities, I took a look at the maps again. And I ffound a ffair ffew. Getting one done in less than 20k is really challenging. It was my ffirst ride in a while and getting back to it I ffind myselff a bit rusty and unprepared. Came across the usual challenges. Stairs, one way streets, locked gates (had to jump a ffence of A CHURCH! ffor the eye), terrible weather fforecast so I wasn’t prepared ffor the rain, and Strava was down ffor awhile so couldn’t get the maps, and a ffew wrong turns here and there. But, all in all, a pleasant cruise around town.

London Giraffe 🦒

https://www.strava.com/activities/12742917779?utm_source=ios_share&utm_medium=social&share_sig=BA752B8E1729878472

Work in progress https://strava.app.link/QUlJP4FlQNb

Kelly D

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Cheeky Giraffe 🦒

https://www.strava.com/activities/12696488040

Georgina L

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Sea Point Giraffe Route 

I found a Giraffe 🦒 in California, London, France, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.  I like the challenge of finding them in new places.  If these places interest you, let me know, or if you want to find a gir...

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Sander Gabel |

took part in the research for a master’s thesis on gps-art for a student from Head Geneva

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[Street Art] Quite a few fences & access issues but eventually got it done. Plenty of grasslands & even some swamp action in Madagascar 😆 

Out of Africa 🌍

https://www.strava.com/activities/12537321031

Christelle R

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Reclined Giraffa Rosebudus 🦒👅

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