Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi are in Africa right now. They visited Kenya and stayed at the famous Giraffe Manor in Nairobi. Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi are now in Rwanda and visited the Genocide Museum on Tuesday following an in-office meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame before heading to Volcanoes National Park.

Portia gifted Ellen with her own wildlife fund for the talk show host’s 60th birthday. DeGeneres has a deep affinity for Dian Fossey’s dedication to animals. Her wildlife fund’s first initiative is to build a gorilla conservation center in Rwanda and will form part of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund.