Three-year-old Sumari arrived on Thursday night from South Australia's Monarto Zoo.

Halls Gap Zoo owner, Yvonne Cullel said a second giraffe, Pumika would make the journey in a couple of weeks.

"They have to train them to walk up onto the trailer, you can't force them. That's why they decided to work on one and now they'll work on the other," she said.

Mrs Cullel said Sumari was quick to find his feet after the long journey from South Australia.

"He came off the truck beautifully, Sometimes animals run off and run into fences but he didn't do any of that," she said.

"He's showed a few signs of wondering 'what's going on here?', but all in all he's settled in well."

Mrs Cullel said giraffes could become stressed from travelling and being placed in a new environment and that Sumari would remain in a holding enclosure for the next few days.

"He'll stay there until we're comfortable he's eating and drinking and everything is ok. Then we'll let him out into the open area," she said.

Halls Gap Zoo keepers underwent training at Monarto Zoo and in Melbourne to learn about how to deal with giraffes.

Mrs Cullel said it was 20 months since Halls Gap Zoo began the process to obtain the giraffes.

"It's been a bit drawn out with red tape and bureaucracy," she said.

"It's good to be finally seeing one arrive, it will be good when the other one gets here," she said.