Meru National Park is located in Meru County, Kenya. It has a wild and beautiful scenery filled with different kinds of wild animals and birds. The scenery is diverse from woodlands at 3,000ft on the slopes of Nyambene mountain range, northeast of Mt. Kenya to wide-open plains with meandering riverbanks dotted with doum palms. The park has a variety of wildlife species like lion, Grevy’s zebra, leopard, cheetah, hippo, elephant, buffalo, hartebeest and the reticulated giraffe among others. The park is also home to the endangered white and black rhino species, which are under 24 hours surveillance. The sanctuary offers one of the best rhino viewing experiences in the wild. Bird life is also exceptionally diverse with over 400 bird species recorded. These include Peter’s Fin foot, inhabiting the Murera and Ura rivers; Pel’s fishing owl, kingfishers, rollers, bee-eaters, starlings and weavers. The rivers abound with hippo populations, crocodiles, and fish.
Overview
It is a beautiful place to visit, with breathtaking sceneries and a variety of wild animals.
The park is lush and verdant most of the year. A great variety of wildlife and birds exist in this marvelous wilderness, the famous resting place of Elsa the lioness of Joy Adamson’s book Born Free. Of all the parks, Meru has the wildest variety of landscapes and habitats. Forest, swamp and savannah are divided by several streams and rivers all rising on the Nyambene mountains and ending in the Tana river.
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