Meru National Park, Kenya

Meru National Park (1,813 km/700m) because famous as the place where Elsa the lioness was returned to the wild, the story told in Joy Adamson's book "Born Free". Of all the parks it has the widest variety of landscapes and habitats.

Forests, swamp and savannah are divided by several streams and rivers, all rising on the Nyambeni Mountains and ending in the Tana river, which forms a natural boundary to the south. The park is lush and verdant for most of the year and in this marvellous wilderness a great variety of wildlife and birds exists

On the lowland plains east of the town of Meru, the Meru National Park is a complete contrast to the more northerly reserves of Samburu, Buffalo Springs and Shaba where open bush is the room. In Meru, abundant rainfall and numerous permanent streams flowing down from Mt. Kenya massif support a luxoriant jungle of forest, swamp and tall grasses which, in turn, provide fodder and shelter to a variety of herbivores and their predators. Buffaloes and giraffes are more common, and eland and oryx are the main antelope to be seen

Meru National Park was also the home of Kenya's only herd of white rhinos which were imported from Umflolozi Game Reserve in South Africa. Jealously guarded 24 hrs a day by rangers to protect them from poachers, these huge animals were quite unlike their more cantenkerous cousins, the black rhino, in being remarkably docile and willing to allow their keepers to herd them around the camp site during the day and pen them at night. Sadly, that's all gone now. Heavily armed poachers shot the lot of them and, for good measure, killed their keepers too.

The park is also famous for being Joy and George Adamson former base where they raised orphaned lion and leopard cubs until they were old enough to be returned to the wild.

The one major plus about the park is that you're unlikely to come across another safari vehicle anywhere in the park except outside the lodges.

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Meru National Park Information. This was the home to the world famous George and Joy Adamson
	Kenya Parks > Maasai Mara > Nairobi Park > Tsavo > Samburu Nat Park > Mt. Kenya Park > Aberdares > Lake Nakuru > Lake Naivasha > Meru > Amboseli Meru National Park Meru National Park (1,813 km/700m) because famous as the place where Elsa the lioness was returned to the wild, the story told in Joy Adamson's book "Born Free". Of all the parks it has the widest variety of landscapes and habitats. Forests, swamp and savannah are divided by several streams and rivers, all rising on the Nyambeni Mountains and ending in the Tana river, which forms a natural boundary to the south. The park is lush and verdant for most of the year and in this marvellous wilderness a great variety of wildlife and birds exists On the lowland plains east of the town of Meru, the Meru National Park is a complete contrast to the more northerly reserves of Samburu, Buffalo Springs and Shaba where open bush is the room. In Meru, abundant rainfall and numerous permanent streams flowing down from Mt. Kenya massif support a luxoriant jungle of forest, swamp and tall grasses which, in turn, provide fodder and shelter to a variety of herbivores and their predators. Buffaloes and giraffes are more common, and eland and oryx are the main antelope to be seen Meru National Park was also the home of Kenya's only herd of white rhinos which were imported from Umflolozi Game Reserve in South Africa. Jealously guarded 24 hrs a day by rangers to protect them from poachers, these huge animals were quite unlike their more cantenkerous cousins, the black rhino, in being remarkably docile and willing to allow their keepers to herd them around the camp site during the day and pen them at night. Sadly, that's all gone now. Heavily armed poachers shot the lot of them and, for good measure, killed their keepers too. The park is also famous for being Joy and George Adamson former base where they raised orphaned lion and leopard cubs until they were old enough to be returned to the wild. The one major plus about the park is that you're unlikely to come across another safari vehicle anywhere in the park except outside the lodges. Major Attractions Former home of Joy and George Adamson and Elsa the lioness Adamson's Falls. Views of Mt Kenya


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