Altitude 1,000-3,400Ft Area 870 SQ KMS Distance from Nairobi 348 KMS Opened April 1968. Meru National Park is wild and beautiful straddling the Equator and bisected by 13 rivers and numerous Mountain-fed streams.

The Park has diverse scenery from woodlands at 3000ft. On the slopes of Nyambeni Mountain Range, north east of Mount Kenya. To wide open plains with meandering riverbanks dotted with doum palms.

Game to view includes Lion, Elephant, Cheetah, Leopard and some of the rarer Antelope, Lesser Kudu, some of Kenya's largest herds of Buffalo. The rivers abound with Hippo and Crocodile.

300 species of Birds have been recorded including Peter's Finfoot, Inhabiting the Murera and Ura Rivers; Pel's Fishing Owl, Kingfisher, Roller, Bee-eater, Starling and Weaver.       

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