Meru National Park

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Meru National Park is a Kenyan national park located east of Meru, North of the equator 350 kilometers from capital city Nairobi. It covers an area of 870 sq. km; it is one of the best National parks in Kenya. Rainfall in the area is abundant resulting in tall grass and lush swamps. Meru National Park has an enormous diversity of wildlife, from cool forests at 3400 ft. to the west dropping down to 1000 ft. semi deserts plains with giant baobab and commiphora trees. It has thirteen clear spring fed rivers lined with palms and river line forests, and is home to busking hippo. Wildlife in the park includes; African elephants, lions, leopards, cheetahs, buffaloes. Endangered species found in the park are Black rhinos, Grevy's zebra and reticulated giraffes. Meru has many rare species including caracal, the beautiful lesser kudu, aardwolf among others. The park boasts of over 400 species of birds. The Park has an 84 sq. km rhino sanctuary housing over 60 black and white rhinos. Meru National Park is famously known as one of the two areas in which conservationists George Adamson and Joy Adamson raised Elsa the Lioness, made famous in the best-selling book and award winning film “Born Free”. Both Joy Adamson and Elsa the lioness are buried in the Meru National Park.