Meru National Park is wild and beautiful. Straddling the equator and bisected by thirteen rivers and numerous mountain-fed streams, it is an especially beautiful area of Kenya.

Meru National Park is located East-north-east of Mount Kenya in Meru District of Eastern Province, covering 870km2. Meru is a savanna National Park, 35km east of Maua town in the north eastern lowlands below the Nyambeni hills. The area is crossed by numerous permanent streams, draining from the Nyambenes and flowing in parallel between tounges of lava, south eastwards towards the Tana River. As well as the many streams that cross it, the park is bounded by three large rivers: the Tana to the South, the Ura to the South West and the Rojeweru to the East. There are several prominent inselbergs of basement rock, notably Mughwango and Leopard rock.

Rainfall is 635-762mm in the west and 305-356mm in the east. Accessibility Access from Nairobi (348 kms) is via Nyeri-Nanyuki-Meru or via Embu all weather roads. Access into the park from Maua to Murders Gate (35 km) and 348 km from Nairobi.

Major attractions

Former home of Joy and George Adamson and Elsa the lioness Views of Mt Kenya, Rivers and riverine habitats, Tana river and Adamson's Falls.