Meru National Park

The setting for Joy Adamson’s famous book ‘Born Free’, Meru National Park offers a variety of habitats, wonderful views of Mount Kenya and an array of wildlife which includes Grevy’s zebra, cheetah, leopard, hippo and buffalo.

The entire park covers 870 square kilometres, with the western area made up of wooded grasslands, the north of thorny bushland, and open grassland elsewhere. There are also dense riverine forests of Doum and Raffia palms.

Animals regularly sighted here include Somali ostrich, Beisa oryx, gerenuk, Grevy’s and common zebra, reticulated giraffe and both greater and lesser kudu, while the predators include lion, leopard and wild dog. More than 427 species of bird have been recorded in Meru.