Holidays in Meru National Park

The Meru National Park is located east of Mount Kenya, 350 km from Nairobi, 4 hours from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. It occupies 870 square kilometres on the slopes of the Niambane mountain ridge, from 305 to 1,036 metres above sea level. Founded in 1968, the park has become known because of the very rare white nostrils who lived here until 1988 and then wholly destroyed poachers. Their head is now recovering. There are lions, hepards, leopards, rare breeds of antelope, zebra and gas. A resettlement programme was launched in 2001 in the Elephant Mere. There is the largest buffalo population in Kenya and over 300 bird species. There are tributaries of the Tana River that can be seen by hypopots and crocodiles. Interest for park guests is Adamson's waterfall on Tana River. It is particularly beautiful during the rainy season (April-June, October-November), when the river becomes full and the waterfall is increasing significantly and represents an unforgettable sight.

In the past century, Joy Adamson lived in Meru, a famous researcher, an artist and writer, author of popular books on the nature and animal of the world of Africa, 1969, My Concerned Life, 1978. This is where Elsa's famous lion, the main heroin of a film called "Eared Free" film by Joy Adamson and her husband George. Lionel could have been one of the park's sights.

Special attention is paid to the Sambura tribe, which can be found in the area. This is one of the last tribes, not only in Kenya, but throughout Africa, which continues to lead nomadic lifestyles to date. The Taraka tribe also lives in the park, whose settlements can be visited with a tour.

It is a feature of the park that it has never been subjected to intense human exposure, so the nature of the park has remained almost permanently permanated. Far away from traditional tourist routes, the Meera National Park is the perfect place for those who prefer quiet privacy with wildlife.

A variety of black wood products (statues, animal and bird images, ritual masks, wets) can be purchased in souvenir shops; beans, bracelets, earrings from semi-precious woods