Complete Wilderness

Meru is a savanna National Park, 35 km east of Maua town in the North Eastern lowlands below the Nyambeni Hills. Meru National Park is a former home of Joy and George Adamson and Elsa the Lioness. The park is part of a complex of protected areas along the Tana river that includes the adjacent Bisanadi and Mwingi National Park Reserves, Kora National Park and Rahole National Reserve. The wetter North Western sector is hilly, with rich volcanic soils. The land flattens towards the east, where grey alluvial volcanic soils appear.

The area is crossed by numerous permanent streams, draining from the Nyambenes and flowing in parallel between tongues of lava, south eastwards towards the Tana River. As well as many streams that cross it, the park is bounded by three large rivers: Tana to the South, the Ura to the South West and the Rojuweru to the East. There are several prominent inselbergs of basement rock, notably Mughwango and leopard Rock.

A section of the park has been designated as a wilderness area in which there are no roads. The park is park of the domain made famous by the writings of Joy Adamson. The parks are part of Semi-arid zone and have irregular rainfalls, wet seasons are April-June and November-December. Rainfall is 635-762 mm in the west and 305-356 mm in the east.

Activities include:

Game viewing drives

Sundowners

Bush meals

Swimming

Cultural visits to local villages