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MERU NATIONAL PARK

MERU NATIONAL PARK

Park at a glance

Brilliant on a magnificent scale, the Meru and Kora sister parks feature luxuriant jungle, coursing rivers, verdant swamp, khaki grasslands and gaunt termite cathedrals all under the sky's great blue bowl. Little visited and utterly unspoilt, few places are comparable to the remote and rugged atmosphere found here. Visitors can see Grevy's zebras, elephants, Bohor reedbucks, hartebeests, pythons, puff adders, cobras, buffalos and more than 427 recorded species of birds.


Key features

Wildlife: Grevy's Zebra, Elephants, Eland, Bush Pig,  Waterbuck, Cheetah, Leopard, Reticulated Giraffe, Hippopotamus, Bohor Reedbuck, Hartebeest, Python, Puff Udder, Cobra, and Buffalo.

Birds: More than 427 recorded species some of which include Common Ostrich, Somali Ostrich, Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Egyptian Goose, Spur-winged Goose, Helmeted Guineafowl, Vulturine Guineafowl, Crested Guineafowl, Yellow-necked Francolin, Crested Francolin, Red-eyed Dove, African Green-Pigeon

Vegetation: Mainly thorny bush land in the North, wooded grasslands in the West and open grassland elsewhere. The park also offer dense riverine forests of Doum and Raffia palm