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Meru National Park is a Kenyan national park located east of Meru, 350 km (220 mi) from Nairobi. Covering an area of 870 km 2 (340 sq mi), it is one best known national parks in Kenya. Rainfall in this area is abundant with 635–762 mm (25.0–30.0 in) in the west of the park and 305–356 mm (12.0–14.0 in) in the east.
Bisanadi National Reserve is a wildlife reserve in Isiolo County, Kenya. It is adjacent to Meru National Park. The park is home to the lion, African elephant, cheetah, white rhinoceros, and African buffalo and over 400 species of birds. Visitors to the reserve can boat/fish on the Tana and Rojewero rivers. [1]
Meru town is a jumping-off place for Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves and Lewa Conservancy, all some distance north of Meru, with Samburu and Buffalo Springs via Isiolo, and Meru National Park, to the northeast of Meru, via Maua in the Nyambene Hills.
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The Samburu, Buffalo Springs and Shaba National Reserve lie north of the town, while Lewa Downs Reserve in Meru County is located south of Isiolo. The Meru National Park also in adjacent Meru County lies in the North East of the town. Since 1995, the town has been the seat of the Vicariate Apostolic of Isiolo.
Mulika Lodge Airport is a small civilian airport, serving Meru National Park and the neighboring town of Meru. Situated at 680 metres (2,230 ft) above sea level, [ 2 ] the airport has one asphalt runway measuring 3,281 feet (1,000 m) in length.
Mount Meru is the second highest peak in Tanzania after Mount Kilimanjaro, which is just 60 km away and forms a backdrop to views from the park to the east. Arusha National Park lies on a 300-kilometre axis of Africa's most famous national parks, running from Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater in the west to Kilimanjaro National Park in the
The park covers an area of 1,788 square kilometres. It is located 125 kilometres east of Mount Kenya. The park was initially gazetted as a nature reserve in 1973. It was gazetted as a national park in 1989, following the murder of George Adamson by poachers. [2] Meru National Park and the Tana River mark 65 kilometres of the park's northern ...