Remote, rugged and prominently unspoilt, Meru National Park sits on an 870 sq.km area. The park is largely set in the wilderness yet strikingly beautiful. Few places and spaces compare to this great destination. The park borders Bisanadi National Reserve to the north east and Kora National Park to the south east.
The park teems with a variety of wildlife species including elephant, Grevy’s zebra, lion, cheetah, leopard, hartebeest, hippo, buffalo and the reticulated giraffe among others. Meru hosts a rhino sanctuary that is home to the endangered black and white rhino species. Critically endangered, the rhinos are under a twenty-four hour surveillance. The sanctuary offers one of the best rhino viewing experiences in the wild.
Meru Park prides itself for the history of the coming together of Joy Adamson’s best-selling book “Born Free”. The script is based on the Adamsons’ lives and research on lions and cheetahs. George and his spouse Joy Adamson are best known through the movie Born Free. The movie based on a true story of Elsa the lioness; an orphaned cub they had had rescued, raised and later released into the wild. This story line is a great puller of safari lovers to the park.
