Tourist Attractions in Meru National Park

Tourist Attractions in Meru National Park

Meru National Park is wild and beautiful so utterly unspoiled and invitingly uncrowded with incomparable remote space and rugged atmosphere which offers shelter for a wide range of incredible diversity of Tourist Attractions in Meru National Park. Although most of Meru National Park is flat, the drier parts of the south and east of the park are scattered with rocky ridges and kopjes, of which Mughwango Hill, occupied by Elsa’s Kopje, is the most iconic example, it features other striking sceneries of permanent Mulika, Mururi and Bwatherongi swamps and a huge array of Wildlife habitats that all attribute to the huge diversity of Tourist Attractions in Meru National Park.

Wildlife

Tourist Attractions in Meru National Park features striking sceneries and a huge an array of wildlife animals which include magnificent predator sightings of lions, African leopard, and cheetahs which are compelling part on most of the game drives, Buffalos roam in their thousands and the distinctive grazers of northern Kenya such as the fine striped Grevy’s Zebra, African Bush Elephants, Eland, Bush Pig, waterbuck, Reticulated Giraffe, Bohor Reedbuck, Hartebeest, are very much in evidence, admire the regal beisa oryx, Grant’s gazelles and skittish and beautifully marked lesser kudu, be baffled by the long-necked gerenuk and watch hippos and crocodiles from the streams of rivers in the park. Also, reptiles such as Python, Puff Udder, and Cobra can be seen in this National Park.

Birdlife

In addition birdlife is another Tourist Attraction in Meru National Park, The national park boasts a high diversity of prolific and exceptional birdlife with more than 427 recorded species including the unmistakable ostriches and the smartly plumaged vulturine guinea fowl that you’ll see as you drive around, look out for red-necked falcons, which nest in the stands of doum palms, and after dark the remarkable Pel’s fishing owl, can be spotted, the hard to see and most thought of by bird watchers, African finfoot resides along the streams in the park, you’ll probably have more luck with kingfishers, including the ubiquitous pied and more elusive giant kingfisher. The forested areas along the watercourses are also good for specialist flower-feeding sunbirds, including the smaller black-bellied sunbird among many other birds.

Meru Rhino Sanctuary

One of the other biggest Tourist Attraction in Meru National Park is its successful rhino sanctuary. This secure area within the National park, beside the western boundary near the main gate, now covers a substantial 80km². Protected by fencing that allows free movement to smaller animals, and by numerous rangers, the sanctuary protects 40-odd white rhinos and the 20-odd black rhinos. All of them are monitored around the clock and are well habituated to visitors, so sightings can be very good, Aside from the striking scenery, stunning topography and Wildlife, other Tourist Attraction Meru National Park include the once home of George and Joy Adamson, Adamson’s falls, the burial sites of Joy Adamson and Elsa the Lioness, views of Mount Kenya, and the Tana River.