Camp045 - Meru National Park > once home to Elsa - the lioness!

Camp045 - Meru National Park - once home to Elsa - the lioness!

 

358 kms from Nairobi lies Meru National Park. Located east of Mt. Kenya, this was home to the lioness Elsa, of Born Free fame. The drier northerly side of the park with its open plains is home to the Oryx, Eland, Burchell's and Grevy's zebras, reticulated giraffes and even lions. The Tana River and numerous streams are inhabited by hippos and crocodiles and provide a habitat for lesser kudu, gerenuk and cheetah.

Straddling the equator and bisected by 13 rivers and numerous mountain-fed streams, it is an especially beautiful area of Kenya. It has diverse scenery from woodlands at 3,000 feet on the slopes of Nyambene Mountain Range, northeast of Mount Kenya, to wide open plains with wandering riverbanks dotted with doum palms.

Game to view includes: lion, elephant, cheetah, leopard and some of the rarer antelopes; Lesser Kudu, duiker and Dik Dik, one of Africa's smallest antelopes. Large prides of lion can be seen and some of Kenya's largest herds of buffalo. The rivers abound with hippo and crocodile, fishing for barbus and catfish is permitted at camp sites and along the Tana River.