Meru Animal Excursion
Location: Meru
Extending over 870-square-kilometres of lush well-watered savannah east of Mount Kenya, Meru National Park is transitional to the moist central highlands and arid northern plains of Kenya. Wildlife, though plentiful, can be quite elusive, and the park is most notable perhaps for its untrammelled wilderness feel. Nevertheless, it is a good place to see localised large mammals associated with the arid north, including the handsome reticulated giraffe, striking Beisa oryx, shy lesser kudu and stretch-necked gerenuk antelope.
Amount: KES 12,000
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Several of the camps here offer night drives, which
can be very good for close-up sightings of genet and bushbaby. A series
of 13 perennial streams rim through the park, emptying into the Tana River,
which is Kenya's largest waterway and forms the park’s southern boundary.
Lined with riverine forest and tall doum palms, these waterways support
several hippo pools along with abundant birds on the open plains.