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Meru is North East of Mt Kenya and one of the country’s most beautiful and under-rated wilderness areas. With very few camps and even fewer visitors, it has many quiet river streams, towering doum palms and a spread of fantastic wildlife. Not only is Meru home to a huge diversity—some northern species of birds and mammals which are not found further south in Africa—it is also home to a protected population of wild rhino and it was once home to Elsa, the famous ‘Born Free' lioness.
When you aren’t out exploring this wonderful wilderness, you are back at camp, where the chef whips up spectacular rustic cuisine using little more than an open fire and a colourful imagination. At night, you will sleep to the soulful sound of lions roaring alongside the Rojerwero river. If you are up for it, you can even try your hand at catching tilapia in the river streams after breakfast. Fresh food doesn’t get better than that!
From $690 person/night
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Meru National Park is a beautiful region, made up of a variety of thorny bush, mixed savannah, open grasslands and the curious upside down baobab trees. Yet another Kenyan conservation success, this park is home to numerous species, including elephant, lion, leopard, cheetah, hippo, reticulated giraffe, Grevy's zebra, eland and of course the endangered black rhinoceros. Don't forget to look up in the Meru National Park, with 427 recorded bird species. Noteworthy is the rhino sanctuary home to both black and white rhino ensuring the future of this threatened species.
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