{"id":5543,"date":"2018-05-15T12:44:42","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T12:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/?page_id=5543"},"modified":"2018-05-30T08:05:50","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T08:05:50","slug":"meru-national-park","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/meru-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Meru National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/merupark.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"287\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5400\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;Welcome to Complete Wilderness\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nBrilliant on a magnificent scale, the Meru and Kora sister parks feature luxuriant jungle, coursing rivers, verdant swamp, khaki grasslands and gaunt termite cathedrals all under the sky\u2019s great blue bowl. Little visited and utterly unspoilt, few places are comparable to the remote and rugged atmosphere found here. Visitors can see Grevy\u2019s zebras, elephants, Bohor reedbucks, hartebeests, pythons, puff adders, cobras, buffalos and more than 427 recorded species of birds.<br \/>\nActivites<br \/>\n\u2022 Camping<br \/>\n\u2022 Game viewing<br \/>\n\u2022 scenic<\/p>\n<p><b>SIZE \/ LOCATION<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>870 Km2<\/li>\n<li>East-north-east of Mount Kenya in Meru District of Eastern Province<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>CLIMATE<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Parks are part of Semi-arid zone and have irregular rainfalls. Wet seasons are April- June and November- December. Rainfall is 635-762mm in the west and 305-356mm in the east<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>MAJOR ATTRACTIONS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Former home of Joy and George Adamson and Elsa the lioness<\/li>\n<li>Views of Mt Kenya<\/li>\n<li>Rivers and riverine habitats<\/li>\n<li>Tana river<\/li>\n<li>Adamson\u2019s falls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>WILDLIFE<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grevy\u2019s Zebra, Elephants, Eland, Bush Pig,  Waterbuck, Cheetah, Leopard, Reticulated Giraffe, Hippopotamus, Bohor Reedbuck, Hartebeest, Python, Puff Udder, Cobra, Buffalo, more than 427 recorded species of birds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>BIRDS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More than 427 recorded species<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>VEGETATION<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mainly thorny bush land in the North, wooded grasslands in the West and open grassland elsewhere. The park also offer dense riverine forests of Doum and Raffia palm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>WHERE TO STAY<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In \u2013 Park Accommodation\n<ul>\n<li>Elsa\u2019s Kopje<\/li>\n<li>Leopard Rock Lodge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>KWS Self \u2013 Catering Accommodation:\n<ul>\n<li>Murera Bandas<\/li>\n<li>Kina Bandas<\/li>\n<li>Meru Luxury House<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Camping Facilities\n<ul>\n<li>Kampi Baridi; Kitanga; Makutano; Rojoweru; Mugunga; Ken Mare and Kanjoo which are special campsites. Bwatherongi which a public campsites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>WHAT TO TAKE WITH YOU<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Drinking water, picnic items and camping equipment if you intend to stay overnight. Also useful are: binoculars, camera, hat, sunscreen, sunglasses and guidebooks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Welcome to Complete Wilderness\u201d Brilliant on a magnificent scale, the Meru and Kora sister parks feature luxuriant jungle, coursing rivers, verdant swamp, khaki grasslands and gaunt termite cathedrals all under <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/meru-national-park\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5543"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5543"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5817,"href":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5543\/revisions\/5817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}