Meru National Park
A broad eastern park of grassland, wooded country, riverine forest, and a protected rhino sanctuary.
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Meru
Meru, Meru County, Kenya
A highland market town northeast of Mount Kenya, linking farms, trading centres, and the roads that continue into Kenya's drier eastern country.
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Eastern Kenya Safari Circuit
Follow the eastern road from Nairobi to Meru, enter Meru National Park through Murera Gate, and continue across Adamson's Bridge into Kora's remote Tana River wilderness.
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Meru is the main preparation and service town before the road continues through Maua to Meru National Park's Murera Gate.
The town gives the eastern journey a practical pause for fuel, supplies, current road information, and an early park departure.
Allow daylight for the park approach and extra time when rain has affected unpaved roads.
Road travel from Nairobi can reach Meru through Nanyuki or Embu. This journey uses the KWS-listed Nanyuki–Meru approach, then continues through Maua to Murera Gate.