“A home for George and Joy Adamson & Famously kown for the movie Born Free…a place where The Lioness Elsa was raised”

Located  east of Meru, 350 km from Nairobi, the park Covers an area of 870 km², the park is a home for a wide range of wild beasta like elephant, hippopotamus, lion, leopard, cheetah, black rhinoceros and some rare antelopes. Meru was one of the two areas in which conservationists George Adamson and Joy Adamson raised Elsa the Lioness made famous in the bestselling book and award winning movie Born Free. Elsa the Lioness is buried in this park and part of Joy’s ashes were scattered on her gravesite. Joy Adamson released Pippa the cheetah in this park.

Major attractions 

Former home of Joy and George Adamson and Elsa the lioness

Views of Mt Kenya

Rivers and riverine habitats

Tana River

Adamson’s falls

Wildlife

Grevy’s Zebra, Elephants, Eland, Bush Pig,  Waterbuck, Cheetah, Leopard, Reticulated Giraffe, Hippopotamus, Bohor Reedbuck, Hartebeest, Python, Puff Udder, Cobra, Buffalos, more than 427 recorded species of birds