Meru is a savanna National Park, 35km east of Maua town in the north eastern lowlands below the Nyambeni Hills. It has superb views of Mt Kenya
Meru is part of a complex of protected areas along the Tana river that includes the adjacent Bisanadi and Mwingi National Reserves (to the east and south respectively), Kora national park and Rahole national reserve.
The wetter North Western sector is hilly, with rich volcanic soils.
The land flattens towards the East, where grey alluvial volcanic soils appear.
It is home to the endangered Rothschild Giraffe.
Meru is the former home of Joy and George Adamson and Elsa the lioness.