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	African Safaris & Travel \| Kenyan Safaris \| Tanzania Safaris
		Meru National Park is located on the equator, near Mount Kenya and is part of a vast conservation area along the Tana River encompassing Meru and Kora National Parks and the adjacent National Reserves of Bisanadi and Mwingi, with a total area of over 4,000 sq.
		Meru's proximity to Mount Kenya and the Nyambeni Hills ensures reasonable rainfall in the western half of the park, but in the eastern part it is generally dry and can be extremely hot.
		Meru was formerly the home of Elsa, the lioness reared from a cub by George and Joy Adamson and made famous in the film Born Free.
	kenya.com /park.asp?id=25 (276 words)

	Meru National Park, Safari Kenya
		Meru National Park is, of course, the lonely wilderness which became world famous as the place Elsa, the lioness, was returned to the wild; the story of which was told in Joy Adamson's book Born Free.
		Meru National Park's proximity to Mount Kenya and the Nyambene Hills (which reach to 2515 meters) ensures reasonable rainfall in the western half of the park but in the eastern portion it is generally dry and can be extremely hot.
		Meru National is a park, which deserves to be more visited but its solitude and bio-diversity make it a certain destination for the discerning and environmentally conscious visitor.
	www.africanmeccasafaris.com /kenya/safaris/parks/meru.asp (276 words)

	KATO :: Kenya Association of Tour Operators (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Meru lies to the east of Mount Kenya and is famous as the place where Elsa, the lioness of Joy Adamson's book 'Born Free', was returned to the wilds.
		Meru is alive with an enormous variety of colourful birds.
		Meru National Park ranges from 1,036m in thefuoothils of the Nyambeni range to less than 3,040m on the Tana River in the South Eastern sector.
	www.katokenya.org /destination.asp?d=11 (326 words)

	Meru National Park
		Meru is a savanna National Park, 35km east of Maua town in the north eastern lowlands below the Nyambeni hills.
		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.
		East-north-east of Mount Kenya in Meru District of Eastern Province, coverig 870km2.
	www.kws.org /meru.html (543 words)

	Meru Children's Home in Meru, Kenya for Homesless Children
		The Kenyan Children Foundation (KCF) is currently cooperating with the Presiding Bishop and the Methodist Church in Kenya (MCK) to build a facility to house, educate and care for homeless children residing in the streets of Meru, Kenya.
		A needs assessment study compiled by a registered social work agency in Meru indicates there may be as many as 300 orphaned and destitute children without shelter, sustenance and education within Meru and surrounding areas.
		Meru is a small rural community located on the eastern slope of Mt. Kenya.
	www.kenyanchildrenfoundation.org /projects/meru.htm (415 words)

	Meru stages of life - Traditional Music & Cultures of Kenya
		In the past, Meru society was characterised by an extremely rigid sense of place and purpose, which lasted from early childhood to old age.
		According to tradition, circumcision was only adopted after the arrival of the Meru in their present location, which in practical terms means only over the last few hundred years or so.
		Their work as conservators extends to control of the Meru's sacred sites (also called sanctuaries), which are used traditional rituals such as the passage of an age-set from one age-grade to another, transferral of political power, oathing, and for arbitration on cases such as murder, land-grabbing, theft, immorality, etc.
	www.bluegecko.org /kenya/tribes/meru/lifestages.htm (2545 words)

	Kenya Birds - meru
		Meru National Park is situated in the Eastern Province of Kenya.
		Despite these attractions, and the fame it enjoys from its association with Joy Adamson (Meru National Park was the home of Elsa the lion and the setting for Born Free), it remains one of the least visited areas.
		The border between Meru and Bisanadi Parks is the traditional division between the Meru and Boran tribespeople.
	www.kenyabirds.org.uk /meru.htm (362 words)

	Elsa's Kopje Cottages - Meru - Kenya Safari
		Elsa's Kopje is a soft landing in the wild: when you step off the plane you are greeted by a warm, gentle breeze, carrying the scent of the open plains and bush which surrounds you.
		Meru National Park is an untamed expanse, for many years the best kept secret amongst Kenya safari travelers passionate about beauty, peace and true wilderness.
		Meru is famous for its birdlife with forest and riverine as well as the arid species.
	www.africanmeccasafaris.com /kenya/safaris/lodges/elsaskopje.asp (548 words)

	Kenya safari - Meru, Kenya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ever since George and Joy Adamson stayed in Meru during their "Elsa" and "Born Free" years, Meru National Park has been a favorite with wildlife aficionados, and yet, surprisingly, it is still off the beaten track.
		Meru possesses a harshness similar to Samburu, and it is therefore frequented by species adapted to arid areas: Gerenuk, Grevy's Zebra, Oryx, Somali Ostrich and Reticulated Giraffe.
		Meru is blessed with a network of fifteen rivers flowing off the Nyambweni Hills.
	www.jambokenya.com /geo/meru.html (160 words)

	Main Touristic Centres & Regions - Central Kenya
		Shaba has a particular place in the history of Kenya game conservation for it was in this reserve that the authoress, Joy Adamson, was murdered early in 1980, her trilogy of books on the rehabilitation of the compliant leopard to a wild environment unfinished.
		Meru National Park is the lonely wilderness which became world famous as the place Elsa, the lioness, was returned to the wild; the story of which was told in Joy Adamson's book Born Free.
		Meru is a park which deserves to be more visited but its solitude and bio-diversity make it a certain destination for the discriminating and environmentally conscious visitor.
	www.safariweb.com /kenya/central.htm (3355 words)

	Kenya Meru National Park
		Meru National Park lies to the east of Mt Kenya, whose permanently snow-capped peak provides a dramatic back-drop to this fascinating park.
		Meru is one of the most geographically diverse parks in the country and is less visited than most of Kenya’s parks and reserves.
		Meru is where George and Joy Adamson carried out much of their pioneering work, released captive-raised lions back into the wild.
	www.safaridrive.com /kenya_meru.htm (331 words)

	National Museums of Kenya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Its main functions are to collect, preserve, interpret and present through exhibitions material heritage (both cultural and natural heritage) of the people of the region.
		Meru Museum is primarily designed to meet the needs of the District residents, and in doing so it has exhibits of general interest, including prehistory, cultural history and natural sciences.
		The building, known as Njuri Nceke, which rests on 20 acres of land, was donated to the NMK by the District Development Committee in 1989.
	www.museums.or.ke /regmeru.html (185 words)

	GORP - Meru National Park, Bisanadi and Rahole National Reserves and Kora National Park
		Of all the Kenya parks Meru presents the widest variety of landscapes and habitats.
		Meru's proximity to Mount Kenya and the Nyambene Hills (which reach to 2515 m) ensures reasonable rainfall in the western half of the park, but in the eastern portion it is generally dry and can be extremely hot.
		Meru is a park which deserves to be more visited but its solitude and big-diversity make h a certain destination for the discriminating and environmentally conscious visitor.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/location/africa/kenya/ke_meru.htm (405 words)

	Tourism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Straddling the equator and bisected by 13 rivers and numerous mountain-fed streams, it is an especially beautiful area of Kenya.
		It has diverse scenery from woodlands at 3,000 feet on the slopes of Nyambeni Mountain Range, northeast of Mount Kenya, to wide open plains with wandering riverbanks dotted with doum palms.
		The famous "Elsa" lioness is the most famous of the lions in the park, and her grave is marked.
	www.kenyaweb.com /tourism/parks/meru.htm (156 words)

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		In Meru we dined with the schoolmasters and the schoolmistresses of the various schools to which we are contributing computers.
		Kenya Report #3 Dear All, For my homestay in Meru I was placed with Muchai Merwithania and his family.
		Insert carbon paper (which is omnipresent in Kenya) between two sheets of paper and insert the sandwhich in the printer.
	www.cse.lehigh.edu /~edk/KayKenya/AllKenyaReports (9342 words)

	Mt Meru climbing and mount Kilimanjaro climb
		Mt Meru is a real gem of a mountain and is often ignored by trekkers who only seem intent on climbing Kili.
		Meru is the second highest mountain in Tanzania at 4,565 m.
		The second is a path that climbs gradually through the grassland, along the lower section of the northern spur of the crater, direct to the hut.
	www.africaclimbing.com /mount-kilimanjaro-climb/mtmeru-kili.htm (1565 words)

	Ethnologue report for Kenya
		Dialects: Comprehension of northern Meru dialects is borderline.
		In Kenya, Purko has 91% to 96% lexical similarity with other Kenya dialects, 82% with Baraguyu, 86% with Arusha, 77% to 89% with Samburu, 82% to 89% with Chamus, 60% with Ngasa (Ongamo).
		Meru District, Eastern Province, northeast of Mt. Kenya.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Kenya (2265 words)

	Mission to Kenya 2005
		There are 3 high schools for the deaf in kenya; if a student doesn't make it into one of them, he or she may stay here and take vocational-technical classes.
		Meru is located on the Northeast slopes of Mount Kenya about five miles north of the equator; the altitude in Meru is approximately 5,000 feet.
		According to http://www.kenya-travel-safari.com/kenya-travel-destinations/meru-travel-kenya-tourism.html/, Meru is a bustling business, agricultural and educational center for the entire northeast of Kenya.
	kenyavim2005.blogspot.com (7156 words)

	Meru National Park - presents the widest variety of landscapes and habitats in Kenya.
		Meru National Park - presents the widest variety of landscapes and habitats in Kenya.
		Forest, swamp and savannah are pierced by 15 rivers all rising on Mount Kenya and all destined to reach the Tana River which forms the park's lower boundary.
		Meru combines well with any of Kenya's other regions; but for contrast consider Meru and the Mara and also with Amboseli.
	www.ganeandmarshall.co.uk /africa/kenya/meru_mara.html (212 words)

	New Catholic Dictionary: diocese of Meru, Kenya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Comprises the civil Districts of Embu and Meru.
		Founded on 10 March 1926 as the prefecture apostolic of Meru, Province of East Africa by division from the Vicariate of Kenya.
		Elevated to the diocese of Meru, Kenya on 7 May 1953 as a suffragan of of the archdiocese of Nyeri.
	www.catholic-forum.com /Saints/ncd05301.htm (50 words)

	Meru - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mount Meru (Mythology), a mountain in Hindu and Buddhist myth.
		Meru, the head bead in a Hindu mala.
		Meru, Hazaribagh - a small town in Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand, India.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Meru (154 words)

	African Encounter - Off the Beaten Track Portfolio: Northern Frontier & Meru NP, Kenya
		Meru National Park in the old Northern Frontier District, is wild Africa at its most alluring.
		Meru is certainly one of the prettiest parks in
		The animals are shy, unused to their human counterparts, and the park is singular in Kenya for being the driest, with little rainfall, and at the same time resplendent with thirteen rivers and numerous streams running off the nearby mountains.
	www.africanencounter.com /bt/meru.shtml (362 words)

	\| Meru National Park, Kenya \|
		Little visited, utterly unspoilt and one of the most geographically diverse Parks in Kenya, Meru National Park is a favourite for safari professionals and wildlife experts alike.
		A fine example of the classic savannah landscape, Meru character is defined by the rivers that form Its perimeters: The mighty Tana, the Ura and the Rojeweru to the east.
		Meru District, North East of Nairobi, Eastern Province.
	www.shoortravel.com /meru.html (152 words)

	Nature Beauties Safaris Ltd
		At 4566m (14,979feet), Mt Meru is the 2nd highest mountain in Tanzania and 5th highest in Africa although it is overshadowed by Kilimanjaro, its famous neighbour, and frequently overlooked by trekkers in East Africa.
		But Meru is a spectacular mountain, a classic volcanic cone, with its crater wall broken to create a gigantic horseshoe.
		Small eruptions have been reported in the last 100 years, indicating that Meru is still not quite extinct.
	www.naturebeauties.com /Safaris-Mount_Meru.asp (276 words)

	Emory Magazine \| Autumn 2005
		Right now, at Meru High School in Meru, Kenya, it is likely a teenage boy is sitting at a computer, looking through the window of the Internet onto some aspect of the world beyond the screen.
		Ron Schuchard, Goodrich C. White Professor of English, was in the area visiting Meru at the time of the crash, and he returned to Emory with a desire to respond to the tragedy.
		Plans already are underway for phase three of the Meru School project, when a larger Emory contingent will travel to Kenya to continue educating the faculty and students about their new technology resources.
	www.emory.edu /EMORY_MAGAZINE/autumn_2005/precis_meru.htm (905 words)

	Meru, Kenya
		Kenya > Central > Central Highlands of Kenya
		The town of Meru is located on the northern slopes of Mount Kenya, about five miles north of the equator.
		The Meru National Museum is worth a visit.
	www.planetware.com /kenya/meru-ken-ctrl-meru.htm (154 words)

	Meru, Kenya
		: Kenya : Mount Kenya Samburu : Meru
		Named after the Bantu speaking people who live in the area, Meru is a busy administrative centre which services this part of the Central Province.
		Kenya is the most popular destination for safaris in the world!
	www.go2africa.com /kenya/mount-kenya-samburu/meru (234 words)

	Meru, Kenya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		With an urban population of 42,677 (1999 census [1]), is located on the Kathita River, on the northeast slopes of Mount Kenya.
		The town is accessible by paved road, whether from the south around the east side of Mount Kenya, via Embu, or from the northwest around the west and north side of Mount Kenya, via Nanyuki and Timau (As of February 2004, the road to Meru via Nanyuki was still fairly rough).
		In addition, there are teacher training colleges and the recently developed Kenya Methodist University at Meru, known as KEMU.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Meru,_Kenya (482 words)

	Meru National Park \| CC Africa safaris \| Meru National Park, Meru safari
		Meru National Park was made famous by the book Born Free, detailing author Joy Adamson's hand-rearing of orphaned lioness Elsa in the Park.
		The beautiful Rojewero River bisects the Park, and along its banks birdwatchers may be fortunate enough to spot the handsome palm-nut vulture and the very elusive Peter's finfoot.
		There is a diversity of scenery in Meru National Park, and a wide variety of habitats, ranging from forest, dry bush and grasslands to swamps and numerous rivers lined with doum palms, tamarind trees and acacias.
	africanadrenalin.co.za /cca/meru_natpark.htm (143 words)

	Meru National Park - Northern Kenya - Eco-resorts
		Meru National Park is approximately 870 square km, straddling the equator.
		Located to the northeast of Mount Kenya, Meru is an arid area mostly covered with thorny bushes and wooded grasslands.
		The bird life in Meru is also spectacular, with Somali ostrich, ground hornbills, secretary birds, Bateleur eagles, oxpeckers, egrets, starlings, bee-eaters and starlings in profusion.
	www.eco-resorts.com /meru.php (482 words)

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