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Mount Meru's caldera is 2.2 miles (3.5 km) wide. [9] Mount Meru is the topographic centerpiece of Arusha National Park. Its fertile slopes rise above the surrounding savanna and support a forest that hosts diverse wildlife, including nearly 400 species of birds, as well as monkeys and leopards. [10] The movie Hatari! was filmed at the foot of ...
Meru National Park is a Kenyan national park located east of Meru, 350 km (220 mi) from Nairobi. Covering an area of 870 km 2 (340 sq mi), it is one best known national parks in Kenya. Rainfall in this area is abundant with 635–762 mm (25.0–30.0 in) in the west of the park and 305–356 mm (12.0–14.0 in) in the east.
Mount Meru is the second highest peak in Tanzania after Mount Kilimanjaro, which is just 60 km away and forms a backdrop to views from the park to the east. Arusha National Park lies on a 300-kilometre axis of Africa's most famous national parks, running from Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater in the west to Kilimanjaro National Park in the
Located below Mount Meru on the eastern edge of the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley, Arusha region has a temperate climate. The region is close to the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Manyara National Park, Olduvai Gorge, Tarangire National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro, and Mount Meru in the Arusha National Park.
Meru District has a total size of 1,268.2 square kilometers, with forest reserves covering around 13% (163.7 km 2).An area of approximately 813.5 km 2 (64.1%) is used for agricultural activities, 37.05 km 2 (3%) for grazing, 15 km 2 (0.001%) for pasture/fodder, 203.7 km 2 (16%) is in Arusha National Park, 5.7 km 2 (0.4%) is water bodies, and the remaining area of 44.39 km 2 (3.6%) is ...
Mount Kenya National Park, established in 1949, protects the region surrounding the mountain. Currently, the national park is within the forest reserve which encircles it. [16] In April 1978 the area was designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. [17] The national park and the forest reserve, combined, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. [14]
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Leguruki is an administrative ward in the Meru District of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. The ward is home to ober 60 small lakes and is the lake ward of Meru district and also home to the eastern section of Arusha National Park. The ward is bordered to the east by Siha District of Kilimanjaro Region. According to the 2002 census, the ward has ...