Addo Elephant National Park
User Reviews (82)
South Africa Parks
NZ
Email Dawn Dalley | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We enjoyed our two days self driving through the park. In hindsight we wished we had stayed in the park and not in accommodation just north of it.
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Email Barbara R | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was amazing!
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Email Louise Dixon | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing
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Email Esther Sanchez | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Huge park with endless elephants, zebras and antelopes
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Email Andre van Staden | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Saw the big 5 and a badger.
Email Portia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It's amazing and breathtakingly beautiful
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Email Elizabeth | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
We did see elephant’s, and the bbq was outstanding. It was difficult to see the animals since the park is so dense with brush.
Email Marilyn | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Did not see that much game and park very dry
Email Marilyn | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Elephants make the park
Huts okay. A little inconvenient that cooking and washing up facilities not on premises. A clean-up needs to be undertaken around the vegetation as quite a bit of litter lying around
Email Brenda | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Addo elephant Park is really worth a visit
We spent two nights in Addo, sleeping at the Nyathi rest camp. This accommodation is beautifully positioned in that it is really very remote (no wifi or cellphone signal - sometimes a blessing....). There is a limited amount of game to see at the camp but the scenery and peace make up for this. The accommodation is very nicely appointed and the kitchen has pretty much everything one could want (only two of every piece of crockery and cutlery - which is a bit limiting). Parks people at the camp were friendly and attentive.
We really enjoyed the park, the lists of animals that one can see does not compare with Kruger BUT this does not mean that the game viewing was not great. We saw many, many elephant. So anyone wanting a close encounter of the elephant kind - this is the place to go.
I have never seen quite so many Kudu, there are quite literally herds of Kudu - usually one encounters a solitary Kudu half obscured by a bush - not in Addo, they are as plentiful as Impala are in Kruger - well not quite but one started to think that way. The bush pigs are very plentiful. We also saw lots of zebra.
The waterholes are the places to go to, easy viewing but one has to pick your time - as is the case at any waterhole - the animals are there and then they are gone.
We are not big "birders" but we saw some nice birds and the cherry was the secretary bird - wonderful.
The roads have been pretty well maintained and the restaurant and shops (some very nice up market curios - similar to what we have seen in the airport at ORT) are in pretty good shape. Overall we were impressed.
Addo clearly has some problems with regards to over grazing in some area and while one could be critical I would rather see it as a work in progress - especially when one considers the state of some other parks in South Africa/Africa.
Safari Tours to Addo Elephant NP
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15-Day Birthday Special - Garden Route Package
$3,598 pp (USD)
South Africa: Self-driveLuxuryLodge & Guest House
You Visit: Cape Town (Start), Franschhoek (Winelands), Knysna (Garden Route), Port Elizabeth (City), Addo Elephant NP, Amakhala GR, Port Elizabeth (End)
East Cape Tours
5.0/5 – 64 Reviews
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9-Day Cape Town to Addo Elephant Park
$4,180 to $4,950 pp (USD)
South Africa: Shared tour (max 10 people per vehicle)
Mid-range Lodge & Guest HouseYou Visit: Cape Town (Start), Hermanus (Whales), Knysna (Garden Route), Addo Elephant NP, Garden Route NP (Tsitsikamma) (Garden Route NP), Ostrich Farm (Highlight), Oudtshoorn (Garden Route), Paarl (Winelands), Boulder's Beach (Penguins), Cape Town (End)
Travel your African Dream
4.6/5 – 5 Reviews
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6-Day Garden Route, Addo and Cape Town Safari
$956 to $1,022 pp (USD)
Scheduled Start DatesSouth Africa: Shared tour (max 8 people per vehicle)
Mid-range Lodge & Guest HouseYou Visit: Cape Town (Start), Cape Agulhas (Highlight), Oudtshoorn (Garden Route), Sedgefield (Town), Addo Elephant NP, Wilderness (Garden Route), Cape Town (End)
Wild Kruger
4.9/5 – 57 Reviews
