Addo Elephant National Park
User Reviews (82)
South Africa ParksEmail 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.
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Email stefan | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Nice self-drive experience with lots of Elephants around.
We arrived late in the evening at the campground in Addo National Park. Campground was quite packed, but nice. Clean facilities. Camp office was just being rebuild. There's a waterhole where you can observe the animals. As soon as the lights at the waterhole switched off at around 10pm, an elephant family and a rhino showed up. Was great to see the standoff between those 2 in the dark.
Next day we did a self-drive tour through the park - amazing. So many Elephants, turtles, all kinds of deer, and even a lion crossed our park. There's a bushcamp in the middle where we had a picknick.
All in all Addo was a great experience!
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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 Femke | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Worth the price, nice daytrip!
Worth the price, lots of space! You'd best start around 9 or 10o'clock if you want to do everything because it is very big.
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Email Sharron Smith | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
We loved being able to do a self drive and encounter wildlife on our own. The interpretive centre was most informative. we only experienced a small part of the huge park. Amazing!
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