​User Reviews – Addo Elephant NP

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Dawn Dalley   –  
New Zealand NZ
Visited: June 2024 Reviewed: Jul 21, 2024

Email Dawn Dalley  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Overall rating
5/5

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.

Barbara R   –  
United States US
Visited: May 2024 Reviewed: Jun 14, 2024

Email Barbara R  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Overall rating
5/5

It was amazing!

Louise Dixon   –  
New Zealand NZ
Visited: January 2024 Reviewed: Feb 10, 2024

Email Louise Dixon  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Overall rating
5/5

Amazing

Esther Sanchez   –  
Spain ES
Visited: October 2023 Reviewed: Nov 12, 2023

Email Esther Sanchez  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Overall rating
5/5

Huge park with endless elephants, zebras and antelopes

Andre van Staden   –  
Netherlands Antilles AN
Visited: October 2023 Reviewed: Nov 9, 2023

Email Andre van Staden  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Overall rating
5/5

Saw the big 5 and a badger.

Portia   –  
South Africa ZA
Visited: February 2023 Reviewed: Nov 3, 2023

Email Portia  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Overall rating
5/5

It's amazing and breathtakingly beautiful

Brenda   –  
South Africa ZA
Visited: May 2021 Reviewed: May 27, 2021

Email Brenda  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Addo elephant Park is really worth a visit
Overall rating
5/5

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.

Femke   –  
Belgium BE
Visited: July 2019 Reviewed: Jul 21, 2019

Email Femke  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Worth the price, nice daytrip!
Overall rating
5/5

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.

Sharron Smith   –  
Canada CA
Visited: November 2018 Reviewed: Dec 8, 2018

Email Sharron Smith  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Overall rating
5/5

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!

Eden Fontes   –  
Brazil BR
Visited: June 2017 Reviewed: May 21, 2018

Email Eden Fontes  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Overall rating
5/5

It is very easy to self drive inside the park, lots of wildlife and sceneries, good places do stop and leave the car.

Average User Rating

  • 4.1/5
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