Addo Elephant Park Area - South Africa
(Please note
this is not the Official Website of SANParks but it rather
focuses on accommodation and activities offered in the
Greater Addo Area.)
This website is aimed
at promoting the Addo Elepant Park Area as one of the best tourist destinations in
Africa. Prime
considerations for visiting the Addo Area are:
- A true African experience but which is malaria free.
- Unforgettable visits to the Addo Elephant National
Park.
- A choice of 'elephant' activities to supplement your
visit to the National Park, such as walking with elephants and
elephant-back rides. (Please note - these are not
in the Addo Elephant National Park but offered by
operators in the surrounding area.
- Excellent accessibility:
- National airport (Port Elizabeth) 30 minutes away.
- Tarred Roads suitable for ordinary cars.
- All the facilities of a large city nearby, if required, such as fine
shopping centres, excellent eating places and venues to cater for all sorts of sports,
both on land and sea.
- The Addo Area makes a convenient base for exploring many nearby
places of interest in the Eastern Cape such as:
- The lovely and extremely historic cathedral and
university city of Grahamstown.
- The World Heritage site of the Baviaanskloof Wilderness Area.
- The lush, fertile and scenic Gamtoos valley
around Patensie with its miles of citrus orchards.
The
Addo Elephant National Park
is located in the dense Eastern Cape Bush of South Africa.
It offers visitors spectacular elephant viewing in a malaria
free environment.
The
park is currently home to more than 550
elephant as well as Cape buffalo, lion, black rhino,
various antelope species, warthogs and of course the flightless dungbeetle
which is exclusively found at Addo. (Elsewhere in
Africa, dungbeetles have to migrate with the herds but this
is not the case at Addo).
The area surrounding the Park offers accommodation ranging
from
luxury five star
lodges to backpacker facilities. Numerous recreational activities
ranging from hiking, 4x4ing, horse trails, elephant back
safaris and river cruises. The information
contained on this website has been compiled from a number of
sources such as the official SANParks website and printed
documentation as well as a number of other websites of
tourism product owners in the area.
Links to these and other
authoritative websites on the Addo Game Reserve are on the
links page. Please visit these
websites for more information. |
