Addo
Elephant National Park
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As
an official agent of SAN Parks (South Africa National Parks)
we have an extensive knowledge of all parks and services offered.
LB Safaris are therefore able to pre-book all accommodations,
including game drives and other activities or services. We
also include free advice of all services offered.
Should
you be interested to include Addo into your intended holiday
after reading the information below, please do not hesitate
to request
a free and personalized travel advice and price estimate.
As acknowledged incoming tour operator for Southern Africa
LB Safaris will gladly assist you in fine-tuning your travel
wishes!
Deep
within the shadows of the dense valley bushveld of the Sundays
River region of the Eastern Cape lies the Addo Elephant
National Park. Here, the evenings are punctuated by the
strident howl of the black-backed jackal, and the francolin's
call heralds each new dawn. Safe from relentless persecution
in the past, the grey leviathans of the bush now roam in
peace.
The
original Elephant section of the park was proclaimed in 1931,
when only eleven elephants remained in the area - today this
finely tuned ecosystem is sanctuary to over 450 elephants,
Cape buffalo, black rhino, a variety of antelope species,
as well as the unique flightless dung beetle, found almost
exclusively in Addo. And their Addo has only just begun. with
plans to expand the 164 000 ha Addo National Elephant Park
into a 360 000 ha mega-park. In addition, plans include the
proposed proclamation of a 120 000 ha (296 500 acre) marine
reserve that includes islands that are home to the world's
largest breeding populations of Cape gannets and second largest
breeding population of African penguins.
Did
you know that ...
The park conserves no less than five of South Africa's seven
biomes?
Is also home to one of the densest African elephant populations
on earth?
It is home to the unique flightless dung beetle?
Addo incorporates the largest coastal dune field in the southern
hemisphere?
The park boasts the Big Seven, (elephant, rhino, lion, buffalo,
leopard, southern right whale and great white shark)?
It also protects the world's largest Cape gannet breeding
population on Bird Island?
Climate
The climate is temperate to hot and temperatures in summer
(November to February) may reach over 40 degrees Celsius.
Winter days are mild but cold at night with frost occurring
at times. The average annual rainfall is 450 millimetres and
is spread throughout the year, although peaks do often occur
in March/April and September/October. Read more
Day
visitors
No booking is required for a day visit, unless the visitor
wants to partake in organised activities.
Day visitors can make use of a wide variety of activities,
including wildlife viewing from their own vehicle, guided
game drives, horse rides, hiking trails, bird hide, the PPC
Discovery Trail, picnic and braai site, shop and restaurant.
***Please note that the swimming pool is for overnight visitors
only.***
Day trips can be made to the outlying sections of the park
- the Zuurberg Mountains, the Darlington Dam and the coastal
section.
Vision
Addo Elephant National Park seeks to be fully integrated into
the regional landscape, conserves and enhances the characteristic
terrestrial and marine biodiversity, ecological processes
and cultural, historical and scenic resources representative
of the Eastern Cape region for the appreciation, and benefit
of present and future generations.
