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tobias.gebhardt
DE
Visited:
March 2017
Reviewed: Jul 16, 2017
Email tobias.gebhardt | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great place to get close to several elephants
Visiting the Addy Elephant National Park has been my first safari.
After we entered the park and went along the road for a few minutes an elephant just passed by our car. That was pretty exciting because we did not if we just can wait or should leave. But the elephant has been really relaxed and just walked along the road. The highlight was the stop at a water hole during the midday sun. I guess that there have been 50 elephants close to each other. Watching this scenery for 30min has been fantastic.
Besides elephants we also saw zebras and warthogs.
Addo Elephant National Park is the perfect spot for a day trip.
stefan
AT
Visited:
December 2016
Reviewed: Sep 1, 2017
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!
Sheila Jefferys
GB
Visited:
October 2017
Reviewed: Oct 30, 2017
Email Sheila Jefferys | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
ADDO is a massive National Park with lots of wildlife, in addition to the large number of elephants. We had a wonderful day there - the highlight was seeing a family of elephants with 2 young cubs learning to feed. All at close quarters, fabulous.
Thomas Smith
AU
Visited:
October 2017
Reviewed: Nov 6, 2017
Email Thomas Smith | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Lots of elephants! Otherwise there was not so much on offer for us. Still worth a visit though.
Anna Mahon Oneill
GB
Visited:
January 2019
Reviewed: Feb 13, 2019
Email Anna Mahon Oneill | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
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rest camp it ment we were locked out of the park and made us feel like we couldn't explore as much as we would have wanted. The reception is a frustrating place were staff definitely take their time processing things. Paying for game drives is unorganised and could definitely be dealt with better. All in all i'm glad i got to see some animals as if i hadnt it would have been a waste. I'm not sure i would recommend Addo - maybe if your in the area or driving passed and have a few hours or a day to kill then definitely go but if pre booking i hope its a better experience than i had.
Gary Elson
GB
Visited:
January 2020
Reviewed: Jan 29, 2020
Email Gary Elson | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Addo or Addon’t ?
After several trips to Kruger, Etosha and the KTP, I decided to give Addo a go.
I have to be honest, it was a disappointment . A small park with little real bush vibe due to the da t that you can see the surrounding farms, towns and wind farms from large parts of the park.
The vegetation isn’t the most attractive either, and the large open areas looked more like fields, giving a “safari park” feel.
There is no doubt that the elephant encounters are the highlight, but a day trip is probably enough, with maybe a night at the excellent Addo main camp to give the best chance of an early morning lion encounter.
But it’s not Kruger, a totally different experience and the 30 minute drive and access to boat trips are probably the only reason for choosing it.
Ian
GB
Visited:
December 2020
Reviewed: Dec 19, 2020
Email Ian | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Great game viewing. Very poor food at main restaurant.
Rich in wildlife. Good viewing of elephants and plenty of other game.
The restaurant was a disappointment with Lack luster service and food quality poor.
Marilyn
ZA
Visited:
September 2021
Reviewed: Sep 25, 2021
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
Marilyn
ZA
Visited:
September 2021
Reviewed: Sep 25, 2021
Email Marilyn | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Did not see that much game and park very dry
Andre van Staden
AN
Visited:
October 2023
Reviewed: Nov 9, 2023
Email Andre van Staden | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris