Addo Elephant Park
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The insider's travel guide to Addo Elephant ParkAddo Elephant National Park, one of South Africa's largest, is renowned for its elephants but offers a diverse landscape encompassing river valleys, mountains, savannahs, forests, and beaches.
In addition to elephants, whose population has grown from fewer than a dozen to over 600 since the park's inception in the 1930s, visitors can encounter lions, buffalo, various antelope, rhino, Cape fur seals, penguins, southern right whales, and even great white sharks.
Addo boasts excellent tourist facilities, accommodation, easy access, and a good road network. Activities such as hiking, kayaking, and horse riding provide alternatives to traditional safaris, making it an attractive family destination.
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This, one of South Africa’s largest national parks, is best known for its namesake elephants. But this diverse park, which includes river valleys, mountains, savannahs, forests and beaches, has much more to offer. A few lions saunter in and out of the shadows, and buffalo, various antelope and even rhino are all present, but there are also plenty of unexpected safari animals including Cape fur seals, penguins, southern right whales and — for those brave enough to go for a paddle — great white sharks. But it’s those elephants that most people come to see. When the park was formed back in the 1930s there were fewer than a dozen elephants here. Today there are more than 600 and sightings are almost a given. As well as fantastic wildlife, Addo has excellent tourist facilities and accommodation, easy access, a good road network and, with hiking, kayaking and horse riding, plenty of activities to get you out of the cramped safari vehicle. This is also one of the better family safari destinations.
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