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User Reviews of Addo Elephant National Park (84 Reviews)

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Male avatar icon Ron Moon Australia flag AU       Visited: April 2009 Reviewed: Jul 4, 2011

50-65 years of age

The review below is the personal opinion of Ron Moon and not that of SafariBookings.
2 / 5 2 /5
2 / 5 2 / 5 2 / 5 3 / 5

Too small and too much thick scrub

Male avatar icon Shahar Bar Israel flag IL       Visited: October 2010 Reviewed: Jul 28, 2011

Email Shahar Bar  |  under20 years of age

Addo Elephant Park full of lions.

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Addo Elephant park is a beautiful park that have a nice nature view plus a nice wildlife scene. When I been in the park I thought I will come and because it's called "Elephant park" I will see a lot of elephants but actually my all time there I saw only two Elephants, but I saw a massive amount of lions.

When we drove in the park in the beginning we didn't see much animals or birds but then after couple of kilometres we saw couple of cars gathering in one place, we got there slowly and what we saw was one of the most beautiful scenes I ever saw, A lion mom I guess and her two grown old cabs (In a size of grown male but acting young) Playing with each other like they practising a fight; Every couple of minuets also the mom joined them and rested. after about half an hour we kept driving and we saw another male lion alone walking and after another short drive another group of lions sitting beside a tree.

The weather in Addo was clear and the
Read more road is very comfortable to drive on your own without 4X4.

Maybe I didn't see a lot of Elephants like I thought I would see, but in less then one day I saw a lot of Lions.
Male avatar icon arnorab United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: March 2009 Reviewed: Sep 29, 2011

Email arnorab  |  65+ years of age

5 / 5 5 /5
5 / 5 4 / 5 4 / 5 3 / 5

A really caring, interesting place.

Male avatar icon Airboat Afrika South Africa flag ZA       Visited: May 2011 Reviewed: Oct 16, 2011

35-50 years of age

The review below is the personal opinion of Airboat Afrika and not that of SafariBookings.
3 / 5 3 /5
3 / 5 2 / 5 3 / 5 / 5

The Eastern Cape landscape is a bit bleak and does not convey the rich variety of other areas.

Male avatar icon przejan Ireland flag IE       Visited: December 2009 Reviewed: Oct 18, 2011

20-35 years of age

4 / 5 4 /5
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please check my review

Male avatar icon Colin Summersgill South Africa flag ZA       Visited: April 2011 Reviewed: Nov 22, 2011

Email Colin Summersgill  |  35-50 years of age

4 / 5 4 /5
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Wildlife viewing can be good, with guaranteed viewing of elephant, often very close.
This is a beautiful park and the increased size includes some very scenic areas.
Parts of the park have good bush vibe, but it can be very busy at peak times.
Birding is good, with the a few biomes converging within the park, e.g. it is possible to see Cape, Red-eyed and Dark-capped Bulbuls in the park on the same day.

Male avatar icon Machiel Netherlands flag NL       Visited: November 2011 Reviewed: Nov 30, 2011

50-65 years of age

it's name is elephant park but actually it is a wild park

4 / 5 4 /5
4 / 5 3 / 5 4 / 5 3 / 5

After having visited the kruger national park and the St Lucia wetlands we visited the Addo elephant park. I expected many elephants here and that proved to be true. We sqaw many of them and we enjoyed to see them from a short distance and we could study their behaviour. What we did not expect were the other animals we saw here. we saw koedoes, zebra's, wild pigs, water birds and a buffalo.

Male avatar icon Pierre Lombard South Africa flag ZA       Visited: April 2010 Reviewed: Dec 4, 2011

Email Pierre Lombard  |  50-65 years of age

5 / 5 5 /5
5 / 5 4 / 5 5 / 5 4 / 5

To see elephants,it is the park to go to.

Male avatar icon giuliolib Italy flag IT       Visited: August 2008 Reviewed: Dec 16, 2011

50-65 years of age

4 / 5 4 /5
5 / 5 3 / 5 3 / 5 3 / 5

We sighted 2 lions very close and the only caracal in our life.

Male avatar icon architectkzn South Africa flag ZA       Visited: September 2009 Reviewed: Dec 23, 2011

Email architectkzn  |  35-50 years of age

4 / 5 4 /5
4 / 5 4 / 5 4 / 5 5 / 5

Addo is renowed for the large herds of Elephants.