Categories
Africa South Africa

Addo National Park

Stories and Photos from my visit to Addo, home to one of the densest African Elephant populations on earth.

Destination 》Africa 》South Africa 》Addo National Park

Year Visited: 2018 – Feb

I visited Addo National Park as a part of 21 days South Africa, Lesotho and eSwatini (formerly Swaziland) overland tour in a purpose built 4×4 truck, visiting one national park to another, covering eight major national parks. After exploring the valley of Desolation near Graaff-Reinet, one of the oldest town in the South Africa we arrived in Addo National Park.

A road to the Addo National Park.
A road to the Addo National Park.
I got a front seat view of a beautiful landscape. It was a long drive to reach Addo.

If it is elephants you want to see then head to Addo National Park, South Africa‘s third largest national reserve. With 600 Elephants, Addo is home to one of the densest African Elephant populations on earth. Addo Elephant National Park lies in the malaria-free Sundays River valley in the Eastern Cape, just over an hour’s drive from Port Elizabeth.

African Elephants of every shape and size, many baby elephants too !
An African elephant family.
This cute baby elephant was holding on to Mom’s tail so she doesn’t get lost or left behind.
An Elephant ready to cross the road.
Animals always have right of way!
A waterhole where many animals gather.
Don’t know if that bird is trying to fly or just jumping.
An Elephant Family. Too many babies in this park.
Cute Baby elephants are wrestling.
A young adult.
Not so happy male elephant.
This young adult is running to catch up with his group.
Mom and Baby!
Mom and Baby!
The Addo national park does not have dense forest of tall trees, so its easy to view animals far away.

The park is a home to many other Mammals too!

Many antelopes call this park a home.
Zebras
Zebra pair stands head-to-tail or looking over one another’s shoulder. Tails swish flies from partner.
A dung beetle uses elephant’s droppings as a food source as well as breeding chambers. The flightless dung beetle is protected as they only found in Addo National Park.
A cute Warthog family.
A mom feeding her baby.
The Highest point in the park.
Beautiful sunset from our lodge.
At night Zebra came by to say hi to us!

It was time to say good bye to the organized overland tour. I will continue my journey through South Africa as a Solo Backpacker. Next stop is a Port Elizabeth.

Window on The World's avatar

By Window on The World

In May 2017, 23 days before I was going to complete 50 years, grabbed an opportunity and took an early retirement.. Picked up a backpack and traveling ever since.. Love to travel around the world, experience different culture, local cuisine & drinks .. and take pictures.. so far been to 108 countries and still counting...

Leave a comment