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 | The Addo Elephant park is a diverse and an exciting adventure of wildlife and nature, as never experienced before. The Eastern Cape of South Africa is one of the fastest growing tourist destinations in the world. It is host to the Addo and many other private game reserves. These malaria free alternatives for the Kruger National Park offer the big 5. Elephant, Rhino, Buffalo, Lion and Leopard and due to the enormous expansions now includes a marine section with seasonal whales and sharks, being touted as the “big 7”. |  |  | The parks 164 000 hectares stretches over a vast area from the vast Darlington Lake, across the breathtaking Zuurberg mountains, through the pristine dense valley bushveld of the beautiful Sundays River Valley to the lush green forests at the Woody Cape, which hug the largest coastal dune fields in the Southern Hemisphere, ending in the park’s marine area at Bird Island & St Croix Island. Situated in the malaria free Eastern Cape Province, only 60 minutes from Port Elizabeth, the Addo Elephant National Park is a key destination linked to the famous Garden Route. The Park is sanctuary to a multitude of game species and abundant birdlife, including over 450 elephants, Lions, Black Rhino’s, Buffalo’s, Leopards, Zebra, Spotted Hyena’s, a variety of Antelope species. |  |
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Newsflash
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LION sightings in ADDO ELEPHANT NATIONAL PARK have become more and more common. The Lions were introduced into the Park in 2005, from Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and are doing extremely well! As breeding is extremely successful some of the origonal and some of the cubs born in the Park have been moved on to other homes to increase the spread of Lions within South African National Parks. |
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The Southern COLCHESTER SECTION of the ADDO ELEPHANT NATIONAL PARK was opened up for animals to roam freely between the northern and southern section, in August 2010, Elepahnts families, lone Bull Elephants, Zebra, Eland, Buffalo and Black Rhino have been spotted. Lions have also been frequently spotted in the Southern Section. Entrance to the Southern Section is only 3km from Elephants Footprint Lodge. |
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