Addo Elephant Park by Coach
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Port
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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Activity Level
Moderate
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Excursion Type
All
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Wheelchair Accessible
No
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Starting At
$149.95
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Minimum Age
Information Not Currently Available
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Duration
Approximately 5 Hours
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Meals Included
Meals not included
Depart from the pier and cross the Swartkops River, turning inland to the flat topography of the Sunday River valley. It is a 48-mile drive to Addo Elephant Park, which covers nearly half a million acres of bush country, and is home to approximately 450 Addo elephants. Amazingly, this population has bred from the few elephants that remained in the area after the herd was almost wiped out in the 1920s. Although it belongs to the same species as the African elephant (Loxodonta africana), the reddish Addo elephant is smaller with more rounded ears, and the females generally have no tusks. On a two-hour game drive, you will hopefully encounter this endemic animal, as well as various species of antelope. Also noteworthy is the flightless dung-beetle, found almost exclusively in Addo. Head back to Port Elizabeth where the tour ends at the ship.
Notes:
Travel time to Addo Park is approximately one hour each way. Wildlife sightings are likely but are not guaranteed.