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Elephant Safari: Big 5 Wildlife and South African Cuisine
4.9
110 Ratings
Sarah Baartman District Municipality
Experience the wild side of Africa in one day at Addo Elephant National Park. Spot the Big 5, enjoy a traditional Braai, and capture stunning photos.
Experience the wild side of Africa in one day at Addo Elephant National Park. Spot the Big 5, enjoy a traditional Braai, and capture stunning photos.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Addo Elephant National Park - Addo Elephant National Park, the third-largest national park in South Africa, has expanded to conserve a wide range of biodiversity, landscapes, fauna and flora. The Full Day Addo Park Safari Tour is a very popular safari option and guests enjoy the whole of the Addo Elephant National Park at a leisurely pace, whilst…
- Addo Elephant National Park - Addo Elephant National Park, the third-largest national park in South Africa, has expanded to conserve a wide range of biodiversity, landscapes, fauna and flora. The Full Day Addo Park Safari Tour is a very popular safari option and guests enjoy the whole of the Addo Elephant National Park at a leisurely pace, whilst searching for perfect Big 5 photograph opportunities. The tour includes, tea, coffee, refreshments and a traditional South African Braai (BBQ) lunch, accompanied by local beverages.
The Addo Elephant National Park is home to more than 600 elephants and a large number of other indigenous animals including the endangered black rhino, as well as the unique Addo flightless dung beetle, found almost exclusively in Addo.
All our Game Drives are carried out by knowledgeable FGASA, Basic First Aid qualified guides who are registered with the Department of Tourism, South African National Park and accredited by Addo Elephant National Park.
What's Included
- Bottled water
- On-board WiFi
- Lunch
- Tea and coffee
- Park Entrance Fees
- Binoculars, several pairs to be shared by guests on board.
- Bottled water
- On-board WiFi
- Lunch
- Tea and coffee
- Park Entrance Fees
- Binoculars, several pairs to be shared by guests on board.
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
- Probably your best chance of viewing a lot of elephants at close range in their natural habitat.
- A great opportunity to spot members of the Big 5 in their natural environment.
- Visit the 3rd largest national park in South Africa.
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Look out for lions, hyenas, antelopes, zebras, notoriously dangerous Cape buffaloes, black rhinoceros and many more.
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- Probably your best chance of viewing a lot of elephants at close range in their natural habitat.
- A great opportunity to spot members of the Big 5 in their natural environment.
- Visit the 3rd largest national park in South Africa.
- Look out for lions, hyenas, antelopes, zebras, notoriously dangerous Cape buffaloes, black rhinoceros and many more.
- An opportunity to learn about African wildlife through interpretations by our highly experienced Nature Guides.
- For the time conscious, this is your best chance to experience the wild side of Africa in one day.
- A great opportunity to experience South African cuisine through the traditional Braai (BBQ) freshly prepared by you guide whilst you refresh with local beverages, wines & beers.
- Witness nature as it occurs natural with minimal human interference like natural ground water provision.
- An awesome opportunity to test your photography skills at any level, all welcome.
- Seat back, have your camera ready, relax and enjoy!
Location
Addo Elephant National Park - South Gate - Mathyolweni Gate
We meet at Matyholweni Reception, off the N2 in Colchester.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(110 Ratings)
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S8596alamandaf
May 8, 2025
The most Amazing Experience - Our Schotia Game Reserve full day , open vehicle Safari was an amazing experience, Joel & Loreen were exceptional from taking our enquiry& the booking process. Joel was informative and fun as a tour guide topped off with Loreens meal preparation for the traditional braai. Joels experience enables us to see the animals in very close proximity, in particular the elephants and lions. Highly recommended.
Amanda & Chris
Narrabri, NSW Australia
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Isabeata
Apr 21, 2025
Tolle Tour - We were picked up at the port gate by our guide. After completing the administrative formalities, we started in the minibus towards Addo Park.
Feels like we didn't drive there for more than an hour. During the trip we were equipped with binoculars, which then proved very helpful in the park.
The Addo Park itself is beautiful and very impressive. We saw many beautiful animals on this tour - big and small. Our guide - Joel was so attentive that we even stopped at a small dung beetle. In addition, he has repeatedly shared his great knowledge of flora and fauna.
Also the lunch with Joel, our driver and other guides was very warm and fun. The men cooked a wonderful meal and served delicious wine.With their charm they made the Nordic Naturell laugh very quickly.
Although we were only "passively" on the bus, the day was a bit exhausting BUT beautiful because of the many impressions!
particularly positive:
the fact that our guide and his driver were very patient and often stopped much longer in places where you could see herds of animals, while other cars continued to drive after a short moment.
a bit disappointing:
Maybe I missed it in the description, but I would have liked an open car even better on this trip.
On the whole, however, it was a wonderful excursion that I would definitely recommend.
Greetings to Port Elisabeth from Beata & Family
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Departure15974122144
Apr 6, 2025
Outstanding Tour Guide - Joel went out of his way to make our experience memorable. His African home made braai was out of this world tasty. I couldn’t recommend him more. By far the best guide you will get! His open top truck was perfect for viewing the wildlife. Most offer tours have closed trucks.
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Mckenzieb363
Mar 31, 2025
Great views with an AWESOME guide - Highly recommend this tour if you’re in the area! We saw tons of elephants (including a baby rescue) as well as many other animals. Joel, our guide, was absolutely wonderful. We enjoyed getting to visit with him and he was a very knowledgeable guide, committed to getting us the best views. It’s also a family owned and operated business, making it even better!
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Karen
Mar 31, 2025
Absolutely recommended Safari - very warm and attentive to the well-being of the guests! - Fullest recommendation. Everything was right from A to Z. Small, warm, family-run company... The well-being and satisfaction of the guests was noticeably the top priority.
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Mareikepuls
Mar 22, 2025
Great animal sightings and a great BBQ - That was great! We have seen many animals: Lions, elephants, zebras, graffiti, buffalo, springbok, antelope, rhinos etc. Joe explained everything to us and took his time. We had a great barbecue at a small camp.
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Christian
Mar 20, 2025
Safari in Africa - We were with Jo on safari an unforgettable day in his open car. He was full of ambition to see all the animals and showing them to us even grilled us. Had drinks with him. Had made a great meal, set a table and had a potato salad with him as the mother can not make better, all around recommend.
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Lieblingslea
Mar 16, 2025
Wonderful trip to Addo Elephant Park - Joel was an absolutely great and competent guide – very dedicated and well equipped with everything you needed that day (binoculars, ponchos etc.) . The tour in Addo National Park was unforgettable and will stay with us for a long time. Especially our barbecue in the park was a real highlight, because Joel put so much passion into the food preparation. We can fully recommend this tour and Joel.
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Birgit
Feb 26, 2025
Professional Enthusiastic Personal- an event - First of all: we were so excited about the Addo Tour that we booked a tour at Scotia Game Reserve afterwards , which was almost even better !
Joel is there with passion and expertise , plus his humorous , entertaining, enthusiastic manner . He not only reels off an 08/15 program , but also tries to make the tour a special event , including cooking demonstration at the Addo Tour . We took away from the 2 days many good experiences and conversations. We would definitely book him again.
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Foxglovesbear
Feb 18, 2025
Superb guided Addo visit - What a fabulous trip
Joel the guide was superb throughout and brought the trip and search for wildlife to life for us through his storytelling
Wildlife was abundant and sooooo close- incredible! Best trip we’ve done in ages!
Would not hesitate to recommend Joel at Africa sightings adventure for first class safari adventure.
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