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Jess
ZA
Visited:
August 2019
Reviewed: Aug 4, 2019
Email Jess | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Worst service at Addo Elephant Park
We arrived with no water at our accomodation and still had no water when we checked out. The park did not even have the decency to inform us of the problem let alone deliver a bucket of water for toilet use. We ended up having to go with bottles to reception to fill up so we could flush our toilet and at least wash our faces and brush our teeth last night and this morning.
This is disgusting for the amount you pay to stay in the park.
We won't be using Addo again.
Addo Elephant Park full 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
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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.
Brenda
ZA
Visited:
May 2021
Reviewed: May 27, 2021
Email Brenda | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Addo elephant Park is really worth a visit
We really enjoyed the park, the lists of animals that one can see does not compare with Kruger BUT this does not mean that the game viewing was not great. We saw many, many elephant. So anyone wanting a close encounter of the elephant kind - this is the place to go.
I have never seen quite so many Kudu, there are quite literally herds of Kudu - usually one encounters a solitary Kudu half obscured by a bush - not in Addo, they are as plentiful as
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Impala are in Kruger - well not quite but one started to think that way. The bush pigs are very plentiful. We also saw lots of zebra.The waterholes are the places to go to, easy viewing but one has to pick your time - as is the case at any waterhole - the animals are there and then they are gone.
We are not big "birders" but we saw some nice birds and the cherry was the secretary bird - wonderful.
The roads have been pretty well maintained and the restaurant and shops (some very nice up market curios - similar to what we have seen in the airport at ORT) are in pretty good shape. Overall we were impressed.
Addo clearly has some problems with regards to over grazing in some area and while one could be critical I would rather see it as a work in progress - especially when one considers the state of some other parks in South Africa/Africa.
Gaston Coma
CO
Visited:
November 2024
Reviewed: Dec 20, 2024
Email Gaston Coma | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Lots of vegetation, lots of elephants and zebras, animals looked happy in that environment.
Andre van Staden
AN
Visited:
October 2023
Reviewed: Nov 9, 2023
Email Andre van Staden | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Marilyn
ZA
Visited:
September 2021
Reviewed: Sep 25, 2021
Email Marilyn | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Did not see that much game and park very dry
Marilyn
ZA
Visited:
September 2021
Reviewed: Sep 25, 2021
Email Marilyn | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Elephants make the park
Huts okay. A little inconvenient that cooking and washing up facilities not on premises. A clean-up needs to be undertaken around the vegetation as quite a bit of litter lying around
Ian
GB
Visited:
December 2020
Reviewed: Dec 19, 2020
Email Ian | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Great game viewing. Very poor food at main restaurant.
Rich in wildlife. Good viewing of elephants and plenty of other game.
The restaurant was a disappointment with Lack luster service and food quality poor.
Gary Elson
GB
Visited:
January 2020
Reviewed: Jan 29, 2020
Email Gary Elson | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Addo or Addon’t ?
After several trips to Kruger, Etosha and the KTP, I decided to give Addo a go.
I have to be honest, it was a disappointment . A small park with little real bush vibe due to the da t that you can see the surrounding farms, towns and wind farms from large parts of the park.
The vegetation isn’t the most attractive either, and the large open areas looked more like fields, giving a “safari park” feel.
There is no doubt that the elephant encounters are the highlight, but a day trip is probably enough, with maybe a night at the excellent Addo main camp to give the best chance of an early morning lion encounter.
But it’s not Kruger, a totally different experience and the 30 minute drive and access to boat trips are probably the only reason for choosing it.
Anna Mahon Oneill
GB
Visited:
January 2019
Reviewed: Feb 13, 2019
Email Anna Mahon Oneill | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari