Addo Elelphant National Park is on Port Elizabeth's doorstep. Literally. Matyholweni, or the south gate as most just refer to it, is located at Colchester on the Sundays River, just outside the boundary of Nelson Mandela Bay. Up to just over a decade or so ago Addo was mostly all about elephants. Today it is so much more than that. The Greater Addo Park stretches from the southern Karoo around the Darlington Dam, across the Zuurberg Mountains through the main game area and down to the coast. The park also includes the Alexandria Dunefields and a marine reserve surrounding the islands in Algoa Bay. Thanks to this Addo is the only reserve in the world that can boast to be home of the Big 7 being the Big 5 (elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion and leopard) along with the Southern Right Whale and Great White Shark. Watch this excellent promotional video for Addo.
Been there twice but never knew it was so big.
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