Addo Elephant National Park must be one of South Africa’s most diverse wild places, a fact really brought home as the plane flew over the Park on our way back to Johannesburg. What follows is just a selection of photos taken on a 24-hour working visit to Addo last week!
(I’ve shared pictures of Addo’s elephants and lions in seperate posts)
Addo scenery
Pied Crow
Addo scenery
Addo scenery
Bokmakierie
Jackal Buzzard
Helmeted Guineafowl
Kudu cow
Warthog mudbath
Plains zebra
Cattle egret
Black-backed jackal
South African Shelduck pair
Black-headed Oriole
Addo scenery
Lichens
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rodent in its thorny fortress
Cape Crow
Red Hartebeest and Zebra sharing grazing
Red Hartebeest
Leopard Tortoise
Leopard Tortoises
Old buffalo bull
Sharing the waterhole
Sharing the waterhole
Red Hartebeest
Black-headed Heron
Addo Elephant National Park scenery
Addo from the air
Addo Elephant National Park, managed by South African National Parks, is located in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province, within easy reach of the city of Port Elizabeth’s modern airport along the recently upgraded N2 highway.
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Wonderful park and whoa – the photos show the diversity –
Really well done!
Thanks very much! Addo’s a real gem in South Africa’s conservation crown, and has a fascinating history.
Was jare laas daar!! Dankie vir die mooi foto’s!
Dankie vir die saam toer, Aletta!
Dankie vir die lekker herhinderinge!! 😉
Ons plesier!
Sjoe,daar is darem ‘n groot verskeidenheid.Pragtige foto’s,veral die swartkopwielewaal en die twee modderige vlakvarkies!Dankie Dries,my voete jeuk nou om soontoe te gaan.
Daar is min dinge wat mens kan waarborg wanneer dit by die natuur kom, maar ek kan defnitief waarborg dat jy nie spyt sal wees jy’t Addo besoek nie, Dina!
Dis ñ skande dat ek en manlief nog nie hier was nie! Met dié dat die Kruger Wildtuin net 4 ure van ons af is, is dit maar ons ‘ander’ huis. Tog, Addo het ñ heel ander bekoring, as ek so deur jou oë kyk.
Addo is baie besonders in eie reg, en julle kan regtig met n geruste hart daar n draai maak. Daar is so baie om te sien en ervaar wat uniek is aan hierdie park – vir een die rustige olifante wat mens toelaat om baie nader te kom as wat n Kruger olifant jou ooit gaan duld!
The Park looks really interesting. I will be in PE in February – is it worth visiting just as a day visitor?
Absolutely Candy! And it is so easy to reach – the southern entrance, near the small town of Colchester, is just 40km from PE’s airport along the N2-highway.
Pragtige foto’s
Baie dankie, Toortsie!
Such great photos. I really like the mud bath and the rodent. That baby elephant looks so cute and the zebra looks magnificent. I stopped trying to select my favorite photo mid-way through the gallery–they are all wonderful.
Thanks very much Lois. There’s really so many beautiful things to take photos of in Addo that you can’t miss.