The Addo Elephant National Park conserves five of South Africa's seven biomes and protects the world's largest Cape gannet breeding population on Bird Island. Amongst others, this wonderful park also boasts the Big Seven - elephant, rhino, lion, buffalo, leopard, southern right whale and great white sharks.
Camp Matyholweni is easily accessible by car and provides a second gateway into the park from the South. Amenities such as shops, restaurants and a fuel station are available in the nearby town of Colchester. This camp is 39 kilometres away from the main camp and has 12 accommodation units. Two units are adapted for wheelchair users.
The popular Addo Main Camp at the main gate to the park and 15 kilometres west of Paterson offers plenty of activities - such as horse riding, game drives by day or night and a nature discovery trail. There also is a wide variety of accommodation to choose from, ranging from a camp site and safari tents, forest cabins, rondavels and chalets to cottages and a guesthouse. A unique feature is the waterhole lookout point, floodlit at night, within the camp.
Narina Bush Camp is not managed by the park and situated in the Zuurberg area north-west of the main camp. Narina offers four tents, each with two single beds. Due to its true rustic nature, there is no electricity or shops provided but a fully equipped kitchen, hot and cold water shower as well as a toilet. Guests can enjoy guided horsetrails and in the evening gather around the campfire to revive their animal encounters of the day. There also is a bird hide, where one can look for those elusive rare species. To see big game you have to enter the park at the main gate. Bookings are essential for all three camps.
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