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Elephants & Coast

Addo Elephant National Park · Cape Town
Duration
8 Days · 7 Nights
The route
Addo Elephant National Park · Cape Town
Style
Elephants & coast
Best season
May–Sep · dry-season game
The route

7 nights, 2 stops — elephants & coast.

From Addo to Garden Route, the route is built around South Africa’s wildlife and wild coast.

Round trip · returns to Addo Elephant

Addo ElephantCape Town
What you're tracking

What you'll see

Elephant
Elephant
In great herds.
Lion
Lion
In the dense bush.
Buffalo
At the water.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Gqeberha → Addo

Into Addo

Out at first light.

Arrive in Addo, met and transferred to your accommodation.

02Addo

Elephants, malaria-free

Cats before the heat.

Game drives to the waterholes for Addo's great elephant herds, with the Big Five and no malaria risk.

03Addo

Elephants, malaria-free

The bush wakes.

More of the park — elephants in number, plus the chance of lion, buffalo and the coast.

04Addo → Garden Route

On to Garden Route

A sundowner to close.

Transfer to Garden Route and settle in, with time to get your bearings.

05Garden Route

Coastal forests & lagoons

Eyes on the tracks.

Forests, lagoons and whale-watching coast from Knysna to Tsitsikamma along the Garden Route.

06Garden Route

Coastal forests & lagoons

Out at first light.

More of the route — coastal forest, marine life and the scenic drive.

07Garden Route

Coastal forests & lagoons

Cats before the heat.

Forests, lagoons and whale-watching coast from Knysna to Tsitsikamma along the Garden Route.

08Garden Route → onward

Departure

A last morning, then the road home.

A final morning in onward — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

May – Sep

Dry-season bush

Prime bushveld safari — sparse cover, game at water, cool and clear. The Cape is wetter, but the whales are in.

Nov – Mar

Green summer & the Cape

Lush bush with newborns and migrants; peak, dry, sunny season for Cape Town, the coast and the winelands.

Destinations

Where this journey goes

Wildlife you may see
Elephants Lion Marine Mammals

Make it yours.

Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.

Field notes, now and then.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season

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