Addo Elephant Safari: Explore Big 5 Wildlife

Embark on a thrilling safari in Addo Elephant National Park, home to the Big 5 and 800 elephants. Experience wildlife like never before.

Duration: 8 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Addo Elephant National Park - Experience an exciting game drive (safari) in the renowned Addo Elephant National Park. This malaria-free park, home to the Big 5, is the third largest national park in South Africa, covering 176,000 hectares. It is home to approximately 700 elephants.
What's Included
  • Admission to Addo Elephant National Park
  • Professional Guide
  • Hotel pick up/Cruise Ship Terminal
  • Hotel drop off/Cruise Ship Terminal
  • Lunch
  • Snacks
  • Bottled water
  • Use of Binoculars
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Experience an exhilarating Game Drive (Safari) at Addo Elephant National Park, home to the renowned Big 5: Elephant, Lion, Buffalo, Leopard, and Rhino. As the third largest National Park in South Africa, spanning 176,000 hectares, Addo Elephant Park is malaria-free and boasts approximately 700 elephants, making it one of the densest elephant populations…

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Susan_m
Nov 16, 2025
Excellent tour to Addo... - Excellent tour to Addo Elephant park. Our tour guide, Luk, was excellent. Can’t recommend enough! Thank you Carlin’s Tours for a great day.
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David_w
Oct 30, 2025
A great wildlife day safari - Kyle is a first class safari guide. A great day tour with plenty of wild life and excellent close up viewing of elephants and buffalo. Hotel pick up made things easy and Addo is not far from Port Elizabeth so no time wasted travelling. Strongly recommended.
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Freedom41191823844
Sep 15, 2025
食事の時間抜いて、サファリドライブが4時間半。完璧なツアーでした。    The safari drive is 4 and a half hours, excluding meal time. It was a perfect tour. - 船に迎えに来てくれ、公園に着き、入園手続きをしてくれ、そのままその車でゲートをくぐり、2時間半の公園内ドライブ。食事休憩を挟んでさらに2時間ドライブ。園内を100kmくらい走ったのでは? たまたま私たち夫婦だけだったので、ガイドのカイルを7時間独占。英語のみのコミュニケーションさえ不安なければ、VIP待遇みたいで最高だった。慣れたガイドなので、園内のスタッフや、他のツアーガイドとコミュニケーション取れていて、凄く楽しませてくれた。一番良かったのは20頭くらいの象の群れが車の前後を走り抜けた時。映画のシーンみたいで、これを書いてる今でも涙が出らくらい素晴らしかった。  最高に楽しかった。物凄く感謝しています。カイル、1日楽しませてくれてありがとう。プロフェッショナルな仕事、評価します。カイルの夢も叶いますよう願ってます。 Pick me up at the boat, arrive at the park, go through the admission procedure, drive through the gate, and drive around the park for two and a half hours. Take a meal break and drive for another 2 hours. Didn't you run about 100 km in the park? It happened to be just my husband and I, so I monopolized Kyle, the guide, for 7 hours. If you don't have to worry about communicating only in English, it was like VIP treatment and it was the best. Because he was a familiar guide, he was able to communicate with the staff in the park and other tour guides, and he had a lot of fun. The best time was when a group of about 20 elephants ran through the front and back of the car. It was like a movie scene, and it was so wonderful that it made me cry even now that I was writing this. It was the most fun. Thank you very much. Kyle, thank you for making me enjoy the day. Professional work, I will evaluate it. I hope Kyle's dream will come true.
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Anonymous
Sep 15, 2025
物凄く楽しい1日だった   It was a very fun day - 最高に楽しかった。物凄く感謝しています。カイル、1日楽しませてくれてありがとう。プロフェッショナルな仕事、評価します。カイルの夢も叶いますよう願ってます。 It was the most fun. Thank you very much. Kyle, thank you for making me enjoy the day. Professional work, I will evaluate it. I hope Kyle's dream will come true.
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Nicholas
May 5, 2025
Memorable day - Fun day out with the family. We saw lots of animals including three of the big 5. The Elephant Lions and Buffalo.We saw lions mating, hopefully there will be some cubs in the park soon. Very memorable day.
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Connector20503025393
Apr 14, 2025
Carlins tour for the win! - Excellent experience. Great Guide, very knowledgeable of the sorroundings and animals. Made it memorable for the family.
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Sethb738
Apr 13, 2025
Addo tour - We had a lovely day with Carlin's Tours. Carlin is a great guide full of knowledge. Definitely recommend this tour. Great experience.
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Inspire66200993653
Apr 13, 2025
Best tour guide ever! - Awesome time out on the tour, lots of fun and knowledge from tour guide. Saw lots of animals too, Thank you so much Carlin!!....
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Lisa_a
Nov 16, 2025
Disappointed - When I booked this, the pictures and description did not explain that we would be in an actual bus where on some seats windows didn’t even open. I understand that now in the mean time, they have changed this description. The second thing that was not communicated to us was that we were going to join an intact group from a cruise ship. This made the whole day somewhat awkward for us. Lastly, there was a big delay which unfortunately was also not communicated properly. We spend almost 2 hours waiting at the gate before we even started. On top of that, the lunch break also lasted 2 hours (not sure why - but some from the cruise ship group ordered new drinks long after the agreed continuation...) I would not book this tour again.
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Lilly
Nov 14, 2025
Unfortunately only in a small coach... - Unfortunately, we were traveling in a minibus the whole time. The windows were only open in very few places. Most of them were behind black-tinted windows. This makes it very difficult to observe and photograph. On the photos were shown open off-road vehicles, which offered the expectation that we would use them. The vehicle type was not described in detail in the booking. Very unfortunate because it does not guarantee an up-close experience to the animals.
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From $160
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).