The 10 Best Addo Elephant Park Safaris in Garden Route

1.Addo Elephant National Park All Inclusive Full-Day Safari

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 872 reviews · 9 hours · from $186Our pick

Join Afroventures Tours and Safaris for a nine-hour Addo safari from Port Elizabeth, Bluewater Bay, Colchester, or Addo. Guides such as Freddy, John, Sidwell, and King Elvis lead small groups in an air-conditioned 4x4 with a window seat for every passenger, plus lunch and refreshments.

“Great safari in Addo! Our guide was excellent, we saw many animals, and learned a lot about the area. Highly recommended!”

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2.5 Day Garden Route and Addo Safari – Best of South Africa Small Group Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 291 reviews · from $575Top rated

Travel from Cape Town through Route 62, Oudtshoorn, Addo, Jeffreys Bay, Tsitsikamma, Knysna, and Wilderness with a local guide. Expect long drives, four breakfasts, shared accommodation options, an Addo game drive, wine tasting, Cango Caves, and optional bungy jumping, surfing, horse riding, and ziplining.

“Maudi was a great tour guide! The tour and sites were amazing. Maudi was very engaging, kept the tour on track and made us all feel like a family. Highly recommended tour!”

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3.6-Day Garden Route & Addo South African Adventure from Cape Town

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 282 reviews · from $675

Travel from Cape Town to Addo in a small group of up to 12, with a local guide, five nights of lodging, four dinners, wine tasting, canoeing, hiking, and a safari. Expect early starts, frequent stops, optional thrills, and a fast-moving route through South Africa’s southern coast.

“Fantastic trip : a large variety of landscapes, a small group very pleasant and a guide very nice and dévoted to all of us.”

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4.5-Day Best of Garden Route and Addo Safari

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 221 reviews · 5 days · from $675

Join a small group of up to 13 people for a fast-moving five-day trip from Cape Town along Route 62 and the Garden Route. You will visit the Cango Caves, Addo Elephant National Park, Tsitsikamma, Knysna, and Botlierskop Reserve, with guides such as Isaac, Uriel, Paul, or Denver leading the way.

“the tour was at a good pace. there was so much to see and do in a short time. thanks for a great adventure!”

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5.Garden Route and Addo Elephant Park 6-Day Safari

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 175 reviews · 6 days · from $852

Travel from Cape Town to Addo Elephant National Park in a small group of up to 12. You’ll visit Hermanus, Cape Agulhas, Oudtshoorn, Knysna, Tsitsikamma, and Mossel Bay, with canoeing, hiking, wine tasting, an ostrich farm tour, and a safari. Guides such as Gareth, Christine, and Mark lead the route.

“First of all, the pick-up went perfectly, it was friendly and punctual and it started with a group briefing and explanations from the guide (Mark), Mark is one of the coolest guides I've had the pleasure of experiencing so far. very friendly, humorous, responds to requests, is courteous and always warm and pleasant, he responds to requests and cares about his group very much. The accommodations that were chosen were breathtaking, with a view of the beach, in a park with beautiful landscapes or in an orange and lime field… the food was incredible, always fresh and incredibly tasty, cooked and baked in-house, everything was very familiar, the activities were…”

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6.5-Day Garden Route & Addo Adventure from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 116 reviews · from $641

Travel from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth in a small group of up to 12, with guides such as Wendy, Christine, Gareth, and Terri. Expect penguins at Stony Point, Route 62 wine, canoeing and hiking in Wilderness, Tsitsikamma, four dinners, and an Addo game drive.

“This is the best way to see South Africa, aside from the big game drives. We experienced penguins whale watching, bike ride along the Ocean, canoeing, hiking, national parks, beautiful accommodations, fantastic meals, and above all the most gracious host in Jaco. We would highly, highly recommend taking this tour with Earthstompers. It was an absolute highlight. 10 out of 10! Thank you.”

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7.5 Day Garden Route Tour and Addo Elephant National Park

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 74 reviews · from $782

Travel from Cape Town to Oudtshoorn, Knysna, Tsitsikamma, Addo, and Hermanus in a group of up to 13. You get four nights’ lodging, breakfasts, dinners, park visits, two game drives, and an air-conditioned vehicle, with guides such as Benjamin and Von leading the way.

“We had the most amazing 4 night trip away! Everything was amazing and our tour guide, Benji, was brilliant - he made our tour what it was! Such a cool, fun, kind, friendly and knowledgable gentleman - a real top guy! Thanks for making our trip so epic!!”

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8.Garden Route and Addo Elephant National Park: 5-Day Safari

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 23 reviews · 5 days · from $793

Travel with an English-speaking guide such as Mark or Christine from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth in a group of up to 12. Expect penguins, wine tasting, an ostrich farm, canoeing, hikes, Tsitsikamma National Park, and a 2 to 3-hour Addo safari, with optional whale watching and bungee jumping.

“Heel erg genoten van alle ingrediënten van deze reis. Christine was onze gids, een heel energieke en vriendelijke, gezellige dame! Veel afwisseling in de reis, en op elke plek goede tips. De hostels waren super, we hadden 1 persoonskamers, kan in Europa als hotelkamers doorgaan. Heerlijk gegeten ook in alle hostels. Fijne groep van 10 personen uit 4 continenten! Qua organisatie en communicatie vooraf ook dikke 10! De avond voor de tour startte onze gids een app groep. Daardoor was de communicatie bij het ophalen ook erg goed. Kortom: een aanrader!! Zou zo weer meegaan!!”

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9.5-Day Garden Route & Addo Elephant Park Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 22 reviews · 5 days · from $931

Travel from Cape Town to Oudtshoorn, Knysna, Tsitsikamma, Addo, and a private game lodge in a small group of up to 11. Guides such as Chris, Vaughan, Mawande, and Ben have led the route. Expect long drives, shared or private rooms, two safari drives, and several optional extras.

“It really was an amazing experience. Everything was perfectly planned out, we saw a lot of things and had a lot of fun. The most amazing out of all the things we did in my vieuw was the adoo elephant park. We saw a wide variety of animals in the wild, bufallo's, a lot of different antilopes, baboons, ..., but also an enormous amount of elephants enjoying themselves in the mudpools. This was truly a sight never to forget. On top of this the other activities, the ostrich farm, the kangoo caves, the monkey reserve, the game lodge, where also in its way super nice ! The only location i…”

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10.7-Day Garden Route, Addo and Winelands Combo

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 12 reviews · 7 days · from $1,240

Travel about 2,000 km in a small group of up to 13 from Cape Town through the Winelands, Cape Point, Oudtshoorn, Addo, Jeffreys Bay, Knysna, and Wilderness. Expect wine tastings, Cango Caves, an Addo game drive, beaches, forests, and optional adventure sports. Guides such as Gerard and Moudi may lead different sections.

“Mesmo em se tratando de acomodação backpacker a maioria é de péssima qualidade. Na primeira acomodação em Cape Agulhas o banheiro a ser utilizado era o mesmo da piscina não tinha papel higiênico e nem água quente para banho. 2 dias passamos no carro cerca de 6 horas rodando sem qualquer atividade.”

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