Description of the attraction
Eddo Elephant National Park extends over 180,000 hectares from the semi-arid high loamy Karoo plateau in northern South Africa, along the Zuurberg Mountains, between the Sundays and Bushman's estuaries south to the seashore.
The national park was created in 1931 to preserve the population of the African elephant, when eleven "giants" remained in the region. Now there are more than 600 of them in the park, in addition, Eddo Elephant is home to a lion, a buffalo, a black rhino, a spotted hyena, a leopard, several species of antelopes and zebras, as well as a unique flightless dung beetle, which is found exclusively in this area. Eddo Elephant Park can claim the title of the only national park in the world of the "Big Seven" - it protects the elephant, rhino, lion, buffalo and leopard, as well as the southern whale and great white shark.
An additional 120,000 hectares of marine area along Algoa Bay, which includes the islands that are home to the world's largest breeding cormorant species and the second largest breeding population of African penguins, are currently proposed to be annexed to the park.
There are several recreation centers in the Eddo-Elephant Park - the main recreation center Eddo, the Matyholweni recreation center, the Narina camp and the Spekboom campground with special platforms for close viewing of elephants. You can also get a closer look at the elephants while in your own car. At night, hyenas and lions can also be heard close to the camp. Through the territory of the park there are special one- and two-day routes, the length of which varies from 2.4 km to 36 km. To get to the coastal area of the park, a special boardwalk has been laid.
