Addo Elephant National Park
The Addo Elephant Park is situated in the southern part of South Africa, in the Eastern Cape Province, 70km north-east of Port Elizabeth. It borders on the Garden Route of South Africa.
The Park is ideally situated for tourism, as it is easily reached from the Garden Route.
The Addo Park was established in 1931 with the last 11 surviving Elephants which were present in the region, the rest all having been killed due to years of hunting by the farmers.
The Elephants were forced to seek further sources of food once their supplies were depleted, therefore began to destroy farmlands in the region. After Major P.J. Pretorius ordered the killing of over 130 Elephants, people began to protest, which in turn led to the establishment of a National Park, to protect these Elephants.
Today, there are over 420 Elephants in the Park. It is the highest populated Elephant Park in the world.
The Park is not only home to Elephants, the Big Five can also be seen here - Elephants, Lions, Leopards, Rhinoceros, Buffalo's, Kudu's, Warthog's and a variety of Antelope. The Park currently comprises 148.000 Hectare.
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