Please click on the pictures!        Addo Elephant National Park - The History of Addo Park           Elephants were seen as a problem to the farmers in the area in 1886.  They would plunder the farmers lands of their crops, therefore a professional hunter was called upon.  Major Jan Pretorius took up the challenge to rid the area of Elephants.     Elephants in the Park             Elephant with calf       From 1919 to 1920 he shot 114 Elephants, once he was finished with this culling, only 14 Elephants remained.  After the 1920 massacre, protests broke out and as a result of this, in 1931 the Addo Elephant Park was established.  The remaining 11 Elephants were rounded up and enclosed in the Park, and eventually more land was added to the park to give the animals more roaming space.  Today, the park has expanded to over 90 000 ha.         South Africa Cape Town Guest Houses Accommodation Immigration White Shark Cage Diving Hotels Car Hire Property Garden Route Car Rental Camps Bay Hotel Garden Route Cape Town South Africa South Africa Cape Town Guesthouses Cape Town Hotels Cape Town Cape Town Accommodation Car Hire Cape Town Cape Town Photos South Africa Immigration Cape Town Property Cape Town Info White Shark Cage Diving Garden Route South Africa Info Immigration to South Africa Car Rental South Africa  Camps Bay Camps Bay Accommodation Cape Town Tours & Trips South Africa Immigration Hotel Accommodation Self-Catering Rent a Car Cape Town Camps Bay Knysna George Plettenberg Bay Photos Wildlife Cape Town Day Trips Tours and Safaris Cape Town City Tours Safari Day Trips