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National park · Eastern Cape
Addo Elephant National Park
Addo Elephant National Park is a national park in Eastern Cape, about 59 km north of Gqeberha. It covers 1 640 km² — number 2 by size of the 9 Eastern Cape areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1931.
1 640km² recorded size
1931year established
252 melevation of the point
59 kmnorth of Gqeberha
Facts
- Type
- National park (national park of South Africa)
- Province
- Eastern Cape
- District
- Cacadu
- Local municipality
- Sundays River Valley
- Size
- 1 640 km² · 164 000 ha
- Rank by size
- 8 of 115 nationally · 2 in Eastern Cape
- Established
- 1931
- Elevation
- 252 m
- Coordinates
- -33.4461, 25.7458
- Nearest large town
- Gqeberha, 59 km north
- Wikipedia articles
- 26 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q353318 · official website · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Nyati ConcessionProtected area · 140 km²5 km north-east
- Bellevue Forest ReserveNature reserve22 km north-east
Shamwari Private Game ReserveGame reserve31 km east- Amakhala Game ReserveGame reserve36 km east
- Hopewell Private Game ReserveGame reserve38 km south-east
- Addo Elephant National Park Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area46 km south-east
Address and visiting
Listed addressR335, Addo, 6105addowildlife.co.za
From business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026.
GBIF records within 23 km
Wildlife recorded around Addo Elephant National Park
6 315 mammal and 148 236 bird occurrence records within 23 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- African elephantLoxodonta africana1 193
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus713
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga708
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros640
- African BuffaloSyncerus caffer480
- Red HartebeestAlcelaphus caama470
- Yellow MongooseCynictis penicillata267
- LionPanthera leo257
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus164
- MeerkatSuricata suricatta140
- Common ElandTaurotragus oryx127
- Spotted HyenaCrocuta crocuta94
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus74
- BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus64
Birds
- Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix4 376
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris3 141
- BokmakierieTelophorus zeylonus2 990
- Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus2 824
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus2 732
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola2 709
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus2 707
- Cape CrowCorvus capensis2 662
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash2 601
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis2 588
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens2 375
- Fiscal FlycatcherSigelus silens2 374
- Bar-throated ApalisApalis thoracica2 354
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2 256
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.