Addo Elephant National Park is situated 72km by road from Port Elizabeth. Established in 1931 to save 11 Elephants on the brink of extinction, it is now home to more than 350 of them, 280 Cape Buffalo, black Rhino, a range of Antelope species, as well as the rare flightless dung Beetle.

The Park is very aptly named. While we were there, we literally saw hundreds of elephants. Our first sighting was right at the Park entrance where there is a viewing platform looking down on a watering hole. Just as I got there, a family of elephants came rumbling down a hill towards the waterhole. We probably spent a half hour on the platform and down in a 'hide' at ground level, maybe 30' from the elephants just watching them. The first group of pictures below is from that sighting. The reason for so many pictures from this sighting is that I really enjoy taking pictures of baby elephants. It's amazing to see this tiny miniature animal next to its 11,000 lb. parent.