Discover South Africa’s third-largest national park on a full-day safari exclusively for cruise passengers. Set in the malaria-free Eastern Cape, Addo Elephant National Park brings you into elephant country during your Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha) cruise stop.
Turn your Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha) port day into a real African safari. About 35 minutes from the harbour, Addo Elephant National Park is South Africa's third-largest national park and one of the best places in Africa to see elephants up close. Because the Eastern Cape is malaria-free, you can explore Big Five country with no malaria precautions needed.
This full-day shore excursion is designed only for cruise passengers, and every detail is taken care of. Your Into Tours guide meets you at the harbour, plans the day around your ship's schedule and brings you back with a comfortable buffer before all-aboard, so you can relax and enjoy the wild.
Elephant country at its best
More than 600 elephants live in Addo. Watch family herds move through the thicket, calves keep close to their mothers and bulls come down to the waterholes to drink, splash and dust-bathe. These moments at the water are often the highlight of the day.
More than elephants
Explore dense thicket, open grassland and waterholes. Look for buffalo resting in the shade, zebra grazing beside kudu and red hartebeest, and warthogs trotting across the road. Watch for lion, spotted hyena and black-backed jackal. Then look for the park's smaller treasures: meerkats, tortoises, colourful birdlife and the rare flightless dung beetle, found almost nowhere else on Earth.
Guides who bring the bush to life
Your welcoming local guide shares wildlife knowledge with friendly conversation and a little humour. Learn why animals behave the way they do, how Addo grew from a refuge for just 11 elephants in 1931 into a conservation success story, and how to spot the signs of wildlife that others might miss. There is always time to stop, watch, ask questions and take the perfect photograph.
A relaxed break at Main Camp
Partway through your safari, stop at Addo Main Camp. Stretch your legs, browse the curio shop, visit the information centre and buy lunch before heading back out.
What's included
Return harbour transfers, timed to your ship's schedule
Guided safari in a closed, air-conditioned vehicle
Park entry and conservation fees
Bottled water
Not included: lunch and additional drinks.
Why book with Into Tours
Into Tours is a South African destination management company based in Gqeberha, and we know this port and this park well. Your guide manages the route and timing all day, so you get the most out of your safari and get back to the ship with time to spare.
