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Addo
Area and surrounds
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Addo lies in the beautiful Sundays
River Valley, stretching from the Indian Ocean to the Zuurberg Mountains.
This malaria free area enjoys a temperate to warm climate with an annual
rainfall of 450 mm occurring evenly throughout the year. Summers are hot
and sunshine days are plentiful, with a chill in the valley during wintertime.
The Sundays River Valley is home
to the famous Addo elephants that once roamed the area freely, as well
as mile after mile of evergreen citrus trees that bear fruit all winter
and fragrance the air with their blossoms in spring. This area is world
renowned for its citrus fruit production and is South Africa's largest
producer of lemons. |
| Situated just over 45 minutes drive
from Port Elizabeth, this magnificently diverse area offers a wide variety
of wildlife experiences, natural landscapes, outdoor adventure and cultural
experiences. Over a million hectares of land have now been devoted to wildlife
and many world famous reserves also be found here. |
| Found deep in the shadow of dense
valley bushveld, the Addo Elephant Park was proclaimed in the 1930's when
only 11 elephants remained.
Today it is a finely tuned eco-system
which is sanctuary to over 400 elephants, buffalo, black rhino, lion, leopard,
hyena, antelope, small carnivores, over 180 bird species as well as the
endangered flightless dung beetle, found almost exclusively in Addo.
The Zuurberg Mountains, falling within
the park, are home to interesting fauna and flora including three rare
cycad and two yellowwood species. |
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| Plans to extend the current 125
000 ha park to a 492 000 ha "Greater Addo Park" are already underway with
the park having more than doubled in size over the past six years. Unique
features of the Park include the "Big Seven" (elephant, rhino, buffalo,
leopard, lion, great white shark and Southern Right whale) in their natural
environment, a 120 000 ha marine reserve with a number of offshore islands
as well as five of South Africa's seven bionomes (distinct vegetation regions),
thus making it one of the most diverse conservation areas in the world. |
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