Main Camp · Addo Elephant National Park
Addo Main Camp, Addo
Addo Main Camp is a main camp in Addo Elephant National Park, about 27 km from Matyholweni Entrance Gate.
About Addo Main Camp
Addo Main Camp is the park's main rest camp and visitor hub, with a restaurant, shop and swimming pool. Its waterhole is floodlit at night and can also be watched from an underground hide, making it one of the best places in the park to see elephants come to drink.
Where to find Addo Main Camp
Recent activity near Addo Main Camp
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Open in opspoorWhat lives around Addo Main Camp
Good country for these, going by the habitat around it, not today's sightings.
Habitat around Addo Main Camp
Thicket by Southern Access Road (dense thicket): Thick, closed bush that is hard to see into.
Habitat mapped by opspoor. Data sources
Best time to visit Addo Main Camp
Animals move most in the first hours after the gates open and the last hours before they close; the midday heat is quietest.
Nearby waterholes, hides and camps
- Nyati Water Hole Picnic SpotPicnic Spot
- Underground HideBird Hide
- Nyati WaterholeWaterhole
- Nyati Water HoleViewpoint
- RooidamWaterhole
- Rooidam ViewpointViewpoint
- Gwarrie PanWaterhole
- Gwarrie Pan ViewpointViewpoint
Addo Main Camp questions
Where is Addo Main Camp?
Addo Main Camp is a main camp in Addo Elephant National Park, about 27 km from Matyholweni Entrance Gate.
What animals can you see at Addo Main Camp?
Addo Main Camp sits in dense thicket: good country for bushbuck, bushpig, cape grysbok, leopard and nyala.
Can I use opspoor at Addo Main Camp without signal?
Yes. Signal in Addo Elephant National Park can be patchy, and opspoor works fully offline: you can see sightings you've already loaded and log your own, which sync when you're back in range.
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