DETAILS

FULL LENGTH TOUR DESCRIPTION
The adventure begins with a transfer to Port Elizabeth Airport for your charter flight to Addo Elephant Back Safaris. Your 20-minute flight will take you to the Addo Elephant Back Safaris landing strip, which is situated in the pristine valleys of the Zuurberg Mountains, bordering the recently proclaimed Greater Addo Elephant National Park.

This area is regarded as Africa’s most biologically diverse, supporting four of the seven biomes or eco-regions in Southern Africa. The area encompasses habitats ranging from semi-arid Karoo areas, across fynbos covered slopes, which merge with impenetrable thickets and montane forests and extend into rolling grasslands. During a walk through this unique area, informative guides will provide information, allowing you to be at one with nature.

On arrival, you will be met by an elephant minder and transferred to the reception area, where you split into two groups of six. The first group will enjoy a 30-minute ride with the elephants, while the other group enjoys refreshments and light snacks. With the return of the second group, enjoy a bush walk with the elephants through bush, ravines and forest. The walk is not strenuous and at an enjoyable pace, allowing you to observe the elephants’ habits in their natural surroundings.

This safari experience is about learning and becoming familiar with one of Africa's most stately, intelligent mammals - the African Elephant. It is an adventure of relaxed interaction with the elephants, enjoying the beauty of the area and of getting acquainted with these gentle giants in a meaningful way. Standing between them, surrounded by them, being touched by them, scented by them, being nudged and gently pushed at by them, feeling their curiosity and their trust, is to feel a oneness at an emotional and visceral level which is immensely elevating and yet, somehow, disquieting.

End the afternoon relaxing at the waterhole, enjoying refreshments and light snacks, while observing the elephants swim and make the most of the mud. With memories that will stay with you forever, return to the reception area in time for your flight back to Port Elizabeth Airport and transfer to the quayside.
 
SHORT LENGTH TOUR DESCRIPTION
This safari experience is about learning and becoming familiar with one of Africa's most stately, intelligent mammals - the African Elephant. Fly to Addo Elephant Back Safaris for an adventure of relaxed interaction with the elephants, enjoying the beauty of the area and of getting acquainted with these gentle giants in a meaningful way.
 
TIMING BREAKDOWN
00:00 – 00:30 Transfer from the quayside to Port Elizabeth Airport
00:30 – 01:00 Fly to Addo Elephant Back Safaris
01:00 – 02:00 Ride with the elephants (groups of 6)
02:00 – 03:00 Bush walk with the elephants
03:00 – 03:30 Watch the elephants at the waterhole
03:30 – 04:00 Refreshments and light snacks
04:00 – 04:30 Fly back to Port Elizabeth
04:30 – 05:00 Transfer back to the quayside

Approximate duration: 5 hours
 
OPERATIONAL NOTES
- The group will be escorted by an elephant specialist/minder throughout the programme
- Comfortable clothing, binoculars and a sun hat are strongly advisable
- No smoking will be allowed on the flight and at Addo Elephant Back Safaris when riding or walking with the elephants
- No children under the age of six are allowed to partake in this excursion
- Children will be charge the full adult per person price
- This tour is not suitable for guests in wheelchairs or with walking disabilities, due to the climbing on and off the elephants and the bush walk

AEBS has conformed to the stringent compliance test each member of this association is subjected to annually. AEBS conform to the Elephant Tourism Association's strict code of conduct which includes operating within an environment that is safe and they reject all methods of Elephant management that can be construed as cruel. This association has had a long history of inspecting the elephants at AEBS and has an intimate knowledge of their life history. At no stage have these elephants been subjected to cruelty of any kind. They live a privileged life on a large game farm and enjoy the added luxuries of being supplementary fed and protected from extreme elements.These elephants display all characteristics of elephant's content in their environment.

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