"The only park in the world to house the 'Big 7'"

Addo Elephant National Park | South Africa | 2001

Addo Elephant National Park is an elephant park situated close to Port Elizabeth in South Africa. The original section of the park was founded in 1931. The original park has subsequently been expanded to include the Woody Cape Nature Reserve and a marine reserve, which includes St. Croix Island and Bird Island. This forms part of the plan to expand the 1,640 km² Addo National Elephant Park into a 3,600 km² Greater Addo Elephant National Park. The expansion has meant that it is probably the only park in the world to house the so-called "Big 7" (elephant, rhinoceros, lion, buffalo, leopard, whale and great white shark) in their natural habitat.