Addo Park Rest Camp

This is a great budget option, with cabins (sleeping two, shared ablutions) for as little as R450. Better still are the comfortable self-catering cottages and rondawels with bush views -- often with elephants wandering through. All units (except for some of the forest cabins) are en suite, though you need to specify whether you want a semi- or fully-equipped kitchen or shared cooking facilities. Unit nos. 1 to 6 (two-bed with communal kitchens) have views of the waterhole, as do unit nos. 7 and 8 (six-bed guesthouses with kitchens and TV); while unit nos. 17 to 24 and 29 to 32 have good park views. A restaurant serves basic, filling meals -- chicken, fish, steaks (including kudu and ostrich), and a few traditional dishes like umcabosi, a mix of spinach and pap (maize porridge). Best of all, if you're keen on dawn drives, you can be in the game-viewing area within minutes of dragging yourself out of bed. Note: Camp Matyholweni (tel. 041/468-0916), a new rest camp with comfortable cottages, is now open at the Southern entrance to the park, much closer to the beach. But you will have to drive to the main viewing section to see the Big 5 -- though elephants and other animals are expected to be released in the area by late 2009.

Facilities:
Restaurant; fuel station; pool; tennis; underground animal viewing hide

Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.

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