My first trip to South Africa. - My guide was so knowledgeable making my National Park visit an enjoyable experience being so close to so many wild animals.

Overnight stay in Addo elephant Park and sundowner and sunrise game drives - We loved our 24 hrs in Addo. We saw lions hundreds of elephants (there are 700 in the park) hyenas buffalo warthogs tortoises zebras koodos jackals secretary birds ostrich etc. We stayed overnight in a comfortable chalet in the restcamp to do the sundowner and 5.30am sunrise game drives. After that we drove ourselves 3 times and while we loved every drive and enjoyed driving ourselves, we saw many more animals with a guide. Our guide Ryan knew just where we might find animals. For instance he heard a lion roar and stopped and waited, we saw it as a speck in the distance. Ryan raced around and parked near the lion and as we waited the lion walked right by us. On our own we would have missed it completely. Our 3rd drive was when we drove in at the north and out at the south on our way to the airport enjoying the scenery while in the open ground seeing all the game grazing. After our 24hrs in the park up at 5 etc we were exhausted and loved staying nearby at Geralds Gift for a couple of days relaxation before heading home. The food in the rest camp restaurant was surprisingly good and they had WiFi too.

Great adventure with Walter - Walter was very good with his communications, was on time to pick us up, and went beyond our time to make sure we saw as much as possible. He is very knowledgeable about Addo, it's history and animals, and is also very entertaining. Our only advice is to make sure vehicle windows are cleaned and work properly before each tour.