Our next stop is Addo the farthest point east on our trip about 800 km from Cape Town and 50 miles north of Point Elizabeth. We had two days of game drives through the recreated bush in this reserve. Addo is a national conservation project intended to re create the environment as it was before europeans came to Africa. Counting additions to the original tract established in the 1930's Addo has grown to the 3rd largest game park in SW Africa after Krueger and Kalahari and the intention is to increace it to be the largest.
All the animals (like lions, elephants, rhino) have been brought in because they were all exterminated by the settlers. Great attention has been paid to establishing the same species of both plants and animals that existed before. Not only is there a conscience attempt at conservation for environments sake but tourism which is attracted by the African scene is by far and away the largest source of income for SA.
Nguni Lodge is a private concession in the park that is licenced to conduct its operations and pays the government. It is stylisticly based on african village construction with modern facilties. Here are some picturs of that first day.
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