Addo Elephant National Park

    South Africa

    Drive through dense thickets to spot massive herds of elephants gathering around the waterholes of the Eastern Cape.

    Warmest month is January at 30°C on average. Coolest is July at 22°C. Driest reading falls in May with 3 rain days.

    Costs and travel essentials

    • CoffeeWorld Bank PPP baseline
      R32 (~$1.75)
      Country-level price estimate for South Africa, 2026-07-11. Scaled from a US baseline, not a local survey.
    • BeerWorld Bank PPP baseline
      R45 (~$2.50)
      Country-level price estimate for South Africa, 2026-07-11. Scaled from a US baseline, not a local survey.
    • Flight timeMethodology
      13h from London Heathrow
      Great-circle plus routing overhead.
    • Flight CO2eDEFRA 2024 factors
      3,734 kg return from London Heathrow
      DEFRA 2024 economy factors, includes radiative forcing.
    • FCDO advisorygov.uk, snapshot compiled 2026-07-11
      No specific FCDO warnings against travel.
      Check the latest FCDO advice before booking.
    • Tap waterCDC / WHO guidance
      Safe in major urban areas; treat or use bottled elsewhere.
      Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban supply is treated; treat in rural areas.
    MonthAvg highDaily spreadRain days
    January30°12°C4
    February30°12°C7
    March29°13°C5
    April26°13°C5
    May25°12°C3
    June23°10°C3
    July22°12°C4
    August22°12°C3
    September23°12°C5
    October25°14°C4
    November26°11°C4
    December28°12°C4

    What to do

    • Self-drive the park's loop roads to find roaming elephants
    • Join a guided night drive to spot nocturnal predators
    • Look for the flightless dung beetles endemic to the area

    How we know this

    Values are the average of the last ten calendar years of daily readings from Visual Crossing, snapped to the destination cluster. Daily spread is the width between the 10th and 90th percentiles of daily highs, not a forecast error margin. Rain days count any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.