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Review on TripAdvisor
16 January 2024
We picked this tour for 12/23/23 because we wanted a full-day trip to Addo Elephant Park that respected our cruise ship’s timing at Port Elizabeth. The title of the tour said it all. If anything went wrong with the ship being delayed or leaving early–Alan Tours would accommodate.
All of our pre-trip planning online was helpful, courteous, prompt and accurate.
Somehow, I never got the guide’s name but we had an excellent post-grad geologist with in-depth knowledge of the animals, their behavior, birds, weather, geography, area history, and much more. He had the natural gift of a teacher and with a clear, articulate voice that was considerate of the interests of our varied group of 7.
We saw many, many elephants as well as heartebeasts, impala, wildebeasts, warthogs, zebras, giraffes and more elephants. The guide spent as long as we wanted parked with the engine off so we could take in the animals in their natural environments. We learned an enormous amount and had some good laughs.
Lunch was at the Cattle Baron restaurant in the park and it was very tasty. He arranged for me to get a take out coffee for the afternoon drive even though I was the only one who asked for one!
We highly recommend Alan Tours and were thrilled with our tremendous guide. After travelling for close to 4 weeks in S Africa, believe me, it’s all in the guide.
