Watch shy animals on one of the best routes in the park

Woodlands Road is considered one of the best self-drive routes in Addo Elephant National Park. The open vegetation with scattered thickets and bushes offers you wide sightlines all the way to the surrounding hills. Here you have excellent chances of spotting both large wildlife and rare, shy species that are hardly seen elsewhere.

The tarmac road takes you through extensive bushland where common eland, brown hyenas, black rhinoceros, African bush elephants, lions and African buffalo live. This route is particularly valuable for observing smaller, shy species: scrub hares, bat-eared foxes, South African springhares, yellow mongooses and meerkats are regularly seen here. For birdwatchers, Woodlands Road also offers outstanding species diversity.