ADVENTURE TOURS & SAFARIS
ADDO SAFARI COMPANY
An African Sightings Adventure Safari is an exciting and adventurous way of seeing the Port Elizabeth and Addo areas and it enables you to view a variety of wildlife in their natural habitat. Going on a safari gives you an authentic experience of South Africa and The Addo Safari Tours are a true once in a lifetime experience, where you can live the adventure and see the indigenous wildlife up close and personal in their natural habitat. Our Southern African Safari Tour’s are operated professionally and we offer day tour options and safari packages based on our client needs. African Sightings Adventure offers private tours at very reasonable and competitive prices.
- Addo Elephant National Park Safaris
- Sardinia Bay Sandboarding Tours
- Garden Route Tours
- Jeffreys Bay Tours
- Tsitsikamma Tours
- Port Elizabeth Tours
- Mountain Zebra National Park Safaris
- Whale-Watching Tours
- Private Game Reserve Tours
- Camdeboo National Park Safaris
- Plettenberg Bay Tours
- Airport or Hotel Transfers
AFRICAN SIGHTINGS ADVENTURE TEAM
Joel Manjoko
Head Guide – Owner
Accreditions & Qualifications
First Aid Level 1
FGASA Field Guide NQF2
Addo Elephant National Park Accredited Field Guide
SA Tourism Guide Accreditation
South African Professional Driving Permit
Joel Manjoko developed his love for adventure safari guiding whilst growing up in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe, where he chiselled his talent as a Safari & Mountain Guide and as an instructor for Outward Bound Zimbabwe. He moved to the Harare to further his career in the Hospitality Industry and qualified as a Hospitality Manager. The thrill for Adventure brought Joel and his family to Addo, South Africa, where he fell in love with the Addo Elephant National Park and the surrounding areas. Joel gained further experience working at a variety of Safari Lodging establishments while specialising in his Signature Safaris of the Addo Elephant Park. He has never lost sight of his main focus of growing his own unique safari brand offering truely personalised adventure & nature guided safaris and day tours throughout the Eastern Cape, the family relocated to Port Elizabeth and established African Sightings Adventure.
Joel has over 14 years’ experience and is one of the most friendly, honest and informative Safari Guides around, his clients love him and have only great things to say about his personality, passion and absolute love for Africa’s Wildlife and Tourism Industry. “Joel is a real gem of a tour guide, and you are guaranteed to enjoy his company on your `Day Trips and Safaris.”
Hakuna Matata – ‘Nothing is too much trouble’
Why you should choose African Sightings Adventure?
Why you should choose African Sightings Adventure?
ADDO ELEPHANT NATIONAL PARK
The original section of the Addo Elephant Park was founded in 1931, in order to provide a sanctuary for the eleven remaining elephants in the area. The park has proved to be very successful and currently houses more than 600 elephants and a large number of other indigenous mammals including the endangered black rhino, as well as the unique Addo flightless dung beetle, found almost exclusively in Addo.
The original park has been expanded to include the Woody Cape Nature Reserve that extends from the Sundays River mouth towards Alexandria and a marine reserve, which includes St. Croix Island and Bird Island, both breeding habitat for gannets and penguins, not to mention a large variety of other marine life. Bird Island is home to the world’s largest breeding colony of gannets – about 120,000 birds – and also hosts the second largest breeding colony of African penguins, the largest breeding colony being St. Croix island. These marine assets formed part of the expansion of the Addo National Elephant Park into the 3,600 km² Greater Addo Elephant National Park.
The expansion meant not only that the park contains five of South Africa’s seven major vegetation zones (biomes), but also that it is the only park in the world to house Africa’s “Big 7“ (elephant, rhinoceros, lion, buffalo, leopard, whale and great white shark) in their natural habitat.