Port Elizabeth Adventures

Port Elizabeth is a great little city built around the beautiful Algoa Bay, part of which falls under the Greater Addo Elephant National Park. The bay is gorgeous from every aspect so, with its fantastic beaches, interesting harbour and unusual offshore islands it’s a great place to do a scenic boat trip.

There are also great museums and all the usual urban pleasures but it’s the areas surrounding PE that offer the best adventures. Towards the eastern end of the bay is the mouth of the Sundays River and, a little way upstream where the N2 crosses the river, is the beginning of a great self-guided overnight canoe trail.

Still further inland is the central part of the Addo National Park and Addo Elephant-Back Safaris, where you can ride an elephant. To the west is the beautiful Van Stadens Wildflower Reserve that, as well as offering great hikes and wonderful flowers is an excellent paragliding launch site – one of many in this hilly and windy area.