Elephant locations in South Africa

74 locations has kept elephants in South Africa

There is presently 173 (70,71) living elephants in locations in South Africa in this database

South Africa
Region:	South Africa is in this database included in africa
Wild elephants:	South Africa has about over 20 000 (2006)wild elephants. Source:
Location holdings:	74 locations has kept 265 elephants in South Africa (Database tables with collection of elephants further down on the page)
Elephants in locations	173 (70,71) living 92 (34,45) dead

Before 1981 South Africa had only elephants in KNP, Addo elephant park, Tembe elephant reserve in KwaZulu Natal and some migrating animals from Botswana and Zimbabwe.

The present (2006) wild elephant population is maybe more than 20 000 elephants;
* KNP had in 2005 abt 17 000 elephants (Outside KNP Limpopo area has 831 elephants)
* Swaziland 38
* KwaZulu Natal abt 1 000
* Eastern Cape abt 540
* Northwest 622
* Eastern Cape 6 elephants
* Addo elephant park more than 400 elephants.

South Africa has a legal export of 60 elephant trophies a year. The cost of shooting an elephant is about 20 000 US$, money which partly is financing protection against poaching.

The first elephant back safaris in SA was offered in 2002 by Randall Moore.

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan, Facts about elephants in South Africa. Elephant Encyclopedia, (2022) available online retrieved 2022-08-11 at https://www.elephant.se/country.php?name=South Africa.
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News about elephants in South Africa (From the sister site Elephant News)

Name	Elephant collection				Place
Addo Elephant Back Safaris (camp) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 3 present (3,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Zuurburg
Addo Elephant National Park (wild) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	2 deaths	Port Elizabeth Eastern Cape
Adventures With Elephants (camp) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 1 present (0,1)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Bela Bela Limpopo
African Game Services (Ricardo Giazza) (dealer) Kept totally 27 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	27 relocated	0 deaths	Brits (map)
Askari Game Lodge (Plumari Africa game lodge) (camp) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 2 present (2,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Magaliesburg (map)
Atherstone Nature Reserve (wild) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	1 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Dwaalboom (map) Limpopo
Balule Nature Reserve (wild) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 1 present (1,0)	0 births	0 relocated	2 deaths	Phalaborwa Limpopo Province
Bayete Zulu Game Lodge (camp) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 3 present (1,2)	1 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Durban, KwaZulu-Natal (map)
Bloemfontein Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 5 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	1 births	3 relocated	2 deaths	Bloemfontein
Boswell Circus (circus) Kept totally 10 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	9 deaths
Boswell-Wilkies Circus (circus) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	3 relocated	0 deaths	Randvaal, Gauteng
Botlierskop game reserve (camp) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 3 present (2,1)	1 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Brian Boswells Circus (circus) Kept totally 19 elephants	, 2 present (0,2)	0 births	15 relocated	2 deaths	Kwa-Zulu Natal (map)
Buffalo Kloof Private Game Reserve (wild) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 4 present (2,2)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Makhanda (map) Eastern Cape province
Camp Jabulani (camp) Kept totally 25 elephants	, 22 present (8,13)	3 births	0 relocated	3 deaths	Hoedsprueit (map)
Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary (orphanage) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Mpumalanga (map)
Dinokeng Game Reserve (wild) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Hammanskraal (map) Gauteng
Djuma Game Reserve (wild) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 1 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Sabi Sand Reserve
Ekland Safaris (private) Kept totally 5 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	5 relocated	0 deaths	(map) Northern Province northern Limpopo
Elephant Sanctuary Hazyview (camp) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	2 deaths	Hazyview
Elephant Whispers (camp) Kept totally 6 elephants	, 6 present (4,2)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Hazyview (map)Ehlanzeni District Mpumalanga
Elephants for Africa Forever (private) Kept totally 18 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	18 relocated	0 deaths	Mooketsi
Elephants of Eden (EOE) (camp) Kept totally 13 elephants	, 9 present (2,3)	1 births	4 relocated	0 deaths	Alexandra Eastern Cape
EOE rehab centre (sanctuary) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 1 present (1,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Fillis Circus (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Garden Route Game Lodge (private) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 4 present (1,1)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Albertinia, Western Cape Province
Glen Afric (Brooker farm) (private) Kept totally 5 elephants	, 3 present (0,3)	1 births	2 relocated	0 deaths	Hartbeespoort (map) North West Province
Gondwana Big Five Game Reserve (camp) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 1 present (0,1)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Mossel Bay Western Cape
Hammanskraal rehabilitation centre (orphanage) Kept totally 9 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	8 relocated	1 deaths	Hammanskraal
Hartbeespoort Elephant Sanctuary (Craig Saunders) (sanctuary) Kept totally 12 elephants	, 10 present (2,3)	0 births	2 relocated	0 deaths	Brits (map)
Inkwenkwezi Private Game Reserve (private) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 1 present (1,0)	0 births	3 relocated	0 deaths	Kwelera
Inverdoorn Game Reserve (sanctuary) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 2 present (2,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	(map)
Jejane Private Reserve (private) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 1 present (1,0)	1 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Hoedspruit (map)
Johannesburg Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 13 elephants	, 3 present (1,2)	5 births	2 relocated	8 deaths	Gauteng
Knysna Elephant Park (orphanage) Kept totally 30 elephants	, 18 present (7,11)	7 births	6 relocated	6 deaths	Knysna (map)
Knysna forest (wild) Kept totally 5 elephants	, 2 present (1,1)	0 births	2 relocated	1 deaths
Kruger National Park (wild) Kept totally 141 elephants	, 8 present (7,1)	155 births	132 relocated	1 deaths	Kruger National Park (map)
Kwa Madwala Private Game Reserve (camp) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 2 present (1,1)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Malelane (map) Mpumalanga
Kwantu Game Reserve (camp) Kept totally 6 elephants	, 5 present (1,4)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Grahamstown
Limpopo province (wild) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Polokwane (map) Limpopo province
Lowhills Reserve (private) Kept totally 14 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	8 births	8 relocated	6 deaths	Mpumalanga
Mabilingwe Game reserve (wild) Kept totally 6 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	6 relocated	0 deaths	Bela Bela, Limpopo
Marakele National Park (wild) Kept totally 14 elephants	, 13 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Waterberg mountain, Limpopo Province
Mitchell Park Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Durban (map)
Mpumalanga province (wild) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	2 births	2 relocated	0 deaths	(map) Mpumalanga province
Natal Zoo Lion Park (zoo) Kept totally 7 elephants	, 1 present (0,1)	0 births	0 relocated	6 deaths	Kwa-Zulu Natal (map)
Natal Zoological Gardens & Lion Park (zoo) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 3 present (0,3)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths
Orion Safari Lodge (Hugo Ras) (camp) Kept totally 11 elephants	, 7 present (1,3)	0 births	0 relocated	4 deaths	Rustenburg
P. J. Pretorius (dealer) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Nylstroom Transvaal
Pagels Circus (William Pagel) (circus) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths
Phinda Reserve (private) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 1 present (1,0)	0 births	2 relocated	0 deaths	KwaZulu-Natal province
Pilanesberg boma holding facility (camp) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	2 relocated	1 deaths	Pilanesberg
Pilanesberg Elephant Back Safaris (camp) Kept totally 6 elephants	, 6 present (5,1)	1 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Pilanesberg
Pilanesberg National Park (wild) Kept totally 32 elephants	, 9 present (7,2)	4 births	10 relocated	13 deaths	Sun City (map) North West Province
Pongola Game Reserve (wild) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 3 present (0,1)	2 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Kwa-Zulu Natal
Pretoria Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 6 elephants	, 1 present (1,0)	1 births	0 relocated	5 deaths	Pretoria (map)
Sabi Sands game reserve (wild) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	4 relocated	0 deaths
Samara Private Game Reserve (wild) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 3 present (2,1)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Graaff-Reinet (map)
Sanbona Wildlife Reserve (wild) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	1 births	1 relocated	0 deaths
Sandhurst Safari Lodge (private) Kept totally 11 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	4 births	11 relocated	0 deaths	Vryburg (map)
Selati Game Reserve (wild) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	1 births	2 relocated	0 deaths	Nelspruit (map) Limpopo province
Shambala Game Reserve (Douw Steyn) (private) Kept totally 7 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	1 births	7 relocated	0 deaths	Waterberg, Limpopo
Shamwari Private Game Reserve (orphanage) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 3 present (1,2)	1 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Port Elizabeth (map)
South Africa unspecified location (wild) Kept totally 7 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	18 births	6 relocated	1 deaths	(map)
Springs Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	2 deaths	Springs Gauteng
Tembe Elephant Park (wild) Kept totally 5 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	5 births	3 relocated	2 deaths	(map)
The Crags elephant sanctuary (private) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Plettenberg Bay
The Ranch Hotel (camp) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	2 relocated	0 deaths	Polokwane, Limpopo
Thula Thula Private Game Reserve (wild) Kept totally 6 elephants	, 5 present (1,3)	2 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Empangeni (map) KwaZulu-Natal province
Tshukudu Game Lodge (wild) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Hoedspruit
Tygerberg Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Cape Town Western Cape
Vereeniging Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	2 deaths	Vereeniging Gauteng
W H Wilkies Circus (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Aberdeen
Wildcare Africa Trust wildlife rehabilitation centre (orphanage) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Pretoria

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