Elephant locations in South Africa

79 locations has kept elephants in South Africa

There is presently 176 (70,74) 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: 79 locations has kept 276 elephants in South Africa

(Database tables with collection of elephants further down on the page)
Elephants in locations176 (70,74) living 100 (42,45) 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, (2025) available online retrieved 2025-03-29 at https://www.elephant.se/country.php?name=South Africa.
(archived at the Wayback machine)

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