Experience 2 nights onboard the most luxurious train in the world - 5 star Rovos Rail.
Includes
2 nights accommodation in a pullman suite
All meals
All beverages onboard
Room service
Limited laundry
Guided excursions (where applicable)
Entrance fees as per itinerary
Golf green fees, carts and halfway house meals, water and tea/coffee
Onboard historian (Dar, Lobito + Trilogy)
Onboard doctor (Dar + Lobito)
Govt tax
Excludes
All off-train beverages
International sparkling wine
Gratuities
Personal expenses
Visas
Travel insurance
Pre and post-tour transfers, accommodation and flights
Highlights
2 Nights' on-board the 5 star Rovos Rail
Three meals daily and all alcoholic and other beverages
Excursions accompanied by a qualified tour guide
Entrance fees as per itinerary
24-hour full room service and bar facilities
Limited laundry service
Government tax
Itinerary
Day 1: ARDMORE CERAMICS
10:00 Depart Durban Station. A number of museums and cultural sights, the beautiful botanical gardens and the
superb shark-protected beaches are but a few of the city’s many charms. The train traverses the spectacular
Valley of a Thousand Hills. Guests may freshen up in their suites before joining fellow travellers in the lounge
car and observation car.
13:00
Lunch is served in the dining cars.
Visit the famous Ardmore Ceramics Gallery. Here, artists are encouraged to express their imagination based
on nature and Zulu folklore and tradition.
19:30 Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Ladysmith. Dress: Formal
Shortly after Frere, on the left of the track, stands a memorial to Winston Churchill who was captured here in
November 1899 while trying to free an armoured train trapped by a Boer ambush.
Day 2: SPIONKOP & NAMBITI
06:30 Breakfast is served in the dining cars until departure.
Transfer (±30 min) to Spionkop Lodge for the morning. A choice of two excursions is available:
1. Hear the historic tale of the Battle of Spionkop while overlooking the reserve OR
2. Enjoy a nature drive in the 11 000-acre reserve.
13:00Lunch is served in the dining cars. The Drakensberg Mountains were first named by the Voortrekkers who
thought the unbroken chain of heavily weathered peaks reminded them of the spines on a dragon’s back, hence
the name ‘Dragon Mountain’ or Drakensberg in Afrikaans.
Enjoy a game drive in the Nambiti Reserve, a private Big Five bush retreat set on 20 000 acres of malaria-free
bushveld with incredible biodiversity including savannah, grasslands, thornveld and tall acacia trees.
19:30 Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Vooruitsig. Dress: Formal
Pass Glencoe – site of the first battle of the Anglo Boer War and now the centre of the province’s coalfields – then
Newcastle, which has what is reputed to be the largest cella-dome Hindu temple in the southern hemisphere.
From here the train descends from Majuba Hill, site of the decisive battle that ended the First Anglo Boer War.
Day 3: PRETORIA
07:00 Breakfast is served until 10:00. Travel northwest across and the goldfields of the Witwatersrand and the Highveld
towards Balfour, a small mining town in Mpumalanga, and Heidelberg, site of the first Rand gold strike.
13:00 Lunch is served in the dining cars.
16:00 Arrive at journey’s end at Rovos Rail Station, Pretoria
Terms & conditions
Prices are per person twin share, include discounts, and are subject to availability and rate of exchange changes. Offers above are a guide only and will vary depending on departure date, our guide price is based on the cheapest departure within the stipulated season and availability is correct at time of loading. Visas may be necessary and insurance is essential. Pentravel and Tour Operator terms and conditions apply, and may be found on our website. Offer can be removed at any time. Valid for SADC Residents only. Pricing varies pending departure date. These packages are based on CASH price. E&OE.
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