07:00 Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 10:00. Travel through the
Karoo, a vast semi-desert region that was
once an enormous inland sea. Over millions of years, volcanic matter was ground down and deposited as silt
upon the seabed to form what geologists call the Karoo system.
12:30 Lunch is served in the dining cars.
Enjoy a tour of
Kimberley’s Diamond Mine Museum and the
Big Hole. Capital of the Northern Cape,
Kimberley is well known for the discovery of diamonds that led to its establishment in 1871.
16:30 Tea is served in the lounge and observation cars.
19:30 Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Klerksdorp. Overnight on board.
Dress: Formal
07:00 Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 10:00. Travel northeast through the goldfields of the Witwatersrand.
13:00 Lunch is served in the dining cars.
17:00 The train arrives at journey’s end at Rovos Rail Station, Pretoria.