ROVOS RAIL (Pretoria- Victoria Falls) 1400km

From

$5964.00

Duration

6 days

Tour Type

Overview

DATES:  25. October. 2023  21. January. 2024    03. March. 2024

  1. November. 2023 04. February. 2024    10. March. 2024
  2. November. 2023 11. February. 2024     17. March. 2024
  3. December. 2023 18. February. 2024     24. March. 2024

TO BE BOOKED BY: 180 days prior travelling date

PRICE FROM: USD5964 pp.

NB: If you arrive a day earlier kindly liaise with our reservations office to book accommodation for you. Please check in at the Train station in Pretoria an hour before departure. Please ensure you have a minimum ofUS$200 in cash with you for cross boarder visas.

CANCELLATION POLICY: 180-61 days prior arrival 20% fee is chargeable. 60 days prior arrival 100% cancellation fee is applicable

DRESSCODE – Days on board are smart casual: Neat, conventional yet relatively informal in style combining casual and formal clothing pieces.- Evening attire is more formal: For gentlemen a jacket and tie is a minimum requirement while for ladies we suggest cocktail/evening dresses or suits. On long    journeys we enjoy themed evenings where guests can dress up accordingly or opt for smart casual:

Included/Exclude

  • Breakfast, lunch, dinner and drinks,
  • room service
  • laundry
  • excursions with a guide and entrance fees as per itinerary.
  • Pre and Post Transfers
  • International Premium Drinks
  • Victoria Falls entry and Park fees
  • International Flights
  • Visa
  • Medical and Travel Insurance
  • Transfers to Pretoria.

Tour Plan

DAY 1: PRETORIA

18:00 Depart Rovos Rail Station, Pretoria. Guests may freshen up in their suites before joining fellow travelers in the lounge car or observation car at the rear of the train. Travel through Warm baths(Bela-Bela) –so named for its mineral waters–and Nylstroom (Modimolle), christened by the Voortrekkers as the source of the Nile River as the town’s river happened to be north flowing. Pass the edge of the escarpment where the Highveld drops precipitously.

20:00 Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Polokwane. Dress: Formal

Please ensure the Train Manager or Administration Deputy is in possession of your passport.

DAY 2: AT LEISUREON BOARD BORDER: MUSINA, SOUTH AFRICA/BEITBRIDGE, ZIMBABWE

07:00 Breakfast is served in the dining cars. The train crosses the Tropic of Capricorn en route to Louis Trichardt.

13:00 Lunch is served in the dining cars. Border formalities with South Africa.

16:30 Tea in the lounge and observation cars.

The train crosses the Limpopo River en route to Beit-Bridge for border formalities with Zimbabwe. In Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories, the ‘Elephant’s Child’ departs his family for the “great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees, to find out what the Crocodile has for dinner.” 19:30 Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Gwanda. Dress: Formal

DAY 3: MATOBO NATIONAL PARK

06:00 Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 09:00.The train travels baobab country and ascends to Bulawayo: second city of Zimbabwe, capital of Matabeleland and industrial capital of the country.

12:00 Lunch is served in the dining cars.

13:30 Transfer (±45 min) to Matobo National Park for a game drive. Visit bushmen caves and the grave of Cecil John Rhodes. Depart for Sawmills.

19:30 Dinner is served in the dining cars. Dress: Formal

DAY 4: HWANGE NATIONAL PARK

07:00 Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 10:00.The train travels between Gwaai and Dete along one of the world’s longest stretches of straight railway line –114 kilometers –and along the eastern edge of Hwange Park.

13:00 Lunch is served in the dining cars.

15:00 Enjoy a game drive in Hwange National Park, the nation’s largest wildlife area at 1 462000ha.

19:30 Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Thompsons Junction. Dress: Formal

DAY 5: VICTORIA FALLS

Please ensure your luggage is ready for collection 15 minutes before departing and that you have your passport.

07:00 Breakfast until 09:30. The observation car will be leading the train –a different aspect that our rail enthusiasts enjoy.

10:00 Arrive at journey’s end at the incomparable Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. A driver will meet you and take you to the hotel. You will have a day at leisure. Dinner will be at the BOMA times will be advised upon your check in.

Optional at an Extra Cost: A day at Victoria Falls. A driver can meet you with a picnic lunch and transfer you to the falls, and later be transferred to the lodge for check in. Dinner will be at the BOMA, times to be advised upon your check in.

DAY 6: After your breakfast you will be transferred to the airport for your onward travels.

The trip ends here, Totsiens L

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