Rovos Rail: Pretoria to Cape Town By World Journeys

A luxury rail journey

4 Days / 3 Nights from $5,000 Price Per Person

Sales from 16 May 2023 to 31 December 2026

**Day 1: Pretoria **
Guests are requested to check in a minimum of one hour before departure but those who wish to visit the museum or do a site tour at Rovos Rail Station are recommended to arrive two hours prior to departure. Depart Rovos Rail Station in Pretoria and travel across the goldfields of the Witwatersrand and the broad grassland plains of the Highveld. Join fellow travellers in the lounge or observation cars at the rear of the train before enjoying lunch in the dining cars. Later this afternoon experience tea in the lounge and observation cars. Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Klerksdorp

**Day 2: Kimberley **
Breakfast is served in the dining cars en route to Kimberley. After lunch enjoy a tour of Kimberley’s Diamond Mine Museum and the Big Hole. Dinner is served in the dining cars.

**Day 3: Matjiesfontein**
The train travels 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. After lunch there is a chance for guests to disembark the train at Whitehill Siding and walk the five km into Matjiesfontein, accompanied by a member of staff. Disembark in Matjiesfontein for an opportunity to stroll through the historic village. Perhaps visit the museum on the platform or the collection of historic cars and railway carriages to the right of the Lord Milner Hotel. About an hour after Matjiesfontein, the train arrives at the first of four tunnels on the pass with the first tunnel being 13.5 km long. Dinner is served in the dining cars as the train climbs 750 m down the escarpment to Worcester.

**Day 4: Cape Town**
Breakfast is served in the dining cars as the train travels through the Hex River Valley before arriving at journeys end at Cape Town station.

***Itinerary also operates in reverse**

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Inclusions

• • 3 nights’ accommodation onboard in your suite of choice
  • All meals (B, L, D) during your trip
  • Afternoon tea onboard most days
  • All beverages onboard unless otherwise mentioned
  • Shared guided excursions as per the itinerary
  • Entrance fees as per the itinerary
  • Room service and limited laundry onboard