Experience
Luxury Rail Journeys
About this experience
What to expect.
Incorporating a great train journey into your travel itinerary adds a unique perspective to your vacation. With some of the best-escorted rail tours in the world, traveling by train in Southern Africa has become a firm favorite in recent years. Rail passage to game reserves, through Winelands, to historic sites and across the wide-open countryside of the Karoo region, creates an extraordinary travel experience.
Itineraries
Safaris built around luxury rail.
Real, ready-to-tailor journeys our specialists have built for guests with this kind of trip in mind.
Most requested
- 12 days
- Namibia, South Africa
- 2 lodges
- All-inclusive
12-Day Rovos Rail Namibia to South Africa Safari
- 9 nights aboard Rovos Rail from Walvis Bay to Pretoria
- 1 night at Etosha Lodge with afternoon and morning game drives
- Visit to the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Otjiwarongo
- 1 night in Sossusvlei with desert drive, bush dinner and Deadvlei
- Walking the ghost town of Kolmanskop and colonial Lüderitz
- Fish River Canyon, Orange River cruise and Kimberley's Big Hole
Per person, complete package, from
ZAR 215,000
Most requested
- 12 days
- South Africa
- 1 lodge
- All-inclusive
12-Day Rovos Rail Pretoria to Victoria Falls Safari
- 11 nights aboard Rovos Rail from Pretoria to Victoria Falls
- Panorama Route stop at God's Window and Blyde River Canyon
- Full-day Kruger game drive and a Kapama Reserve game drive
- Cultural visits to Maputo, eSwatini's Mantenga Village and Great Zimbabwe
- Matobo National Park tour and game viewing in Hwange
- Victoria Falls walking tour and sunset cruise on the Zambezi
Per person, complete package, from
ZAR 165,000
Most requested
- 4 days
- South Africa
- All-inclusive
4 Day Rovos Rail Pretoria to Cape Town
- 3 nights aboard Rovos Rail from Pretoria to Cape Town
- Tour of Kimberley's Diamond Mine Museum and the Big Hole
- Stop at the Victorian village of Matjiesfontein in the Karoo
- Scenic passage through the Hex River Valley into Cape Town
- All meals, beverages and excursions included on board
Per person, complete package, from
ZAR 45,000
- 4 days
- South Africa, Zimbabwe
- 1 lodge
- All-inclusive
4 Day Victoria Falls Rovos Rail Journey
- 3 nights aboard Rovos Rail in a 5-star Pullman Suite
- Departs Pretoria, travelling north through Warmbaths and across the Limpopo
- 114 km along one of Africa's longest straight stretches of railway
- Game drive at The Hide in Hwange National Park
- Disembark at Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River
- All meals and beverages included, French Champagne excepted
- Luxury
- Honeymoon
Per person, complete package, from
ZAR 57,600
- 7 days
- South Africa
- All-inclusive
7 Day Cape Town to Durban Rovos Rail
- 5 nights aboard Rovos Rail's Pride of Africa, Cape Town to Durban
- 1 night at the 5-star Sheraton Hotel in Pretoria with city tour
- Stops at Victorian-era Matjiesfontein and Kimberley's Big Hole
- Big Five game drive in the 20,000-acre Nambiti Conservancy
- Visit to Ardmore Ceramics in the Drakensberg foothills
- Scenic travel through the Cape Winelands, Karoo and Valley of a Thousand Hills
- Luxury
Per person, complete package, from
ZAR 81,600
- 7 days
- All-inclusive
7-Day Cape Town to the Coast: Luxury Train & Beach Escape
- 3 nights aboard Rovos Rail in a Pullman Suite from Pretoria to Cape Town
- Guided tour of Kimberley's Big Hole and Diamond Mine Museum
- Stop at Matjiesfontein, a preserved Victorian railway village in the Karoo
- 3 nights at St James Manor, a seaside guesthouse on the Cape Peninsula
- Day exploring Kalk Bay harbour, galleries and fresh seafood restaurants
- All meals and beverages on board, plus airport and station transfers
Per person, complete package, from
ZAR 57,200
Imagery
Luxury Rail Journeys, in pictures.
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