Rovos Rail

8 September 2022Scheduled Tour

Rovos Rail – Pretoria – Durban

This short Rovos rail safari between Pretoria and Durban departs during the summer months and includes game drives, a battlefield tale with a world-class historian and a look at unusual African ceramics.

Day 1

Day 1 - On train Rovos Rail
Type: Train Fully Inclusive - Bed, All Meals, Fees and Activities

1000 AM // Depart Rovos Rail Station, Pretoria. Travel southeast across the Highveld and the goldfields of the Witwatersrand towards Heidelberg, site of the first Rand gold strike, and Balfour, a small mining town in Mpumalanga. Guests may freshen up in their suites before joining fellow travellers in the lounge car and observation car.
100 PM // Lunch 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.
430 PM // Tea is served in the lounge and observation cars.The train climbs to Majuba Hill–site of the decisive battle that ended the First Anglo Boer War –then passes Newcastle, which has what is reputed to be the largest cella-dome Hindu temple in the southern hemisphere.
730 PM // Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Elandslaagte. Pass Glencoe, site of the first battle of the Anglo Boer War and now the centre of the province’s coalfields.

Day 2

Day 2 - Northern Drakensberg
Rovos Rail
Type: Train Northern Drakensberg
Fully Inclusive - Bed, All Meals, Fees and Activities

545 AM // Breakfast is served in the dining cars until departure. 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.
1100 AM // Brunch is served in the dining cars. Transfer to Spionkop Lodge for the afternoon. A choice of two excursions is available: Hear the historic tale of the Battle of Spionkop or enjoy a game drive in the 11 000-acre reserve.
730 PM // Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Estcourt. Shortly after Chieveley, on the right 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 3

Departure Day
B&B: Bed and Breakfast

700 AM // Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 10:00. The train descends the escarpment to Lions River. Visit the famous Ardmore Ceramics Gallery. Here artists are encouraged to express their imagination based on nature and Zulu folklore and tradition.
100 PM // Lunch is served in the dining cars. The train traverses the spectacular Valley of a Thousand Hills.
400 PM // Arrive at journey’s end at 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.

Start Date	End Date	Pullman Sharing	Deluxe Sharing	Royal Sharing
08 Sep 2023	10 Sep 2023	28,700	42,800	58,000
13 Oct 2023	15 Oct 2023	31,200	46,500	63,000
17 Nov 2023	19 Nov 2023	31,200	46,500	63,000
19 Jan 2024	21 Jan 2024	31,200	46,500	63,000
09 Feb 2024	11 Feb 2024	31,200	46,500	63,000
22 Mar 2024	24 Mar 2024	31,200	46,500	63,000
12 Apr 2024	14 Apr 2024	31,200	46,500	63,000
06 Sep 2024	08 Sep 2024	31,200	46,500	63,000

Single Supplement on all suites is 50%.

Included / Not Included

Accommodation, all meals, all alcoholic and other beverages, 24 hour full room service and bar facilities, limited laundry service, guided excursions (where applicable), entrance fees as per itinerary.

Transfers, gratuities, French Champagne, souvenirs, insurance & items of a personal nature.

Prices are based on current exchange rates. The selling currency may be different from the one displayed.

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