From its home at Capital Park, Pretoria, Rovos Rail invites you on a journey of discovery through some of the most historic and scenic areas of Southern Africa. For seven days and six nights, the train will carry you in world-class style and comfort from the savannahs of the Highveld to the Atlantic Ocean, reuniting by rail the republics of South Africa and Namibia, formerly South West Africa.
The 3 400-km journey takes the Pride of Africa from Pretoria to Kimberley, centre of one of the world’s most famous diamond rushes, where there’s an opportunity to visit the Big Hole and experience the atmosphere of the 1870’s.
Then it’s on through stark vistas of the arid Northern Cape into Namibia at Ariamsvlei. There is an excursion to the spectacular Fish River Canyon – second in size and splendour to the Grand Canyon – and then across the Kalahari Desert to Windhoek, a lively, cosmopolitan city with a strong German flavour. After a city tour and an afternoon game drive the train continues overnight to Tsumeb and the game rich Etosha National Park. A night is spent in the Mokuti Game Lodge on the eastern edge of the Park and the journey continues on to Swakopmund, a perfectly preserved 19th-Century German Hansa town set between the dunes of the Namib desert and the roaring Atlantic Ocean. It is an unforgettable end to a remarkable journey.
Pretoria to Swakopmund
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04 - 10 May 2011
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02 - 08 May 2012
Day 1
15h00: Depart Pretoria from Rovos Rail’s private Capital Park station.
Day 2
09h45: Arrive in Kimberley. Tour of the Mine and Diamond Museum.
12h30: Depart Kimberley.
Day 3
10h45: Arrive at Holoog Siding. Visit to the Fish River Canyon with lunch at Canyon Lodge.
Day 4
10h00: Arrive at Windhoek Station. Museum visit and
18h00: Windhoek City Tour. Lunch at Okapuka Ranch with an afternoon game drive. Depart Okapuka.
Day 5
10h40: Arrive in Tsumeb. Transfer to Mokuti Lodge for lunch, game drive and overnight.
Day 6
13h00: Early morning game-drive into the Etosha Pan. Depart from Tsumeb.
Day 7
12h00: Arrive in Swakopmund
Swakopmund to Pretoria
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11 - 17 May 2011
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09 - 15 May 2012
Day 1
12h00: Depart Swakopmund.
Day 2
10h40: Arrive in Tsumeb. Transfer to Mokuti Lodge for game drive and overnight.
Day 3
13h00: Morning game-drive into the Etosha Pan. Depart from Tsumeb.
Day 4
10h00: Arrive in Windhoek. Windhoek City Tour. Lunch at Okapuka Ranch with an afternoon game drive.
18h00: Station Museum visit. Depart Windhoek.
Day 5
09h00: Arrive at Holoog Siding. Visit to the Fish River Canyon.
Day 6
14h30: Arrive in Kimberley. Tour of the Mine and Diamond Museum.
16h00: Depart Kimberley.
Day 7
12h00: Arrive at Rovos Rail’s private Capital Park station in Pretoria
