Exclusive Luxury Tailor-made Train Trips
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Experience South Africa in style; take the train. There are some excellent companies offering the most exclusive luxury tailor-made train trips. You can relax in a 5 star environment, eat only gourmet meals, and indulge in the finest wines whilst watching the breathtaking landscape roll by.
Orient-Express Safaris promises to deliver a unique travel experience in and around South Africa. They have varied packages tailor-made to your individual needs. Whether you decide to stay at one of their five luxury Southern African safari camps and hotels, or travel to other areas within this magnificent region, they offer a professional service to help you plan the trip of a lifetime.
One of their trips include a stayover at Cape Town’s legendary Mount Nelson Hotel and Johannesburg’s stylish Westcliff Hotel, with South Africa’s premier rail experience, The Blue Train, and the magnificent nature-lovers paradise, Grootbos Private Nature Reserve.
Rovos Rail has built a reputation as one of the most luxurious trains in the world today.
Step aboard the wood panelled coaches - classics remodelled and refurbished to mint condition - and enjoy fine cuisine in five-star luxury as some of the most beautiful scenery unfolds beyond the windows. You can recapture the romance and atmosphere of a bygone era, when privileged travellers experienced magical Africa in a relaxed and elegant fashion.
The rebuilt sleeper coaches contain the most spacious train suites in the world, offering every modern convenience and comfort; the epitome of luxury, with handsome wood panelling and period Edwardian features. The use of traditional furnishings and period décor ensure an atmosphere of elegance and grandeur in the Dining, Lounge and Observation cars.Rovos Rail offers a variety of different tours all across Southern Africa such as their scenic Garden Route tour. It is a 550-kilometre, 24-hour, trip that runs between Cape Town and George during the summer months.
During stopovers you can enjoy wine and brandy tastings at some of the finest wine farms as well as the KWV Brandy distillery.
Another 48-hour journey travels between Pretoria and Cape Town. This 1600-kilometre journey is a perfect illustration of South Africa as a world in one country. You will travel from the grasslands of the gold rich Highveld to the haunting barrenness of the Great Karoo and trundle through the spectacular mountain ranges and scenic winelands of the Cape.
If you have more time on your hands you can venture all the way into Namibia, Zimbabwe and even Dar Es Salaam.
