5* Luxury Rovos Rail - Durban Package (3 Nights)
The Experience
3 Nights' on-board the 5* Rovos Rail in a Pullman Suite from Durban to Pretoria All meals (Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks and Dinners), selected alcoholic and non - alcoholic beverages on board the train Off train excursion, Laundry and pressing facility on board Oneway Transfer from Train Station to The Maslow Time Square 1 Night accommodation at the 4* The Maslow Time Square in the Foundation Room Breakfast Daily Oneway Transfer from The Maslow Time Square to Airport One way SAA flight including airline levies from Johannesburg - Durban
Valid for Set Departure ONLY DUR TO PTA JOURNEY: 02-04 Aug 25 15- 17 Nov 25
Rovos Rail Durban to Pretoria Itinerary:
DAY 1: ARDMORE CERAMICS Depart 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. The train traverses the spectacular Valley of a Thousand Hills. Guests may freshen up in their suites before joining fellow travellers in the lounge car and observation car. Lunch is served in the dining cars. Visit the famous Ardmore Ceramics Gallery. Here, artists are encouraged to express their imagination based on nature and Zulu folklore and tradition. Dinner is served in the dining cars en-route to Ladysmith. Shortly after Frere, on the left 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 2: SPIONKOP& NAMBITI Breakfast is served in the dining cars until departure. Transfer (30 min) to Spionkop Lodge for the morning. A choice of two excursions is available: 1. Hear the historic tale of the Battle of Spionkop OR 2. Enjoy a game drive in the 11 000-acre reserve. 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 back, hence the name Dragon Mountain or Drakensberg in Afrikaans. 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. Dinner is served in the dining cars en-route to Vooruitsig. Dress: Formal Pass Glencoe site of the first battle of the Anglo Boer War and now the centre of the province's coalfields then Newcastle, which has what is reputed to be the largest cella dome Hindu temple in the southern hemisphere. From here the train descends from Majuba Hill, site of the decisive battle that ended the First Anglo Boer War.
DAY 3: PRETORIA Breakfast is served until 10:00. Travel northwest across and the goldfields of the Witwatersrand and the Highveld towards Balfour, a small mining town in Mpumalanga, and Heidelberg, site of the first Rand gold strike. Lunch is served in the dining cars. Arrive at journey's end at Rovos Rail Station, Pretoria
What's Excluded
All Items of a personal nature. Meals not mentioned.
Specific Terms
Valid for SADC Residents Only. Set Departure only: 02-04 Aug 25 15- 17 Nov 25
Prices are from a starting price per person sharing, subject to change, airfare increase and availability. Advance purchase, peak season surcharges, block out periods and minimum stay conditions may apply. Group rates available on request. Thompsons Standard Terms and Conditions may apply. E & OE.
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