Please check-in a minimum of one hour before departure.

Should you wish to visit our museum or do a site tour at Rovos Rail Station, we suggest arriving two hours prior to departure.

11:00 Depart Rovos Rail Station, Pretoria.

Travel across the goldfields of the Witwatersrand and the broad grassland plains of the Highveld. Guests may freshen up in their suites before joining fellow travellers in the lounge and observation cars.

13:00 Lunch is served in the dining cars.

16:30 Tea in the lounge and observation cars.

19:30 Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Klerksdorp.

Overnight on board.

Dress: Formal

07:00 Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 10:00 en route to Kimberley.

12.30 Lunch is served in the dining cars.

Enjoy a tour of Kimberley’s Diamond Mine Museum and the Big Hole.

Capital of the Northern Cape, Kimberley is well known for the discovery of diamonds that led to its establishment in 1871.

19:30 Dinner is served in the dining cars. Overnight on board.

Dress: Formal

07:00 Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 10:00.

The train travels through the Karoo, a vast semi-desert region that was once an enormous inland sea. Over millions of years, volcanic matter was ground down and deposited as silt upon the seabed to form what geologists call the Karoo system.

13:00 Lunch is served in the dining cars. After lunch, there is a chance for guests to disembark the train at Whitehill Siding and walk the 5km into Matjiesfontein. A member of staff will accompany the group.

Disembark at Matjiesfontein for an opportunity to stroll through the historic village. Of special interest is the museum on the platform and a collection of historic cars and railway carriages to the right of the Lord Milner Hotel.
16:30 Tea in the lounge and observation cars.

About an hour after Matjiesfontein, the train arrives at the first of four tunnels on the pass. The first tunnel is 13.5km long so guests are to be careful when walking through the train and may wish to turn on necessary lights.

19:30 Dinner is served as the train climbs ±750m down the escarpment towards Worcester.

Dress: Formal

07:00 Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 09:30.

The train travels through the Hex River Valley.

10:00 Arrive at journey’s end at Cape Town Station.

Accommodation; all meals; all beverages; room service; limited laundry; excursions with a qualified guide (where applicable); entrance fees as per itinerary; government tax.

International sparkling wine; gratuities; personal expenses; visas; travel insurance; pre- and post-tour transfers, accommodation and flights.

Breakfast 07:00-10:00 • Lunch 13:00 • Tea 16:30 • Dinner 19:30.

Please check-in a minimum of one hour before departure. During the Covid-19 pandemic, we request check-in two hours before departure. Should you wish to visit our museum or do a site tour at Rovos Rail Station in Pretoria, we suggest arriving two hours prior to departure. If Pretoria is your arrival point, we suggest delaying your pick-up so you can enjoy the site tour. Passports are required at check- in. No vouchers are required. Luggage will be tagged and placed in your suite on board the train where you will find a full itinerary pack.

PRETORIA: Rovos Rail Station, 1 Transnet Avenue, Capital Park, Pretoria, South Africa