3 or 4 Night 5* Luxury Rovos Rail, Victoria Falls

from R 44,849 p/p sharing

Valid for SADC Residents only.

Valid for selected set departures - Victoria Falls to Pretoria:

  • 3 Night option departures:  01 - 04 July 2025  //  15 - 18 July 2025  //  05 - 08 September 2025 (enquire for details)
  • 4 Night BONUS option departures:  15 - 19 June 2025  //  20 - 24 July 2025  //  27 - 31 July 2025

Recapture the romance and atmosphere of a bygone era as you step aboard the reconditioned wood-panelled coaches and enjoy fine cuisine in five-star luxury.

RAIL ITINERARY from VICTORIA FALLS TO PRETORIA:

DAY 1:  VICTORIA FALLS

  • Depart from Victoria Falls Station, Zimbabwe.  Guests may freshen up in their suites before joining fellow travellers in the lounge car or observation car at the rear of the train. Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Malindi.
  • Please ensure the Train Manager or Administration Deputy is in possession of your passport.

DAY 2:  HWANGE NATIONAL PARK

  • A continental breakfast is served in the dining cars until departure.
  • Enjoy a game drive at The Hide in Hwange National Park.
  • Lunch is served in the dining cars.
  • The train travels between Dete and Gwaai along one of the world's longest stretches of straight railway line 114 kilometres and passes Bulawayo: second city of Zimbabwe, capital of Matabeleland and industrial capital of the country.
  • Tea is served in the lounge and observation cars.
  • The train travels through baobab country.
  • Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to the border at Beitbridge.

DAY 3:  AT LEISURE ON BOARD BORDER: BEITBRIDGE, ZIMBABWE / MUSINA, SOUTH AFRICA

  • Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 10:00.
  • The train crosses the Limpopo River to Musina through, what Rudyard Kipling described in his 'Just So Stories' , "the Elephant's Child departs his family for the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever trees, to find out what the Crocodile has for dinner".
  • Lunch is served in the dining cars and the train crosses the Tropic of Capricorn.
  • Tea is served in the lounge and observation cars.
  • Travel through Warmbaths (Bela-Bela) so named for its mineral waters - and Nylstroom, christened by the Voortrekkers as the source of the Nile River as the town's river happened to be north flowing.  Pass the edge of the escarpment where the Highveld drops precipitously.
  • Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Pretoria.

DAY 4:  PRETORIA

  • Ensure that your luggage is ready for collection at 09:45 and that you have your passport.
  • Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 09:30.
  • Arrive and disembark at journeys end at Rovos Rail Station, Pretoria.
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Travel Period: 15 June 2025 - 31 July 2025

Sales Period: 19 May 2025 - 20 July 2025

Destination/s: SOUTHERN AFRICA, SOUTH AFRICA, Zimbabwe

Experience/s:

NATURE & WILDLIFE
RAIL JOURNEYS
Train / Rail
Rovos Rail

Package Includes

Recapture the romance and atmosphere of a bygone era....

Airfare

One way flight from Johannesburg to Victoria Falls

Transfers

Transfers as per inclusions

Meals

Meals as per inclusions

Accommodation

4 Nights accommodation as per inclusions

Guides

Game drive at The Hide in Hwange National Park

Itinerary
  1. Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
  2. Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
  3. Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

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