Holiday Overview
Travel across the expanse of Southern Africa on one of the world’s great rail adventures, The Blue Train.
Begin this journey in Johannesburg before visiting the malaria free Big 5 Pilanesberg National Park, where you can enjoy 3 days of full board hospitality and wonderful game drives. Next up is the South African capital of Pretoria, the gateway city for the luxurious Blue Train, spend 2 nights aboard before arriving in Cape Town. Take some time to explore the sights and sounds of this wonderful city.
Start Johannesburg / End Cape Town
11 Days / 10 Nights
The Blue Train, Cape Town & Safari includes:
- International Flights
- 1 Night Accommodation Johannesburg
- 3 Nights Accommodation Pilansberg
- 1 Night Accommodation Pretoria
- 2 Nights Accommodation on The Blue Train
- 3 Nights Accommodation Cape Town
- Transfers Included (Car Hire Optional)
Day 1 - Johannesburg
Arrive in Johannesburg, transfer to your hotel and spend the rest of the day at leisure
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Peermont D'oreale Grande Hotel
Day 2 - Pilansberg National Park
Transfer to Pilansberg National Park. Your Safari stay is based on full board and game drives are included.
Featured accommodation
aha Ivory Tree Game Lodge
Day 3 - Pilansberg National Park
Ivory Tree Game Lodge is a bona fide safari adventure with a twist. The lodge finds itself in the middle of a crater of a long extinct volcano in the Pilanesberg Game Reserve. In this geological phenomenon you will find most of Southern Africa’s big game including the sought after Big 5, in a malaria free area. Experience Africa from Tswana and Zulu dancing, game drives and quad biking to the local village to taking part in wildlife research in what has been dubbed, a conservation safari. When your wanderlust has been sated, you will find a tranquil retreat at the lodge.
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aha Ivory Tree Game Lodge
Day 4 - Pilansberg National Park
Enjoy another day of game drives in the national park
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aha Ivory Tree Game Lodge
Day 5 - Pretoria
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Sheraton Pretoria Hotel
Day 6 - The Blue Train
Day 1 12H30 Register and check-in at the Pretoria station lounge. Guests enjoy pre-departure snacks and drinks. 13H15 Boarding commences. Butlers usher guests to their suites. Suite orientation done by butlers and boarding concludes at 13H45. 14H00 The Blue Train departs from Pretoria Station. 16H00 High tea is served in the non-smoking car lounge. 18H30 – 20H00 First sitting for dinner. 20H30 – 22H00 Second sitting for dinner. Guests enjoy post dinner drinks, cognacs and Cuban cigars in the club car before retiring to bed.
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The Blue Train
Day 7 - The Blue Train
Day 2 06H00 – 09H00 Breakfast is serves on a first-come-first serve basis. Off the train excursion (weather and time permitting). 09H30 The Blue Train arrives at Kimberley Station. Guests disembark and gather at the railway museum, from where they will be ushered to a bus, which transfers them to the Kimberley Open Mine Museum. 10H00 Guests arrive at the Open Mine Museum for a tour of the mine. Guests are first taken to view interesting and historical sites. Guests are also taken onto an enclosed ramp on the edge of the Big Hole. 12H30 Guests depart from the Open Mine Museum for Kimberley Station. At Kimberley Station, guests are greeted with a glass of sherry. The sherry glass engraved with the Blue Train logo is a memento for guests to keep. 13H00 The Blue Train departs Kimberley Station for the Southbound journey to Cape Town. After this exciting tour, guests are welcome to refresh themselves and enjoy aperitifs served at any of the lounges. 13H00 – 14H15 First sitting for lunch. 14H30 – 16H00 Second sitting for lunch. 16H30 High tea is serves in the non-smoking lounge car. 18H30 – 20H30 First sitting for dinner 20H30 – 22H00 Second sitting for dinner. Guests enjoy post dinner drinks, cognacs and Cuban cigars in the club car before retiring to bed.
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The Blue Train
Day 8 - The Blue Train arrives in Cape Town
Day 3 06H30 – 10H30 Breakfast is served on a first-come-first serve basis. 12H00 The Blue Train arrives at Cape Town station. Butlers usher guests to the Blue Train lounge.
Spend the rest of the day at leisure in Cape Town
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The Vineyard
Day 9 - Cape Town
Spend a full day of leisure exploring Cape Town at your own pace. Ask your consutant for information on the many day trips and excursions available.
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The Vineyard
Day 10 - Cape Town
Spend a full day of leisure exploring Cape Town at your own pace. Ask your consutant for information on the many day trips and excursions available.
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The Vineyard
Day 11 - Cape Town
Today your tour concludes in Cape Town
Peermont D'oreale Grande Hotel
Situated next to OR Tambo International airport, Emperors Palace is home to where royalty rest their heads and fortune favours the brave. Offering decadent accommodation in four unique hotels, a glorious health and beauty spa, a magnificent casino with unparalleled gaming enjoyment, the finest dining options, spectacular entertainment choices, world class conference facilities, and impeccable service,
aha Ivory Tree Game Lodge
aha Ivory Tree Game Lodge is situated within the Pilanesberg Game Reserve, one of the largest volcanic complexes of its kind in the world. The early presence of man can be seen in the numerous Stone and Iron Age sites that are scattered throughout the Park.
Sheraton Pretoria Hotel
The Sheraton Pretoria Hotel offers 175 luxurious, modern rooms and suites, all designed to guarantee maximum comfort and hospitality from the moment you arrive. The hotel includes a Health Club with gym and saunas, an outdoor swimming pool and massage rooms. The Magnolia Restaurant is open for all-day dining with sumptuous buffets at breakfast, lunch and dinner. As a light meal alternative, the ever-lively Tiffins Bar & Lounge caters for all tastes and serves an excellent afternoon tea. From the hotel's Union Terrace you have a splendid view over Pretoria's famous Union Buildings, the official seat of South Africa's government.
The Blue Train
As time meandered from the 19th Century towards the dawn of the new era, a dream was born. A dream of harnessing steam technology to link Africa’s vast south to north, around the awe-inspiring mountain ranges that dot the continent, through the apparently arid desert landscapes, over untamed savannah grasslands teeming with wildlife. From the Cape all the way to Cairo… all of this on parallel lines of tempered steel.
The Vineyard
Over the past two centuries, The Vineyard has proudly evolved into one of the most environmentally-friendly, progressive hotels in Cape Town.
Taking the lead from the original owner, we have developed and adapted into the progressive hotel that you see before you today.
The eight-acre property home to a diverse range of fauna and flora is as innovative and groundbreaking as it was when the original house was built in February 1800. You can see the remnants of the first English style house to be built in the area, gracefully merging with the contemporary interior styling and luxury features expected from a modern hotel.
While time and progress took its toll on the vines at The Vineyard, it was replanted in 2008 to mark the 350th anniversary of winemaking in the Cape. Enquire about a guided garden tour.
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