#Rovos #Rail Captured on its way back from Cape Town going through Kimberley onto Pretoria
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DAY 1: CAPE TOWN 16:00
16:30
19:30
Depart from Cape Town Station. Trundle through the winelands of the Western Cape towards Worcester.
Tea in the lounge and observation cars.
Dinner is served in the dining cars. The train climbs ±750m up the face of the escarpment. Dress: Formal
Around midnight, the train arrives at the first of four tunnels on the pass. The last tunnel is 13.5km long so guests are
to be careful if walking through the train.
DAY 2: MATJIESFONTEIN 07:00
08:00
10:00
13:00
16:30
19:30
Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 10:00.
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.
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.
Lunch is served in the dining cars.
Tea in the lounge and observation cars.
Dinner is served in the dining cars. Overnight on board. Dress: Formal
DAY 3: KIMBERLEY 06:00
08:30
12:00
16:30
19:30
Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 08:30.
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.
Lunch is served in the dining cars. The train travels northeast towards the broad grassland plains of the Highveld.
Tea in the lounge and observation cars.
Dinner is served in the dining cars. Overnight on board. Dress: Formal
DAY 4: *#PRETORIA 07:00
10:00
Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 09:30.
*Disembark at Kookrus Station (±100km south of #Rovos Rail Station). An optional complimentary transfer (±90min)
from Kookrus Station to Rovos Rail Station in Pretoria is available.
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