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Cape
to Cairo
A
deluxe 28-day tour
by private train, plane and boat
January 8-February 4, 2010 (Cape to Cairo)
January 26-February 22, 2010 (Cairo to Cape)
28 days • 3 luxurious modes of transportation • 8
countries
We invite you to participate in an exclusive five-star Cape to Cairo sojourn. A comfortable aircraft and dedicated
professional crew will accompany you on a superb and exciting adventure which includes excursions and overnight stays at some of
Africa’s most exotic venues. This unique fully inclusive tour will accommodate passengers in the security, comfort and style expected
of Rovos Rail.
Cape to Cairo itinerary:
 Day 1:
Arrive Cape Town International Airport and meet your transfer to Cape Grace Hotel on V & A Waterfront.
Welcome dinner and overnight in the hotel.
Day 2:
Depart for Groot Constantia for wine tasting and a visit to Table Mountain (weather permitting). Enjoy lunch en
route. Dinner at your own leisure and overnight at Cape Grace Hotel.
Day 3:
Depart for full day tour of Cape Peninsula (including Fish Hoek, Simonstown, Cape Point, Chapman’s Peak
Drive, Hout Bay and Kirstenbosch). Light lunch en route. Dinner at your own leisure and overnight at hotel.
 Day 4:
Transfer to Rovos Rail’s private lounge at Cape Town station. Depart Cape Town Station on Rovos Rail’s journey to Pretoria (Deluxe Suite accommodation; upgrade available). Arrive Matjiesfontein in time to explore this Victorian village before dinner and overnight on the train.
Day 5:
Arrive Kimberley. Visit to the Big Hole & Diamond Museum with historic tram ride.
Depart Kimberley. Dinner and overnight on the train.
Day 6:
Train arrives at Rovos Rail’s private station in Capital Park, Pretoria. Tour of Rovos Rail depot followed by lunch.
Afternoon Pretoria city tour. Dinner & overnight Sheraton Hotel in Pretoria.
 Day 7:
Transfer to Rovos Rail’s private station.
Rovos Rail’s Pride of Africa departs for Victoria Falls. Dinner and overnight on train.
Day 8:
Lunch, dinner and overnight on the train.
Day 9:
Arrive Victoria Falls. Transfer from Station to the Victoria Falls Hotel. Dinner and overnight at the Hotel.
 Day 10:
Day at leisure. An activities desk is provided in the foyer of the hotel. Optional helicopter rides, river rafting,
bungee jumping, craft village, guided tours of Falls.
Sunset Cruise on the Zambezi River.
Dinner at The Boma. Overnight at Victoria Falls Hotel.
Day 11:
After breakfast transfer to the airport for a 3 hour flight to Zanzibar. Transfer to Zanzibar Serena Hotel. Lunch served at the hotel.
Stone Town tour. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day 12:
After breakfast Island Spice Tour with lunch en route. Transfer to airport for 40 minute flight to Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Board vehicles for 2 ½ hour drive via Lake Manyara to Ngorongoro Farmhouse.
Dinner and overnight at lodge.
Day 13:
After breakfast, game drive excursion with picnic lunch on floor of crater. Dinner and overnight at lodge.
 Day 14:
After breakfast, transfer to Serengeti mobile tented camp in Ndutu area. Dinner and overnight at the camp.
Day 15:
Breakfast in camp. Morning & afternoon game drives in the Serengeti. Lunch, dinner and overnight at the camp.
Day 16:
Transfer to airstrip for domestic flight to Kilimanjaro airport. After immigration and customs formalities we depart for 1 hour flight to Entebbe, Uganda. On arrival in Entebbe the passengers will be split into two groups. Group 1 will visit the chimpanzees on Ngamba
Island & Group 2 will enjoy an excursion to Jinja, source of the Nile.
Dinner & overnight at the Imperial Resort Beach Hotel.
Optional: 2 night gorilla tracking experience available in Rwanda / Uganda. (Rate & availability on request).
Day 17:
The two groups of passengers exchange excursions today with Group 2 visiting the chimpanzees on Ngamba Island & Group 1 enjoying the excursion to Jinja, source of the Nile.
Dinner & overnight at the hotel.
Day 18:
After breakfast transfer to Entebbe Airport for 2 ½ hour flight to Khartoum, Sudan. Transfer to the Burj Al Fateh Hotel for lunch. Afternoon visit to Omdurman Old Quarter & Market place. Dinner & overnight at hotel.
Day 19:
After breakfast enjoy a day tour to Meroe with lunch en route.
Dinner & overnight at hotel.
Day 20:
Transfer to Khartoum airport for 1 hour 10 minute flight to Abu Simbel, Egypt. Board Kasr Ibrim for your Lake Nasser cruise. Lunch on board with visits to Abu Simbel Temples.
Dinner & overnight on board.
Day 21:
Breakfast is served while sailing to Kasr Ibrim. Tour conducted from the ship’s sun deck as entrance to the site is
not permitted. Lunch while sailing to Amada. Visit the temples of Amada and Derr as well as the tomb of
Penout. Afternoon sail to Wadi El Seboua.
Dinner & overnight on board.
 Day 22:
Morning visit to Wadi El Seboua, the temples of Dakka and Maharakka. Lunch on board.
Sail to Aswan while dining. Overnight on board.
Day 23:
Visit the Kalabsha temple, Beit El Wali and the Kiosk of Kertassi. Disembark after breakfast and transfer by road to Luxor with lunch en route.
Dinner & overnight at the Hilton Luxor Resort & Spa.
Day 24:
Full day in Luxor with visits to the East Bank of Luxor: Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple; West Bank of Luxor, including Valley of Kings, Valley of Queens, the Temple of Hatshepsut and a photo stop at Colossi
of Memnon. Dinner & overnight at hotel.
Day 25:
After breakfast transfer to Luxor airport for 1 hour flight to Cairo. Arrive Cairo and transfer to the Four Seasons First Residence Hotel with views of both the Nile and the
Great Pyramids. Lunch at the hotel.
Dinner at own leisure. Overnight at hotel.
Day 26:
Full day tour to Giza Pyramids, Sphinx and Egyptian Museum of Antiquities. Dinner at Mena House. Overnight at hotel.
Day 27:
Tour of Saqqara and Memphis. Afternoon at leisure. Farewell dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day 28:
Transfer to Cairo Airport for your flight home.
28 Day Tour price:
$29,800 per person, sharing
$35,300 single
Royal Suite upgrade: $1,725 per person sharing
Upgrades at the hotels are available Please contact us for availability and rates.
Tour price includes accommodation, meals, excursions, taxes, gratuities and all alcoholic and other beverages.
Tour price excludes travel & personal insurance, visa fees, room service, mini-bar charges, laundry and additional tours & activities.
Visas may be required for South Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan and Egypt, and must be acquired prior to arrival.
Passengers are requested to have yellow fever inoculations, and are advised to take anti-malarial precautions as might be prescribed before commencing
the journey.
Trip cancellation insurance is compulsory.
Also available:
Cairo to Cape Town (reverse of above itinerary), 28 days
Jan. 26-Feb. 22
Pricing same as above
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to Cairo route. 
Click
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Please
click here for complete tour terms and conditions.
THE
TRAIN:
Rovos Rail's Pride of Africa
The Pride of Africa provides sumptuous, old-world elegance and luxury
of a type perhaps never equaled, even during the 1920s, the era the
train is supposed to evoke. Its two diners turn out meal after meal
of incredible perfection. Its lounge with bar and sitting area include
an open-air "patio" in the rear for wind-in-the-face viewing.
"The rebuilt sleeper coaches contain the most spacious train suites
in the world," says Rovos Rail. This is not an idle boast. The
Royal Suites take up half a car, include private lounges and have separate
Victorian bathtub and shower. The Deluxe Suites accommodate two passengers
in either twin or double beds and have a lounge area and en-suite bathroom
with shower. Even the most "spartan" — the Pullman suites
— are a spacious 76 square feet. The comfortable, daytime sofa-seat
converts to double or twin beds for evening. They also have en-suite
bathroom with shower.
"Of special note are the surfeit of windows afforded Rovos
Rail sleeping accommodations. Although capable of being securely locked,
and equipped with properly working blinds, these windows also can be
opened—a matter of utmost importance for quality rail travel."
—Owen Hardy, Publisher, The International Railway Traveler
In addition
to the Pride of Africa, this tour will use a private luxury
aircraft (business-class configuration) and a five-star luxury Nile
cruise ship.
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