If you do just one high-end rail trip in your life, make it Rovos Rail's Ultimate Luxury Trek, Cape Town-Dar es Salaam.

Rovos Rail runs one of the world's ultimate luxury rail trips between Cape Town and Dar es Salaam several times annually. The experience is unforgettable.

This 15-day private rail tour aboard Rovos Rail's Pride of Africa stretches across South Africa and Botswana, touches Zimbabwe at Victoria Falls, and crosses Zambia to Tanzania.

From Kimberley’s diamonds to a deluxe South Africa game lodge, from the very British Victoria Falls Hotel to Africa’s Great Rift Valley, every day is unique.

One highlight: a two-night stay at the five-star Tau Game Lodge with many game drives.

Combine with the Blue Train, another South African luxury train, for a unique view of the African subcontinent’s diverse, spectacular scenery.

Latest News: IRT's Angela Walker and Rachel Hardy just returned from South Africa, where they were inspecting Rovos Rail's Pride of Africa, among other luxury travel partners. Click here for part one of their report on the train, here for part two.

Inside Track: We dined with Rovos Rail's Alicia Taljaard recently. Her favorite trip? It's not what you might think. Click here.

 

The Rovos Rail African Collage is a panoramic, 2,100-mile, 10-day South African luxury train sojourn along the Western Cape's famous Garden Route. Latest News: Be sure to check out our VERY special African Collage tour hosted by IRT’s Angela Walker - the South African Spectacular. Itinerary details can be found here. Tour dates are October 27-November 12, 2019. Contact us for further details! Among the optional extensions to be offered: a trip on Rovos Rail's "rival" luxury rail service, the fabulous and very modern Blue Train. The tour departs just three times annually, with optional golf excursions offered throughout the tour. Travel from Pretoria eastwards to Malelane, south through Swaziland to Durban, and southwest through Port Elizabeth, Oudtshoorn and George to Cape Town. Enjoy game drives in Kruger Park, Hluhluwe Game Reserve and Addo Elephant Park; spend an evening in Durban and visit an ostrich farm in Oudtshoorn. From Knysna the train travels along the Indian Ocean on the scenic Garden Route before ending in Cape Town. Note: Golfers have the option of playing six challenging courses, including Ernie Els' Oubaai Golf Club. More News: Ms. Walker and Rachel Hardy returned from South Africa earlier in 2018, where they inspected Rovos Rail’s Pride of Africa, among other luxury travel partners. Click here for part one of their report on the train, here for part two. Inside Track: We dined with Rovos Rail's Alicia Taljaard recently. Her favorite trip? It's not what you might think. Click here.

The nine-day Namibia Safari is an unforgettable 1,500 mile (3,400 km) trek through one of the earth's most interesting and alien landscapes, all aboard Rovos Rail's Pride of Africa luxury train Departing from Pretoria, the first stop is Kimberley, center of one of the world’s famous diamond rushes, where there is an opportunity to savor the 1870s atmosphere of the mine village. The train traverses the stark vistas of the Northern Cape to the Fish River Canyon – second in size to the Grand Canyon – and Garas Park with its Quiver Tree Forest and the Giant’s Playground. Continue across the untamed beauty of the Kalahari Desert to Namibia’s capital for a tour; Windhoek is a lively, cosmopolitan city with a strong German flavor. Next, take a short flight to Sossusvlei, a stunning pan in the Namib Desert, for an overnight stay, followed by a night in the game-rich Etosha National Park. On the last morning, the train travels the Namib to the perfectly preserved 19th-century German Hansa town of Swakopmund and Walvis Bay – an unforgettable end to a remarkable journey. Imagine a country so vast and sparsely populated that it's possible to find places devoid of everything: plants, animals, people, rocks: just endless miles of wind-swept sand. Namibia is much more. Namib-Naukluft, Africa's largest game park, is home to Sossusvlei’s brilliant red dunes. Etosha National Park is one of Africa's largest, both in terms of its size and in its plethora of different kinds of anmals. And there's no finer way to explore this desert land than by luxury train. As the former German Southwest Africa, Namibia retains much of its colonial heritage—it’s also well-known for its great lager beers. Latest News: IRT’s Angela Walker and Rachel Hardy just returned from South Africa, where they were inspecting Rovos Rail’s Pride of Africa, among other luxury travel partners. Click here for part one of their report on the train, here for part two. Inside Track: We dined with Rovos Rail's Alicia Taljaard recently. Her favorite trip? It's not what you might think. Click here.