Inclusions and Exclusions
PACKAGE INCLUDES:
One way flight from Johannesburg to Victoria Falls including airline levy or vice versa
One way Transfer from Airport to The Palm River Hotel
1 Night accommodation at the 5* The Palm River Hotel in a Deluxe Room including Breakfast
Afternoon Tea
Shuttle bus to Victoria Falls Town
One way Transfer from The Palm River Hotel to Train Station
3 Nights on board the 5* Luxury Rovos Rail in a Deluxe Suite from Victoria Falls to Pretoria or vice versa
All meals (Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks and Dinners), selected alcoholic and non – alcoholic beverages on board the train
Off train excursion: Game drive at The Hide in Hwange National Park
Laundry and pressing facility on board
Valid for Selected Set Departures:
VFA TO PTA JOURNEY:
23 – 26 FEB 2025
02 – 05 MAR 2025
23 – 26 MAR 2025
06 – 09 APR 2025
PTA TO VFA JOURNEY:
27 – 30 FEB 2025
Rovos Rail Victoria Falls to Pretoria Itinerary:
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 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. In Rudyard Kiplings 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. 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 Pyramid.
DAY 4 PRETORIA
Please 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 at journeys end at Rovos Rail Station, Pretoria.
PACKAGE EXCLUDES:
All Items of a personal nature. Meals not mentioned. Medical and Travel insurance.
Staff gratuities. French Champagne. Souvenirs.
