8 DAY LUXURY CAPE TOWN & RAIL JOURNEY

DAY 1: ARRIVAL AT OR TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Upon arrival, you will be collected at the OR Tambo Airport and transferred to your hotel for the evening.  After checking in the rest of your day is spent at your own leisure.

DAY 2: JOHANNESBURG TO KIMBERLEY

This morning you check out after breakfast for your transfer to Rovos Rail Station in Pretoria.

11:00 - Depart Rovos Rail Station, Pretoria. Travel across the goldfields of the Witwatersrand. Guests may freshen up in their suites before joining fellow travelers in the lounge car and observation car.

13:00 - Lunch is served in the dining cars.

16:30 - Tea is served in the lounge and observation cars.

19:30 - Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Kingswood. Overnight on board. Dress: Formal

DAY 3: KIMBERLEY  TO CAPE TOWN

07:00 - Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 10:00. 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.

13:00 -  Lunch is served in the dining cars. Travel through the Karoo, a vast semi-desert region that was once an enormous inland sea. Over millions of years, the volcanic matter was ground down and deposited as silt upon the seabed to form what geologists call the Karoo system.

16:30 -  Tea is served in the lounge and observation cars.

19:30 - Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Gemsbok. Overnight on board. Dress: Formal

DAY 4: ROVOS RAIL TO CAPE TOWN

07:00 - Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 10:00. During breakfast, there is a chance for guests to disembark the train at Whitehill Siding and walk the 5km into Matjiesfontein. A member of staff will accompany the group. 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. About an hour after Matjiesfontein, the train arrives at the first of four tunnels on the pass. The first tunnel is 13.5km long so guests are to be careful when walking through the train and may wish to turn on necessary lights

13:00 - Lunch is served in the dining cars. The train climbs ±750m down the escarpment through the Hex River Valley

16:30 - Tea is served in the lounge and observation cars.

18:00 - The train arrives at the journey’s end at Cape Town Station.

Your driver will be waiting at Cape Town station to transfer you top your hotel in Cape Town. Arriving at the hotel you are checked into your sea-facing room.

DAY 6 - 7: CAPE TOWN

Spend these days exploring in and around Cape Town. There are so many things to do and guided tours can be arranged from the hotel desk or us directly.

The Twelve Apostles proudly offers a host of activities to suit all ages and interests. Outdoor enthusiasts can enjoy mountain hikes and take advantage of our ‘Sports Buddy’ program on our doorstep, while indoor indulgences include daily movies in our private cinema, holistic spa treatments, exquisite dining, and educational art tours.

As a family-friendly hotel, we offer something for guests of all ages, including ‘Cape Town Hidden Gems’ adventures and our very own ‘Cape Town Big 7’.

Suggested Day Tours:

• Winelands
• Cape Peninsula
• Table Mountain & City 
 

DAY 8: DEPARTURE DAY

After a leisurely breakfast, you can pack and check out from the hotel for your transfer to Cape Town Airport.