10h00 Depart Rovos Rail Station, Pretoria, and travel to 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.
13h00 Lunch is served in the dining cars. Travel through Warmbaths (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. The train passes the edge of the escarpment where the Highveld drops precipitously.
16h30 Tea in the lounge car or observation car at the rear of the train.
19h30 Dinner is served. The train crosses the Tropic of Capricorn en route to the Zimbabwean border. Overnight on Board.
ROVOS RAIL: Accommodation, all meals, all alcoholic and other beverages, 24-hour full room service and bar facilities, limited laundry service, guided excursions (where applicable), entrance fees as per itinerary and government tax.
ROVOS RAIL: Gratuities, French Champagne
07h00 Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 10:00. The train travels on the BBR railway line via West Nicholson.
13h00 Lunch is served in the dining cars. The train passes Bulawayo, the industrial capital of the country.
16h30 Tea in the lounge car or observation car at the rear of the train.
19h30 Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Mpopoma. Overnight on board.
ROVOS RAIL: Accommodation, all meals, all alcoholic and other beverages, 24-hour full room service and bar facilities, limited laundry service, guided excursions (where applicable), entrance fees as per itinerary and government tax.
ROVOS RAIL: Gratuities, French Champagne
07h00 Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 10:00.
13h00 Lunch is served in the dining cars. The train travels between Gwaai and Dete along one of the world’s longest stretches of straight railway line – 114 kilometres – and along the eastern edge of Hwange Park.
15h00 Disembark at Kennedy Siding. Enjoy a game drive at The Hide in Hwange National Park.
19h30 Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Thompsons Junction. Overnight on board.
ROVOS RAIL: Accommodation, all meals, all alcoholic and other beverages, 24-hour full room service and bar facilities, limited laundry service, guided excursions (where applicable), entrance fees as per itinerary and government tax.
ROVOS RAIL: Gratuities, French Champagne
07h00 Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 09:30.
10h00 Arrive at journey’s end at the incomparable Victoria Falls
ROVOS RAIL: Accommodation, all meals, all alcoholic and other beverages, 24-hour full room service and bar facilities, limited laundry service, guided excursions (where applicable), entrance fees as per itinerary and government tax.
ROVOS RAIL: Gratuities, French Champagne
