10:00 - Register and check-in at The Blue Train Station Lounge, Pretoria Station
Guests enjoy pre-departure snacks and drinks.
12:15 - Boarding commences
Butlers usher guests to their suites. Suite orientation done by butlers. Boarding concludes at 12h30.
13:00 - The Blue Train departs from Pretoria Station
(Will depart earlier if all guests have checked-in.)
13:30 – 15:30 - A five-course gourmet lunch is served in the Dining Car
16:00 - High Tea is served in the Non-Smoking Lounge Car
Guests will enjoy pre-dinner drinks served at any of the lounges and are also welcome to refresh themselves prior to dinner.
18:00 – 20:00 - First sitting for Dinner
Guests enjoy post-dinner drinks, cognacs and Cuban cigars in the Club Car before retiring to bed.
20:30 – 22:30 - Second sitting for Dinner
Guests enjoy post-dinner drinks, cognacs and Cuban cigars in the Club Car before retiring to bed.
Dress code for duration of the trip is smart casual or Safari wear.
05:00 - OFF-THE-TRAIN EXCURSION
The Blue Train arrives at Numbi Train Station
Guests disembark and are transferred through Numbi Gate in open safari vehicles to a sunrise game drive that will be conducted by professional tour guides.
After the sunrise game drive, guests will enjoy a bush breakfast at an exclusive unfenced location inside the Kruger National Park.
After breakfast, guests will return to Numbi Gate using an alternative route back, thereby exposing guests to more of the Kruger area.
12:00 – 15:45 - A five course gourmet Lunch is served in the Dining Car.
16:00 - Guests are transferred to Numbi Gate
Guests are taken for a sunset game drive that will be conducted by professional tour guides. The sunset game drive will take place on the Nkambeni concession. The Nkambeni concession represents an area of approximately 11 400 hectares and lies between the main entrance gates of Numbi and Phabeni and stretches past Shabeni Koppie near Pretoriuskop camp.
19:30 - Guests transferred to Nkambeni Safari Camp
Guests will experience a spectacular boma dinner at Nkambeni Safari Camp, which will include an interactive cultural experience provided by a local group with international accolades.
22:00 - Guests transferred back to The Blue Train
Guests enjoy post-dinner drinks, cognacs and Cuban cigars in the Club Car before retiring to bed
Pretoria Station
06:30 – 09:30 - Breakfast is served in the Dining Car on a first-come-first-serve basis
10:00 - The Blue Train arrives at Pretoria Station
Butlers usher guests to the Arrival Lounge
END OF A MEMORABLE JOURNEY
