10:00 Check in at the Rovos Rail Station, Pretoria
11:00 Depart Rovos Rail Station. Travel across the goldfields of the Witwatersrand.
13:00 Lunch is served in the dining cars.
16:30 Tea is served in the lounge and observation car.
19:30 Dinner is served in the dining cars. Overnight on board. Dress: Formal
07:00 Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 09:45.
13:00 Arrive Kimberley. Disembark for a tour of the city, Diamond Mine Museum and the Big Hole. 16:30 Depart Kimberley. Travel through the Karoo. Lunch is served in the dining cars. Tea is served in the lounge car and observation car.
19:30 Dinner is served in the dining cars. Overnight on board. Dress: Formal
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. Comfortable walking shoes are essential. 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.
Depart Matjiesfontein. About an hour after Matjiesfontein, the train arrives at the first of four tunnels on the pass. The first tunnel is 13.5 kilometres 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 car and observation car.
18:00 The train arrives at journey’s end: Platform 24 at Cape Town Station.
