17:00 Depart from Victoria Falls Station, Zimbabwe, and travel southeast. Guests may freshen up in their suites before joining fellow travellers in the lounge car or observation car at the rear of the train.
19:30 Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Kennedy Siding. Dress: Formal
05:00 A continental breakfast is served in the dining cars until departure.
06:00 Disembark for a game drive at The Hide in Hwange National Park.
12:00 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.
16:30 Tea in the lounge car or observation car at the rear of the train.
19:30 Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to the border at Beitbridge. Dress: Formal Please ensure the Train Manager/Gift Shop Hostess is in possession of your passport.
Kennedy Siding
07:00 Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 10:00. The train leaves baobab country and travels south.
13:00 Lunch is served in the dining cars. The train crosses the Tropic of Capricorn.
16:30 Tea in the lounge car or observation car at the rear of the train. 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.
19:30 Dinner is served. The train passes the escarpment’s edge where the Highveld drops precipitously. Dress: Formal
Please ensure you are in possession of your passport.
07:00 Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 09:00.
10:00 Arrive at journey’s end at Rovos Rail Station in Pretoria.