2riding Rovos Rail Tours

When you take the step to ride Rovos rail tours you are taking a trip back into history not only with the method of transportation but also into the heart of Africa. This is an exciting way to travel and would certainly be akin to the old Orient Express in days of your but Rovos rail tours is a present day journey available to anyone who makes a reservation. What a way to see South Africa from Pretoria to other parts of South Africa including Tanzania and Victoria Falls and everywhere in between where the rails run or you can be met and transported from the train to another destination.

The Rovos rail tours began in 1989 but the locomotives themselves range in age from 1893 to the 1950s. The locomotives and the carriages have been restored back to their former glory but with modern additions such as electric razor or hair dryer outlets and modern showers. So imagine beginning in either Cape Town or at the company headquarters in Pretoria then putting all of your luggage in one place where it will stay until your journey is completed at the opposite end of the journey. And with this great adventure you will also be able to explore the width and length of Africa and South Africa.

You can take three, seven, twelve, fourteen and sixteen day trips on the Rovos rail tours. Your accommodations are actually on these restored trains and the cabins are at various price points depending on length of journey and optional side trips. As with any luxury tour your transportation, accommodations, meals, recreation and sightseeing are included in the fare. For example you can take a sixteen night golf rail safari where you can golf at the finest golf courses in South Africa. And each night you will return to the train to relax, wash, and eat then sleep with no need to unpack at each destination. And you have your golf clubs and gold shoes and perhaps lucky gold tee too with you on that same train. What luxury.

The seven locomotives are themselves glorious and restored to their former beauty. They may be diesel, electric or steam but they will get you all over South Africa in style with good food along the way. Some of the accommodations cover one half of an entire carriage with a lounge area, full bath and choice of beds. One of the trips available visits a gold mining town with historical mining information and objects. These trains can carry a total of 72 passengers each with 2 people in each suite. So explore the lush forests and wide deserts of Africa by train.

At one end or the other you will either depart or arrive in Pretoria Capital Park, a private train station recreated to look like the original station years ago. This is a colonial style railroad station with a small railroad museum on the premise. With traditional furnishings on the trains and wood paneled cabins you will be traveling in luxury.

By: Mike Collings

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