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Rovos Rail: Pretoria to Victoria Falls + Chobe/Zambia
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7 NIGHTS
FROM $3,013
International flights quoted separately
This luxury Rovos Rail train journey commences in Pretoria, as the train wends its way northwards through South Africa and Botswana to the incomparable Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. Here you leave the train and transfer to Chobe in Botswana for your safari, followed by time relaxing at Victoria Falls in Zambia. Journey available in both directions - Pullman, Deluxe or Royal.
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• Pretoria • Capital Park Station • Mafikeng • Botswana
• Plumtree • Zimbabwe • Hwange • Victoria Falls
• Chobe Safari • Livingstone
Day 1
You will be met at Johannesburg Airport and transferred to your Pretoria hotel.
  
Check in and relax in this beautiful city under warm blue South African skies.
Day 2
Transfer from your hotel to Capital Park Station to arrive in good time to board the luxury Rovos Rail Pride of Africa departing 10h00 for Victoria Falls.
 
Relax and enjoy the elegance of luxury 5-star train travel of a bygone age as you settle in to your wood-panelled coach for your 48-hour rail journey, enjoying fine cuisine and outstanding personal service as you travel nearly 1,000 miles through Southern Africa and Zimbabwe to the mighty Victoria Falls.
 
Dress code on the train during the day is smart casual, with comfortable walking shoes for the off-train excursion. Evenings are generally more formal, with most guests enjoying the opportunity to dress up in cocktail or evening wear including black tie (although collar & tie is acceptable).
Day 3
Enjoy a wonderful day of luxury train travel, as we journey through beautiful Southern African scenery.
 
Enjoy the spectacle of an African sunset in baobab country, as the train winds northwards towards Victoria Falls.
Day 4
Enjoy a final morning of luxury train travel, winding your way through Zimbabwe to journeys end – the incomparable Victoria Falls on the mighty Zambezi River.
 
Arrive Victoria Falls Station, Zimbabwe at 17h00 and transfer 1-hour to the Botswana border at Kasane. After completing immigration formalities, continue 15-minutes to your game lodge overlooking the Chobe River. Chobe National Park is Botswana’s premier wildlife reserve and is uniquely situated at the confluence of the Zambezi and Chobe Rivers, where four African countries meet – Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia.
 
After checking in to your lodge, enjoy your first thrilling safari drive in an open-top game viewing vehicle accompanied by a ranger. Game viewing opportunities should present themselves almost immediately in this vast game sanctuary and hopefully you will see elephant, buffalo, zebra, wildebeest, antelope and other river-based wildlife today. Later dine overlooking the river in the atmosphere that only the African bushveld can provide!
Day 5
Today is devoted to game viewing in Chobe National Park. Note: game drives are optional extras, if not included in your lodge package (see hotel details below).
 
Rise at dawn to take advantage of the best game viewing conditions of the day and enjoy a thrilling open-top game viewing drive into the great Chobe National Park. This region is home to some of Botswana’s most spectacular wildlife, as well as abundant bird life.
  
Chobe is home to vast herds of buffalo and elephant, as well as numerous other species which roam in profusion and diversity. During the dry season, vast elephant herds migrate from both south and north to congregate in their thousands along the Chobe River – the largest concentration of elephants in the whole of Africa! Also hope to see lion, leopard, cheetah, giraffe, hippo, kudu, crocodiles, antelope, waterbuck, warthogs, baboons and many other interesting animals before returning to your lodge for breakfast.
 
The rest of the morning is free to relax by the lodge swimming pool or enjoy bird watching by the river. Optional Tiger Fishing can also be arranged. In the late afternoon enjoy a game viewing boat ride on the Chobe River to give a completely different wildlife perspective.
 
After a beautiful African sunset, enjoy the balmy evening and pristine stars of the Milky Way as you have never seen them before – as well as the spectacular Southern Cross.
  
Children < 6 are not allowed on open top game drives
Day 6
Today transfer 15-minutes to the Chobe River ferry to Kazangula in Zambia. After completing immigration formalities, transfer 1-hour to your hotel on the banks of the Zambezi River, near the mighty Victoria Falls.
  
Check in, settle in and relax whilst you catch your first glimpses of the magnificent Smoke That Thunders first discovered by Dr. David Livingstone and still one of the greatest natural wonders of the world. The flow of water over the Victoria Falls is greatest during the wet months (February to June) and are a magnificent sight.
Day 7
Today we recommend an optional visit to the mighty Victoria Falls, which you can explore on foot & enjoy magnificent views. Afterwards you can participate many other optional activities such as a helicopter flight over the falls, an elephant-back safari or simply relax by the swimming pool and enjoy the facilities of your hotel.
  
In the late afternoon we recommend an optional Sunset Cruise on the Zambezi River to see hippos, crocodiles and the abundant bird life.
Day 8
Transfer to Livingstone Airport for your flight home.