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Blue Train, South Africa: Cape Town Holiday + Safari (prices, offers & deals)

Blue Train: Pretoria to Cape Town + East Cape Safari
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$3,636
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• Blue Train, South Africa
• Pretoria
• Kimberley & Big Hole
• Cape Town Holiday
• Table Mountain
• Stellenbosch Winelands
• Eastern Cape
• Big Five Safari Holiday
• Malaria Free Safari
• Best Prices, Offers & Deals

Enjoy a trip on the luxury Blue Train in South Africa, travelling through the vast landscapes of the Karoo & mountains of the Winelands to beautiful Cape Town. Complete your holiday with a thrilling malaria free Big-5 safari in the Eastern Cape. Best prices with many special offers & deals. Regular departures in both directions (Deluxe or Luxury). All transfers & game drives included.

Day 1
You will be met at Johannesburg Airport and transferred 1-hour to Pretoria (now called Tshwane).
 
This city is the administrative capital of South Africa and is renowned for its jacaranda trees that flower from September to November.
Day 2
This morning we suggest an optional half day tour of the highlights of Pretoria.
 
We visit the Voortrekker Monument and historic Church Square, where we visit the home of Paul Kruger who was the president of the old Transvaal Republic at the time of the Anglo Boer War. We also drive past the City Hall and stop for photos at the beautiful Union Buildings - the official residence of the South African president, designed by Sir Herbert Baker. Here there is an impressive statue of Nelson Mandela.
 
Note: Tour departs from Tuesday to Saturday.
Day 3
Transfer from your hotel to Pretoria Station arriving by 10.00 so that you are in good time to board the luxury Blue Train departing for Cape Town at 12.00.
 
Luxury takes on a new dimension, as you relax and settle in to your elegant suite and enjoy the personal attention and devotion to detail for which the Blue Train is renowned.
 
Enjoy the fine wines and cuisine of the region, as well as outstanding personal service, during your journey to Cape Town, travelling over 1,000 miles through some of South Africa’s most diverse and spectacular scenery.
 
Note: 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 (gentlemen are asked to wear a jacket, collar & tie).
Day 4
Today we arrive in the diamond mining town of Kimberley.
 
Here you will have the opportunity to disembark and visit the famous Big Hole and Diamond Open Mine Museum. With a surface area of over 40 acres and a perimeter of over 1 mile, this open-pit area was mined to a depth of over 3,000 feet at the height of the diamond rush – the largest hand-dug excavation in the world. At the museum view Eureka, the first recorded diamond discovered in South Africa.
 
We then depart from Kimberley and continue travelling southwards through De Aar and Beauford West in the Great Karoo.
Day 5
Awake this morning to the beauty of the Western Cape as we travel through the Hex River Valley, Touws River, De Doorns and Worcester.
 
Enjoy breakfast whilst travelling through spectacular mountain scenery and through the Cape Winelands.
 
View imposing Table Mountain as you arrive at Cape Town Station around 18.00. Here you will be met and transferred to your hotel in this beautiful city.
Day 6
Today is free for independent sightseeing in Cape Town.
 
To orientate yourself, use your pre-paid pass for the Red Route Hop-Off Bus, which stops at all Cape Town’s key sights and attractions, including the Table Mountain (a Fast Track cable car ticket is also included). Here you can ascend and enjoy one of the world's most famous views.
 
Continue to trendy Camps Bay beach and the many attractions of the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront.
 
Note: Don't let the colour of the bus confuse you. All buses are red, but they run two different routes - the Red City Route and the Blue Kirstenbosch Route.
 
Table Mountain cable car is closed for annual maintenance from mid July to end August.
Day 7
Today we recommend an optional full day shared tour to the beautiful Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, where you may see baboons, ostrich and perhaps even dolphins or whales in season (July/November).
  
Your tour travels through Hout Bay and along spectacular Chapman’s Peak Drive to the Cape Point peninsula, before returning via Simons Town and Fish Hoek. This is a scenic tour of the whole Cape Peninsula, with the optional opportunity of visiting the penguin colony at Boulders Beach.
 
Note: Lunch is for your own account today. Group size is minimum 2 / maximum 15.
Day 8
Today we recommend an optional full day shared tour to the renowned Stellenbosch Winelands, travelling through the scenic Franschhoek Valley where a handful of French Huguenot refugees started South Africa’s now famous wine industry.
 
Explore the historic university town of Stellenbosch and several wine estates on this famous wine route, which stretched from Paarl through to Stellenbosch and Franschhoek. Enjoy a cellar tour and some wine tasting, before returning to Cape Town in the late afternoon.
 
Note: Lunch is for your own account today. Group size is minimum 2 / maximum 15.
Day 9
Transfer to Cape Town Airport for your onward flight.

You will be met at Port Elizabeth Airport and transferred 2-hours to your malaria-free private game reserve near Addo in the beautiful Eastern Cape.
  
After checking in to safari lodge enjoy an afternoon game drive, where game viewing opportunities should present themselves almost immediately. Hopefully see several species of antelope, zebra, wildebeest and maybe even giraffe - as well as several of the Big Five - before dining in your warm African surroundings.
Day 10
Rise at dawn to take advantage of the best game viewing conditions of the day and enjoy a thrilling shared open-top game viewing safari with your lodge ranger in your Private Game Reserve which is home to all the Big Five - Lion, Elephant, Buffalo, Leopard and Rhino. Hope to see many interesting species before returning to your lodge for breakfast.
   
The rest of the morning is free to relax by the lodge swimming pool, before setting out again in the late afternoon for another game drive. Hope to see giraffe, hippo, kudu, antelope, waterbuck, warthogs, baboons and many other interesting animals. With hundreds of different bird species, outstanding bird watching is also guaranteed!
  
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.
 
Note: If travelling with a child < 6 please request a family lodge that allows young children on open top game drives.
Day 11
Enjoy some final early morning game viewing, before your 2-hour transfer to Port Elizabeth Airport for your flight home.