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Pretoria
• Malelane • Hluhluwe • Durban • Port
Elizabeth • Oudtshoorn • Knysna • Cape Town
Rovos Rail will once again run this annual journey starting
25th May 2006. This panoramic nine-day sojourn commences at
the Rovos Rail Station at Capital Park in Pretoria. The first
leg of the journey takes the train through Witbank and Middleburg
and then traverses the majestic Drakensberg escarpment en
route to the lowveld of Mpumalanga. The following morning
you will receive an early wake up call to join a game drive
through the famous Kruger Park. Brunch will be served in the
Dining Car while the train winds its way southwards to Swaziland
in time for an afternoon game drive in the Mkhaya Reserve.
During the night the train will continue south to the village
of Hluhluwe in Zululand. The Pride of Africa departs mid morning
and makes its way south through the lush cane fields and rolling
hills of Kwazulu Natal, arriving in Durban late afternoon.
After an evening in Durban the train steadily ascends the
scenic escarpment through Pietermaritzburg and The Valley
of a Thousand Hills en route to Ladysmith and Bethlehem. This
route takes the train past Lesotho and the highest mountains
in the Drakensberg range at 3,482 metres (11 425 feet). During
the night we continue onto Bloemfontein, the Freestate capital,
with a morning tour of the city. The journey continues southwards
overnight to the coastal capital of the Eastern Cape, Port
Elizabeth, where we will enjoy a morning visit to the Addo
Elephant Park.
An early morning departure from Willowmore takes the Pride
of Africa into Oudtshoorn for a visit to the Highgate Ostrich
farm followed by another spectacular rail descent down the
Montagu pass into George. A morning visit to Knysna and the
surrounding attractions will complete the visit to this natural
paradise. The train sets off at midday from George travelling
along the scenic Garden Route through Mossel Bay and Riversdale.
The next morning, after a short visit to the KWV Brandy Distillery
in Worcester, the Pride of Africa ends its magnificent collage
in the Mother City of Cape Town.
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