15 Days African Trilogy: Pretoria to Walvis Bay on Rovos Rail

A Customizable Trip to eSwatini, Namibia, South Africa

Highlights

• Twelve nights on board Rovos Rail, one of the world’s top luxury trains, with all meals and drinks included;
• Overnight stays and exclusive game drives at two of Namibia’s top wildlife conservancies: Sossusvlei and Etosha;
• Additional game drives at Kruger Park and eSwatini’s magnificent Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park;
• Cheetah conservation project visit;
• Drakensberg Mountains;
• Durban and its lovely Botanic Gardens;
• Fish River Canyon visit;
• Quiver trees at Garas Park;
• Traverse the edge of the Kalahari Basin, the Karoo & the Namib Deserts;
• Kimberley Diamond Mine Museum tour;
• Mantenga Cultural Village visit;
• Upington walking tour (optional);
• Windhoek’s Transport Museum.

Starting from
ZAR 224,000
per person sharing

Duration
15 days / 14 nights

Transport
Fly-in Safari

Accommodation
Rovos Rail

Exploring
Drakensberg Mountains, Etosha National Park, Hluhluwe, Kruger National Park, Sossusvlei

About this Safari

Take a deep dive into three amazing countries — South Africa, Namibia, and eSwatini — on the African Trilogy. The scenery on this 15-day private rail tour aboard Rovos Rail’s Pride of Africa is truly out of this world, from the abundantly green Drakensberg Escarpment to the Namib Desert.

This itinerary used to be available only on Rovos Rail’s less luxurious cousin, the Shongololo Express. Beginning in 2024, this exciting journey will be undertaken with all of the luxury that only Rovos Rail can provide: wine pairings with lunch and dinner, all-inclusive drinks in the bar car, five-star service, and more formal dinners that better suit the nostalgia of rail travel.

Starting in Pretoria, descend the spectacular escarpment to the world-famous Kruger Park for a game drive. Explore the Kingdom of eSwatini followed by a game drive in Hluhluwe wildlife reserve and a tour of Durban and its botanical gardens.

Traverse the Valley of a Thousand Hills and the imposing Drakensberg Mountains to visit the 1870s mining village of Kimberley, center of one of the world’s notorious diamond rushes. Continue through the semi-desert region of the Karoo to Upington and the Fish River Canyon, second in size to the Grand Canyon.

Cross the untamed beauty of the Kalahari Desert to see the Quiver trees at Garas Park, home to roughly 300 specimens of the Aloe dichotomy. Take a short flight to Sossusvlei for a lodge stay surrounded by the dramatic dunes of the Namib-Naukluft Park.

Enjoy desert drives, a bush dinner and breakfast near Deadvlei where camel-thorn trees contrast against the white-clay pan floor. Visit Namibia’s lively capital, Windhoek, and a cheetah conservation project before overnighting in the game-rich Etosha National Park.

Leave the vast stillness of the Namib Desert for the wild Atlantic coast and journey’s end, Walvis Bay.

Rates –
2025 – 6 February – 20 February, 2 October – 16 October
Pullman Gold – ZAR 224,000
Deluxe – ZAR 293,000

2026 – 4 February -19 February, 9 October – 24 October
Pullman Gold – ZAR – R263 500
Deluxe – R355 000

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Day By Day Itinerary

Day 1: Pretoria

Depart from Rovos Rail Station, Pretoria. Guests may freshen up in their cabins before joining fellow travelers in the lounge car or………