THE GREAT ESCAPE
Your Great Adventure
- Includes
- Itinerary
- Tour Highlights
- Gallery
- Price & Dates
- Hotels
What's included
5 January 2024 - 29 September 2025
- Accommodation
- All meals and beverages
- Room service
- Limited laundry
- Guided excursions (where applicable)
- Government tax
- Off-train beverages
- International sparkling wine
- Gratuities
- Personal expenses
- Visa
- Travel insurance
- Pre and post tour accommodation
- Flights and transfers
- DAY 1
- DAY 2
- DAY 3
- DAY 4
PRETORIA
Please check-in a minimum of one hour before departure. Should you wish to visit our museum or do a site tour at
Rovos Rail Station in Pretoria, we suggest arriving two hours prior to departure.
11:00 am After a welcome reception, *transfer (±90min) in a luxury coach to Kookrus Station to board the train.
13:00 pm Lunch is served in the dining cars. Travel the broad grassland plains of the Highveld.
16:30 pm Tea in the lounge and observation cars.
19:30 pm Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Klerksdorp. Overnight on board. Dress: Formal
KIMBERLY
07:00 am Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 10:00 en route to Kimberley.
12:30 am Lunch is served in the dining cars.
Enjoy a tour of Kimberley’s Diamond Mine Museum and the Big Hole. Capital of the Northern Cape, Kimberley is
well known for the discovery of diamonds that led to its establishment in 1871.
19:30 pm Dinner is served in the dining cars. Overnight on board. Dress: Formal
MATJIESFONTEIN
07:00 am Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 10:00. The train travels through the Karoo, a vast semi-desert region that
was once an enormous inland sea. Over millions of years, volcanic matter was ground down and deposited as silt
upon the seabed to form what geologists call the Karoo system.
13:00 pm Lunch is served in the dining cars. After lunch, there is a chance for guests to disembark the train at Whitehill Siding
and walk the 5km into Matjiesfontein. A member of staff will accompany the group.
Disembark at Matjiesfontein for an opportunity to stroll through the historic village. Of special interest is the museum
on the platform and a collection of historic cars and railway carriages to the right of the Lord Milner Hotel.
16:30 pm Tea in the lounge and observation cars.
About an hour after Matjiesfontein, the train arrives at the first of four tunnels on the pass. The first tunnel is 13.5km
long so guests are to be careful when walking through the train and may wish to turn on necessary lights.
19:30 pm Dinner is served as the train climbs ±750m down the escarpment towards Worcester. Dress: Formal
CAPE TOWN
07:00 am Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 09:30. The train travels through the Hex River Valley.
10:00 am Arrive at journey’s end at Cape Town Station.
This meander is a perfect illustration of South Africa as a world in one country. Travel the grasslands of the gold-rich Highveld to the haunting barrenness of the Great Karoo; trundle through the spectacular mountain ranges and scenic winelands of the Cape. Journey’s end is Cape Town, the Mother City of South Africa, cradled by the imposing bulk of Table Mountain, Devil’s Peak and Lion’s Head. Highlights of the north- and southbound routes include a visit to the historic village of Matjiesfontein, an authentically preserved Victorian Village founded as a refreshment stop in 1890, which also boasts an impressive museum on the platform. Another stop is made in Kimberley to visit the Diamond Mine Museum and the world’s largest man-made excavation, the Big Hole
Highlighted places
~Matjiesfontein
~Victorian Village
~Kimberley
~Diamond Mine Museum
~Big Hole
Dates for all suites | Pullman Suite | Deluxe Suite | Royal Suite | Single Supplement |
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5 Jan - 8 Jan 2024 | RM 9,060 | RM 13,050 | RM 17,380 | +50% all suites |
9 Jan - 12 Jan 2024 | RM 9,060 | RM 13,050 | RM 17,380 | +50% all suites |
18 Jan - 21 Jan 2024 | RM 9,060 | RM 13,050 | RM 17,380 | +50% all suites |
26 Jan - 29 Jan 2024 | RM 9,060 | RM 13,050 | RM 17,380 | +50% all suites |
2 Feb - 5 Feb 2024 | RM 9,060 | RM 13,050 | RM 17,380 | +50% all suites |
20 Feb - 23 Feb 2024 | RM 9,060 | RM 13,050 | RM 17,380 | +50% all suites |
1 Mar - 4 Mar 2024 | RM 9,060 | RM 13,050 | RM 17,380 | +50% all suites |
8 Mar - 11 Mar 2024 | RM 9,060 | RM 13,050 | RM 17,380 | +50% all suites |
15 Mar - 18 Mar 2024 | RM 9,060 | RM 13,050 | RM 17,380 | +50% all suites |
29 Mar - 1 Apr 2024 | RM 9,060 | RM 13,050 | RM 17,380 | +50% all suites |
26 Apr - 29 Apr 2024 | RM 9,060 | RM 13,050 | RM 17,380 | +50% all suites |
10 May - 13 May 2024 | RM 9,060 | RM 13,050 | RM 17,380 | +50% all suites |
24 May - 27 May 2024 | RM 9,060 | RM 13,050 | RM 17,380 | +50% all suites |
7 Jun - 10 jun 2024 | RM 9,060 | RM 13,050 | RM 17,380 | +50% all suites |
24 Jun - 27 Jun 2024 | RM 9,060 | RM 13,050 | RM 17,380 | +50% all suites |
5 Jul - 8 Jul 2024 | RM 9,060 | RM 13,050 | RM 17,380 | +50% all suites |
19 Jul - 22 Jul 2024 | RM 9,060 | RM 13,050 | RM 17,380 | +50% all suites |
2 Aug - 5 Aug 2024 | RM 9,060 | RM 13,050 | RM 17,380 | +50% all suites |
16 Aug - 19 Aug 2024 | RM 9,060 | RM 13,050 | RM 17,380 | +50% all suites |
27 Aug - 30 Aug 2024 | RM 9,060 | RM 13,050 | RM 17,380 | +50% all suites |
13 Sep - 16 Sep 2024 | RM 9,060 | RM 13,050 | RM 17,380 | +50% all suites |
20 Sep - 23 Sep 2024 | RM 9,060 | RM 13,050 | RM 17,380 | +50% all suites |
27 Sep 30 Sep 2024 | RM 9,060 | RM 13,050 | RM 17,380 | +50% all suites |
4 Oct - 7 Oct 2024 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
11 Oct - 14 Oct 2024 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
18 Oct - 21 Oct 2024 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
1 Nov - 4 Nov 2024 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
8 Nov - 11 Nov 2024 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
14 Nov - 17 Nov 2024 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
22 Nov - 25 Nov 2024 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
6 Dec - 9 Dec 2024 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
20 Dec - 23 Dec 2024 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
6 Jan - 9 Jan 2025 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
10 Jan - 13 Jan 2025 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
17 Jan - 20 Jan 2025 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
31 Jan - 3 Feb 2025 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
18 Feb - 21 Feb 2025 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
21 Feb - 24 Feb 2025 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
28 Feb - 3 Mar 2025 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
14 Mar - 17 Mar 2025 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
21 Mar - 24 Mar 2025 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
4 Apr - 7 Apr 2025 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
18 Apr - 21 Apr 2025 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
2 May - 5 May 2025 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
16 May - 19 May 2025 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
13 Jun - 16 Jun 2025 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
27 Jun - 30 Jun 2025 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
30 Jun - 3 Jul 2025 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
11 Jul - 14 Jul 2025 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
25 Jul - 28 Jul 2025 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
1 Aug - 4 Aug 2025 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
8 Aug - 11 Aug 2025 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
22 Aug - 25 Aug 2025 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
12 Sep - 15 Sep 2025 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
19 Sep - 22 Sep 2025 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |
26 Sep - 29 Sep 2025 | RM 9,850 | RM 14,180 | RM 18,900 | +50% all suites |