A Epic Journey of Discovery
In May each year this 3400 kilometre 7-day journey takes the train from Pretoria to Kimberley, centre of one of the world’s most famous diamond rushes, where there’s an opportunity to visit the Big Hole, the world’s largest man-made excavation, and to savour the 1870’s atmosphere of the mine museum village.
The railway line covers the stark vistas of the arid Northern Cape as the train travels through Upington to the border into Namibia. There is time for an excursion to the Fish River Canyon – second only in size to the Grand Canyon and a truly spectacular sight. The journey continues across the untamed beauty of the Kalahari Desert and onto Windhoek, the capital of Namibia.
After a short city tour and an afternoon game drive the train continues onto Tsumeb for an overnight stay at Mokuti Game Lodge in the Etosha National Park. On the last morning the train passes along the German built railway through the Namib desert and into Swakopmund, a perfectly preserved nineteenth century German Hansa town set on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.
NAMIBIA ITINERARY
PRETORIA • KIMBERLEY • FISH RIVER CANYON • WINDHOEK •
ETOSHA PAN • SWAKOPMUND
May 2007
PRETORIA -SWAKOPMUND - 09 May - 15 May 2007
Day 1 Wednesday 09 May
15h30 Depart Pretoria from Rovos Rail’s private Capital Park station.
Day 2 Thursday 10 May
10h00 Arrive in Kimberley. Tour of the Big Hole and City of Kimberley.
12h45 Depart Kimberley.
Day 3 Friday 11 May
12h00 Arrive Holoog Siding. Visit to the Fish River Canyon with lunch at Canyon Lodge.
Day 4 Saturday 12 May
10h00 Arrive Windhoek Station. Museum visit and Windhoek City Tour. Lunch at Okapuka Ranch with an afternoon game drive.
18h00 Depart Okapuka.
Day 5 Sunday 13 May
11h30 Arrive Tsumeb. Transfer to Mokuti Lodge for lunch, game drive and overnight.
Day 6 Monday 14 May
Early morning game drive into the Etosha Pan.
13h00 Depart Tsumeb.
Day 7 Tuesday 15 May
12h00 Arrive in Swakopmund.
SWAKOPMUND - PRETORIA - 16 May - 22 May 2007
Day 1 Wednesday 16 May
12h00 Depart Swakopmund.
Day 2 Thursday 17 May
11h30 Arrive Tsumeb. Transfer to Mokuti Lodge for game drive and overnight.
Day 3 Friday 18 May
Morning game drive into the Etosha Pan.
13h00 Depart Tsumeb.
Day 4 Saturday 19 May
10h00 Arrive Windhoek.Windhoek City Tour. Lunch at Okapuka Ranch with an afternoon game drive.
Station Museum Visit.
18h00 Depart Windhoek.
Day 5 Sunday 20 May
10h00 Arrive Holoog Siding.
Visit to the Fish River Canyon.
Day 6 Monday 21 May
13h00 Arrive in Kimberley. Tour of the Big Hole and City of Kimberley.
17h00 Depart Kimberley.
Day 7 Tuesday 22 May
12h00 Arrive at Rovos Rail’s private Capital Park Station in Pretoria.
