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South Africa By Design
Luxury Trains of South Africa | Self-Drive Tours, Country Inns & Classic Retreats |
Choose Your Own South African Adventure
Luxury Trains of South Africa
The Blue
Train
The Blue Train is famous for its excellent service and fine cuisine.
All sleeping compartments have en suite bathroom facilities with
meals in the dining car complete with fine china, linens and silver.
Meals are sure to delight the most discerning palate along with
a selection of fine South African wines.
The Rovos
Rail
Experience the extravagant elegance of rail travel on the most luxurious
steam train in the world. Rovos Rail’s unique steam train safari
takes you through the heart of Africa, and combines some of the
most magnificent scenery with the glamour and excitement of the
golden age of steam engine trains. This beautifully restored train,
consisting of four suites and nineteen deluxe suites combines the
opulence of years gone by with subtle modern innovations.
 Self-Drive
Tours, Country Inns & Classic Retreats
Explore the South African Countryside
South Africa is the one country in Africa that we highly recommend self- drives. Rent a car in Cape Town and travel to the beautiful Cape of Good Hope, then continue into the wine country and up the Garden Route. Experience the intimate and gracious South African hospitality as you travel. Stay in fabulous lodges, country inns and private bed and breakfast homes with gourmet foods, personalized service and enchanting
ambience. You’ll be supplied with maps, detailed directions and itinerary. Ask about programs that include a free cell-phone, car insurance, roadside assistance, and emergency medical services. Please request a personalized itinerary from a Born Free Safari Specialist.
Choose Your Own South African Adventure
Plan
your South African tour from several modules
The following
modules may be taken on their own or together in any order you choose.
Johannesburg & Pretoria
- 2 Days
Includes: Accommodations with private bathroom, full breakfast and government taxes. Airport hotels operate a shuttle service. Transfers, sightseeing, other hotels and car rentals are available upon request.
Airport - Holiday Inn
Sandton - Balaliaka or Michelangelo
Pretoria - Holiday Inn or Marvol Manor
Cape Town Explorer - 4 Days
Considered by many to be the fairest city on the African continent, Cape Town is a place of majestic splendor and stunning contrasts. The Cape Town Explorer includes a 3 night stay at a selected hotel (inclusive of breakfast), a full day Cape Point tour (inclusive of lunch), a full day wine country tour and round trip airport transfers. Car rental, other hotels and country inns are available upon request.
Portswood or Cape Grace
Victoria & Alfred or Table Bay
Peninsula or Mt. Nelson
Sun City Spectacular - 2 Nights
Nestled in the Pilanesberg Mountains lies Sun City - casino, resort and safari activities available. The Sun City Spectacular includes accommodations with private bathroom, breakfast daily, road transfers from Johannesburg airport and all taxes. High season supplements may apply. The most ambitious and famous of the hotels here is the Palace
of the Lost City. Stunning features include: waterfalls, bubbling cataracts and water rides. (Departures Daily)
The Cascades, Sun City Hotel or The Palace of
the Lost City
Cape Winelands
Featured in Gourmet, Travel & Leisure and Travel & Holiday magazines for its wonderful gourmet food, vintage wines & charming inns. The winelands are an excellent base for explorations is the Cape area, and is located only minutes from the waterfront and downtown Cape Town.
Mt. Shadows, Lanzerac or Grand Roche
Secrets of the Garden Route - 3 Days
Day 1/Fri Depart via Sir Lowry’s Pass to historic Swellendam. Continue to Mossel Bay where you visit the Old-Post Office Tree. Travel to the breathtakingly beautiful Wilderness area.
Lake Pleasant Hotel/similar (D)
Day 2/Sat After breakfast, travel inland over the Outeniqua Pass to the world-famous Cango Caves and Highgate Ostrich Farm. Return to the town of George and the Lakes District for overnight.
Lake Pleasant Hotel/similar (B-D)
Day 3/Sun Head to the popular Plettenberg Bay via the town of Knysna, with its magnificent lagoon and the Garden of Eden. After a short break, travel over the Groot River and Bloukrans Pass to the primeval forests of the Tsitsikamma. From here the road takes you through the rural landscape of the Eastern Cape to Port Elizabeth where your tour ends in the late afternoon.
(B)
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