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Specialty Series
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Shongololo – The Good Hope
17 days, 16 nights
To understand a country well, you need to be exposed not only to its important tourist sights but to delve into its history, its culture and to travel through as much of it as you can. This wonderful, 17-day rail journey shows you South Africa from the inside out. With wonderful daily excursions including everything from game viewing to visiting…More
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Ancient Journeys
14 days, 13 nights
On this 2-week odyssey from Egypt into the Sinai and to Jordan, experience a thousand years of civilization. Enjoy Cairo’s Pyramids, its great mosques, museums and bazaars before cruising up the Nile from Luxor to Aswan. Crossing the beautiful Sinai Desert into Jordan visit the Byzantium mosaics at Madaba, the Dead Sea, Mt. Nebo and the Rose City of Petra.…More
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Machame Route Kilimanjaro Climb
8 days, 7 nights
This more demanding 8-day trek is a fabulous way of getting to the summit. Setting off from your hotel on the southern slopes of Kilimanjaro in Northern Tanzania, and after a briefing and registering for the trek, you’re off on an incredible climbing adventure. Commence your climb gradually, ascending through the forests up onto the moorlands with their spectacular views…More
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Marangu Route Kilimanjaro Climb
7 days, 6 nights
This 7-day trek is the most direct and most popular of the Kilimanjaro routes up the eastern side of Kilimanjaro. You follow a trail that is well defined and ‘climber friendly’ making your adventure a little easier. Departing from your hotel in Moshi in Northern Tanzania, and after a briefing and registering for the trek, the climb begins gradually. The…More
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Meeting Mountain Gorillas
3 days, 2 nights
Discover the Virunga Gorillas! This 3-day excursion into Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park is one of the best places to observe and photograph the mountain gorilla in its natural habitat. Equally photographic is the stunning, lush mountain countryside of Rwanda.
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Dian Fosseys Gorilla
4 days, 3 nights
Follow in the footsteps of Dian Fossy, the world-renowned Gorilla expert as you trek into the hills of Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. Be amongst the few people today to have the opportunity to see the magnificent Mountain Gorilla in its natural habitat. One of the highlights is a visit to the Karisoke Research Center on the slopes of Bisoke…More
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Rovos Rail – Pretoria to Victoria Falls
3 days, 2 nights
Your adventure begins with the departure from Rovos Rail’s gracious station in Capital Park Pretoria. Depart in the morning and slowly meander westwards through Mafikeng into Botswana and then north towards Mahalapye, crossing the Tropic of Capricorn just after Gaborone. Arrive at Plumtree in the late afternoon for border formalities with Zimbabwe and continue in a north-westerly direction passing Bulawayo…More
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Rovos Rail – Cape Town to Pretoria
3 days, 2 nights
Nothing is more leisurely than boarding Rovos Rail’s luxurious ‘Pride of Africa’ and travelling through scenic countryside as you travel across South Africa. This 1600-kilometre journey is a perfect illustration of South Africa as a world in one country. Cape Town offers a blend of cosmopolitan city life, magnificent mountains and superlative wine lands, while the twin cities of Pretoria…More
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Rovos Rail – Pretoria to Durban
3 days, 2 nights
Join this three-day rail safari and experience the splendour of KwaZulu Natal. Take in the ‘Big 5’ as you explore the diversity of the Nambiti Conservancy, a private bush retreat set in malaria-free bushveld. Situated on an expansive game farm, Spionkop Lodge, is the perfect base for exploring the berg, bush, birds and battlefields of the region. Enjoy a battlefields…More
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Rovos Rail – Cape Town to Dar Es Salaam
14 days, 13 nights
We offer you one of the most famous train journeys in the world. This epic journey now operates thrice annually during January, July and September and is offered as the Ultimate African Safari, designed for travelers who wish to re-live true adventure and romance in complete luxury, comfort and security.
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Nile Antiquities
6 days, 5 nights
No other river in the world holds our imagination as much as the majestic Nile that flows from the heart of Africa to empty into the Mediterranean. As it winds northward through the continent, slipping between the great deserts of Egypt, it becomes the road along which you will travel into the past to discover the glorious dynasty of the…More
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Egypt Past & Present
9 days, 8 nights
Discover Egypt’s treasure trove during this 9-day tour. Start in Cairo with the Pyramids, the Sphinx and the world-famous Egyptian Museum of Antiquities before flying on to Luxor for a 5-day cruise up the Nile. Marvel at Luxor and Karnak’s magnificent temples, visit the Valley of the Kings and Queens and sail in comfort up river to visit the temples…More
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Pharaohs Phollies
7 days, 6 nights
Each day is filled with historic wonders: visit one of the original seven wonders of the world – the great Pyramids of Giza. Also a ‘must visit’ is the incredible Egyptian Museum of antiquities with its collection of the priceless treasures of Tutankhamen. Visit the great Dams at Aswan and the granite quarries to the many temples such as Philae,…More
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Shongololo – The Southern Cross
17 days, 16 nights
The Southern Cross Adventure takes you on an excursion-packed journey through Southern Africa: from South Africa through Swaziland, into Moçambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia and finally Botswana. Tour the present and the past from historic cities to ancient ruins. Meet some of Africa’s tribal people and experience their many diverse cultures. Bask on the beaches of the Indian Ocean. Enjoy many game…More
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Shongololo – The Dune Express
13 days, 12 nights
Namibia is a land of startling contrasts where the roaring Atlantic Ocean meets the greatest sand dunes in Africa, where desert lions and elephants live in the dry terrain of Etosha National Park and where stark, lunar landscapes and unimaginable sunrises and sunsets will create incredible photographic memories. Starting in Johannesburg, travel through the semi-desert countryside of the western Transvaal…More
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Blue Train – Cape Town to Pretoria
2 days, 1 night
Quiet elegance, gracious service, fine dining and luxurious accommodations – these are the words that best describe the Blue Train experience. The Blue Train thinks of itself as “a window to the soul of South Africa”; a most apt description as you picture yourself watching the country’s scenic beauty unfold from the comfort of your suite or from one of…More
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Blue Train – Pretoria to Cape Town
2 days, 1 night
Quiet elegance, gracious service, fine dining and luxurious accommodations – these are the words that best describe the Blue Train experience. The Blue Train thinks of itself as “a window to the soul of South Africa”; a most apt description as you picture yourself watching the country’s scenic beauty unfold from the comfort of your suite or from one of…More
