Travel on the most luxurious train in the world. This epic 14-day journey travels through South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Tanzania and has become one of the most famous train journeys in the world and occurs in July every year. This is the ultimate African train safari, designed for travellers who wish to re-live true adventure and romance in complete luxury, comfort and security.

Tour overview:

Cape Town, internationally known for the majestic beauty of Table Mountain, is the starting point of this journey. The ‘Mother City ‘of South Africa being the site of the first European landings and settlement in Southern Africa (and an apt starting point for your trip).

This magnificent sojourn will take you through South Africa with short tours of the diamond town of Kimberley and the capital city of Pretoria, then a two night stay at a private lodge in the Madikwe Game Reserve.

The train then crosses through Botswana into Zimbabwe where you overnight at the Victoria Falls Hotel. After crossing the mighty Zambezi River, travel northeast through Zambia, joining the Tazara Railway line at Kapiri Mposhe. Enjoy a bush walk at Chisimba Falls then continue the climb towards the Zambian/Tanzanian border, almost the midpoint between Africa's two Great Rift Valley lakes.

Descend into the Rift Valley itself and witness spectacular scenery as the train negotiates the tunnels, switchbacks and viaducts of the escarpment. Early on the last day, the train passes through the Selous Game Reserve - the largest on the continent and a vision of timeless Africa - shortly before the bustling arrival in Dar es Salaam.

As the Pride of Africa glides graciously into the Dar es Salaam station, this is the moment to reflect upon your heroic journey halfway across Africa. Few have ever done it, and fewer by train. You have joined an elite club of railway travellers and have had an experience to savour.