DAY 1
15h00 Depart Rovos Rail Station in Pretoria and travel south towards the goldfields of the Witwatersrand.
DAY 2
9h45 Arrive Kimberley for Big Hole and Diamond Museum.
12h30 Depart for Upington and travel the Karoo semi-desert.
DAY 3
08h00 Optional two-hour walking tour of Upington.
23h00 Arrive at Holoog after border formalities at Nakop.
DAY 4
08h00 One-hour transfer to visit the Fish River Canyon.
11h00 Depart for Keetmanshoop. Traverse the Kalahari.
15h00 Visit Garas Park (Quiver Tree Forest/Giant’s Playground).
DAY 5
09h00 Arrive in Windhoek for a city tour.
11h00 Depart in light aircraft for 1-hour flight to Sossusvlei Lodge for lunch, desert drive, bush dinner and overnight.
DAY 6
06h00 Sossusvlei drive with breakfast in the vlei.
12h00 Depart Sossusvlei for one-hour flight to Windhoek.
14h00 Depart Windhoek and travel north towards the game-rich Etosha National Park.
DAY 7
09h30 Transfer to a lodge in the Etosha National Park for lunch, game drive and overnight.
DAY 8
06h00 Early morning game drive in the Etosha National Park.
13h00 Enjoy lunch on board en route to the Atlantic.
DAY 9
07h00 Enjoy breakfast as the train traverses the Namib.
12h30 Arrive at journey’s end in Walvis Bay, Namibia.
(Breakfast 07h00-10h00 • Lunch 13h00 • Tea 16h30 • Dinner 19h30)
Highlights:
- Kimberley Big Hole and Diamond Mine Museum
- Karoo
- Kalahari Desert
- Upington
- Fish River Canyon
- Keetmanshoop
- Windhoek, capital of Namibia
- Sossusvlei – largest sand dunes
- Desert dinner and bush drive
- Etosha National Park and game lodge
- Etosha Pan
- Namib Desert
- Swakopmund