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Shongololo Express<br />
Rovos Rail also offers an alternative more casual than Rovos or the Blue Train<br />
but still coming with high-end luxury, namely its Shongololo Express, named<br />
after the African millipede. Also based at Rovos Rail’s station in Pretoria, this<br />
service offers three journeys of between 12 to 15 days each across South<br />
Africa, Namibia, Swaziland, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. These come with<br />
golfing and non-golfing itineraries and include visits to most of the destinations<br />
listed for Rovos Rail packages.<br />
Rates start at around R52,000 one way per person sharing and include<br />
accommodation, excursions, entrance fees to places of interest, off-train<br />
lunches, off-train accommodation at lodges, resorts, hotels and clubs, all<br />
beverages, laundry, gratuities, and golf course fees.<br />
Most of these journeys start at Rovos Rail’s own station in Pretoria, which<br />
also boasts a railway museum. All trains consist of meticulously restored<br />
vintage train coaches, with Rovos Rail now owning one of the biggest private<br />
collections of vintage trains in the world. Careful attention has been given to<br />
every detail to live up to the company’s slogan of ‘The most luxurious train in<br />
the world’. Style, grandeur and old-world charm is the order of the day – from<br />
the superbly appointed suites to the cosy lounge cars, 1940s style dining coach<br />
and everything in-between.<br />
Rates vary per type of accommodation and per itinerary, but start at around<br />
R18,950 per person sharing.<br />
Contact: Tel Pretoria +27 (0) 12 315 8242, or Tel Cape Town +27 (0) 21 421 4020.<br />
Website: www.shongololo.com<br />
Shosholoza Meyl Premier Classe<br />
If you cannot quite afford Rovos, the Blue Train or the Shongololo Express but<br />
still want excellent service, luxury, safe and comfortable train travel, and see<br />
some of the best of South Africa, there is nothing better than the Shosholoza<br />
Meyl or Premier Classe. Operated by the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (PRASA),<br />
the Premier Classe train offers mainline train travel services on routes between<br />
Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.<br />
Contact: Pretoria Tel +27 (0) 12 315 8242; Cape Town Tel +27 (0) 21 421 4020.<br />
Email: reservations@rovos.co.za. Website: www.rovos.com<br />
Priced very competitively – the Johannesburg-Cape Town journey costing<br />
R3,120 per person single - Premier Classe trains are less expensive and a great<br />
alternative to all other luxury train travel services in South Africa.<br />
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