Rovos Rail: Luxury Train Holidays

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Bringing Classic Luxury into Modern Rail

Since its inception in 1989, Rovos Rail has become synonymous with world-class luxury travel. The world's finest luxury train, Rovos Rail offers a luxury train holiday like no other.

Travel through African countries at a smooth and stately pace, enjoying exquisite private luxury suites and excellent dining. Travel on incredible African train routes and absorb stunning landscapes.

What better way to explore the exotic landscapes of southern Africa than onboard a timeless and elegant Rovos train. The three Rovos luxury trains are also known as 'Africa's Pride' and have a remarkable magnetism and romantic allure.

Your luxury train holiday will have you escaping into a holiday fantasy of travelling royalty, exotic explorations, untamed lands and exquisite steam chariots.

There are a number of unique Rovos Rail luxury train holidays. Short luxury train trips include journeys from Pretoria to Cape Town, or even all the way to one of the seven wonders of the world - Victoria Falls.

The longer Rovos luxury train holidays traverse South and southern Africa all the way north to Dar es Salaam, and take in the sights of Botswana, Namibia, Tanzania and Zambia.

So, whether you're enjoying a game of golf on our Rovos Rail Golf Safari or steadily traversing along South Africa's most scenic routes on our Best of South Africa Train Journey, you'll be doing it from the comfort and luxury of a Rovos Rail train.

From childhood train sets to luxury rail

Rovos Rail is the lifelong love and obsession of Roan Vos. As a little boy, Rohan liked to play with toy train sets, but today Rohan's train set consists of the world's most magnificent luxury trains ushering passengers on exotic luxury train holidays through southern and East Africa.

A luxury train holiday onboard Rovos Rail feels more like time travel than train travel. Sit in the lounge in your finest smoking jacket sipping a cognac and smoking a cigar, as exotic African landscapes rush past the large windows in a blur of colour and wonder.

Take a bubble bath in your Royal suite, drift on the hypnotic sounds of an elegant train in motion, and later, savour the romance and ambience of luxury train dining.

From the moment that you arrive at either Capital Park or Cape Town stations, your Rovos luxury train journey begins. Don't be surprised if, in Cape Town, you see owner, Rohan Vos, handling your bags.

Rohan often pops down to Capital Park in Pretoria and the Cape Town Station to welcome guests and check on his train set - a personal touch very much in keeping with the RovosRail tradition - a standard set by excellent service and a meticulous attention to detail.

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