Africa
Rovos Rail – Cape Town to Dar es Salaam
15 nights from £11,700 pp
Includes: accommodation, all meals and onboard beverages, guided excursions and entry fees.
Overview & Highlights
Established in 1989, Rovos Rail has earned an international reputation for world-class travel experiences.
Bespoke train safaris through the heart of Africa combine magnificent scenery with the glamour and excitement of the golden age of leisure travel. Whether you would like a taster of 48 hours or a 15 night journey, we can tailor make a Rovos Rail experience to fit around other experiences across Africa.
Your luxury rail journey will combine some of Africa’s greatest destinations with a variety of off-train excursions.
The beautifully rebuilt wood-panelled trains, which may be hauled by diesel or electric locos, each carry a maximum of 72 passengers in 36 superbly appointed suites and are also available for charter, while the Events Train caters for up to 250 guests and is suitable for daytime journeys.
Each train has accommodation carriages, dining cars (±42 seats), a lounge car (±26 seats), small gift shop, smoking lounge (±11 seats) and observation car (±32 seats) with open-air balcony. Maintaining the spirit of a bygone era, there are no radios or television sets on board.
There are three types of suites available. All have en-suites with shower, toilet, basin and bath (Royal only), tea facilities, safes, air conditioning, linen and amenities and are serviced daily.
Below is Rovos Rail’s most popular journey crossing half of the African continent from Cape Town to the East African coast.
Highlights of this tour include
- Cape Town, winelands, Pretoria
- Kimberley diamond mine
- Traverse the Karoo, Limpopo and Kalhari
- Safaris in Madikwe Game Reserve & Selous
- Victoria Falls
- Rift Valley and Udzungwa Mountains
“Having travelled from East Africa to Cape Town overland many times in my career, to journey on the luxurious Rovos Rail is an experience like no other!”
Cape Town to Dar Es Salam Itinerary
15 NIGHTS • 5530km
(2026: 16 nights) This epic train journey travels through South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Tanzania and is one of the most famous in the world.
Beginning in Cape Town visit the historic village of Matjiesfontein, the diamond town of Kimberley and the capital city of Pretoria for short tours followed by two nights safari in the Madikwe Game Reserve.
Continue through Botswana into Zimbabwe where guests overnight at the Victoria Falls Hotel. After crossing the mighty Zambezi River, the train joins the Tazara line in Zambia and continues to Chisimba Falls where guests enjoy a bush walk. The train climbs to the border with Tanzania – almost exactly the midpoint between Africa’s two Great Rift Valley lakes – then negotiates the tunnels, switchbacks and viaducts of the spectacular escarpment to the jungled Udzungwa Mountains. Climbing again, the train crosses the Nyerere National Park before arriving into bustling Dar es Salaam. Available in reverse.
Included: All accommodation, meals and drinks onboard, limited laundry, room service, guided excursions and entry fees as per the individual itinerary.
This is just one example of a journey on Rovos Rail. Other itineraries include several routes in South Africa and Victoria Falls, Angola & Zambia, Namibia and a 9 night Golf Safari. We can create your own bespoke holiday to Africa to include a Rovos Rail journey as part of a longer trip of a lifetime.
A few impressions…
“For the last 10 years we have been using Jules to arrange our holidays including trips to Brazil, India, Bhutan, Africa & Alaska. We have enjoyed travelling stress free, with someone else taking care of all arrangements. We would thoroughly recommend using Travel with Jules to anyone wanting to book a wildlife & sightseeing adventure“
David and Maureen
Let us begin the journey that will create memories to last a lifetime.
