First Class Holidays
The Blue Train: Cape Town to Pretoria
3 daysprice on request
Luxury Train Club · Luxury rail journey
Blue Train
South Africa's Blue Train, running since 1946 between Pretoria and Cape Town (or vice versa) in 3 days/2 nights, with a butler per suite, marble bathrooms and a stop at Kimberley's Big Hole diamond mine, plus a Hoedspruit rail-safari option.
Day by day
- Day 1railovernight: On board
Departure
The Blue Train leaves Cape Town (or Pretoria) at 12:00hrs, registration from 11:30hrs at the Blue Train lounge.
- Day 2railovernight: On board
Kimberley
The train arrives at Kimberley Station in the afternoon; bus transfer to the Open Mine Museum for a tour of the mine and historical sites, then an enclosed ramp view of the Big Hole. Guests are greeted back at the station with a glass of sherry, engraved with the Blue Train logo as a memento.
- Day 3
Arrival
Arrival at the destination (Pretoria or Cape Town) at approximately 18:00hrs.
Included
- All meals
- Drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic)
- Off-the-train excursions (excluding French champagne, caviar and external telephone calls)
Not included
- French champagne
- Caviar
- External telephone calls
- Gratuities (implied, not itemised on page)
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