Itinerary
Intro Map
The Blue Train - Pretoria to Cape Town
Day 1 Pretoria Station
Enjoy pre-departure food and beverages while registering and checking in at The Blue Train Lounge, Pretoria Station. The butlers will help you through your suites as you board the train. Once boarding has concluded, the train leaves Pretoria Station, and canapé service will begin. Lunch is served on board.
Guests are welcome to relax before dinner in one of the elegant lounges where they can spend their free time. Dinner will be served onboard (Please note: Dinner is an elegant affair. Gentlemen are requested to at least wear a jacket/wasitcoat). After dinner, guests relax in the Club Car with cognacs and Cuban cigars before going to bed.
Overnight on board.
Day 2 Kimberley Station
Breakfast is served on a first-come-first-served basis on board and before you know it, the Blue Train arrives at Kimberley Station (Off-Train-Excursion: Weather & time permitting). Guests disembark and gather at the Railway Museum, from where guests will be ushered to a bus, which transfers them to the Kimberley Open Mine Museum. Guests arrive at the destination for a tour of the mine and are taken to view interesting and historical sites around the area. Later, guests will also be taken onto an enclosed ramp on the edge of the Big Hole.
Once the tour is completed, guests will depart from the Open Mine Museum for Kimberley Station. At Kimberly Station guests are greeted with a glass of sherry. The sherry glass engraved with The Blue Train logo as a memento for guests to keep. The Blue Train departs Kimberley Station for the southbound journey to Cape Town.
After arriving back on the train, guests are welcome to refresh themselves and enjoy aperitifs served at any one of the onboard lounges. Lunch is onboard and afterwards, High Tea will be served in the Non-Smoking Lounge Car.
Dinner is served onbaord the Blue Train in the evening (Please note: Dinner is an elegant affair. Gentlemen are requested to at least wear a jacket/wasitcoat). Guests enjoy post-dinner drinks, cognacs and Cuban cigards in the Club Car before retiring to bed.
Overnight on board.
Day 3 Cape Town Station
Breakfast is served on a first-come-first-served basis until 10:00am. Relax and rewind onboard the train. Later, in the afternoon indulge in a sumptuous lunch onboard, prepared with the finest ingredients and culinary expertise.
The Blue Train arrives at Cape Town Station at approximately 6:00pm. Accompanied by attentive butlers, guests are escorted to the arrival lounge to conclude their memorable journey.
Accommodation
The Blue Train
Upgrade availableYour De Luxe Suite will forever alter your definition of what style and class entail.
De Luxe Suites measure 8m2 of space and offer twin beds or double beds with either a three-quarter sized bath or a shower in each suite.
From your elegant and relaxing lounge during the day, it transforms into a subtly-lit bedroom of indulgence during the night, bedecked with goose-down and 100 per cent percale-cotton bedding, from your individually-controlled air-conditioning system, under-floor heating, opulent marble and gold-fitted bathroom, its scented bath salts and plush monogrammed towels, to the electronic entertainment options on offer.
Please note: The De Luxe coaches each have four suites. One of these suites contains a double bed and a ¾ size bath tub with handheld shower, while the others have twin beds with showers.
Suite configurations are subject to availability. Suite layouts may differ from images.
Room Upgrades
Luxury Suite
Luxury suites are the premier suites and measure 10.26m2 of space and offer twin beds or double beds with either a full-sized bath or a shower in each suite. The same suite is also a lounge area by day and is converted into a comfortable bedroom during the night.
Suite configurations are subject to availability. Suite layouts may differ from images.
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