The Pride of Africa
10/02/2015 · By Sukie Chapman
All great rail holidays must feature elements of luxury, refinement and tradition. The Pride of Africa has all of this and more.
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About the tour
Stretching 2,000km along Africa's south-western Atlantic coast, the Namib is the world's oldest desert. Join us on a 'Namibia Safari' aboard the luxurious Rovos Rail train - an epic journey from Walvis Bay to Pretoria - seeing highlights including the Etosha National Park, the amazing ochre sand dunes of Sossusvlei, Fish River Canyon and South Africa's 'Big Hole' diamond rush town of Kimberley.
From idyllic Cape wine estates to surreal deserts landscapes, Namibia's colonial cities and ghost town of Kolmanskop to Africa's largest canyon, this extraordinary tour takes you to another world.
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What’s included
Itinerary
Our holiday begins at London Heathrow, where we meet our Tour Manager and group before boarding an overnight flight to Cape Town, South Africa's oldest city, in the beautiful Western Cape province, at the southern tip of the continent.
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4.3 / 5 · 3 reviews
Mr P Wilkes
Submitted 19 May 2018
Compared to the same trip two years ago this was a rather poor experience. We had to ask for toilet rolls on two separate occasions on the Pride of Africa. Dinner was an extremely long and tortuous process. There were far too many customers on the train, i.e.72 and far too few staff to accommodate them. We did not have the same opportunity to get off the train in the Namibian desert as two years ago and this was supposed to be the focus of the trip!
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Mr M Francis
Submitted 11 May 2018
Quality of experiences, food and accomodation
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Mr R Heffer
Submitted 08 Jun 2017
With a Rovos Rail anything less than 5 star would be daft!! The pre-tour 'Winelands & Wildlife' information was very poor. It was only when Scott McAlpine from GRJ got hold of the problem with less than 48hrs to go that matters were resolved.
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