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South Africa, Blue Train Safari Holiday & Vacation: Cape Town + Kruger Park

Blue Train: Kruger Safari + Pretoria to Cape Town

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$3,585

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• South Africa, Blue Train

• Pretoria

• Kimberley

• Vacation, Cape Town

• Table Mountain

• V&A Waterfront

• Stellenbosch Winelands

• Kruger Park

• Big 5 Game Drives

• Blue Train Safari Holiday Vacation

Explore beautiful South Africa on the Blue Train, travelling in luxury across the country on this amazing safari holiday vacation to Cape Town where you can visit the Stellenbosch Winelands, ascend Table Mountain by cable car and see penguins, seals and whales in season. Complete your holiday with a Big Five safari in the famous Kruger Park. Regular departures in both directions (Deluxe or Luxury).

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Day 1

You will be met at Mpumalanga Airport and transferred between 2 and 3.5-hours (depending on the location of your lodge) to the world famous Kruger National Park.

After checking in, enjoy a thrilling game drive in an open-top vehicle accompanied by a lodge ranger. Game viewing opportunities should present themselves almost immediately in this vast wildlife wilderness. Hopefully you will see several species of antelope, zebra, wildebeest and maybe even giraffe - as well as several of the Big Five - before dining under the stars in the atmosphere that only the African bushveld can provide.

Day 2

Enjoy some final early morning game viewing in the Kruger National Park.

Afterwards transfer between 2 and 3.5-hours to Mpumalanga Airport (depending on the location of your lodge) for your onward flight.

You will be met at Johannesburg Airport and transferred 1-hour to Pretoria (now called Tshwane).

This city is the administrative capital of South Africa and is renowned for its jacaranda trees that flower from September to November.

Day 3

Transfer from your hotel to Pretoria Station arriving by 10.00 so that you are in good time to board the luxury Blue Train departing for Cape Town at 12.00.

Luxury takes on a new dimension, as you relax and settle in to your elegant suite and enjoy the personal attention and devotion to detail for which the Blue Train is renowned.

Enjoy the fine wines and cuisine of the region, as well as outstanding personal service, during your journey to Cape Town, travelling over 1,000 miles through some of South Africa’s most diverse and spectacular scenery.

Note: Dress code on the train during the day is smart casual, with comfortable walking shoes for the off-train excursion. Evenings are generally more formal, with most guests enjoying the opportunity to dress up (gentlemen are asked to wear a jacket, collar & tie).

Day 4

Today we arrive in the diamond mining town of Kimberley.

Here you will have the opportunity to disembark and visit the famous Big Hole and Diamond Open Mine Museum. With a surface area of over 40 acres and a perimeter of over 1 mile, this open-pit area was mined to a depth of over 3,000 feet at the height of the diamond rush – the largest hand-dug excavation in the world. At the museum view Eureka, the first recorded diamond discovered in South Africa.

We then depart from Kimberley and continue travelling southwards through De Aar and Beauford West in the Great Karoo.

Day 5

Awake this morning to the beauty of the Western Cape as we travel through the Hex River Valley, Touws River, De Doorns and Worcester.

Enjoy breakfast whilst travelling through spectacular mountain scenery and through the Cape Winelands.

View imposing Table Mountain as you arrive at Cape Town Station around 18.00. Here you will be met and transferred to your hotel in this beautiful city.

Day 6

Today is free for independent sightseeing in Cape Town.

To orientate yourself, use your pre-paid pass for the Red Route Hop-Off Bus, which stops at all Cape Town’s key sights and attractions, including the Table Mountain (a Fast Track cable car ticket is also included). Here you can ascend and enjoy one of the world's most famous views.

Continue to trendy Camps Bay beach and the many attractions of the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront.

Note: Don't let the colour of the bus confuse you. All buses are red, but they run two different routes - the Red City Route and the Blue Kirstenbosch Route.

Table Mountain cable car is closed for annual maintenance from mid July to end August.

Day 7

Today we recommend an optional full day shared tour to the beautiful Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, where you may see baboons, ostrich and perhaps even dolphins or whales in season (July/November).

Your tour travels through Hout Bay and along spectacular Chapman’s Peak Drive to the Cape Point peninsula, before returning via Simons Town and Fish Hoek. This is a scenic tour of the whole Cape Peninsula, with the optional opportunity of visiting the penguin colony at Boulders Beach.

Note: Lunch is for your own account today. Group size is minimum 2 / maximum 15.

Day 8

At leisure to explore more of the beautiful city of Cape Town.

You can visit the Mandela Legacy Exhibition at the City Hall, explore the vibrant Victoria & Alfred Waterfront or take the ferry to Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned (advance booking essential in season).

From July to November you can take an optional whale watching trip to Hermanus.

Alternatively you can take the Hop Off bus (Blue Route) to visit world famous Kirstenbosch Gardens or simply relax on golden Camps Bay Beach.

Day 9

Today we recommend an optional full day shared tour to the renowned Stellenbosch Winelands, travelling through the scenic Franschhoek Valley where a handful of French Huguenot refugees started South Africa’s now famous wine industry.

Explore the historic university town of Stellenbosch and several wine estates on this famous wine route, which stretched from Paarl through to Stellenbosch and Franschhoek. Enjoy a cellar tour and some wine tasting, before returning to Cape Town in the late afternoon.

Note: Lunch is for your own account today. Group size is minimum 2 / maximum 15.

Day 10

Transfer to Cape Town Airport for your flight home.

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