Durban Safari in 3 days

10:00 – Departure from Rovos Rail station in Pretoria. Travel southeast through the Highveld and the Witwatersrand gold deposits towards Heidelberg, the site of the first gold mining on the Rand, and Balfour, a small mining town in Mpumalanga. Guests can freshen up in their suites before joining their fellow passengers in the lounge car and observation car.

13:00 p.m. – Lunch is served in the dining cars. The Drakensberg Mountains were named by Voortrekkers who thought the series of heavily eroded peaks reminded them of the spikes on a dragon's back, hence the name "Drakensberg" or Drakensberg in Afrikaans.

16:30 – Tea in the lounge car and observation car. The train ascends Majuba Hill - the site of the decisive battle that ended the First Boer-English War - then passes through Newcastle, home to the largest domed Hindu temple in the southern hemisphere.

19:30 – Dinner is served in the dining cars on the way to Elandslaagte. Dress code: Formal. You pass through Glencoe, site of the first battle of the Boer-English War and now the center of the province's coal mines.

05:45 – Breakfast is served in the dining cars until departure. You can then take an off-road drive to the Nambiti Reserve, a 20-acre private, malaria-free Big Five refuge home to incredible biodiversity, including savannahs, grasslands, acacia forests and thorn scrub.

11:00 – The dining car serves brunch. Then transfer (±30 minutes) to Spionkop Lodge for the afternoon. There are two tours to choose from. Listening to the history of the Battle of Spionkop OR 2. Ride in an off-road vehicle around an 11-acre reserve.

19:30 – Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Estcourt. Dress code: Formal. Shortly after Chieveley, on the right side of the tracks, stands a memorial to Winston Churchill, who was imprisoned here in November 1899 while trying to free an armored train trapped in a Boer ambush.

07:00 – Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 10:00. The train descends a steep slope into Lions River. You will then visit the famous Ardmore Pottery Gallery. Here, artists are encouraged to express their imagination based on nature, Zulu folklore and tradition.

13:00 – Lunch is served in the dining cars. The train travels through the picturesque Valley of a Thousand Hills.

16:00 – Arrival at destination, Durban Station. The city has many charms, including many museums and cultural monuments, beautiful botanical gardens and wonderful shark-protected beaches.