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Step back in time and enjoy the understated luxury of time and elegance. This tour is one for the bucket list!

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe & Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe & Pretoria, South Africa

FROM USD $3,780.00

Day 1
Vic Falls Airport/ Victoria Falls Hotel. Road transfer. +-20 mins.
2 nights at Victoria Falls Hotel.
Private check-in at the Stables Signature Wing Lounge.
Bed and breakfast basis in a Stables Signature Wing Room. Includes complimentary select mini bar, replenished daily.
Complimentary Spa voucher for a 25-minute neck, back, or foot massage.
15h00 – 17h00 Afternoon tea and cake served between at the Stables Signature Wing Lounge.
17h00 – 20h00. Dinner cruise. 3hrs.
Includes River usage fees, transfers, 4 course dinner, and selected beverages.

Day 2
10h00 Guided Tour of the Falls. 2 – 2,5 hours.
Includes transfers and entrance fee to the Falls.
Do allow yourself some time to visit the Victoria Falls Craft Market. It offers authentic and sustainable souvenirs.
14h00 Flight of the Angels – helicopter flight over the Falls. 15mins.
Includes Park fees and fuel levy.
15h00 – 17h00 Afternoon tea and cake served between at the Stables Signature Wing Lounge.
18h00 – 19h00 Pre-dinner service with canapés served and a cocktail voucher.
19h00 Victoria Falls Hotel’s Livingstone Room Dinner, Set Menu Dinner.
Strictly no safari wear, shorts, sandals, or sneakers. Includes transfers and a set menu, excludes drinks.

Day 3
Historical bridge tour.
No park fees applicable.
15h00 High Tea at Victoria Falls Hotel.
17h00 Depart from Victoria Falls Station, Zimbabwe. Guests may freshen up in their suites before joining fellow travellers in the lounge car or observation car at the rear of the train.
19h30 Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Malindi. Dress: Formal

Day 4
05h00 A continental breakfast is served in the dining cars until departure.
06h00 Enjoy a game drive at The Hide in Hwange National Park.
12h00 Lunch is served in the dining cars. The train travels between Dete and Gwaai along one of the world’s longest stretches of straight railway line – 114 kilometres – and passes Bulawayo: second city of Zimbabwe, capital of Matabeleland and industrial capital of the country.
16h30 Tea is served in the lounge and observation cars. The train travels baobab country.
19h30 Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to the border at Beitbridge. Dress: Formal.

Day 5
07h00 Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 10h00.
The train crosses the Limpopo River to Musina. In Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories, the ‘Elephant’s Child’ departs his family for the “great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees, to find out what the Crocodile has for dinner.”
13h00 Lunch is served in the dining cars.
The train crosses the Tropic of Capricorn.
16h30 Tea is served in the lounge and observation cars.
Travel through Warm baths (Bela-Bela) – so named for its mineral waters – and Nylstroom, christened by the Voortrekkers as the source of the Nile River as the town’s river happened to be north flowing. Pass the edge of the escarpment where the Highveld drops precipitously.
19h30 Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Pyramid. Dress: Formal.

Day 6
07h00 Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 09h30.
10h00 Arrive at journey’s end at Rovos Rail Station, Pretoria.
End of Service.

Day 1
Vic Falls Airport/ Victoria Falls Hotel. Road transfer. +-20 mins.

2-nights at Victoria Falls Hotel.
Private check-in at the Stables Signature Wing Lounge.
Bed and breakfast basis in a Stables Signature Wing Room. Includes complimentary select mini bar, replenished daily.
Complimentary Spa voucher for a 25-minute neck, back or foot massage.

15h00 – 17h00 Afternoon tea and cake served at the Stables Signature Wing Lounge.

17h00 – 20h00. Dinner Cruise. 3hrs.
Includes River usage fees, transfers, 4 course dinner and selected beverages.
This dinner river cruise offers everything and more. Not only the magical colours of the Zambezi River at dusk but a truly unique four-course dinner too. Ideal for food and nature lovers wanting it all.
Embark from the Pure Africa Waterfront and head off into the evening. After your favourite drink is poured, you’ll be ushered to your set table where a delectable series of dishes freshly prepared on the boat and paired to premium drinks are served. Silhouettes of elephants against the sunset and hippos noisily grunting in the distance will most certainly add to the ambience.

Day 2
10h00 Guided Tour of the Falls. 2 – 2,5 hours.
Includes transfers and entrance fee to the Falls.
No photograph or video clip can adequately reveal the reality of these Falls – which reach their zenith toward May every year. Prepare to overwhelm all five senses as you walk along the wet and paved paths, smell the sounds of the cascading water, hear the intermittent calls of the exotic birds as they dart in and out of the vibrant vegetation, tantalizing you with flashes of colour.
This is truly Nature’s supreme masterpiece, and the sheer power of the Falls will inspire and humble every visitor. Look out for the Big Tree, and various points of historic interest pointed out by your Guides, who will also provide fascinating detail of the flora, fauna, bird and wildlife that surround your Vic Falls experience. Remember to wear good walking shoes.
Raincoats will be provided where needed, and Guides are equipped to assist clients with photographic opportunities along the tour. Remember to wear good walking shoes, as you set out experience the roar and thunder of the mighty Victoria Falls-The Smoke that Thunders.

Do allow yourself some time to visit the Victoria Falls Craft Market. It offers authentic and sustainable souvenirs.

14h00 Flight of the Angels – helicopter flight over the Falls. 15mins. Includes Park fees and fuel levy.
There is no better way to see the scale, magnificence and beauty of Victoria Falls than from the air. A helicopter flight over the Falls is a once in a lifetime opportunity to view one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. As well as the Falls you get breathtaking views of the Batoka Gorge, Victoria Falls Bridge and the Zambezi River. We also fly over the Zambezi National Park so you will have the opportunity to spot game from the air.

15h00 – 17h00 Afternoon tea and cake served at the Stables Signature Wing Lounge.

18h00 – 19h00 Pre-dinner service with canapés served and a cocktail voucher.

19h00 Victoria Falls Hotel’s Livingstone Room Dinner, Set Menu Dinner. Strictly no safari wear, shorts, sandals, or sneakers. Includes transfers and a set menu, excludes drinks.
The classically elegant Edwardian-style Livingstone Room opens only for dinner. Voted the seventh finest Restaurant in the World by The Daily Meal. Upon entering the magnificent Livingstone Room, the live band’s gentle music will transport you to a bygone era. Reflecting the century-old hotel’s style of grandeur and opulence, the dress code (previously tie and jacket) has been relaxed to smart casual, sleeved collared shirt and closed shoes for men for the convenience of guests in this more relaxed modern era.

Day 3
Historical Bridge Tour.
No park fees applicable.
Journey through over 100 years of history in this engaging, theatrical and educational tour. Built between 1904 and 1905 the Bridge is one of Victoria Falls most prominent landmarks.
The Shearwater Bridge Tour, led by our enthusiastic team of guides, takes you through the history of this remarkable structure, from its design and initial prefabrication in England, to its construction in Africa. The bridge, an engineering masterpiece and revolutionary for its time, was central to Cecil John Rhodes’ vision of a Cape to Cairo railway and its history is entertaining, tragic, and transfixing in equal measure.

15h00 High Tea at Victoria Falls Hotel.

17h00 Depart from Victoria Falls Station, Zimbabwe. Guests may freshen up in their suites before joining fellow travellers in the lounge car or observation car at the rear of the train.

19h30 Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Malindi. Dress: Formal

Day 4

05h00 A continental breakfast is served in the dining cars until departure.

06h00 Enjoy a game drive at The Hide in Hwange National Park.

12h00 Lunch is served in the dining cars. The train travels between Dete and Gwaai along one of the world’s longest stretches of straight railway line – 114 kilometres – and passes Bulawayo: second city of Zimbabwe, capital of Matabeleland and industrial capital of the country.

16h30 Tea is served in the lounge and observation cars. The train travels baobab country.

19h30 Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to the border at Beitbridge. Dress: Formal.

Day 5
07h00 Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 10h00. The train crosses the Limpopo River to Musina. In Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories, the ‘Elephant’s Child’ departs his family for the “great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees, to find out what the Crocodile has for dinner.

13h00 Lunch is served in the dining cars. The train crosses the Tropic of Capricorn.

16h30 Tea is served in the lounge and observation cars. Travel through Warm baths (Bela-Bela) – so named for its mineral waters – and Nylstroom, christened by the Voortrekkers as the source of the Nile River as the town’s river happened to be north flowing. Pass the edge of the escarpment where the Highveld drops precipitously.

19h30 Dinner is served in the dining cars en route to Pyramid. Dress: Formal.

Day 6
07h00 Breakfast is served in the dining cars until 09:30.

10h00 Arrive at journey’s end at Rovos Rail Station, Pretoria. End of Service.

Park entrance fee to the Falls.
All airfares and airport taxes.
Meals not specified.
All other traveling costs i.e., accommodation, road, and air transportation.
Gratuities and tips.
Personal expenses such as alcoholic and other beverages, telephone calls, and laundry.
Travel insurance.
Visas.
Costs involved to meet medical and health entry requirements.