NAMIBIA
In May each year this 3400 kilometre 7-day journey takes the train from Pretoria to Kimberley, centre of one of the world’s most famous diamond rushes, where there’s an opportunity to visit the Big Hole, the world’s largest man-made excavation, and to savour the 1870’s atmosphere of the mine museum village. The railway line covers the stark vistas of the arid Northern Cape as the train travels through Upington to the border into Namibia. There is time for an excursion to the Fish River Canyon – second only in size to the Grand Canyon and a truly spectacular sight. The journey continues across the untamed beauty of the Kalahari Desert and onto Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. After a short city tour and an afternoon game drive the train continues onto Tsumeb for an overnight stay at Mokuti Game Lodge in the Etosha National Park. On the last morning the train passes along the German built railway through the Namib desert and into Swakopmund, a perfectly preserved nineteenth century German Hansa town set on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.
NAMIBIA ITINERARY
PRETORIA • KIMBERLEY • FISH RIVER CANYON • WINDHOEK •
ETOSHA PAN • SWAKOPMUND
May 2007
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PRETORIA -SWAKOPMUND
10 May - 16 May 2006
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| Day 1 |
Wednesday 10 May |
| 15h30 |
Depart Pretoria from Rovos Rail’s Capital Park station. |
| Day 2 |
Thursday 11 May |
| 10h00 |
Arrive in Kimberley. Tour of the Big Hole and City of Kimberley. |
| 12h45 |
Depart Kimberley. |
| Day 3 |
Friday 12 May |
| 12h00 |
Arrive Holoog Siding. Visit to the Fish River Canyon with lunch at Canyon Lodge. |
| Day 4 |
Saturday 13 May |
| 10h00 |
Arrive Windhoek Station. Museum visit and Windhoek City Tour. Lunch at Okapuka Ranch with an afternoon game drive. |
| 18h00 |
Depart Okapuka. |
| Day 5 |
Sunday 14 May |
| 11h30 |
Arrive Tsumeb. Transfer to Mokuti Lodge for lunch, game drive and overnight. |
| Day 6 |
Monday 15 May |
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Early morning game drive into the Etosha Pan. |
| 13h00 |
Depart Tsumeb. |
| Day 7 |
Tuesday 16 May |
| 12h00 |
Arrive in Swakopmund. |
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SWAKOPMUND - PRETORIA
17 May - 23 May 2006
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| Day 1 |
Wednesday 17 May |
| 12h00 |
Depart Swakopmund. |
| Day 2 |
Thursday 18 May |
| 11h30 |
Arrive Tsumeb. Transfer to Mokuti Lodge for game drive and overnight. |
| Day 3 |
Friday 19 May |
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Morning game drive into the Etosha Pan. |
| 13h00 |
Depart Tsumeb. |
| Day 4 |
Saturday 20 May |
| 10h00 |
Arrive Windhoek. Windhoek City Tour. Lunch at Okapuka Ranch with an afternoon game drive.
Station Museum Visit. |
| 18h00 |
Depart Windhoek. |
| Day 5 |
Sunday 21 May |
| 10h00 |
Arrive Holoog Siding.
Visit to the Fish River Canyon. |
| Day 6 |
Monday 22 May |
| 13h00 |
Arrive in Kimberley. Tour of the Big Hole and City of Kimberley. |
| 17h00 |
Depart Kimberley. |
| Day 7 |
Tuesday 23 May |
| 12h00 |
Arrive at Rovos Rail’s private Capital Park Station in Pretoria. |
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