Pretoria / Cape Town & Vice Versa
The Old Karoo Pioneering Trail

For many visitors to South Africa, there is no finer way to see the country than on the popular 48-hour weekly journeys between Pretoria and Cape Town.
Cape Town offers a blend of cosmopolitan city life, magnificent mountains and superlative wine lands, while the twin cities of Pretoria and Johannesburg form the economic heartland of South Africa and the ideal departure point for Mpumalanga’s world-famous Game Reserves.
This 1600-kilometre journey is a perfect illustration of South Africa as a world in one country. Travel the windswept grasslands of the gold rich Highveld to the haunting barrenness of the Great Karoo, the spectacular mountain ranges and scenic wine lands of the Cape to the Mother City of South Africa, Cape Town, cradled by the imposing bulk of Table Mountain, Devils’ Peak and Lions Head.
Highlights of the north and southbound routes include a visit to the historic village of Matjiesfontein. This authentic, perfectly preserved Victorian Village, which was founded by Mr. Logan as a refreshment stop in 1890, also boasts an impressive museum on the Station platform. A stop is also made in Kimberley with an opportunity to enjoy
 

• Pretoria to Cape Town
  Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday
  15h00 Depart Rovos Rail’s private Capital Park Station aboard the Pride of Africa.
  Wednesday/ Thursday/Saturday
  10h00 Arrive in Kimberley. Passengers visit the Big
  Hole and the Diamond Museum.
  12h30 Depart from Kimberley and proceed overnight via De Aar and Beaufort West for Matjiesfontein.
  Thursday/Friday/Sunday
  08h15 Visit the historic village of Matjiesfontein
  10h30 Depart Matjiesfontein and proceed via Touws River,
  De Doorns and Worcester to Cape Town.
  18h00 Arrive Cape Town Station, Platform 24.
  
   
• Cape Town to Pretoria
  Monday/Saturday/Tuesday
  11h00 Depart from Platform 23 at Cape Town Station and
  proceed inland to Worcester.
  18h00 Upon arrival at Matjiesfontein guests may visit this
  quaint, historical village.
  19h00 Depart Matjiesfontein.
  19h30 Dinner is served in the dining car/s.
  Tuesday/Sunday/Wednesday
  14h30 Upon arrival in Kimberley board the buses for a tour of the Big Hole and museum
  Wednesday/Monday/Thursday
  12h00 Arrive at Rovos Rail’s Capital Park Station, Pretoria
  

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OUR ROUTES
Air Safari | Africa Collage  | Cape to Dar es Salaam | Golf  Safari  | Garden Route   | Pretoria to Durban | Namibia |
 Pretoria to Cape Town  | Victoria Falls