Experience an exclusive, luxurious, out-of-the-ordinary winter excursion to the Cape.

The Blue Train—Cape Town—Constantia Valley

Board the Blue Train in Pretoria and travel in the finest style to Cape Town, viewing the changing landscapes of the "world in one country" en route. 

The Blue Train offers guests the comfort and luxury of a 5-star hotel. In the Club Car guests can view a short film on the region through which the train is passing, or anticipate the journey ahead—captured by a a front-of-train camera and projected to the passengers on a large screen. Your private deluxe or luxury suite, comprises lounge chairs, a writing desk next to a window, air-conditioning, telephone and television, en-suite marble bathrooms, with cotton kimonos and an assortment of luxury oils and soaps.

In Cape Town, accommodation for the first two days and nights is at the cosmopolitan Villa Via Hotel, right on the water's edge with a private marina and an endless view across the ocean. The popular V&A Waterfront is within walking distance, whilst the hotel is ideally situated to access the myriad of other tourist attractions in and around Cape Town. This 5-star hotel also boasts Tobago's, recently rated one of Cape Town's top ten restaurants by Wine Magazine.

Transfer to Steenberg Country Hotel, tucked away on a a magnificently restored historic wine farm and golf estate in the famed Constantia Valley, only 20 minutes drive from the heart of Cape Town. Enjoy some of the Cape's best wines, produced on the estate, an exclusive gourmet restaurant, the championship golf course and clubhouse and all the peace and tranquility of country living.

Cape Town—Constantia Valley—Shamwari Game Reserve

Another excursion takes you to Cape Town by air. After two nights at the Villa Via Hotel and two nights at Steenberg Country Hotel, you fly to Port Elizabeth to be met and transferred to the 14,000 ha Shamwari Game Reserve—Southern Africa's only malaria-free reserve.