Luxury Train from Pretoria to Cape Town 2024/2025
Blue Train and Rovos Rail bookings made on this page via SA Travel Online (a licensed reseller) qualify for:
- A complimentary night at a 5* hotel in Cape Town or Pretoria (subject to availability)
- A free transfer between the hotel and the train station.
- A free mountain hiking experience in Cape Town.
- Some free travel insurance (tic Leisure Comprehensive) if you are South African and younger than 70.
- No booking fee.
- Earn our unique travel vouchers for reviews (simply email your review and photos of your train trip and we'll send you a voucher to discount the cost of your next Rovos Rail or Blue Train trip).
Use the form below to get the booking process started. Email rob@southafrica.to; or WhatsApp Rob for personalised travel assistance. Click here to ask any questions about train travel in southern Africa on this page's forum.
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*Prices subject to change and availability; pps stands for per person sharing, the price needs to be multiplied by 2 to get the price for a suite for 2 people. A single person supplement needs to be added to the pps price for suites with only one person. The single person supplement is usually 50 percent. Terms and conditions apply.
Cape Town to Pretoria with Blue Train
Departure dates and prices:
- NOV 2024 21 from R32,435*pps
- DEC 2024: 5, 12, 19 from R32,435*pps
- JAN 2025 : 9, 16, 30 from R36,325*pps
- FEB 2025: 6, 13, 20, 27 from R36,325*pps
- MAR 2025: 13, 20, 27 from R36,325*pps
- APR 2025: 10, 17, 24 from R36,325*pps
- MAY 2025: 8, 15 from R36,325*pps
- JUN 2025 - no trips
- JUL 2025: 10, 17, 24 from R36,325*pps
- AUG 2025: 14, 21, 28 from R36,325*pps
- SEP 2025: 11, 18, 25 from R36,325*pps
- OCT 2025: 9, 16, 23, 30 from R44,800*pps
- NOV 2025: 6, 13 from R44,800*pps
- NOV 2025: 20 from R36,325*pps
- DEC 2025: 4, 11, 18 from R36,325*pps
Pretoria to Cape Town with Blue Train
Departure dates and prices:
- NOV 2024: 18 from R32,435*pps
- DEC 2024: 2, 9, 16 from R32,435*pps
- JAN 2025: 6, 13, 27 from R36,325*pps
- FEB 2025: 3, 10, 17, 24 from R36,325*pps
- MAR 2025: 10, 17, 24 from R36,325*pps
- APR 2025: 7, 14, 21 from R36,325*pps
- MAY 2025 5, 12 from R36,325*pps
- JUN 2025: No scheduled trips
- JUL 2025: 7, 14, 21 from R36,325*pps
- AUG 2025: 11, 18, 25 from R36,325*pps
- SEP 2025: 8, 15, 22 from R44,800*pps
- OCT 2025: 6, 13, 20, 27 from R44,800*pps
- NOV 2025: 3, 10, from R44,800*pps
- NOV 2025: 17 from R36,325*pps
- DEC 2025: 1, 8, 15 from R36,325*pps
Cape Town with Rovos Rail
Here is a link to a detailed itinerary:
The Rovos Rail Group owns St James Guesthouses in Cape Town consisting of:
- St James Homestead
- 94 Main Road, St James, Cape Town
- Corner Ley Road & Main Road
- Opposite Danger Beach
- Next to St James Seaforth Hotel
- St James Manor
- 108 Main Road, St James, Cape Town
- Corner Hillrise Road & Main Road
- Between Dalebrooke tidal pool and Danger Beach
Email guesthouses@rovos.co.za to make a reservation (or phone 021-788-4543)
Cape Town address : Rovos Rail Lounge, 1 Adderley St, Paul Sauer Building,
- Durban address : Durban Station Lounge, Jelf Taylor Crescent, Stamford Hill
Overnighting in Cape Town and Pretoria
It's advised to book a night at a hotel in Cape Town and Pretoria at the start or end of your trip (so that you don't miss your connecting flight/train):
- List of hotels in Cape Town for luxury train travel.
- List of hotels in Pretoria for luxury train travel.
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